Oscar-winning filmmaker Travon Free (“Two Distant Strangers”) is among the panelists for the inaugural “Hbcu in LA – Hollywood Summit,” presented by the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program (Eicop).
The free, four-day virtual program, developed by the Eicop (the non-profit educational arts workforce development program), will bring together talent and executives from across the entertainment industry and students and faculty from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The summit is intended to highlight the impact and relevance of HBCUs and their relationship to Hollywood and to create pipelines for employment as the industry advances its efforts toward wide-spread diversity and inclusion.
“We’re thrilled to have this resounding response in participation from the entertainment industry,” Stacy Milner, Eicop’s founder and CEO says, announcing the program. “It shows the value and importance they place in creating a pipeline of talent from HBCUs to their companies, and their commitment to diversity and inclusion.
The free, four-day virtual program, developed by the Eicop (the non-profit educational arts workforce development program), will bring together talent and executives from across the entertainment industry and students and faculty from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The summit is intended to highlight the impact and relevance of HBCUs and their relationship to Hollywood and to create pipelines for employment as the industry advances its efforts toward wide-spread diversity and inclusion.
“We’re thrilled to have this resounding response in participation from the entertainment industry,” Stacy Milner, Eicop’s founder and CEO says, announcing the program. “It shows the value and importance they place in creating a pipeline of talent from HBCUs to their companies, and their commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- 5/25/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
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