ARCHIVED 2012

A recent community assessment report by the University of California, Berkeley indicates that residents of the Southeast areas of Los Angeles County remain largely disconnected from the Internet due to the lack of broad public access to computers in public locations, lack of technical assistance, and lack of computer literacy education. As such, the members of these communities are victims of the Digital Divide, and suffer from a lack of access to information and communications technology, as well as a lack of acquisition of the skills necessary to take full advantage of these technologies for the purposes of education, economic development and citizenship.

The Southeast Cities Technology Collaborative, under the management of the Southeast Community Development Corporation, will conduct a three year technology initiative designed to:

1. Expand community broadband access points
2. Provide computer literacy training
3. Enhance existing community service programs throughout the Southeast region of Los Angeles County