Magic Johnson Foundation, HP Open Tech Center in Michigan
By Ronald Roach
LANSING, Mich.
Aiming to push community-based technology as a means to bridge the digital divide, the Hewlett-Packard company and the Magic Johnson Foundation have opened the 11th Magic Johnson HP Inventor Center at the Black Child and Family Institute in Lansing. The center offers training and skills development and access to online services for Lansing-area youths and adults.
Funded by HP, the initiative has already established 10 centers in other inner-city communities in cities such as Los Angeles, Washington, Atlanta, Harlem, Chicago and Houston. The investment in all the centers totals $1 million over a three-year rollout.
