Pratt Library to provide Baltimoreans free internet and technology
News Highlights: Pratt Library to provide Baltimoreans free internet and technology
Heidi Daniel, president and CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, announced Friday that Baltimore’s library system has partnered with Project Waves, the Digital Harbor Foundation, and the PNC Foundation to provide free in-home internet to 50 families in the Southeast from Baltimore. Image via Facebook Life.
The Enoch Pratt Free Library provides free internet access to 50 households in southeast Baltimore as part of an ongoing effort to close the digital divide in Baltimore City.
“We know that COVID-19 has exacerbated and exploited pre-existing inequalities, including the digital divide here in Baltimore City,” Mayor Brandon Scott said at a news conference on Friday. “In real time, we are seeing our world becoming more digital and virtual and we have left too many people behind.”
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