by Jeff Garcie | Oct 23, 2017 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
Throughout this project, the partnerships and relationships that I have made in the community have drastically influenced the direction that this project has taken. I can’t state enough the importance of having boots on the ground early on in a project of this nature....
by Emily Kissane | Oct 20, 2017 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
Like many people, I’ve been watching the aftermath of the recent hurricanes, concerned about the short- and long-term well being of survivors. In addition to devastating damage done to homes, agriculture and other businesses, many areas still do not have basic...
by Sandy Tharp-Thee | Sep 12, 2017 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
The Town of Boley now has a media center, thanks to a donation of four desktops by the Cornell Computer Reuse Association and our NDIA project. The community has been without a library for about a decade. When the computers were set up, the major looked at them and...
by Jeff Garcie | Aug 26, 2017 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
As I flew over Larsen Bay in the single propeller Cessna I immediately noticed the new microwave tower in the center of town. The tower is new since last fall when I had flown in to go fishing near the village. I walked over to see the new construction. The fencing...
by Jeff Garcie | Aug 25, 2017 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
On Tuesday morning, I sat on the steps of the Jesse Wakefield Memorial Library with some of the community members from Port Lions, Alaska. I, along with them, was there using the Internet supplied by the library through the Online with Libraries or OWL program that is...
