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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Connecting for Good conducts a training session at the Blue Hill Community Services facility in Kansas City, Mo. It's important to know the cultures of the people we hope to reach. We can't go into an underserved neighborhood and say, "Here we are with the answer to your need!" things that have excluded people from the digital revolution are the same cultural, economic and racial barriers that have kept them in isolation and poverty for generations. However, we sincerely believe that we possess tools in the Internet that can tear these barriers down, unite communities and overcome prejudice and injustice. Trough basic connectivity, people are enabled 92 to communicate with one another and access resources that were never before available. Digital citizenship is real, and we have in our hands the tools to get people empowered and engaged to bring about positive change in their communities. 4. It needs to be "up close and personal." To bridge the digital divide, we can't help people we don't understand. It's important to | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com know the cultures of the people we hope to reach. We can't go into an underserved neighborhood and say, "Here we are with the answer to your need!" Te message we share at Connecting for Good is one of empowerment; more Internet access and knowledge of technology means people can take their futures into their own hands. We provide them with the resources to make better lives for themselves. Te digital divide will be closed when we can take a handful of eager learners into the digital age one step at a time. For our digital life skills introductory classes, we limit the class size to 10 and try to get other volunteers to help whenever we can. Tough the waiting list for these classes is nearly 100, we know | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013