Strategic Partnerships


Strategic Partnerships

The Urban Affairs Coalition assists foundations and government agencies that want to fund communities but need a cost-effective alternative to managing programs in-house. We create strategic partnerships to ensure programs are run efficiently and funds are spent effectively. 

For More Information Contact


Arun Prabhakaran
Director of Government & Strategic Partnerships
Phone: 267-888-6408
Email: aprabhakaran@uac.org

Freedom Rings Partnership

Currently 41 percent of Philadelphia residents do not have Internet access. To respond to this desperate need, UAC is leading the Freedom Rings Partnership, a multi-year initiative to bring Internet access, training, and technology to residents in underserved communities.

 Freedom Rings Partners will also provide hands-on training to at least 15,000 people at over 130 locations citywide, including 77 public computer centers, and distribute 5,000 netbooks to public housing residents who complete technology skills training.

Training locations include recreation centers, health and social service organizations, workforce development agencies, and select nonprofits. There will also be 4 mobile computer labs that will travel throughout the City providing Internet access and training to underserved communities.

For more information visit www.phillykeyspots.org or call 311.

 

News

March 9, 2012
Digital On-Ramps (DOR), a city-wide collaboration to use technology to improve workforce development led by Lisa Nutter, was one of 30 winners in the Digital Media Learning (DML) Competition held...
March 1, 2012
Digital Badges Show Promise, Potential to Supercharge 21st Century LearningSAN FRANCISCO, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition winners were announced...
January 10, 2012
 The Freedom Rings Partnership has launched KEYSPOT, a public awareness campaign and new website to promote 70 FREE public computer centers now open around the City. The campaign includes ads on...

Resources

Looking for help? Our goal at the Coalition is to provide you with the best information and resources for learning, earning, working, and living in our community. For more information contact us.
FREE Internet access and computer classes located in Philadelphia communities