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SULC provides distance learning and telemedicine equipment to rural communities through USDA grant
The Southern University Law Center (SULC) has been awarded two additional United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Distance Learning & Telemedicine (DLT) grants for 2020 and 2021. SULC was a hub site for the 2019 USDA DTL grant in a partnership with North Carolina Central University.
Through this grant, SULC will empower rural communities with the education and resources necessary to enable informed legal decisions. With technology and training, SULC’s legal and business education clinics will connect educational and medical professionals to students, teachers, and patients. The goal is to promote equity and economic opportunity in rural America.
"SULC is honored to be one of few law schools in the country to help meet the legal literacy needs of rural citizens through these USDA DLT grants," said Lata Johnson, SULC associate vice chancellor and deputy chief information officer. "By providing video conferencing equipment to various rural locations, we can provide content and experts face-to-face with folks miles away from our campus. The grants allow SULC to continue reaching community within the state within its many legal clinics."
Over the next three years, SULC will work with 25 locations within Avoyelles, Bertie, Caddo, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, Evangeline, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Lincoln, Morehouse, Madison, Pointe Coupee, St. Landry, and Tangipahoa parishes.
Each community site will receive HD (high definition) video conferencing equipment to receive content and programs from Southern University and Southern University Law Center’s legal and business education clinics. These resources will be available to some of the most economically depressed communities in Louisiana to foster equity and improve the quality of people’s lives. Each site will have the ability to generate programs and content as well.
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