Mission: Tech Goes Home empowers communities to access and use digital tools to overcome barriers and advance lives.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- Spring at Tech Goes Home
- Senator Ed Markey & TGH Co-CEOs Publish Op-ed
- Building Capacity for Greater Impact
- TGH & Partner MACIR Featured on WCVB
- Open Position: Director of Development
- TGH in the News
- Digital Inclusion Reading Round-Up
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TGH learners work on their new Chromebooks at North Shore CDC in Salem
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Tech Goes Home programs are thriving across our Eastern Massachusetts service area, including in our new Essex County partner communities. With an expanding geography, growing team, and increasingly impactful advocacy program, TGH is excited to continue working in new and innovative ways to advance digital equity in Eastern Massachusetts.
You can stay updated on our work by following us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram, and we invite you to share our content with your networks to help us spread the word about the urgency and importance of digital inclusion.
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SENATOR ED MARKEY & TGH CO-CEOS PUBLISH OP-ED
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Last month, Senator Ed Markey and TGH Co-CEOs Dan Noyes & Theo Hanna co-authored an op-ed in CommonWealth Magazine highlighting the urgency for comprehensive, inclusive solutions to close the digital divide. They wrote that advocates and policymakers must work hand-in-hand with communities to expand digital access. Read the full op-ed here.
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BUILDING CAPACITY FOR GREATER IMPACT
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(Left to right) New TGH team members Chloe Jean, Madison Martin, Jaslin Tifiano, John Jones, Sangha Kang-Le
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Tech Goes Home is excited to welcome five new members to our team, who will be critical to strengthening our programs and deepening our impact as TGH grows.
Chloe Jean and Madison Martin join the team as Coordinators of Program Operations. They support the implementation of TGH programs, from managing device distribution to onboarding new instructors and providing direct instructor support throughout the courses. Jaslin Tifiano, our new Coordinator of Program Support, organizes our online resource library, manages our personal and professional development webinars, and connects learners to our community.
We also welcome John Jones, who serves as TGH’s first-ever Director of Operations. John comes to TGH with a strong background in accounting and finance. At TGH, he is applying that expertise to manage budgeting and finance for our rapidly growing organization. John’s role also includes HR and systems management for our expanding team.
Sangha Kang-Le, our first-ever Assistant Manager of Advocacy, joins the team at a time when TGH is increasingly taking on a leading role in the advocacy space. Sangha works with our Chief Advocacy Officer to influence policy to address digital inequity on a systemic level.
With these new team members on board, we are excited to grow the impact and reach of our digital equity work!
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TGH & PARTNER MACIR FEATURED ON WCVB
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Earlier this month, Tech Goes Home and our partner MACIR were highlighted on WCVB's 5 for Good segment. The piece spotlights our partnership with MACIR Career Center, which offers our Tech Goes Home digital inclusion programming in tandem with its job training program that prepares students to launch careers as IT professionals.
In addition to hosting Tech Goes Home courses at their site, MACIR also accepts donated computers. MACIR's IT students repair the computers as part of their training, and then they donate the refurbished computers to create community computer labs.
Read more about TGH and MACIR's work together and watch the full news segment here.
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OPEN POSITION: DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
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Tech Goes Home Director of Advocacy Marvin Venay was featured on Java with Jimmy to discuss digital equity. Their conversation included the challenges the digital divide created for many families during COVID-19 and how to advance effective solutions. Click here to watch the full video.
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DIGITAL INCLUSION READING ROUND-UP
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Tech Goes Home’s work is only possible with contributions from donors, like you, and municipal, corporate, and foundation grants. Thank you for supporting TGH.
An extra thank you to the following lead donors for their extraordinary support!
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