Ronda Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The concept of computer labs as the answer for bridging the digital divide is obsolete disadvantaged kids, starting at a the preschool level, need a computer in their home in order to have a chance at parity with their more affluent counterparts. Want to Improve High Schools? Put Computers in the Homes. is now published on the Digital Divide Network website.
It can be found at the following URL: http://www.digitaldivide.net/articles/view.php?ArticleID=469 This article was written before Katrina and is even worse then before. If we truly want to Bridge the Divide we must start taking the computers that are being trashed, refurbish them and put them in the homes of children that don't have computers. Please make sure in your area that all refugees have immediate access to computers and the Internet in their homes. Ronda EvansRECA Foundation President4People Vice Chair www.tcfn.org - Connecting people to technology4People.tcfn.org - Connecting people to resourcesCalendars.tcfn.org - Connecting people to activities _____________________________________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide Response ~ Gracias Hermana Ronda ~ I saved this Email Post in my Inbox and did not even open it until this morning, the beginning of the regular work week after the hypocrisy laden Cruel Columbus Day of yesterday, but that's another long story. An entire library could be written about 'Bridging the Digital Divide', but thanks for the sincere thought input. At the bottom of the whole concept behind and beneath bridging the digital divide is the base concept of us, as a global people, bridging the economic divide between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots', that is class property and power relations in oppressive class society. This may be assumed on a subconscious level by many but should not ever be forgotten in our bold analyses. The oppressed people require more than the leftovers trashed by others more affluent, they require oppression-free life-economic conditions. Of course, until a true radical transformation takes place on a global scale, we must continue to fight for and implement needed reforms but without liberal illusions. There can be no single answer for a multi-leveled and multi-dimensional social problem as the digital divide hints at for us. In present-day society, bridging the digital divide will include computer labs for children, but also an entire computer savvy community of people who have basic literacy, computer skills and computer repair skills. We will have to build our own connected reality, including computers. We have to do for ourselves what we can with what we have; while always taking into consideration economic realities. Nada mas ahora. Help Build Humane Bridges, Not Borders! Peter S. Lopez~Field Coordinator Sacramento, Califas, USA http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HumaneRightsAgenda/ http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/sacranative XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
