Yesterday, Dakar attended an event as part of TECH WEEK 2023, and boy did we come away with a haul of resources. We met Tim Ryder, Valorie Jones, and Mandi Cohen and reconnected with old friend Jessica Ku Kim. As part of our ongoing investigative back pack journalism, we came to the Future Of Tech event focusing on prepping for […]
Learn More →Costume Designers Call for Pay Equity: ‘Our Work Is On the Most Important Real Estate in the Frame’ By Sophia Scorziello “Naked without us” was the motto for costume designers who gathered at UCLA for the Business of Costume Design Summit on Saturday, May 13th @ UCLA Anderson School of Business. Among the panelists were Deborah Landis, former CDG president, costume […]
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UNIDOS US, the largest Latino civil rights organization in the United States, previously known as NCLR (National Council of La Raza) was in town Friday to coalition an emerging yet still small numbers of LatinX workforce community to become more activist in onboarding new apprenticeship programs in non traditional apprenticeships as well as expose candidates to pre-apprenticeship ladders. View this […]
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The Dakar Foundation has been presented with an opportunity to be present at the UCLA Anderson Pulse Conference 2023 event which has been an phenomenal opportunity to help and advice our apprentices delve deeper into the world of the technology, sports, and entertainment industry. Being at this conference, showcased how leading executives are brought together with their distinctive expertise to […]
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Los Angeles, Ca Kevin Clark Since the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SCAN), Dakar Foundation has been active in setting up our 4 apprentices for success by developing infrastructure in the program, and preparing for recruiting 30 pre-apprentices this summer. On March 31st, Dakar was onboarded as a newly minted registered apprenticeship program in the Arts-Media-Entertainment sector for the State […]
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Los Angeles, Ca Kevin Clark Since the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SCAN), Dakar Foundation has been active in setting up our 4 apprentices for success by developing infrastructure in the program, and preparing for recruiting 30 pre-apprentices this summer. On March 31st, Dakar was onboarded as a newly minted registered apprenticeship program in the Arts-Media-Entertainment sector for the State […]
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Michelle Johnson-The UCLA Black Alumni Association’s mission is empowering and enriching the lives of the greater Black community, serving as a resource to its membership and raising scholarship dollars for incoming Black students. To date, UBAA has raised more than 6.5M toward that scholarship effort! UBAA welcomes all former Black students who have attended, degreed or not, as Alumni of […]
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Dakar Foundation , has participated with retired Brigadier General Arnold Gordon Bray in multiple ‘Freedom To Serve’ planning Zoom meeting with Brigadier General TerranceAdams, and James Anderson, The White House Office of Public Engagement. On March 29th, we’ll be presenting to the 140-member ad-hoc committee our research and media project for Executive Order, 9981 campaign, entitled Victory By Valor. Howard University will lead HBCUs […]
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DAKAR connects learning, growing, and networking through Conference As Curriculum (CAC) events, which provide the professional learning you need to help your students, teachers, and school excel. We bring together the best minds in K–16 education ‘entitled the “Digital Pathway Initiative” CAC enables our student clients to connect with our technology-entertainment industry partners to provide futuristic insights into career pathways. […]
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