MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — Nearly 1,000 households in the Westlawn Gardens community will have access to affordable high-speed internet. With support from the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM), and Microsoft, PCs for People built a 4G LTE tower to provide internet access to residents at an affordable cost … Read More
AT&T Contributes $500,000 to PCs for People To Help Bridge the Digital Divide in Baltimore
What’s the news? As part of AT&T’s $2 billion commitment to help bridge the digital divide and homework gap, AT&T contributed $500,000 to PCs for People in Baltimore to provide free access to digital tools and digital skills training for students, families and adults in Baltimore and across Maryland. The funding supported … Read More
How to actively support digital equity in the workplace
This guest blog post was written by Claire Hegstrom, Social Impact Strategist at Alliant Credit Union. Thank you to Claire and the Alliant team for this valuable insight and recommendations for supporting digital inclusion in the workplace. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance defines digital equity as a condition in which … Read More
PCs for People Denver Recognized by EPA 2021 Regional Pollution Prevention (P2) Award Program
We are honored and humbled to be recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as one of four Colorado companies for the 2021 Regional Pollution Prevention (P2) Award Program! “PCs for People Denver diverts over a million pounds of electronic waste from Colorado landfills every year and repurposes the waste … Read More
PCs for People Denver Executive Director Named Colorado Technology Assn. Talent Champion of the Year
Please join us in congratulating PCs for People Denver‘s Executive Director, Alejandro Dopico! Alejandro was named as Colorado Technology Association’s APEX Awards 2022 Talent Champion of the Year. Alejandro spoke with the Denver Business Journal about his accomplishments this past year with the PCs for People team in Colorado, as … Read More
PCs for People Joins Job Site Indeed Initiative to Aid Job Seekers Facing Employment Barriers
We at PCs for People are proud to share the news of our partnership with job site Indeed as they launch a $10M investment to launch “Essentials to Work,” a multi-prong investment to help struggling job seekers in the U.S. get access to technology, transportation, and criminal record-clearing services. This … Read More
An Important Update About the Emergency Broadband Benefit
Starting Dec. 31, 2021, the current Emergency Broadband Benefit program by the FCC will transition to the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). This change comes after the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Nov. 15, 2021. Overall, this is great news! While EBB was meant to be a … Read More
PCs for People’s 2021 Impact
What a year! Thank you to all who supported our mission and organization this year. 2021 was an interesting year, to say the least, one that came with no shortage of challenges. We continued to grow this year, working to increase our impact in all existing markets, as well as … Read More
Thank You
Today, we’d like to say “thank you.” Thank you to our dedicated team members who work every day to fulfill our mission of providing devices, internet, and education to all. Thank you to our generous donors who believe and invest in the power of our model to solve the … Read More
PCs for People St. Paul is Awarded MOHR’s Outstanding Disability Employer Award
(This post is adapted from the Minnesota Organization for Habilitation and Rehabilitation (MOHR) website award announcement here.) To recognize the valuable role that organizations play in employing people with disabilities, the Minnesota Organization for Habilitation and Rehabilitation (MOHR) announces 11 winners for its Fifth Annual Outstanding Disability Employer Awards. They … Read More