Digital Opportunity Connector (Borderplex Connect) - ACC Member

Americorps Position With Borderplex Connect

The American Connection Corps (ACC), an Ameri Corps program of Lead For America (LFA), is a service fellowship program aimed at helping communities build the digital connectivity necessary to expand opportunity and economic mobility, ranging from healthcare access to quality employment.

ACC Members spend a year serving with locally-rooted organizations, helping address the digital divide and strengthen access to opportunity. Through their service, they gain hands-on experience, build in-demand skills, and explore career pathways while making a tangible impact in their communities.

Borderplex Connect is a regional nonprofit committed to closing the digital divide in the economically challenged areas of Far West Texas and Southern New Mexico. It is a coalition of public, private and nonprofit partners that serves low-income households and rural communities. We are a supporting organization of the El Paso Community Foundation.

We provide free digital fluency (skills) classes in the community including Basic Digital Skills Level 1 and 2 as well as Online Safety & Avoiding Scams. Beginning in Fall 2026, we will also start offering a Health-Focused Digital Skills class. To accomplish this, we will be training a cohort of Community Health Workers on how to teach digital skills so that they will be able to teach classes in the community.

This new addition to our curriculum will be offered in El Paso County (TX) and Chaparral (NM).

In addition to digital fluency classes, we also distribute low-cost devices to high-need populations, advance special projects that provide access to affordable internet, provide nonpartisan education and outreach related to digital inclusion, build the network of digital advocates in the region, and promote resources for households to be digitally ready in today's world.

The ACC Member will work to connect residents in the borderplex region with resources and opportunities that relate to digital fluency (skills) training, internet-ready devices, and affordable internet. This work will primarily impact the areas of El Paso County (Texas) and Dona Ana County (New Mexico). The selected Member will be supporting programs and communications with our target audiences -- lower-income households and rural residents -- as well as with our community partners.

This service opportunity offers space for creativity, process refinement, and leadership.

The Member's "home base" will be in downtown El Paso at either one of two locations in the 79901 zip code.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the digital fluency (skills) education team that delivers digital fluency classes in the community. This includes, but is not limited to, support with registering people for classes, ensuring equipment and supplies are set up/torn down at host sites, maintaining attendance logs, disseminating information to participants, and assistance with organizing presentation materials. The Member may also support the Health-Focused Digital Skills class and related training of Community Health Workers who will teach digital skills in the community.
• Identify and carry out outreach efforts including communicating and disseminating information with the public and community leaders and partner organizations at in-person events and through digital communications. This could include such platforms as fairs, conferences, social media, email, webinars, and special events. Applicants who are fluent in English and Spanish are preferred. Outreach activities will be nonpartisan and will focus on providing information about Borderplex Connect programs, digital skills resources, classes, devices, and other available resources.
• Assist with marketing efforts including refining the ways we interact with our target audiences to promote knowledge sharing, partnership support, and action. Applicants who have talents in graphic design, social media engagement, or mass communication tools are encouraged to specify the types of software or platforms they feel confident using. Marketing activities will support nonpartisan program outreach, public education, and participation in Borderplex Connect programs…