Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages : Hewlett-Packard's $15 Million Race Toward Social Justice

Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages analyzes a $15 million community change initiative designed to bridge the digital divide in East Palo Alto, East Baltimore, and San Diego. Involving a partnership between Hewlett-Packard, Stanford University, and three ethnically diverse communities, this initiative enabled its constituencies to build their own technology-oriented businesses, improve their education systems, and improve their economic health. While examining this large-scale, multi-site case, Fetterman highlights the potential for empowerment evaluation to build local capacity and sustain improvements within communities. He provides deep insights into key steps in empowerment evaluation by exploring the way that each of these phases took place in the digital villages. Additionally, the text provides evaluators with real-world stories and practical advice from the front lines. The Digital Village case also demonstrates the social value of combining corporate philanthropy, academic prowess, and community empowerment--highlighting the role of evaluation in this process. The Fuel : The Desire For A Better Life -- The Sponsor And The Crew : Hewlett-packard And Stanford University -- The Drivers : The Three Digital Villages -- The Engine : Empowerment Evaluation -- The Starting Line : The Mission -- The Pit Stop : Taking Stock -- Back On The Track : Planning For The Future Or Implementing The Innovation -- The Finish Line : Measuring Change Over Time -- The Real Winners : Building Capacity -- Reflections On The Race To Social Justice : What Have We?. David M. Fetterman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book presents a large-scale, multi-site case example of how empowerment evaluation was used to facilitate the $15 Million Hewlett-Packard Digital Village Initiative, designed to bridge the digital divide in communities of color.