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CYC Professional Development Recordings Available

With 100 staff members spread across seven cities, we have found the best way to provide professional development training is via webinar. Webinar sessions are taught by CYC staff and volunteers, helping staff excel [...]
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SAVE THE DATE: Community Broadband Adoption, Impact and Sustainability Conference: June 27-28, 2011

  Join us for an interactive, two-day conference designed to strengthen digital inclusion projects.    Community Broadband Adoption, Impact and Sustainability (CBAIS) June 27-28, 2011 Cleveland, Ohio   SBA and [...]
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Akron Urban League Thanks Leader

From the Akron Beacon Journal: Williams also was recognized for forging a partnership with the Connect Your Community Project to expand computer use and access to high-speed Internet services among poor households. The $2 million federal stimulus grant for the project is the largest in agency history.
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Almost 200 residents complete computer residency program

Lorain County Community College is helping close the digital divide through an Internet and computer literacy program called Connect Your Community.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan donates 1700 laptops to CYC Detroit

“We are thrilled to participate... and empower people as they connect to broadband service and improve their computer literacy,” said Bill Toples, BCBSM director of community responsibility. “This project creates education and employment opportunities in neighborhoods that have been disconnected and disenfranchised until now."
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CYC’s First Cleveland Graduates Receive Free Computers

INCLUDES VIDEO: Nearly 100 Cleveland residents received free computers at Esperanza’s headquarters after being the first to graduate from the “Connect Your Community Program.
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Connect Your Community Teaching Computer Skills in Coshocton

Rose Daugherty, of Coshocton, said she has a computer at home, but she uses it little because she knows only the basics. She hopes to expand her computer knowledge through a free two-week class taught by Connect Your Community
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AUL’s Connect Your Community project begins

The Akron Urban League (AUL), in collaboration with OneCommunity, launched its free computer and Internet training classes, part of the Connect Your Community (CYC) program, this week.
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AUL, OneCommunity increase access to computers, Internet

The Akron Urban League (AUL), in collaboration with OneCommunity, has received funding to train, equip and support more than 3,500 new Internet users in Summit County.
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Federal funding brings Internet to the underserved

The Appalachian Center for Collaborative and Engaged Learning is expected to help more than 6,000 people across 10 counties it will serve, including Columbiana County, and create at least 21 jobs.
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