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With poverty and incarceration rates among New York City's highest, the Brownsville neighborhood in Brooklyn is the focus of a new initiative to break the cycle by improving digital literacy and public health.Some 30 diverse organizations including...
Article - 03/23/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Wellness
"Council owned homes aren't often seen as being ahead of the technological curve but, in Salford, we realize technological developments are critical to creating vibrant communities, whilst ensuring the sustainability of regeneration.”That comment...
Article - 03/18/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter, Upward Mobility
By now you know that your city's businesses are feeling a skills gap. They can't find the high-tech workers they need... a problem that will only get worse as the world continues to transition from low-skill manual labor to high-skill digital work....
Article - 03/16/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Energy
"The pressure is on to catch up and keep pace so Africa is not left in the wake of technological progress," Rwandan President Paul Kagame told the recent Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering in Dakar, Senegal – reportedly the first global science...
Article - 03/10/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility
A post on the World Economic Forum (WEF) site introduces Martin Burt, founder and CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, the microfinance organization that developed the Poverty Stoplight assessment tool now being used in 18 countries in Latin America, Asia...
Article - 03/04/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity, Smart City Tools
Recognizing that digital devices and the Internet have become so essential in daily life – and that digital inequality can exacerbate educational and economic inequality -- the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop surveyed nearly 1,200 low and...
Article - 03/04/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity
Hajira Attah wanted to be the first in her family to go to college but she had a 1.7 GPA and low SAT scores. All eight schools she applied to said no. Then she heard about Johnson C. Smith University. It was willing to take a risk on Hajira. How did...
Resources - 03/28/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Upward Mobility
Connecting India to Disconnect Poverty is a project using 3G tablets and an innovative mobile application to improve the operational efficiency of microfinance institutions to support low-income borrowers. Click the Qualcomm Wireless Reach case...
Resources - 03/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Upward Mobility
Arrow Electronics and the nonprofit organization Close the Gap are collaborating to turn used cargo containers into fully equipped digital classrooms and health clinics that can be deployed to remote areas of Africa. This video is about the first...
Resources - 03/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Upward Mobility
In a deprived area of the U.K., a primary school has experienced an educational transformation due to the Microsoft Shape the Future Initiative in partnership with RM. Pupils, many of whom speak English as a second language, are becoming confident...
Resources - 03/16/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Upward Mobility