Technology Learning Collaborative

Digital access is essential to financial well-being.

As banking and other financial services move online, people need reliable internet, the right devices, and the skills to safely manage their money. That’s why digital navigators do so much more than help people get connected. They support community members with everything from checking an account balance to accessing benefits and submitting financial documents securely.

A new article from Fed Communities explores this important connection with important insights on the evolving role of digital navigators and more from our Executive Director, Kate Rivera, and our Director of Learning and Engagement, David Cooper Moore!

Read the Beyond Broadband: The link between digital access and financial well-being ⬇️

Beyond broadband: The link between digital access and financial well-being As financial services increasingly move online, internet access and digital skills are becoming essential for financial well-being.

Digital equity work is complicated.

Organizations are navigating everything from online safety and digital literacy to funding models that don’t always serve communities well. While challenges can show up differently across programs and neighborhoods, we know that working together can lead to stronger solutions that better support the people!

If you work in digital equity at any level, we invite you to join our free community and connect with others doing this work ➡️ https://tlcphilly.org/membership/

Sooo... what is the Technology Learning Collaborative?

We’re a coalition of people and organizations working to make Philadelphia more digitally connected.

That means supporting the organizations helping residents get access to the internet, devices, digital skills, and to gain the confidence to navigate everyday life online.

We host events, share resources, build connections, and advocate for a city where everyone can fully participate in a digital world.

Digital equity takes a village, and we’re here to help bring that village together. Have more questions about what we do or want to learn more? Drop a note in the comments ⬇️

Digital skills can open the door to a new job, a certification, a stronger family connection, or more confidence navigating everyday life.

At Beyond Literacy, that connection is at the center of the work.

As Philadelphia’s largest adult literacy provider, Beyond Literacy supports adult learners through reading, math, ESOL, workforce development, digital skills training, and digital navigation services.

In our latest Field Notes, we visited their West Campus to learn more about how they’re helping learners build skills, access resources, and move toward new opportunities.

Learn more about Beyond Literacy: https://tlcphilly.org/field-notes-beyond-literacy/

Bringing organizations together to collaborate and talk about what they are facing when it comes to digital equity is part of what we do.

That’s why we hosted our first-ever Digital Equity Exchange for CDCs, a space for Community Development Corporations across Philadelphia to discuss the digital access needs showing up in the communities they serve every day.

For CDCs, digital equity is connected to most of their work already happening on the ground, including workforce development, education, healthcare navigation, benefits access, small business support, and more.

During the conversation, organizations shared both the challenges they’re seeing, from shrinking funding to limited access to devices, and the opportunities ahead, including resource sharing, partnership building, and stronger connections across the city.

This is the kind of collaboration that helps move digital equity work forward, and we’re excited to keep creating spaces for these conversations to grow!