Kelly and I just had a meeting with Gwen Shaffer, organizer of Philadelphia’s One Web Day, and recent Ph.D grad of Temple’s Mass Media and Communications Department.  She spoke about her work on narrowing the digital divide in Philadelphia.  I came across this article on philly.com about Newark’s mayor Cory Booker and a couple of other social networking experts as they try to devise a similar plan of using social networking mediums to keep Newark’s residents more informed, connected, and active in an online community.  I am curious, though, the article doesn’t mention anything about initiatives to provide computers or broadband internet access to Newark’s residents, the basic foundation upon which these initiatives should be built.  Do all these people have computers and access already?  I doubt it.  Read the article here: http://www.philly.com/philly/business/technology/20090722_ap_socialnetworkingpioneerslinkwithnewark.html