ELIMINATE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
E2D Needs Your Help to Provide Unique Helene Relief Support
NEWS In the aftermath of the storm, E2D is committed to supporting Western Carolina communities as they rebuild and recover. We’re stepping up our efforts to provide essential technology, but we need your help! Over the next few months, the demand for...
E2D is Expanding Across North Carolina – Looking to Hire Two Positions
NEWS Since its inception in 2013 in Davidson, E2D – Eliminate the Digital Divide has been a champion of digital equity for low-income families in North Carolina, distributing over 42,000 refurbished laptops. By providing affordable access to crucial at-home...
Big, BIG News from Eliminate the Digital Divide (E2D)
NEWS E2D is gearing up for its biggest distribution of free, refurbished laptops ever with the support of Google Fiber and in partnership with Lending Tree, Lowe's, AvidXchange, Truist, TIAA and EY. One thousand devices will be available to Charlotte students...
Eliminate the Digital Divide Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
NEWS The story of E2D (Eliminate the Digital Divide) is one of generosity, creativity, family, and community. It all began with one question. Eleven years ago, Franny Millen, a Davidson middle schooler, sat down to dinner with her family, brothers Paddy and Sam and...
Connecting Kids and Educators Through Computers
NEWS Eliminate the Digital Divide (E2D) needs help with an important project. If you have 30 minutes or more and can stuff an envelope, you can help. E2D has received 10,000 computers that will go to children throughout our community. Each of these 10,000 computers...
Town Board Honors Ruby Houston
NEWS The Mayor and Town Commissioners honored Ruby Houston at their February work session (via Zoom) Thursday evening. Mayor Rusty Knox read the following proclamation: A PROCLAMATION Honoring Ruby Houston WHEREAS, Ruby Diane Houston, daughter of Ollie and...
E2D – 10K
NONPROFITS In August 2013, Eliminate the Digital Divide (E2D) delivered its first laptops to 54 families at Davidson Elementary. Six years later, the Davidson-based nonprofit is on the verge of delivering its 10,000th laptop to a family in need. That...
Eliminate the Digital Divide
ELIMINATE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE Eliminate the Digital Divide (E2D) is a non-profit agency that was founded in 2013 due to two simple questions that an enlightened 12-year-old girl asked her parents: 1.How can all kids in our school do their homework and projects...
Eliminate the Digital Divide (E2D)
VISION: A North Carolina where every student has equitable access to technology and ongoing computer training/support, providing all students with the opportunity to succeed.
MISSION: (1) To end the digital divide by equipping all economically disadvantaged students and families in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools with at-home access to computers, digital broadband, and the digital literacy training necessary to immediately stimulate academic and professional success. (2) Design and advocate any practices, assessments, or public policy that make this possible.