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The issue overview report for the 23rd Indiana Family Impact Seminar,
The Digital Divide: How Does it Divide Hoosiers, is now available. This report provides an overview of the issues covered in the seminar, which took place on 12/10/2020. The report is a collaboration of Christine McCall, Family Policy Intern and 2020 recipient of the Levien Family Policy Scholarship; Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Center for Families Director; and Rob Duncan, Family Policy Scholar.
The pandemic has highlighted the “digital divide”. Broadband access varies widely across Indiana, and affects key elements of the state budget including K-12 education and health care. This Family Impact Seminar shared evidence about useful policy strategies and featured the following presentations.
Dec 15, 2020 / 10:32 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) A high school teacher is giving lessons both in and out of the classroom. But it’s what’s he’s doing outside the classroom that could make the difference in helping children see their value.
Mental health has become a growing problem for people off all ages. And experts said the isolation and fear about the pandemic has a lot to do with that.
People come in a variety of shades. But you won’t find any of those colors in his book, “Orange.”
“I want to tell a universal story of how ridiculous it is to exclude someone just because of how they look, or, the case in my book: Nothing rhymes with orange,” said Derrick Slack, the book’s author.