With its $18 million in federal funding set to dry up next summer, the city’s Freedom Rings Partnership/KEYSPOT initiative, a broad public-private partnership aimed at closing the digital divide, is ...

One year after launching weekly digital literacy trainings, poverty-empowerment nonprofit LIFT-Philadelphia, partnered with economic development group Philadelphia OIC and Comcast, says it has brought ...

“Lift Zones are about creating pathways to opportunity and providing support for people within their communities,” said Bret Perkins, Senior Vice President of External and Government Affairs at ...

OIC Philadelphia recently marked its 60th anniversary with a big gala. Hosted at the VIE venue, the event attracted over 600 of Philadelphia’s most influential leaders on Friday, raising $325,000 for ...

This article originally appeared on The Philadelphia Tribune. Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center has appointed a new president and executive director who has pledged to expand the ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Judge Renée Cardwell Hughes, formerly the CEO of the ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --OIC Philadelphia is partnering with a local utility company to launch a green jobs training program. There's also new proposed legislation designed to support the effort. The $100 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Philadelphia-based Opportunities Industrialization Center is kicking off its 50th anniversary celebration, beginning today. The nonprofit self-help organization started small ...

Partnership Provides Free Community WiFi Access, More Than $1 Million to Support Facility & Technology Upgrades and Enhance Programs Comcast opens its newest Flagship Lift Zone with OIC Philadelphia ...

Comcast today opened its newest Flagship Lift Zone in partnership with Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc. (OIC) Philadelphia to advance digital skills and job training opportunities in the ...