What: | 65 Dell tablet computers and software to be donated by Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ: RCII) to Atlanta-based 100 Black Men of America, a noted men’s civic organization dedicated to educating and empowering African American children and teens. | ||
Why: | Donation to support the non-profit’s digital literacy pilot program dubbed “Digital Literacy 4Kidz.” | ||
When: | Delivery of computers to take place Wednesday, April 16th at 11:00 a.m. EDT. | ||
Where: | 100 Black Men of America’s headquarters, located at 141 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, GA. | ||
Who: | Representatives of 100 Black Men of America and Rent-A-Center. | ||
Why this Matters: | • It’s said that 80 percent of all U.S. jobs will require digital fluency within the next 10 years. | ||
• 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies only accept job applications online. | |||
• President Obama announced a five-year plan to install high-speed broadband Internet in 99 percent of schools by 2018. | |||
• A recent Pew Research report reveals that African Americans trail whites by seven percentage points when it comes to overall internet use (87% of whites and 80% of blacks are internet users), and by twelve percentage points when it comes to home broadband adoption (74% of whites and 62% of blacks have some sort of broadband connection at home). |
Contacts:
Xavier Dominicis, 972-801-1988
Vice
President, Public Affairs
Cell: 214-708-7980
Xavier.Dominicis@Rentacenter.com