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Podcast: Beyond The Blog
Episode: How Cook County Is Advancing Digital Equity Through People, Policy, and Practice
Description: Digital equity goes far beyond internet access. It touches people, trust, language, and the systems that shape opportunity. In this episode of Digital Access Discoveries, Cook County’s inaugural Director of Digital Equity, Kyla Williams Tate, shares how digital inclusion works best when it is treated as a living ecosystem. She explores the role of storytelling, small but strategic investments, trust-building, and designing programs with dignity at the center. The conversation also looks at AI, digital literacy, and the human infrastructure needed to support communities. Listeners will walk away with practical insights on building digital equity that lasts and tr...