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For many Philly residents, getting a new laptop is just a simple training course away. An initiative at Drexel University’s ExCITe Center invites locals to stop by for help, explained Kevin Young, a digital navigator working for the organization. When residents finish the course, they get to leave with a free computer. “We’ll instruct you […]
This is a guest post by Delali Dzirasa, CEO of Fearless, a Baltimore-based digital services firm aiming to create impactful technology solutions. The White House’s decision to remove degree requirements from major federal IT contracts isn’t just about procurement reform — it’s about economic mobility. It’s creating real economic mobility for talented people who’ve been […]
Farmers of color are not backing down. John Boyd Jr., a fourth-generation Virginia farmer, civil rights activist and president of the National Black Farmers Association, delivered a fiery keynote speech at the 2024 BIPOC Farmers Conference in Smyrna, Delaware, on Nov. 12, as Black, Indigenous and other farmers of color face potential reversal of years […]