OE Report - August 2008
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Carol Gregory, Director of Communications
(202) 393-4577
Carol Gregory, Director of Communications
(202) 393-4577
OE Report - August 2008
In this issue:
Inaugural Class of Digital Connectors Bring Technology Leadership to the Warm Springs Tribe
The Jordan Beehive Celebrates One Year and 350,000 Visitors
Join Us at One Economy’s Annual Gala, Oe8
More from One Economy:
Inaugural Class of Digital Connectors Bring Technology Leadership to the Warm Springs Tribe
This
week, One Economy Corporation joined with community partners, friends,
family, and program alumni to honor the participation of the first
class of Warm Springs Digital Connectors. The Digital Connectors
program identifies talented young people, immerses them in technology
training, and helps them build their leadership and workplace skills to
enter the new economy. Youth receive training and participate in
community service opportunities in the areas of technology instruction,
technical support, digital media, marketing, workforce readiness and
leadership development.
The Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon is home to nearly 4,000 members of the Warm Spring, Wasco, and Paiute tribes. The local Digital Connectors program is a part of a community-wide digital inclusion program created by One Economy in partnership with the Tribal Council and Eagle Tech Systems. The project, including free public Internet access points and online resources that tribal members can use to improve their lives, will help rural communities reinvent their technological capacity and become competitive players in global economy.
Nationally, 246 youth completed the Digital Connectors program this summer, including eight in Warm Springs. These youths have become a tremendous asset to their community, providing over 100 hours of computer training to local families.
The Jordan Beehive Celebrates One Year and 350,000 Visitors
The Jordan Beehive (http://jordan.thebeehive.org), One Global Economy’s all-Arabic community portal, celebrated its one-year anniversary last month. Since its launch in 2007, it has received more than 350,000 visitors. In June alone, The Jordan Beehive was visited by more than 65,000 users.
While the site is customized for visitors from Jordan, with local information on topics like the Tawjihi and the National Aid fund, users from throughout the Arab world frequent the site. Information and technical assistance on the topics of pregnancy and pre-natal care (viewed over 125,000 times), jobs (viewed over 80,000 times), and the Jordanian Tawjihi (viewed over 25,000 times) attract interest from around the world.
The Jordan Beehive launched with support from of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MoICT) and in partnership with the United Nations Development Fund for Women’s e-Villages. More recently, One Global Economy has partnered with King’s Academy to produce a Digital Connectors program in Madaba that will provide participants with technology training, help build their leadership and workplace skills, and introduce the Jordan Beehive to local residents.
Join Us at One Economy’s Annual Gala, oe8
On
September 18, One Economy will celebrate eight extraordinary years of
bringing technology to low-income people around the world at our fourth
annual gala, oe8. This yearly tradition will be held at the San
Francisco Design Center. At the gala, One Economy will present the Lisa
Y. Sullivan Horizons Award and the Jane Metcalfe Digital Opportunity
Award.
This annual event attracts top executives from a diverse cross-section of businesses— from Fortune 500 companies to venture capital to technology & communications. It is also widely attended by civil rights leaders, government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, and prominent philanthropists from across the nation.
Proceeds from oe8 will support One Economy’s efforts to maximize the potential of technology to help low-income people improve their lives and enter the economic mainstream. Tickets are $250 per person.
For more information and to purchase tickets online, visit http://www.one-economy.com/oe8/.
- NPR: Isolated N.C. County Gets Wired
- News-Herald: Hive serves at-risk students
- The Times: Gary leaders discuss benefits of Wi-Fi
- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: Banks Building Markets by Building Communities
- Telecommunications Report: Broadband Adoption, Not Deployment, Should Be Focus of Efforts, Hill Staffers Told
- Chi-Town Daily News: New Apartments Help Bridge Digital Divide
- Courier Journal: Project Puts Charlestown on Information Superhighway
• Chief Marketing Officer
• Senior Web Designer
• Americorps*VISTA leader, Americorps*VISTA volunteer
• Interns: Public Policy/Business Development, Junior Web Editor, Communications