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Harlem Information Infrastructure Center proposal
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 10:56:47 -0800
Sender: "Arthur R. McGee"
Note: Other parts of the proposal will be made available in the months to come. Stay Tuned. :-)
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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 94 09:08:22 EST
From: JACKSON FREEMAN A
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ABSTRACT OF CURRENT PROPOSAL
HARLEM INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE CENTER
Cultural Computing Foundation, Inc. Freeman Jackson 138 W. 133, #2A New York, NY 10030 212-368-5428
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Executive Summary
2. Purpose of HII CENTER
3. Definitions
4. Estimate of benefits
5. Program Design, Development, and Activities
6. Project schedule and management plan
7. Nature of final output
8. Program Evaluation
9. Pricing summary
10. Cultural Computing Foundation qualifactions
11. Use of outside help
12. Role of the Harlem Urban Development Corporation
13. Expected Harlem support
14. Functions of Harlem Urban Development Corporation steering committee
15. Disclamiers
16 Approrpriate reference
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The U.S. government can no longer afford to neglect Black and Hispanic communities when it comes to information superhighway technology. It is time to radically change the way the data superhighway is developing -- to shift from an information repository for the privilege few to an information system that empowers all citizens. The ability to retrieve highly specific data rapidly from international information sources, and to work collaboratively with others to build that information into entrepreneurial opportunities through global markets, seem to be the key skills required for Harlem's success in the emerging global information based society. With industrial-age jobs disappearing, the U.S. government can't afford to leave anyone behind as our nation's economy shifts to an information-based economy. As networking becomes the highway to commute to work, we need to assure that Harlem finds the means to travel via the data superhighway
The Harlem Information Infrastructure Center is a vision that provides economic opportunity, sustainable community development, and community-based partnerships by providing a data superhighway on/off ramp in the community. It is an information initiative for the Harlem community, a new guarantee of an effective, efficient, and responsive commuity resource. The HII Center will organize community leaders in order to compete for Information Infrastructure funding from all corners of government, corporate America, and charities -- inorder to commercialize the City of New York data and other government electronic information and to provide business opportunities for the Harlem community through information based technologies. Many Harlem organizations and leaders will be participating at the Center, bringing their community resources, needs and requirements.
The Harlem Information Infrastructure Center will benefit the community by providing training and business opportunities necessary for commercializing access to the City of New York and other government electronic information. Local businesses will assist with developing software applications for accessing information and services through Internet at the HII Center. The City of New York and Government services most important to the Harlem community will be tailored through customized on-line menus for enhanced ease of access by the public. The HII Center will provide a single point of access for local, state and national government services, accessible with the help of friendly local on-line menu driven systems. Government compact disk databases will be economically mass-produced by Harlem businesses and made locally accessible from the HII center, regularly updated, and tailorable for the needs of Harlem community, compact disk databases providing gigabits of government information at very low costs. Private sector involvement with the HII Center will be essential to developing successful science and technology policies that will help Harlem businesses achieve sustainable growth and create high quality jobs, as well as to supporting its a cademic and research institutions.
Most Harlem workers today crave for a better job and more direction over their lives. Many feel literally imprisoned by their situations, which are often related to what information resources they have access to. For years there has been the pledge that one day, personal computers connected to international networks would allow creative individuals the chance for engaging in rewarding labor regardless of bodily location or time domains. This flexibility represents the potential for a new era of economic freedom for Harlem workers. The HII Center will bring a promise of individual economic freedom, job satisfaction, and mobility to the Harlem community.
The HII Center will offer personal superhighway IDs, providing international citizenship and telecommunication entrepreneurial capabilities. The HII Center will offer training from Harlem computer experts, self-teaching lessons and Harlem data superhighway email access. The biggest benefit of the HII Center will be the international tap for Harlem businesses support. Widespread Black and Hispanic grassroots involvement will be necessary for the potential of electronic delivery of government information services to become reality and for the Harlem community to be a leader in the information age. The HII Center will produce data superhighway citizens who know how to collaborate, and share information with others, and will become the successful entrepreneurs of the future. Creating grassroots innovations through telecommunication entrepreneurship. The HII Center will establish the highest level of citizen telecommunication literacy for developing international economic leaders in the Harlem community. Harlem Community leaders will learn how to support training programs for establishing citizen telecommuncation literacy for individual and community economic development through the creation of the HII Center a free, local, global telecommuncation transporter with self-teaching lessons. HII Center will be an incredibly powerful, and versatile Harlem Information Service.
The HIID Center will soon be a part of commercial data highway for the whole planet. The data superhighway will soon be the national information highway complex, with all the economic potential our national railroad and highway system brought to communities a century ago. The Harlem community will be prepared to benefit. The HII Center will include:
* Free, local access to the City of New York and other government databases.* Free, local Internet access for the Harlem community.* Free on-line self-instruction lessons on the usage and advantages of local, national and international networks available at the HIID Center.* Harlem on-line discussions that provide a public forum for discussion on local issues and serve as a springboard for innovations.* Harlem community groups could request their own conference(s), to be either open to the public or closed to a defined group.* On-line discussions shared with other communities, potentially to give the Harlem community a link to international trade, innovations, and resources.* Global economic development trade contacts, and information Science and Technology Transfer Organizations will be available to the Harlem community via Internet. If a particular Harlem business is interested in a particular technology or application, they will be able to readily join with others, on-line, that share the interest in staying current on technological developments in that specific area.
One of the principal purposes of the HII Center will be to establish clear community goals for information infrastucture investments and to ensure that High Performance Computers and Communication policies and programs are developed and implemented to effectively contribute to those community goals. Our most important gauge of success will be our ability to make a difference in the lives of the Harlem people. We must use this new initiative to harness science and technology to improve our quality of life and the Harlem's long- term economic strength.
High Performance Computers and Communications (HPCC) are essential tools for achieving HII Center's goals: for strengthening Harlem's economy, creating high quality jobs, protecting the environment, and improving its health care and education system. Harlem must sustain leadership in science, mathematics, and engineering to meet the challenges of today. . . . and of tomorrow. Investing in the HII Center is investing in Harlem's future.
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(c)1994 Cultural Computing Foundation, Inc. - 501(c)3
Cultural Computing Foundation, Inc. Freeman Jackson 138 W. 133, #2A New York, NY 10030 212-368-5428 ```
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