The Knowledge House<\/a>\u2014an organization dedicated to technology training for underserved communities\u2014 and community members referred by the Bronx Borough President\u2019s Office.<\/p>\nEach student and attendee received a new laptop provided by The Knowledge House, with support from AT&T, the Bronx Economic Development Corporation and the Bronx Borough President\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
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Students wait in line to receive new laptops courtesy of The Knowledge House, AT&T, the Bronx Economic Development Corporation and the Bronx Borough President\u2019s Office. Photo by Lesley Cosme Torres<\/p>\n
\u201cThis event truly represents what makes our borough so special. When we come together, we create opportunities. We open doors and we remind the world that right here in the Bronx, we are filled with promise and potential,\u201d Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson said.<\/p>\n
Gibson added that the event gives underserved communities in the Bronx the tools to further their education, learn new skills and access to job opportunities.<\/p>\n
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A laptop recipient poses with Bronx leaders who sponsored the laptop giveaway. Photo courtesy of courtesy of The Knowledge House.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn today\u2019s world, digital access determines access to opportunity. Whether that\u2019s applying for a job, completing your school work, launching your own business, connecting with loved ones, technology has become a foundation for our daily lives,\u201d Gibson said.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cFor far too long, we know that the Bronx has been disconnected, we\u2019ve been overlooked and under-resourced when it comes to accessing connectivity and broadband and devices. But today, we are changing that narrative. We\u2019re sending a powerful message that the Bronx can and will lead when it comes to digital equity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0Borough President Gibson added that each laptop given to community members was more than just a device, that it\u2019s investing in \u201chuman potential, creativity and dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Bronx leaders with The Knowledge House, AT&T, the Bronx Economic Development Corporation and the Bronx Borough President\u2019s Office pose with the 100 new laptops. Photo by Lesley Cosme Torres<\/p>\n
Council Member Pierina Sanchez, who represents Kingsbridge, Fordham, University Heights and Mount Hope said that 22% of households in the Bronx don\u2019t have access to the internet, and 25% of families don\u2019t have a computer.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cWe need high speed, quality access to the internet so we can access all the opportunities that are out there,\u201d Sanchez said.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Hevy Rodriguez, a student in her first semester at BCC, said not having a laptop forced her to only be able to do her school work when the library was open.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cI feel like I was falling behind in my schoolwork because I had to come to school and work, so I\u2019m going to do better in school. It will also help me apply for food stamps and housing aid,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cI think it\u2019s great that they\u2019re doing it here in the Bronx, the forgotten borough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bronx Community College student receives free latop. Photo by Lesley Cosme Torres In early November, 100 students gathered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[29536,128,4633,3974,29537,29538,9,24,63,129,131,130,29539,6707],"class_list":{"0":"post-53575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-att","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-bronx-borough-president","11":"tag-bronx-community-college","12":"tag-bronx-economic-development-corporation","13":"tag-free-laptops","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-the-bronx","18":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","19":"tag-the-bronx-news","20":"tag-the-knowledge-house","21":"tag-vanessa-gibson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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