Organization
Name
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National Urban League
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Contact Name
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B. Keith Fulton
Director, Technology Programs & Policy
212-558-5394
Fax 212-344-5332
bkfulton@nul.org
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
www.nul.org
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Program/Project
Description
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Technology Center Initiative: The League plans to build 114 Technology Education and Access Centers (TEACs) by the year 2006. The TEACs will be safe places for children and adults in low-income communities to develop marketable information technology skills.
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Key Highlights/
Milestones
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- Over 7,000 people served in 1998
- 65 centers operational throughout the United States
- Microsoft 1997 Nonprofit Technology Leadership Award
- TIIAP grant recipient 1997
- Bell Atlantic Foundation grantee 1997, 1999
- Ameritech Foundation grantee 1999
- AT&T Foundation grantee 1999
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Results Forecast
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- 10,000 people served by the end of 1999
- 80 centers in place by the end of 2000
- Addition of Digital Campus (streaming Internet courseware)
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Organization
Name
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National Urban League
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Contact Name
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B. Keith Fulton
Director, Technology Programs & Policy
212-558-5394
Fax 212-344-5332
bkfulton@nul.org
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
www.nul.org
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Program/Project
Description
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Leadership Summit Policy Forum: Each year the Technology Programs and Policy office of the National Urban League will host a policy forum of national leaders to address critical Internet issues. In June 1998, the League launched the inaugural Urban Technology Summit at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Content was also carried on C-SPAN and the Internet.
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Key Highlights/
Milestones
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- 5,000 viewers on the Internet
- First gathering of civil rights leaders to talk about technology
- Millions of viewers on C-SPAN
- Released report Losing Ground Bit by Bit: Low-Income Communities in the Information Age with the Benton Foundation (www.nul.org)
- Proceedings sent to each member of Congress in June 1999
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Results Forecast
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- Third printing of Losing Ground report
- Pro-community technology center proposals from Congress
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Organization
Name
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National Urban League
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Contact Name
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B. Keith Fulton
Director, Technology Programs & Policy
212-558-5394
Fax 212-344-5332
bkfulton@nul.org
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
www.nul.org
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Program/Project
Description
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"Cruise Control": In partnership with Ameritech, the League produced a CD-ROM for students in the Midwestern states. The CD-ROM explains the Internet and basic uses for students, parents, and teachers in public schools in the Midwest (unveiled
June 29, 1999).
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Key Highlights/
Milestones
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- As many as 200,000 CDs will be distributed
- Internet companion planned
- Safety tips included in multimedia project
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Results Forecast
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Distribution to 40 schools in the Midwest.
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