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AI has the potential to strengthen how nonprofits serve their communities, but emerging technologies also present significant challenges. At Tech Goes Home, we’re committed to ensuring that technologies like AI advance equity -- and don't widen the digital divide. Together, we can build a more connected and inclusive future for all. Read more:

AI adoption in nonprofits faces structural, financial challenges “There are a lot of folks who work in nonprofits, predominantly on the front lines, who don’t even have the foundational digital skills that would allow them to use AI effectively,” nonprofit CEO tells IT Brew.

Recently, the Tech Goes Home team had the honor of presenting to a cohort of 26 fellows from the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders at Bridgewater State University. This fellowship brings emerging leaders from African countries to the United States for academic and leadership training. Together, we harnessed this international exchange of knowledge and expertise to discuss how Massachusetts-based initiatives can be adapted to bridge the digital divide globally, enhance employability, and foster long-term economic empowerment.

Tech Goes Home is grateful to be honored alongside our partner NETSCOUT as a recipient of the 2025 Community Collaborator Awards from Boston Business Journal. The award recognizes our joint work in Boston & Lowell, which has provided over 2,000 individuals and families with digital skills, devices, and internet. Join us on Wednesday, September 10 from 5:30pm – 8:30pm at Big Night Live to celebrate our partnership, alongside three other impactful honorees, and the Alan E. Lewis Alnoba CEO Social Leadership Award honoree, Bob Rivers of Eastern Bank. Read more about the Awards at https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2025/07/15/bbj-names-bob-rivers-corporate-nonprofit-partne.html.

Elevating this thoughtful and timely piece from our friend and partner Vilas Dhar of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation on the critical inflection point we're in as AI continues to flood all areas of life. Vilas said it best: "AI literacy must become foundational."

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/14/opinion/ai-governance-regulation-innovation/