Wednesday August 29th, Dakar Foundation in partnership with Richard Verches executed the first of a series of conversations with corporate, educational, and community stakeholders in Los Angeles County about joining forces to become a force multiplier in the war to win more placements in the creative-tech economy workforce.  The event was held inside the conference room at the corporate offices […]

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND DELIVERABLES Purpose: How to simultaneously build A next generation AT&T supported Incubator/Accelerator for underserved communities while creating charter media academy developed for placement in the tech-creative economy in Silicon Beach. Agenda: To provide thought leaders an opportunity to meet and get familiar with their aggregate capabilities. Invited participant will help to answer the questions to derive a […]

Richard Verches, Director LA County Community Colleges Consortium, StrongWorkforce address @ Dakar Media Academy, LA Mission College, June 1https://t.co/dszCJA5rej , https://t.co/V3BaLCAxVv pic.twitter.com/xiInPXMMGV — GATEKEEPERS (@GATEKEEPERS18) June 20, 2018 The Gatekeepers is a documentary designed to build a career network that provides opportunities through partnerships with companies like the New AT&T who’ll share the precise pathways to collapse barriers to entry […]

Some lasting memories and moments from the 47th Annual Tuskegee Airmen convention in Las Vegas was meeting Justin Hale who was a standout individual. Just 17 years of age, but cut from the cloth of born leaders, and sure to be someone to follow. Shout out to the @CivilAirPatrol pic.twitter.com/9v64BvFgMz — Kevin Clark (@Homageusa) August 14, 2018 As part of […]

H.A.A.T. = HARTBEAT ACADEMY APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING Students will experience work based learning in different business environments. The TV & Film program will take place at HartBeat Studios (programs in other work fields will follow, i.e…Computer programming, Graphic Design, Accounting, etC. For the TV & Film Program, to distinguish the student learners from the production staff, we will give them a […]