[Isait] FW: Digital Divide Network Request for Submissions

[Maria Papadakis]

> From: Rachel Anderson [mailto:rachel at BENTON.ORG]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 12:59 PM
> To: UPFORGRABS-L at OWA.BENTON.ORG
> Subject: Digital Divide Network Request for Submissions
>
> Digital Divide Network Request for Submissions:
>  http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/
>
>  The Digital Divide Network (DDN) is a national coalition of non-profit
> institutions and IT companies working together to help bridge the digital
> divide. The network's official website, DigitalDivideNetwork.org, is a
> one-stop online resource to raise awareness about the gulf that exists
> between those citizens who have access to information technology and the
> skills to use it effectively, and those who do not.
>
> One of DDN's goals is to provide community leaders, policy professionals
> and
> practitioners involved in bridging the divide with a public forum to share
> information, strategies and programs that promote the expansion of digital
> opportunity. We are encouraging individuals to submit articles that
> address
> the digital divide from a variety of social, cultural, political and/or
> economic perspectives.
>
> Curently, DDN is seeking articles that address the following topics:
> -women and information technology
> -hispanics and information technology
> -seniors and information technology
> -software and Internet accessability for disabled users
> -community economic development and information technology
> -broadband applications
> -broadband deployment
> -international digital divide issues
> -culturally relevant content
> -planning, developing and sustaining community technology centers
> -strategic partnerships: community based nonprofits, government and
> industy
>
> If you are interested in contributing an article to the Digital Divide
> Network (preferably 700-1500 words), please send queries, via email, to
> Kade
> L. Twist at the Benton Foundation: kade at benton.org.
>
>