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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
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