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by Rachid Moukhabir (Author)
The digital divide is no longer simply about who owns a computer. It is about who can effectively use technology to navigate modern life. Across the United States, families are asked to manage school portals, telehealth systems, benefit applications, housing platforms, workplace tools, and AI-driven technologies, yet millions struggle silently with the digital tasks required for daily survival.
ELEVATE: A Blueprint for Digital Equity in the AI Age offers a practical, field-tested roadmap for closing this new divide. Drawing on lived experience, statewide partnerships, and community deployments across Massachusetts, the book traces the evolution of digital exclusion from access to skills to readiness and presents a comprehensive ecosystem model built through the Digital JEDI Consortium. Integrating real stories, research, and operational frameworks, Rachid Moukhabir shows how organizations of any size can build digital inclusion programs with limited resources, deliver multilingual navigation support, deploy device and connectivity solutions, and prepare residents for a fast-changing AI-driven world. ELEVATE is both a guide and a call to action, a vision for a country where every household, school, library, housing authority, and community organization has the tools and infrastructure needed to ensure that, in this ever-changing digital landscape, no one is left behind.
Number of Pages: 208
Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: April 26, 2026
