Digital Elder
Global Village
The DIGITAL ELDER Project:
EmPOWER On-Line & in the African American Community!
Using the role of the traditional African elder as a guide, a Digital Elder™ is a role model who utilizes modern tools of 21st Century communication, to listen, nurture, guide, acknowledge, share wisdom and affirm (Byard, 2008).
Poised to close the digital divide, the purpose of The Digital Elder Project is to train current & potential leaders of African descent (ages 14 to 100), to become media literate, technologically familiar and cognizant of social and racial barriers and opportunities, in order to support intergenerational communication and community advancement - socially, economically and academically.