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City of Seattle Digital Equity Evaluation Plan
Wedlake, Stacey; Keyes, David; Crandall, Mike; Becker, Samantha (Technology and Social Change Group, 2018-02-22)Building on 20 years of work, in 2016 the City of Seattle published a Digital Equity Action Plan to help ensure all residents and neighborhoods have access to and are proficient in using digital technologies. In order to ... -
Creating a Digital Bridge: Lessons and policy implications from a technology access and distribution program for low-income job seekers
Wedlake, Stacey; Iribe Ramirez, Yvette; Carson, Kathleen; Jowaisas, Chris; Keyes, David; Houghton, Matthew (Technology & Social Change Group, 2021-08-03)In the United States, lower income households are significantly less likely to have a computer or internet at home and were disproportionately impacted by the historic job losses in the Spring of 2020. In response, a ... -
Digital Bridge: Providing Digital Access to Low-Income Job Seekers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Carson, Kathleen; Wedlake, Stacey; Houghton, Matthew; Khoshbakhtian, Anisa; Keyes, David; Iribe Ramirez, Yvette (Seattle Jobs Initiative, 2021-09-01)The digital divide has long been recognized as a factor contributing to the economic marginalization of low-income communities, particularly Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color (BIPOC communities).1–7 The ... -
Digital Skill Sets for Diverse Users: A Comparison Framework for Curriculum and Competencies
Wedlake, Stacey; Lothian, Karah; Keyes, David; Coward, Chris (Technology & Social Change Group, 2019-03)The City of Seattle’s Digital Equity Initiative provides a roadmap to reach the City of Seattle’s vision to become a more digitally equitable city, where technology’s opportunities equitably empower all residents and ... -
Digital skills for diverse users comparison spreadsheet
Wedlake, Stacey; Lothian, Karah; Keyes, David; Coward, Chris (2019-03) -
Measuring City of Seattle's Progress on Digital Equity
Keyes, David; Wedlake, Stacey (Technology and Social Change Group, 2018-09-17)As communities plan for and implement broadband adoption and digital inclusion or digital equity plans, they also need to clarify intended outcomes and measure impacts. The City of Seattle envisions the city as a place ... -
Policy implications from a pandemic broadband adoption program for low-income job seekers
Wedlake, Stacey; Iribe Ramirez, Yvette; Carson, Kathleen; Jowaisas, Chris; Keyes, David; Houghton, Matthew (2021-12)In 2020, many organizations worked to increase broadband adoption in low-income households. Our study examines one Seattle effort that distributed 197 refurbished computers and 174 internet hotspots to low-income job ...