Chicago Urban League Receives Comcast Grant

CHICAGO – Comcast recently announced that it has awarded the Chicago Urban League (Chicago, IL) a $27,000 “Lift Zone Opportunity Fund” grant. The funds will go to support digital skills training at the new Lift Zone, which Comcast opened in January of 2021.

According to the cable giant. Lift Zones are safe spaces where children and adults can learn new skills, go online to do schoolwork, look for jobs, and various other services that require the internet. The Chicago Urban League Lift Zone will go hand in hand with the company’s Internet Essentials program that has enabled low-income families to connect to the internet since 2011.

Chicago Urban League’s President and CEO, Karen Freeman-Wilson, is happy with the funding. “The Chicago Urban League works with thousands of Black youth and adults each year, helping them find jobs, secure affordable housing, enhance their educational experiences, and grow their businesses. Digital skills empower our families and our communities to participate more fully in an increasingly technology-oriented world. We are grateful to Comcast for supporting our mission of advancing equity and for helping us help our communities.”

The Chicago Urban League Lift Zone is one of 1,000 Lift Zones throughout the United States. Eighty of them are in the Chicago region.

John Crowley, Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region Senior Vice President, said, “Through Internet Essentials, Comcast has helped hundreds of thousands of Illinois households cross the digital divide. I’m proud that Comcast recognized the impact of the digital divide early on, stepped up and now continues to offer solutions that further our commitment to organizations like the Chicago Urban League and the people and communities they serve through the creation of Lift Zones.”

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