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Comcast Announces Expansion of Internet Essentials Program to all low-income Central Illinois Households, including more Families, Seniors and People with Disabilities

November 25, 2019

Four presenters at the Internet Essentials Champions event.

Comcast hosts seminar to train trainers to help seniors and people with disabilities access the Internet safely and securely November 25, 2019 – Comcast announced today that since the 2011 launch of Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest, most comprehensive and most successful low-income broadband adoption program, around 880,000 Illinois residents – and nationwide, more than […]

Filed Under: Community Investment
Tagged With: Anna M. Weselak, Central Illinois, Champaign, Danielle Matthews, david l. cohen, Debra Piscola, DSC of Champaign County, Family Service of Champaign County, internet essentials

Mayor Lightfoot and Comcast Announce Largest Ever Expansion of Internet Essentials in Chicago

August 16, 2019

A group of children receive Internet Essentials laptops at an event in Chicago.

Investment Will Double the Number of Low-Income Households Eligible for Internet Essentials, Expand Digital Youth Learning Labs Throughout Chicago August 16, 2019 – Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today joined Comcast Corporation and Chicago Public Library (CPL) at the Austin Library Branch to announce the largest ever expansion of Internet Essentials in the City of Chicago. […]

Filed Under: Community Investment
Tagged With: Austin, Chicago Public Library, david l. cohen, internet essentials, Lori E. Lightfoot, YOUMedia

Chicago Remains #1 City for Enrollment in Internet Essentials, Comcast’s Acclaimed High-speed Residential Internet Adoption Program for Low-Income Americans

October 2, 2018

National Urban League joins Comcast in Chicago to talk about the digital divide, share results of a joint digital literacy skills training partnership October 1, 2018 — Comcast announced today that it has connected nearly 300,000 low-income Chicagoans – more than any other city – to the Internet at home through Internet Essentials, the nation’s […]

Filed Under: Community Investment
Tagged With: david l. cohen, digital divide, digital skills training, internet essentials, Marc Morial, mHUB, National Urban League

Comcast investment will include “Experience Labs” at three neighborhood branch libraries and expansion of Internet Essentials program for qualifying Chicagoans

October 27, 2017

October 27, 2017 – Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Library (CPL) Commissioner Brian Bannon and Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) CEO Eugene Jones Jr., joined Comcast Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer David L. Cohen to announce that the company is investing $250,000 to support “Experience Labs” powered by Internet Essentials at three CPL […]

Filed Under: Community Investment
Tagged With: Altgeld Gardens, Brian Bannon, Carter G. Woodson Library, Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago Public Library, Chicago Public Library Foundation, david l. cohen, Eugene Jones, Experience Labs, internet essentials, Rahm Emanuel, Whitney M. Young Library

Comcast Announces 172,000 Low-Income Chicagoans Have Crossed the Digital Divide through its Internet Essentials Program

August 25, 2016

Company Expands Internet Essentials to as many as 91,000 CHA Households… Company to Donate $125,000 to Fund Local Computer Labs and Digital Literacy Training… According to a five-year progress report the company released today, Comcast’s acclaimed Internet Essentials program has helped connect nearly 43,000 families  – or 172,000 low-income Chicagoans – and nationwide, 750,000 families […]

Filed Under: 2016 Community Investment
Tagged With: Chicago Housing Authority, david l. cohen, Eugene Jones, internet essentials, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Learning Zones

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