Net Literacy  Net Literacy is an Indianapolis based 501(c) non-profit organization that promotes computer and Internet literacy. The program is youth-run, with adult mentoring. All participants receive instruction for free. The students have their own operating board of directors to plan strategy, develop operational plans, write grant proposals, and organize their training efforts. The students are assisted by a small volunteer adult member board to sign and authorize contracts. The honorary co-chairpersons are Senator Evan Bayh and Senator Richard Lugar. Suellen Reed, Superintendent of the Indiana Department of Education, also serves on the honorary board. Other members of the board include Vice President Mike Pence, Senator Joe Donnelly, Congresswoman Susan Brooks, past Congressman Dan Burton, Congressman Andre Carson, past Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, past USIIA president Dave McClure, past Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard, and past Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett. In 2005, the student-volunteers lobbied members of the Indiana General Assembly, resulting in the passage of House Concurrent Resolution 85, honoring the program. The group was also recognized with presentations from former U.S. President Bill Clinton, former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Senator Robert Dole and President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony. In 2006, Net Literacy received the Mother Teresa Kindness Award from the National Caring Institute and was recognized as the “Citizen of the Year” by Topics and several other Gannett Company newspapers. The group has been endorsed by or partnered with over 400 organizations, including the Techpoint Foundation, the Indiana Recycling Coalition, the US Internet Industry Association, the AARP, the Urban League, the Indiana Association of Student Councils, Purdue University, the Verizon Foundation, the Lilly Endowment, the United Way of America, Bright House Networks, the Corporation for Education Technology, the Indiana Department of Education, and numerous school districts. Net Literacy’s programs are independently beginning to be developed by students in the U.S. and abroad. The US Internet Industry Association submitted a filing to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission naming Net Literacy’s model as their preferred approach to reducing the digital divide in the United States. Net Literacy was selected by the European Union Study on Digital Inclusion as one of the 91 most promising good practice initiatives based upon an investigation of 32 countries including the EU Member States, the United States, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and India.