Join us in celebrating Digital Inclusion Week 2020! Digital Inclusion Week aims to raise awareness of solutions that address home internet access, personal devices, and local technology training and support programs. #DIW2020 #digitalequityNOW digitalinclusion.org/diw20

Salt Lake City, Tax Help Utah, Salt Lake County and Utahns Against Hunger are teaming up to provide support to households who haven’t received their Economic Impact Payment/Stimulus Check yet. The IRS recently extended the deadline to receive this payment to Sat, Nov 21st.

The Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake’s Sacred Paths Youth Culture Class participants created tribal flags to recognize and celebrate their tribal heritage for Indigenous Month.

The City Library’s Digital Navigators can help you with your digital needs and technology questions. Our Navigators can help connect you to free or low-cost internet service and devices, and help you with basic computer skills. To use this free service, call 801-524-8200.

NDIA is hiring: Deputy Director digitalinclusion.org/blog/2021/01/0…

Utah Folks! Take action with IRC - International Rescue Committee to support digital connectivity in Utah and in Utah’s refugee communities[and all communities members]: act.rescue.org/LL9m5B4 #HB304 #digitalequity #utleg Derek Kitchen

Make and create a fun monthly project with a little help from the Library's awesome Creative Lab staff. Pick up a free supply kit from any Library location. Then build it during a live Zoom session. This month's project is embroidery! events.slcpl.org/event/4816896

.New America's latest report "Public Libraries and the Pandemic: Digital Shifts and Disparities to Overcome" takes a look at the essential role, ongoing work and challenges faced by public libraries as digital equity leaders during the pandemic. buff.ly/3sBxmHh

The Digital Navigators service model positions trained individuals to provide phone-based support to help patrons with digital needs, and now NDIA has made more replicable tools available! The City Library IMLS Find out more: buff.ly/3qkvAsq

“Over the course of the pandemic, racist and violent attacks on the Asian community have increased by 1,900 percent, according to the Queens Chronicle.” This is not okay. This article lists 50 ways to support our Asian American communities. nymag.com/strategist/art…

Join us tomorrow at 1 PM ET for the "Digital Navigators: Models, Partners, Assessment, and Funding" Net Inclusion webinar! paolo balboa Andrew Au Shauna McNiven Edson Priyanka Sharma REGISTER HERE: digitalinclusion.org/net-inclusion-…

"The Salt Lake City Public Library is piloting a program for the nation called Digital Navigators, which provides devices, internet access, and computer literacy training to those who need it." abc4.com/news/local-new…

Multilingual Digital Navigators Crucial For Inclusion ft. Shauna McNiven Edson and Andrew Au w/@digCLT broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/04/multil…

Support a great cause and pledge per Random Act of Kindness for the Salt Lake Center for Science Education Random Acts of Kindness-a-Thon. anython.com/slcseraok?part…

I’m going through old stacks of papers and came across this gem from 2019. It makes me miss in-person conferences 🥰

For the past year, The City Library has piloted the Digital Navigators service model to meet local digital needs. We connected with the library's local partners to learn more about how this work has helped to change lives across the community. Read our blog here: buff.ly/2WNKChG

The new Digital Navigators Toolkit helps with the hiring process, training, daily workflow, program management, evaluation, outreach + more to support Digital Navigator programs. TY partners The City Library IMLS Urban Libraries Council Download it here: buff.ly/3neIs5m

"The project team provided Digital Navigator services to 585 low-income or older Salt Lake City community members over a 10-month period." IMLS The City Library imls.gov/grant-spotligh… HT Shauna McNiven Edson