Mayor Celebrates New Partnership
Mayor Lovely A. Warren hosted a news conference on July 30 to celebrate Literacy Volunteers of Rochester’s (LVR) new partnership … Read More
Declining Majority of Online Adults Say the Internet Has Been Good for Society
At the same time, the contours of connectivity are shifting: One-in-five Americans are now ‘smartphone only’ internet users at home … Read More
Digital Divide Persists Even as Lower-Income Americans Make Gains in Tech Adoption
From Pew Research Center Fact Tank Blog by Monica Anderson Nearly 30 years after the debut of the World Wide Web, … Read More
Digital Divide Spurs Demand for Volunteers
Rochester, New York. An explosion in demand for computer help has led to a critical shortage of volunteers who work … Read More
Eric’s Story
“Digital Literacy volunteers are phenomenal.” Eric chuckles when he recalls his jail cell. “I had books stacked everywhere on my … Read More
Digital Literacy Expands to Gates
LVR announced today a new partnership with Gates Public Library. The partnership to provide LVR’s Digital Literacy services to … Read More
Tom’s Big Heart
Tom Weiler is a retired Cornell university professor. He recently became a LVR tutor and Digital literacy volunteer navigator. Previously, … Read More
The Least Connected People In America
POLITICO By MARGARET HARDING MCGILL 02/07/2018 05:04 AM EST Photo by M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO OROFINO, Idaho — Alexis Coomer’s house isn’t … Read More
New LVR Services Coordinator
LVR is excited to announce it has hired a new Services Coordinator. Denise Smith comes to us most recently from … Read More
Expanding the Scope of Literacy through Partnerships
Literacy Volunteers began over 50 years ago based on the concept of “Each One Teach One.” The program was based … Read More