Pivital to the Digital Equity Ambassadors program is the idea that in developing long-term, sustainable solutions for digital equity, we must center the needs and expertise of those directly impacted by this inequity and the people and organizations working on the ground with them. This program is embedded in the 10 cities Pilot Project, which is focused on developing a robust, community-based sustainable device ecosystem in each of the 10 named pilot cities.
Members of Digitunity’s Digital Opportunity Network (DON - a network of organizations across the country who are committed to digital equity and recognize the intersections between digital equity and their specific fields) who offer youth programs nominate an early career staff member to serve as a DON Adviser, whose role is to mentor and partner with a young person (most often of High School age) to investigate and document the pathways to K-12 device ownership in their city (1 DON Adviser & 1 Student Ambassador per city).
