Bringing Baltimore Together to Close the Equity Gap on the Digital Divide
STEM Center of Excellence is teaming with area organizations to provide laptops, tablets and high-speed internet access to students and families without internet access and/or an internet-connected device; both must-haves to effectively operate in the coronavirus pandemic era.
COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus), is exposing infrastructure gaps within underserved and resource deprived communities across the United States. These gaps are often linked to income, public health, and digital inequalities. Inequalities, ultimately leaving local residents within Baltimore City’s Black Butterfly, a term coined by Dr. Lawrence Brown, without equitable access to real-time information and virtual connectivity during the pandemic.
We are joining a working collective whose combined efforts will reduce educational disparities; bridge the growing digital divide; and subdue growing anxieties as COVID-19 impacts Baltimore. Our current requests for laptops have far exceeded the current donations. We welcome our business partners and community organizations to join us in any of the following ways:
Make your Device Donation Pledge today through Digital Equity Baltimore
Want to make a personal donation?
Thank you for helping to remove the great Digital Divide in Baltimore!
Rowdy Orbit, Project Waves, Digital Harbor Foundation, St. Francis Academy, & New Song Academy (and others) came together to start changing the narrative
St Francis Academy student makes the final rooftop connection for the Free Wifi Mesh network, connecting residents in Sandtown-Winchester during the pandemic and beyond.