Laptop Ministry at the Peoples Church of Chicago
On August 15th 2023, this initiative was officially adopted as a Ministry of the Peoples Church of Chicago. Here is a brief history how it all got started:
This initiative started when I first moved into my neighborhood of Edgewater Chicago when a survivor of trafficking reached out to me needing a laptop for Zoom back in late 2021. The laptop I had to offer was rather old however I made it work to meet the needs of the individual. Since then I started a social media group on Facebook to center the focus on receiving donated laptops from folks I know and folks in the Edgewater vicinity and refurbish them for those in need. With grace and support of the community and neighbors, I have been fortunate enough to be able to give back to my community to those who need laptops while advocating against planned obsolescence reality of creating technically unnecessary e-waste as well as making it difficult for folks on fixed incomes or no income to keep up. By focusing easy to use distributions of Linux that provide up to date access to resources that the laptops otherwise would not support with modern proprietary operating systems (such as Windows and OS/X), these laptops get a new lease of life. In spite of these machines no longer being qualified for security updates from their manufacturer, they’re actually safe to use thanks to Linux with its up to date security still being maintained regardless of a laptop’s aging hardware.
Twenty-five laptops have been distributed before the Ministry and since this initiative was adopted as a Ministry, as of the middle of October, almost thirty laptops have been distributed since the beginning of September.
I encourage other folks in their communities to run a similar initiative or ministry. It is one of my goals to provide a model to others to adopt in giving laptops to others.
If you are looking to donate laptops or be a recipient please text or leave a VM at 872-985-5095 and folks are welcome to join the social media group [here]
Recipients are welcome to provide reviews in the comment section below [entering name and email is not required]:
5 thoughts on “Laptop Ministry at the Peoples Church of Chicago”
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Published @ May 24, 2023 2:48 pm
Super Awesome
Wow is all I can say the experience was awesome I was in desperate need of a computer to help start my career and going back to school to finish my education I contacted the gentleman and he surprisingly helped my desperate needs he supplied me with a good laptop but now I’m able to complete my zoom classes and my homework it’s just so awesome I consider it is a blessing only thing I can say is wow it was super great I’ll advise my friends and family and associates to give this guy a chance because he’s truly deserve it he is a truly blessing for the south side of Chicago west side of Chicago north side of Chicago the whole Chicago land Edgewood area everywhere you need this guy please help if possible yours truly call Montgomery of recipient of a great laptop
Great
Jason is a nice guy. I received a laptop that works very well. Saved me a lot of money. Thank you.
Jason does an excellent job of providing laptops to the in need, in tht community.
Fixed!
Jason helped me fix my broken laptop and restore it to peak performance, genius!
So Kind
He was able to get an old laptop, working for my nephew, and it was so incredible. I was shocked at how kind and generous and able to make the device work.
I am forever grateful