Susan’s Corner is written by Susan Corbett, Director of the National Digital Equity Center. Ms. Corbett is a public speaker, educator, and advocate who is dedicated to providing broadband access, digital equity and digital inclusion to rural communities everywhere.

Celebrating and Taking on Digital Inclusion

The digital divide is the gap between those who have affordable access, skills, and support to effectively engage online and those who do not. Whose job is it to close the digital divide? All of us. The first week in October is Digital Inclusion Week, https://www.digitalinclusion.org/diw22, and it is a week of awareness, recognition, and celebration. The Read More …

Equitable access to broadband is a worthy investment

Co-authored by Susan Corbett and Nick Battista. Susan Corbett is Founder and Executive Director of the National Digital Equity Center. Nick Battista is Senior Policy Officer at the Island Institute, publisher of The Working Waterfront. Both serve on the ConnectMaine Authority Board. The pandemic clarified what many already knew—your ability to connect to the internet is not Read More …

Technology and Older Adults – and the story of resilience.

This post was co-written by Chloe Gray, Technology and Volunteer Coordinator for The Opportunity Alliance’s Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion programs.  It was originally published in the Island Institute’s blog as part of a series to highlight the ways that our education, our elders, our health and food security are all affected by a lack Read More …