Hosted by Baystate Health and the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.

*This event was rescheduled to June 3, 2020 due to technical difficulties on May 27, 2020. Thank you in advance for your flexibility and willingness to continue engaging with this conversation.*

There is an urgent need to tackle the sharp digital divide between our community’s online and offline populations, that has further been intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. The responsibility for addressing digital exclusion lies jointly with public and private organizations, who must come together to ensure that access to essential services isn’t denied to the digitally marginalized.

Inequalities are rooted in race/ethnicity, income and wealth, language and cultural differences, all of which accounts for disparities that intersect with access to education, healthcare, housing, and other social domains. One aspect of the disparity includes access and use of information and communication technology (ICT) and broadly, the concept of the digital divide. The term “digital divide” can be described as the mismatch between access to and use of ICT.

Should you have any questions on any of the items below, please contact frank.robsinson@baystatehealth.org.

See meeting invitation below:

Topic: Digital Divide Conversation - RESCHEDULED

Time: Jun 3, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 389 462 6115

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