tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80829140598208489022011-11-27T15:41:47.940-08:00~ New River Free Press International's Visions of People Remaking Our Small Planet ~ ~ William & LaVerne Blickley Address Grand Rapids' Digital Divide ~Michael Chacko Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984152336066308411noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082914059820848902.post-82353842596306257792007-01-19T22:08:00.000-08:002008-12-12T19:50:48.661-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Grand Rapids Residents<br />Help Spanish-Speaking<br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Immigrant Families</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Former Grand Rapids’ City Commissioner <a href="http://indiawritingstation.com/citizen-participation-blickley/">William Blickley</a>, a long-time community activist in Grand Rapids, Michigan, provided the following narrative on January 18, 2007 for his three plus two photos on the work his nonprofit organization, Wherever God Wills/Donde Dios Quiera, is doing to bridge the digital divide in the Heartland:<br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.wherevergodwills.org/"></a><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >"</span></span><a href="http://www.wherevergodwills.org/">Wherever God Wills.org</a> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">rebuilt and provided the computers that were contributed by<br />Grand Valley State University.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >"</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">After 10 weeks of computer operation and program lessons, in English and Spanish, and 10 hours of community service, these computers will be given to the families participating. Then we'll start over with another class and the same result.</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >"</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PhnZi6dY2CU/RbG5s_y6NJI/AAAAAAAAAAw/ew9_dL_9bhM/s1600-h/unknown-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PhnZi6dY2CU/RbG5s_y6NJI/AAAAAAAAAAw/ew9_dL_9bhM/s400/unknown-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021999242185159826" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >"</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:courier new;">My wife LaVerne in our living room with the first group of 10 computers out of the 20 that are now being used to teach Spanish-speaking immigrants<br />in Grand Rapids, Michigan.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >"</span></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PhnZi6dY2CU/RbG6P_y6NKI/AAAAAAAAAA4/2XlBw_jKv2o/s1600-h/unknown-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PhnZi6dY2CU/RbG6P_y6NKI/AAAAAAAAAA4/2XlBw_jKv2o/s400/unknown-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021999843480581282" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >"</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >This photo was taken in the Steepletown Ministries building, on the west side of Grand Rapids, where the computers are being set up for classes to start tonight (January 18, 2007) with individuals from 20 families.</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >"</span></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PhnZi6dY2CU/RbG7fPy6NLI/AAAAAAAAABA/NgUorpsI1Wk/s1600-h/unknown-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PhnZi6dY2CU/RbG7fPy6NLI/AAAAAAAAABA/NgUorpsI1Wk/s400/unknown-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022001204985214130" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >The Steepletown Center</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Photos by William Blickley</span></span></div></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">In Their Homes<br />They Rebuild, Assemble, And Setup<br />Computer</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Systems For Donation<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PhnZi6dY2CU/RbLYh_y6NMI/AAAAAAAAABY/rShJ4WCm0Bs/s1600-h/solderbenchc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PhnZi6dY2CU/RbLYh_y6NMI/AAAAAAAAABY/rShJ4WCm0Bs/s400/solderbenchc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022314613043770562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >William Blickley<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >Photo by his brother</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PhnZi6dY2CU/RbLZ6fy6NNI/AAAAAAAAABg/WFrDetdZs7Q/s1600-h/Tom%26FF.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PhnZi6dY2CU/RbLZ6fy6NNI/AAAAAAAAABg/WFrDetdZs7Q/s400/Tom%26FF.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022316133462193362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >Tom Bateman<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >Photo by William Blickley</span><br /><br /><blockquote>Click the link below to view the updated<br />Eastown Ministries informational brochure.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wherevergodwills.org/eastown_ministries.htm">http://www.wherevergodwills.org/eastown_ministries.htm</a></blockquote><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://indiawritingstation.com/citizen-participation-blickley/">Read Michael Chacko Daniels' </a><br /><a href="http://indiawritingstation.com/citizen-participation-blickley/">interview with William Blickley in<br />New River Free Press, August 1976.</a><br /><br />All views expressed in this report are those of the participant<br /><br />and not those of the editor or this website.<br /><br />This report brought to you by<br /><a href="http://indiawritingstation.com/american-journey-writer-clown/"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Michael Chacko Daniels</span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Editor &amp; 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