
鳳凰城社區投資
Microsoft invests in local programs that benefit people of all ages. In Phoenix, our collaborations are organized by our focus areas of Building Digital Skills, Enabling Sustainability, and Empowering Communities. The following program list contains a sample of the kinds of investments Microsoft makes on an annual basis.
建立數位技能
微軟相信每個人都應該有機會獲得在不斷變化的經濟中取得成功所需的技能、技術和機會。
Dysart Community Center serves to address the challenges faced by disadvantaged residents. Its mission has been to empower families with the tools and skills necessary to improve their lives and build self-sufficiency—creating stronger prospects for success in school, work, and life.
- 增加青少年獲得技術的機會為 200 名 8 至 18 歲的貧困青年提供技術,他們缺乏互聯網連接、計算機以及利用程式來幫助他們的教育和日常生活的能力。該專案在放學后在三個社區環境中進行。學生在工作人員和志願者的協助下,將技術用於他們的學業、語言和閱讀技能、繼續教育的機會以及求職技能。
- gener8tor 技能加速器支持學習者在多樣化的專業工作場所獲得高品質的就業,他們從加速器中獲得的技能可以得到應用。與 Microsoft 數據中心社區發展保持一致,gener8tor Skills 專注於培養技術技能,以説明屬於隱藏人才類別的失業人員,例如有色人種、女性、退伍軍人等。該加速器幫助他們在各個領域(如技術、保險、金融和專業服務)獲得有意義的就業,擔任專業、技術和行政服務角色。該加速器增加了對技術的訪問,並支援當地僱主的招聘需求以及他們適應數字化轉型的能力,因為學習者為這些公司的數位化工作做好了準備。
- Dysart無線局域網 為家裡沒有互聯網的孩子提供家庭作業支援。該專案將在整個 Dysart 社區中心的設施中建立一個無線局域網,為教育課程、求職和社區資源提供互聯網資源訪問。Dysart 為西谷貧困家庭提供課前和課後教育。
- DCC 兒童俱樂部 為家裡沒有互聯網、家庭成員不會說或聽不懂英語的兒童,以及從事許多工作但沒有時間、支援或精力説明照顧孩子或學業的家庭提供家庭作業支援。City of Surprise 網站提供代際計劃,以幫助鼓勵良好的公民意識和社會化。
Acclaim Charter School is a team committed to excellence. ACCLAIM Academy is a charter school with over 90% of its student body being from low-income families. In a safe learning community rich in the arts, sciences, and languages, they are dedicated to developing nobility of character, cultivating academic success, honoring diversity, and promoting physical and environmental responsibility.
- Acclaim Academy Computer Fund Club 成立電腦俱樂部,為學生提供一個平臺,讓他們獲得有關計算機應用的基礎知識,學習打字技巧,獲得技術知識,並建立信心。這個學生充實計劃將有助於培養和支援對 STEAM/IT 職業感興趣的一代學者。
Fresh Start Women’s Foundation provides access and resources that help women achieve self-sufficiency and use their strength to thrive. Its vision is a future of unlimited opportunities for women. During its 31-year history, the Foundation has served tens of thousands of women, supporting them as they transform their lives and, in turn, transform the lives of their children, families, and the broader community.
- West Valley Women 職業服務 通過關注她們生活的五個關鍵領域,説明女性鋪平通往自給自足的個人化道路:家庭穩定、健康和福祉、財務管理、教育和培訓以及職業。它在每個支柱下提供各種服務,婦女可以與訓練有素的社會工作者合作,在實現自給自足的旅程中接受一對一的指導和輔導。
Maricopa County Community College District Foundation boldly impacts its communities through innovative and strategic partnerships for the growth and benefit of the Maricopa Community Colleges, their students, faculty, and staff. Everyone has the opportunity to improve their lives through education.
- 數據中心學院獎學金 計劃通過消除障礙和促進多元化的工作力,為那些來自代表性不足背景的學生提供經濟支援。數據中心學院獎學金説明支付歷史上代表性不足的 IT/STEM 學生的學費、雜費和認證費用,促進在日益依賴雲計算大數據的世界中獲得 21世紀就業的技能和認證。
- 捐贈給 Estrella MTN DCA 實驗室的增強設備,為 Estrella Mountain 社區學院提供了資金,用於購買完成學生實驗室的基本設備。
Boys & Girls Club of the Valley (BGCAZ) empowers young people, especially those who need it most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible members of the community. BGCAZ provides evidence-based, out-of-school-time youth development programs for youth ages 5–18, providing Arizona youth with a safe, positive place to learn and grow. Now the largest youth services provider in Arizona, it currently serves more than 20,000 members and their families at 30 locations throughout the greater Phoenix metro area.
- Boys & Girls Club Academic Success West Valley Programs 為青少年提供安全、負擔得起的課後和暑期課程。BGCAZ 的學業成功 STEM(科學、技術、工程和數學)計劃為青少年提供了科學、機器人和技術方面的額外知識和教育,從而提高了他們對這些學科的理解,並最終提高了他們的成績。通過參加許多STEM活動,學生對學習感到興奮,並經常在其他科目上有所提高。
- 學業成功計劃 投資於購買教育用品、輔導服務、家庭作業説明以及 STEM 和其他教育計劃,以提高青少年的學術技能。
Tech Impact is a nonprofit leveraging technology to advance social impact. During its 20-year partnership with Microsoft Philanthropies, it has delivered a multitude of services to help tens of thousands of nonprofits get on board with the Microsoft Cloud.
- 數位化轉型計劃 – Cohort Phoenix 將為每個佇列提供教育,以提供與組織的生產力和安全目標相關的 Microsoft Cloud 優勢,並使數位化轉型與每個組織的使命和影響目標保持一致。教育通過面對面的研討會或在線網路研討會提供,然後進行點播會議錄製。
Warriors Code embraces those who have been through tough times and engaged in self-harm to holistically rebuild, restore, and empower them to live their best lives and to control their own destinies. Key goals: recovery, self-management, stable employment, stable housing, family reunification, cultural awareness.
- InDigital Directions 彌合了土著社區在獲取技術和心理健康方面的差距。憑藉其技術資產的組合,它為亞利桑那州的個人提供行為健康、一般健康和保健、就業前服務和文化聯繫領域的培訓。
Enabling sustainability
氣候變化需要迅速的集體行動和技術創新。我們致力於實現自己的目標,同時幫助社區實現同樣的目標。
American Forests creates healthy and resilient forests, from cities to large natural landscapes, that deliver essential benefits for climate, people, water, and wildlife. It advances its mission through forestry innovation, place-based partnerships to plant and restore forests, and movement building. American Forests envisions a world in which the significant environmental, societal, and economic benefits of forests are fully realized and equitably available to all people.
- 學生樹木公平和遮蔭 – 資助 2 繼續支援 Microsoft 在公園、街道和學校周圍創造陰涼處,長期降低溫度並解決 El Mirage 的局部樹木公平問題。AZSA 將在 Dysart 學區、El Mirage 公園或街道內種植。該專案建立在之前的工作和與 Dysart 學區、市和 El Mirage 市長 Alexis Hermosillo 的核心關係的基礎上,以支援學校社區的植樹活動。
- 為鳳凰城的學生提供樹木公平和樹蔭作為美國森林組織的一部分,鳳凰城與亞利桑那州可持續發展聯盟 (Arizona Sustainability Alliance) 正共同領導一個合作夥伴聯盟,通過在鳳凰城所在的 Maricopa 縣推進樹木公平來解決酷暑問題。2021 年 4 月,鳳凰城成為第一個正式承諾在 2030 年前實現樹木公平的城市。作為全美最熱的城市之一,鳳凰城打破了記錄在案的最多高溫天數記錄,2020 年超過 143 天高於 100 度。這樣的高溫對每個人來說都是危險的。但負面影響的感受並不一樣。沒有足夠樹木的社區(通常是低收入或有色人種社區)面臨高溫的特別威脅。
Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) advances the science, practice, and policy of ecological restoration to sustain biodiversity, enhance resilience in a changing climate, and re-establish an ecologically healthy relationship between culture and nature. SER’s goals include building the knowledge base needed to implement effective ecological restoration, supporting on-the-ground (and in the water) standards-based ecological restoration implementation, and ensuring ecological restoration delivers beneficial outcomes for both nature and people, including addressing the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change.
- 在亞利桑那州鳳凰城鹽河畔恢復大自然的生機包括在 Audubon Southwest 位於亞利桑那州中部鳳凰城的總部,沿著 Salt River 進行 2.25 英畝的遷徙和當地授粉者棲息地復育。鹽河和鳳凰城 Rio Salado 生境恢復區利用城市徑流和地下水恢復於 2005 年完成的五英里長河床。以河床內的低流量索諾蘭沙漠河岸帶為典型,此有效的自然水道是為了農業、鳳凰城大都會的強勁都市化,以及因應氣候變遷影響的水資源保護而管理。
Trees Matter inspires and promotes an increased tree canopy in the Phoenix Metro Area Valley. Its key goals are to distribute trees to increase tree canopy, educate about and plant trees in schools, promote knowledge and information regarding trees and food, and advocate for tree equity and access to trees in underserved areas.
- 城市食物森林和就業計劃 包括兩個專案,以創建一個更全面的專案,將學生和鄰里/社區的參與與當地的食物森林相結合。卡特賴特學區位於西鳳凰城,為許多不同的社區成員提供服務,其中一些是該市最大的難民人口。該專案主要服務於第一類學校(提供免費和減價午餐的學校)和周邊社區。它與卡特賴特合作,利用學區的 STEM 和食品服務人員在他們的校園和社區圍繞食物樹開展活動。還向周圍社區提供樹木識別、收穫和加工資源和課程,鼓勵人們了解獲取周圍種植的食物。
Empowering communities
Microsoft 致力於強化社區,並賦予幫助社區茁壯成長的組織能力。不論是受到最近的緊急情況影響,或是經歷數十年的挑戰,我們都會運用資料、技術和策略性投資來恢復和支持這些社區,造福後代。
Homeless Youth Connection (HYC) eliminates barriers to education so that youth experiencing homelessness can graduate and create lasting solutions for a successful future. HYC partners with more than 130 high schools and colleges in Maricopa County and Flagstaff to serve more than 700 youth experiencing homelessness annually. Program success is measured by the number of youth who complete the school year, increase independent living skills, establish a plan for after high school, and have a healthy support network in their life.
- “為未來賦權青年”資金為筆記型電腦提供軟體,這些軟體將分發給計劃中需要教育支援的青年。
Goodyear Pebblecreek Rotary Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in Arizona that makes donations to charitable community programs, provides high school and vocational scholarships, supports youth leadership programs, helps low-income families and their children, supports literacy programs, and participates in international programs such as polio eradication, micro-credit grants, and grants helping the Navajo Nation.
- 多莉·帕頓想像力 圖書館允許低收入兒童開發家庭圖書館。此外,固特異PebbleCreek扶輪基金會與埃斯特雷拉山社區學院教師學院和埃文代爾小學區合作,實施了一項名為“家庭掃盲之夜”的補充計劃,這是一項針對三歲和四歲兒童的父母和照顧者的閱讀計劃。這項補充計劃通過讓參與的家庭參與促進積極識字體驗的戰略和活動,培養了幼兒識字和對閱讀的熱愛。
Friends of the Avondale Libraries (doing business as Avondale CARES) makes Avondale better through funding programming for underserved communities in Avondale and giving children opportunities they do not otherwise have access to.
- Avondale 圖書館 創客空間專案將購買傢俱和設備,使創客空間成為一個可用的房間。房間完工後,埃文代爾圖書館的工作人員有一個強大的計劃來啟動房間,包括兒童編碼、機器人技術、科學實驗、訪問學校的課堂 STEM 活動、全民圖書館(殘疾成人的 STEM)和勞動力計算機課程(如 Excel、Word、求職、簡歷)。圖書館工作人員與當地學校建立了牢固的合作夥伴關係,並正在努力與當地企業建立合作夥伴關係,以獲得志願者和指導機會。
A New Leaf 推進其“説明家庭......改變生活“,通過提供有意義的機會來增強弱勢個人和家庭的能力,並創造一個更強大、更健康的社區。A New Leaf 在鳳凰城都會區的 30+ 計劃通過促進社會和經濟健康與穩定的連續護理來滿足家庭的即時和長期需求。服務包括緊急避難所、支援性住房、家庭暴力和性暴力支持、財務賦權、行為和初級衛生保健、寄養、幼兒教育和家庭保護。“改變生活”,提供有意義的機會,賦予弱勢個人和家庭權力,並創造一個更強大、更健康的社區。A New Leaf 在鳳凰城都會區的 30+ 計劃通過促進社會和經濟健康與穩定的連續護理來滿足家庭的即時和長期需求。服務包括緊急避難所、支援性住房、家庭暴力和性暴力支持、財務賦權、行為和初級衛生保健、寄養、幼兒教育和家庭保護。
- 無家可歸者 技術是對筆記型電腦和系統的投資,用於技能評估、工作準備課程、高需求行業的職業培訓、技術技能培養以及 1:1 工作指導和職業搜索,提供給那些在緊急家庭庇護所和住房支援服務中的人。
ChangeX International helps to create thriving communities everywhere by democratizing change, ensuring proven innovations and finance are accessible to everyone, everywhere. ChangeX is a community engagement platform that, with Microsoft’s support, has funded more than 500 groups in communities across Europe and the United States since 2015. Funds are repeated often throughout the years.
- ChangeX 鳳凰社區挑戰賽 使 Microsoft 能夠與不同且難以接觸的群體互動,確保社區資金通過一個簡單易用的平臺廣泛獲得,特別是對於低收入和有色人種社區。受益人根據其社區的需求決定他們是否要啟動任何投資組合的想法,如果是,則選擇哪一個。他們還能夠調整想法的實施,以適應當地情況。
Shining Light Foundation brings resources to marginalized communities through education, awareness, and community events.
- 黑人歷史月壁畫專案投入資金繪製了 28 幅壁畫,代表了黑人歷史月的 28 天,與就 84 個人物撰寫讀書報告的在校學生合作。這些報告使用二維碼附在壁畫上。這使個人能夠獲得有關壁畫中人物的資訊。