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The Lawndale Wireless Community Network
Steering Committee Meeting will be hosted by the
DDCOC. All are invited to attend. This is an Open Meeting and we do
seek involvement from all community members. We do suggest that you
RSVP to insure a good seat. To RSVP, simply call 773 782-6604.

The Lawndale Wireless Community Network
is a collaborative project, funded by the Motorola Foundation, that
represents a strategic and organic model for extending the public
benefits of technology to residents, community based organizations,
schools and businesses of Chicago’s North Lawndale community. The
wireless network itself was developed three years ago, and initially
created to understand how to locally develop the architecture for a
community wireless network, and explore beneficial uses for the local
community (e.g., education, employment, social and cultural).This
project marks the first time that Motorola has funded an initiative
like this in the United States. The goals of Lawndale
Wireless Community Network project are:

  • Empower
    users –The Lawndale wireless project is designed to empower
    households and small businesses to connect with programs to obtain
    affordable hardware and broadband access.
  • Create a multimedia web content
    – There is an absence of multimedia properties that focus on
    undeserved communities needs and issues. The Lawndale project, via
    tools like the Lawndale Beehive, provides Lawndale community content
    that is user friendly, user created, and user maintained.
  • Collaborate with existing
    non-profit Community Based Organizations (CBOs) – The greater
    Lawndale community has benefited from input from many leading
    non-profit organizations that currently offer programs to the
    undeserved targeted groups. The Lawndale Wireless Network brings
    together a broad array of Lawndale CBOs helping each to accomplish
    its mission through collaboration.

For more information about the Lawndale
Wireless Community Network, please email LawndaleWireless@gmail.com
or you may call us, at the DDCOC, 773 782-6604.
A list of our partners is below:The
Allison Foundation Digital Divide Corporation and Oversight
CommitteeKellman Corporate Community SchoolLawndale
AllianceLawndale Business and Local Development
CorporationLumityMen for a Better LawndaleNeighborhood
Technology Resource CenterNorth Lawndale Community NewsNorth
Lawndale Employment NetworkOne Economy Corporation