MARStar: Bridging the digital divide for inner-city residents | Linux Today

MARStar: Bridging the digital divide for inner-city residents

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 16, 2001

“AFSC, now in its sixth year in D.C., is embarking on a new
stage of service to the Petworth community, aimed at further
breaking down technological barriers for these inner-city
residents. Partnering with a 25-year-old organization housed in an
old school building around the corner, AFSC has established the
City-Wide Learning Center….”

“A group of GNU/Linux users with impressive technical
backgrounds meets Sundays to put their beliefs and skills into
practice to build the computer lab.”

“CLWC [City-Wide Learning Center] offers an opportunity to
demonstrate GNU/Linux in a real-world situation,” says volunteer
Julia Christianson.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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