Under Connect Chicago, LISC Chicago Financial Opportunity Centers are integrating digital skills training into their programming. This investment was launched on Saturday April 16th by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other Chicago leaders. This investment builds on an infrastructure of trusted…
Our next Meetup will feature the Center for Changing Lives and their new IT Career Preparation Program. This program takes participants on a learning pathway from basic digital skills to job preparation in the information technology field. The Connect Chicago…
On April 16th, a coalition of public and private partners announced the next chapter in Chicago’s digital leadership: Connect Chicago. Smart Chicago joined the Chicago Public Library, LISC Chicago, World Business Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Public Library Foundation,…
On April 9th, Smart Chicago participated in the After School Matters & Borderbend Arts & Tech Fair at the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center. Today we participated in the @AftrSchoolMttrs @borderbend Arts & Tech Fair at @SRBCC #ConnectChicago #STEAM pic.twitter.com/3NCZbxfm8T…
On April 4th, Illinois Humanities hosted “Big Data & the Public Good” at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The event overviewed the Array of Things urban sensing project and facilitated a conversation on the role of technology…
Last week I led a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference: “Digital Inclusion Program Sustainability: Documenting Lessons, Sharing Successes, and Transitioning Work.” Here with my wonderful cohorts learning about sustainability #16NTC #16NTCdi — Aneta Thomas Lee (@lee_aneta) March 25,…
