The Equitable Internet Initiative is a collaboration between different projects such as the Detroit Community Technology Project, Allied Media Projects, Grace in Action Collectives, WNUC Community Radio, and the Church of the Messiah's Boulevard Harambe Program. This project is from July 2016 to January 2018 and its mission is to ensure that more of the Detroit residents have the ability to support digit technologies for social and economic development. Some of the goals is to increase internet access in three underserved neighborhoods and this would be through the distribution of shared Gigabit Internet connections. Another goal is to increase internet adoption through a Digital Stewards training program that prepares residents of those same neighborhoods with the skills necessary to bring their communities online. Lastly, to increase pathways for youth into the opportunities of Detroit's burgeoning Innovation District through intermediate and advanced digital literacy training. The Equitable Internet Initiative will build upon existing community technology programs at each site, which include a community maker space, a youth-run technology collective, and a community radio station that focuses on developing local storytelling and journalism. With the participation of these organizations such as the Grace in Action Collectives, WNUC Community Radio, and the Church of the Messiah's Boulevard Harambe Program, they will grow volume to respond to rapidly changing digital opportunities and threats in Detroit.
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