Making technology accessible to everyone, what has come to be called the "Digital Divide," has been on SunSITE's radar for the last five years. SunSITE has been very creative (and effective) in using technology to bring together UT constituencies and community groups. We have not only provided support for UT's other community outreach programs but we have also put UT students in the community and brought gifted high school students to campus, creating a positive and proactive image of UT in the community.
  • SunSITE has consulted with and led workshops for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, a federal program focussed on housing, community and economic development. In 1998 SunSITE and the NRC worked together to develop a proposal for a digital video library for non-profit agencies nationwide.

  • SunSITE has served on the Knoxville Empowerment Zone's Technology Advisory Group and its Cultural Heritage Task Force since 1999.

  • In Fall 2000 SunSITE worked with UT's Community Partnership Center on Living Legacy, which sought to teach youth photography, videography and interviewing skills by collecting oral histories of the Civil Rights Movement.

  • SunSITE collaborated with the Knoxville Museum of Art to create two online exhibitions, Awakening the Spirits: Art by Bessie Harvey and Witness and Legacy: Contemporary Art About the Holocaust.

    Partnerships and Projects:
         Community Partnership Center