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Corporate Citizenship and Digital Inclusion: Empowering Communities, Nonprofits, and Public Libraries

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When I read that Google was donating $600,000 to provide free Wi-Fi in San Francisco parks, my first thought was, "Wow, it's going to be hard to get a signal at Dolores Park on a sunny day." " Local humor aside, the project is exciting: 31 public parks in San Francisco will get free Wi-Fi for at least two years.

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Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

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San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits. San Francisco, California: Let's Learn About Building a Stellar World! San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Tuesday, September 8, 2015.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

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Our NetSquared leaders are currently holding free events in 24 countries and meet with their local TechSoup partners to collaborate on how to best support nonprofits in their country. Find your local #Tech4Good group. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California.

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Infographic: The Internet is Important to Everyone

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Nonprofits and libraries can use the infographic to help local government and other community leaders understand why increasing information technology access and use should be a critical community-wide goal. Google is partnering with the City of San Francisco to provide free WiFi in city parks. Who is getting left behind.

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

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Local representatives from nonprofits, schools, and community groups convened in downtown San Francisco for Microsoft's YouthSpark Connection event. She also stated that while San Francisco is a highly educated region overall, two thirds of the city's highly educated residents are from outside of California.

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What do Twitter, Books, Wine, and Fundraisers have in Common?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Room to Read , a San Francisco based non-profit, will help us make that happen by bringing libraries and literacy to the world's poorest regions. For Twitter to be at its peak in utility, people who would have never had access to the world's information need to be able to not only receive it but engage with it, too.

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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

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For example, the San Francisco Public Library's website has a page that curates local services and resources on preparing for and dealing with the aftermath of an earthquake. After the shooting of Michael Brown by the local police, the city of Ferguson, Missouri erupted in chaos, violence, and unrest.