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YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and Comcast Partner to get more Chicagoans Online, help Residents Build Digital Work and Life Skills

July 20, 2022

$500,000 Comcast investment to support launch and scale of digital navigator programs, create Tech Hubs with “Lift Zones” at six YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago locations in the city – with free WiFi, computers, digital skills training With broadband service available in all 77 Chicago neighborhoods and public and private programs in place that can cover […]

Filed Under: Community Investment, Products and Services
Tagged With: Affordable Connectivity Program, Chicago Connected, Chicago Public Schools, Dalila Wilson-Scott, digital divide, Digital Equity, Dorri McWhorter, Governor JB Pritzker, internet essentials, Irving Park YMCA, john crowley, Kelly Hall YMCA, Lake View YMCA, Laptop, Lori E. Lightfoot, McCormick YMCA, Project UP, Rauner Family YMCA, South Side YMCA, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Chicago’s Fiske and Scammon Elementary Schools Top Scorers in “Get Schooled, Get Connected” Spring Challenge

May 29, 2015

4,000 CPS students completed more than 150,000 quests over the course of the challenge… Chance the Rapper  joined Comcast, civic leaders and students and faculty from Chicago’s John Fiske and Scammon Elementary Schools today to announce that the two schools earned the most points in the “Get Schooled, Get Connected Spring Challenge.” More than 4,000 students from 20 […]

Filed Under: 2015 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
Tagged With: Chance The Rapper, Chicago Public Schools, Get Schooled Get Connected Challenge, John Fiske Elementary School, Scammon Elementary School

Chance the Rapper, Ludacris Launch Get Schooled, Get Connected Spring Challenge in Chicago to help Students Finish the School Year Strong

March 10, 2015

Chicago Public Schools high school students completed more than 50,000 quests during inaugural three-month challenge… Chance the Rapper and Ludacris joined Internet Essentials, city and school leaders at Alcott College Prep on Tuesday afternoon to kick off the popular Get Schooled, Get Connected Spring Challenge, which is designed to help thousands of Chicago Public Schools […]

Filed Under: 2015 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT, Community Investment
Tagged With: Alcott College Prep High School, Chance The Rapper, Chicago Bulls, Chicago City of Learning, Chicago Fire, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago White Sox, Christina Milian, david l. cohen, Get Schooled Get Connected, Grace Moody, Harry Shipp, internet essentials, James Williams, Jones College Prep, Jordan Mills, Ken Williams, Ludacris, Shawn Jackson, Sway Calloway, Sydney Green

Celebrities, Officials Rally Students to ‘Get Schooled, Get Connected’

January 22, 2015

Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region Digital Divide Team Reflects on Celebration… On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Comcast came together with leaders from Chicago Public Schools (CPS); Chicago City of Learning (CCOL); community-based organizations (CBOs); and elected officials, along with celebrities, ranging from actress and singer-songwriter Christina Milian; MTV’s Sway Calloway; and Chicago hip-hop artist Chance […]

Filed Under: 2015 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT, Community Investment
Tagged With: Chance The Rapper, Chicago Bears, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Fire, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago White Sox, Christina Milian, digital divide, Get Schooled Get Connected Challenge, Harry Shipp, Ken Williams, Percy L Julian High School, Ryan Mundy, Sidney Green, Sway Calloway, Zoraida Sambolin

Star-Studded Cast of Athletes, Entertainers Honor 3,000 Chicago High School Students at Inaugural “Get Schooled, Get Connected” Celebration

January 19, 2015

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First-of-its-kind challenge uses celebrity-driven platform to inspire, motivate students for college… Get Schooled, Internet Essentials by Comcast, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago City of Learning (CCOL) and countless community-based organizations (CBOs) joined actress and singer-songwriter Christina Milian, MTV’s Sway Calloway, Chicago hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper, Chicago White Sox executive vice president Ken Williams, Chicago Bears […]

Filed Under: 2015 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT, Community Investment
Tagged With: Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Chance The Rapper, Chicago Bears, Chicago City of Learning, Chicago Fire, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago White Sox, Christina Milian, Get Schooled Get Connected Challenge, Harry Shipp, internet essentials, john crowley, Ken Williams, Malcolm X College, Martin Luther King Day, MTV, Ryan Mundy, Sway Calloway, Zoraida Sambolin

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