BIC- Building Integrated Communities
WinstonNet offers in-person Computer Skills Training courses in multiple languages, including Chinese, Arabic, Karenni, and Spanish
The BIC initiative is led by and representative of people of color and immigrants.
Immigrants and refugees are selected and trained as Digital Navigators to instruct computer literacy programs in six native languages to expand digital literacy skills for 500 refugees and immigrants over three years. Other benefits of the training include Increasing access to the City's online services, such as utility bills and transportation schedules.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation funds the BIC initiative with strategic support from the Institute for the Study of the Americas Building Integrated Communities Initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
