Empowering Communities Through Digital Inclusion

Join us in our mission to become changemakers and liberators within our communities.

We are
Digital Liberations

Digital Liberations LLC is a budding collective ownership cooperative that works to narrow the digital divide in Washington DC as well as other predominantly Black and Brown communities throughout the United States.

Originally, a program under Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid, the Digital Liberations program was initially formed in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide Black and Brown students with digital devices, internet access, and the digital literacy they needed to be successful during remote learning. 

Digital Liberations LLC operates within a mutual-aid & Black solidarity framework, and as such empowers members within our own community with the skills, support, and resources necessary for them to be changemakers and liberators. 

We believe in solving the Digital Divide ourselves as a community.

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We believe in solving the Digital Divide ourselves as a community. 〰️

We’re Making an Impact

We have distributed over 

1,500

digital devices to Black community members

provided years’ worth of fast-speed internet to 

0500

Black families and organizations

assisted certification in Computer Science for 

00200

SYC/W6MA Core Black Youth Organizers

Digital Liberations LLC also provided 50 people an introductory coding class and Microsoft Office Suite, and hosted tech training with three cohorts of returning citizens & violence interrupters through our partnership with DC Peace Academy & a cohort of formerly unhoused neighbors through our partnership with the People for Fairness Coalition. 

We partnered with the National Housing Trust (NHT) to develop their digital-device loaner program and have continued to partner with them to assist their residents and community with various digital/tech initiatives. In Spring 2022, we partnered with Comcast to launch an ACP Outreach Pilot Program to train returning citizens and unhoused residents to be Digital Navigators so that they can learn new skills, earn money, spread awareness, and help community members access the ACP Program through the federal government.

Most recently, in partnership with ONE DC, we have outfitted the Black Workers and Wellness Center, a space for Black Entrepreneurs to learn, create, and collaborate, with a fully equipped technical classroom to carry out Digital Liberations LLC programs including our soon-to-be launching Workforce Development Initiative.

Finally, while the majority of our work is outside of government systems, as we recognize the role that government systems have played in creating the digital device, we have engaged with and led advocacy efforts to bring attention to the issues of the Digital Divide. As such we are members of the Tech Together Initiative through the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer and the DC Digital Equity Coalition organized by Byte Back. 

Tech Trainings led by Black Youth

Digital Liberations LLC provides tech training to community members & organizations.
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Past Tech Trainings have focused on Basic Digital Literacy, Microsoft Office, and Google Suite Products.
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All Tech Trainings are led by a Digital Liberations LLC Youth Organizer.

Check out our offerings

Device Sourcing, Purchasing & Distribution

Digital Liberations LLC can help you or your organization source & purchase digital devices at a significantly reduced price. 

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We’ve developed partnerships with device distributors to ensure quick & reliable purchasing options.

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We handle all aspects of this process including sourcing, purchasing, checking, and cleaning the devices – to make this process as smooth and easy as possible!

Digital Refurbishment & Tech Audits 

Digital Liberations LLC accepts old digital devices, refurbishes them, and provides them to community members in need.
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We can provide you or your organization with a tech audit to identify the condition of your digital devices and recommend and assist with a plan of action to update or upgrade them. 

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Support Our Mission

More than 50% of DC students don't have access to the internet or devices.
Please donate a laptop or tablet, and share widely!

Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid is collaborating with mutual aid groups, Always Hope, National Housing Trust, and TraRon Center to get digital devices in the hands of kids.

Donate a Digital Device!

We’re accepting digital devices (Laptops and tablets) for refurbishment and donations.

Quotes from our Community Partners!

  • “Peace For DC is proud to partner with Digital Liberation, who provides both chrome books and valuable hands-on computer training for DC's violence intervention workforce through our DC Peace Academy."

    - Rachel Usdan, Co-Founder | Strategy & Advocacy Lead, Peace For DC

  • “Digital Liberations moves with a purpose to shift power paradigms back to the community - and their partnership embodies this commitment and is invaluable to National Housing Trust's digital equity programs."

    - Selena Duvivier, Senior Associate, Community Outreach and Impact, National Housing Trust

  • "The Digital Literacy course was a great success in empowering our people in the new digital age."

    - Antoine Jones Jr., Founder & CEO, Always Hope Inc.

If you have any questions or require additional information about Digital Liberations LLC,
please contact us at info@digitalliberations.com.

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