Lift Zones connect students to the Internet for schoolwork and adults to the Internet to build digital skills Comcast donates 75 laptops across three south suburban community-based organizations March 16, 2023 – Comcast joined Illinois Second Congressional District Representative Robin Kelly, Chicago Heights, IL, Mayor David Gonzalez and Cook County District 5 Commissioner Monica Gordon […]
Comcast Partners with The Hidden Genius Project to Help Black Male Youth in Chicago and Atlanta Acquire Digital Skills and Enter the Tech Sector
$2 million grant deepens Comcast’s extensive work to advance digital equity and provide communities across Chicago with the resources needed for jobs of today and tomorrow February 27, 2023 – Comcast NBCUniversal today announced a new $2 million grant to The Hidden Genius Project, furthering the company’s longstanding efforts to advance economic mobility through critical […]
New Report: 92% of Jobs Require Digital Skills, One-Third of Workers Have Low or No Digital Skills Due to Historic Underinvestment, Structural Inequities
Closing the digital skill divide would generate significant, measurable economic payoff for workers, businesses, and the broader economy February 6, 2023 – Today, National Skills Coalition (NSC) in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta released Closing the Digital Skill Divide, a real-time snapshot of demand for digital skills in the US labor market. […]