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Heartland Digital Asset Exchange #HDAX

by Harrison Kallman | Jul 29, 2025 | Access to Capital, AI

Event Date: September 9, 2025 Time: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Location: The Savoy, 219 W 9th St, Kansas City, MO 64105, USA Admission: Registration available through the Luma page Welcome to #HDAX The Heartland Digital Asset Exchange (#HDAX) is a first-of-its-kind,...

AI in Action National Webinar by Humanitix

by Harrison Kallman | Jul 15, 2025 | AI

Tickets available from Humanitix here. Join the National Smart Coalitions Partnership in collaboration with Sand Technologies for “AI in Action” to hear from cities of different sizes and geographies across the US implementing AI to solve real problems. Breaking new...

KC Digital Drive Publishes Template Organizational AI Policy for Nonprofits

by William Crumpler | May 12, 2025 | AI

KC Digital Drive recently hosted a workshop on developing an organizational AI policy for members of the Community Technology Action Network (CTAN), following up on our three previous workshops on generative AI basics. This workshop was built around a template...

CTAN AI Basics Workshop

by William Crumpler | Dec 20, 2024 | AI

Event Date: January 17th, 2024 Time: 2:30 – 4:00 PM Location: Zoom – https://kcdigitaldrive.zoom.us/j/88401064175?pwd=N1HqnzMj1glLuqvha7bVa8Fz76Lzwu.1 Admission: Free – Register on Eventbrite __________ As generative AI continues to improve, it is...

CTAN Workshop Introduces Local Nonprofits to Generative AI Tools

by William Crumpler | Dec 20, 2024 | AI

KC Digital Drive recently hosted its first workshop on generative AI for members of the Community Technology Action Network (CTAN), marking the beginning of a planned series aimed at helping local nonprofit organizations understand and effectively utilize AI...

The January 2026 meeting of the Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion explored the critical intersection of healthcare and digital access. Featuring presentations from KC Digital Drive, Heartland Wellness Connection, and Care Beyond the Boulevard, the session highlighted how digital navigation is being embedded into clinical and social care to address health disparities and the social drivers of health.

How San Antonio Used a Digital Divide Simulation to Align Community Leaders

In September 2025, SA Digital Connects, Methodist Healthcare Ministries, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), and digitalLIFT partnered with KC Digital Drive to host a Digital Divide Simulation in San Antonio, Texas. The immersive experience convened more than 60 civic, healthcare, nonprofit, philanthropic, and institutional leaders from across San Antonio and Bexar County to explore how digital exclusion compounds barriers across healthcare, workforce development, education, and public services.

Digital Inclusion Is Civic Infrastructure: What 2025 Taught Us

In 2025, digital inclusion stopped being about programs alone. It became unmistakably clear that it functions as civic infrastructure—essential for accessing health care, education, work, and public systems, and dependent on coordination, trust, and sustained human support to work at scale.