Hewlett-Packard has awarded $15 million to 3 digital villages throughout the United States. HP's Philanthropy and Education executives also provided additional support at each site. One of the villages is in East Palo Alto, the second in Baltimore, and the third is the Tribal Digital Village in San Diego. The third village consists of 18 tribes. The aim of this philanthropic venture is to help underserved communities address their most pressing social and economic needs, as defined by each community. An empowerment evaluation approach has been adopted in each digital village in part because it is both rigorous and aligned with this philosophy of self-help.

Brief videos of the initial empowerment evaluation workshops at each digital village are presented below to provide some insight into the process and the productive spirit associated with this approach. The reports require password protection to access and are only available for the clients at this time.

 

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Tribal Digital Village (San Diego)

This is a brief view of one of our Tribal Digital Village empowerment evaluation activities working in San Diego with 18 Native American tribes. It was part of Hewlett-Packard's $15 Million Digital Village Initiative. It was designed to bridge the digital divide in communities of color. Dr. Fetterman was the empowerment evaluator (with his team of evaluators) for this initiative. The book about this project is Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages: Hewlett-Packard's $15 Million Race Toward Social Justice (Stanford University Press).

( click here or on the picture above to view video)

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East Palo Alto Digital Village

This is a brief view of one of our East Palo Alto Digital Village empowerment evaluation activities working in East Palo Alto. It was part of Hewlett-Packard's $15 Million Digital Village Initiative. It was designed to bridge the digital divide in communities of color. Dr. Fetterman was the empowerment evaluator (with his team of evaluators) for this initiative. The book about this project is Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages: Hewlett-Packard's $15 Million Race Toward Social Justice (Stanford University Press).

(click here or on picture above to view)

 

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Baltimore Digital Village

This is a brief view of one of our Baltimore Digital Village empowerment evaluation activities working. It was part of Hewlett-Packard's $15 Million Digital Village Initiative. It was designed to bridge the digital divide in communities of color. Dr. Fetterman was the empowerment evaluator (with his team of evaluators) for this initiative. The book about this project is Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages: Hewlett-Packard's $15 Million Race Toward Social Justice (Stanford University Press).

(click here or on picture to view)

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Videoconferencing: Tribal Digital Village

and Stanford University

This is a brief series of slides capturing a videoconferencing session with the Tribal Digital Village. It was part of Hewlett-Packard's $15 Million Digital Village Initiative. It was designed to bridge the digital divide in communities of color. Dr. Fetterman was the empowerment evaluator (with his team of evaluators) for this initiative. The book about this project is Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages: Hewlett-Packard's $15 Million Race Toward Social Justice (Stanford University Press).

(click here or on picture to view)