Welcome to your neighborhood intranet!

While the “Internet” connects you to the external world, the “intranet” is internal like like a block club – a way for you and your neighbors to communicate. It is only accessible to other households on your Equitable Internet Initiative (EII) network, and it will be here for you even when there is no external Internet connection.

Please note that these applications, and the content you may add to them, is public to everyone who has EII internet access in your neighborhood.

Resources

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COVID-19 Resources

A collection of resources for the community to help us through the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Digital Safety

A collection of zines and other documents discussing community safety in the digital space.

Talk

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Forum

Use our forum to post permanent updates, questions, and more.

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Text chat

Use [chat app] to chat real-time with neighbors who are currently online. Chat sessions are not stored for later viewing.

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Voice Chat

Use mumble to voice chat real-time with neighbors who are currently online. Microphone is required.

Share

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Collaborative Notes

Use Etherpad to take ongoing collaborative notes.

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File Sharing

Use Droppy to share files (PDFs, images, etc.) with the neighborhood.

EII initiative is a collaboration between the Detroit Community Technology Project and 3 organizations in Detroit — Grace in Action in Southwest, Church of the Messiah in Islandview, and the North End Woodward Community Coalition (NEWCC) in the North End and Highland Park — as well as Community Tech New York.

Through the Equitable Internet Initiative (EII), we are creating the world we want to see! It’s a world with a healthy digital ecosystem that allows our communities to fully realize their right to communicate, participate, and fully engage in all areas of society. Within our communities, we practice consent, prioritize privacy, and establish best practices to secure our networks and customer data.