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Stillmeadow Community Fellowship Church
In Baltimore, Maryland, Black and Latino households are more than twice as likely as white households to lack a computer and reliable broadband connection. While our partners in the Baltimore Digital Equity coalition are fighting hard to distribute hotspots to K-12 students and adult learning, the racial digital divide continues to grow.
During the height of the pandemic, Libraries Without Borders US distributed hundreds of its ConnectED kits to school-children in Baltimore. LWB US has also partnered with the Stillmeadow Community Fellowship Church to design and implement a sustainable learning space, the Stillmeadow PeacePark Learning Center, promoting young computer users, after school activities, and community science in the church’s own forest.
The Digital Divide in Baltimore City
Entering the Covid-19 pandemic, nearly 40% of Baltimore households were without broadband internet access. COVID-19 exacerbated the challenges of these households on the wrong side of the digital divide. ConnectED kits were distributed to residents in the low-income neighborhoods of Central Park Heights, Mount Clare, Irvington, and Highlandtown as well as to at-risk youth who fall outside the scope of Baltimore City Public Schools.
Contact
For questions and more information, please contact Alexis Taylor at alexis@librarieswithoutborders.us