About HBCU IN LA
In 2017 under the Obama administration, EICOP joined forces with the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and launched its signature program, HBCU in LA.
The HBCU in LA Internship Program provides a select group of diverse student leaders the opportunity to participate in a paid 8-10-week immersive internship. Providing experience essential for launching and leveraging a career inside Hollywood’s coveted inner circle.
The program focuses on placing talented students in competitive internships with major studios, networks, production and talent agencies.
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Are you checking out this new spinoff?!
The first episode of the new spinoff show, All American: Homecoming, will follow Simon Hicks (Geffri Maya) who is a tennis player from Beverly Hills and Damon Sims (Peyton Alex Smith), an elite baseball player from Chicago, as they navigate the highs and lows of being student athletes and navigating unsupervised early adulthood at Bringston University, a prestigious HBCU! We’re excited to tune in and watch our favorites in a whole new environment that we can relate to!
We are so excited about this! @monkeypawproductions has officially launched Monkeypaw Wares! A percentage of proceeds from this line will be donated to HBCU in LA to continue our work in making dreams reality for so many young creatives. Check them out today!
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