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Prototype Mobile Electronic Engagement Platform (MEEP) Team #BetterTogether envisioned a mobile electronic engagement platform (MEEP) to bring portable wifi, computers, and digital literacy training to neighborhoods with a traveling bus. MEEP would operate in collaboration with existing community events to help seniors get out of the house to interact with their neighbors and with technology that will accommodate their lives. Participant quote “I think one of the best parts about the Jam is the prototype and the testing, because it gets people out into the community, talking to one another and asking, ‘‘What is it you need? What is it you want? How can we help you?’” - Dr. Alexis Carreiro, Assistant Professor, Knight School of Communication, Queens University “I enjoyed the idea of building something that might my neighborhood could actually use and would be productive on a local level.” - Debbie Dryden, President of Ravenwood Neighborhood Association Winner: Most inclusive solution