To:
Ruben Garcia, CAA
From: Dakar Foundation for the Performing Arts 501(c)(3). This letter serves, as an invitation to join the Dakar Foundation consortium to provide career development opportunities and ultimately internship and apprenticeship placement for K-16 students in Los Angeles County through the Dakar Digital Media PLUS+ Technology Search ( DDM+TS). Our Ask is for Ruben Garcia and the Multicultural Division of CAA to provide technical assistance in the form of judges and Tech/ Entertainment Leadership for the DDM+TS launching inside of USC Silicon Beach, October 7th. Specific Ask: Establishing the formation of guideline for submissions and presentations for all Intellectual Property such as video, music, web-based-connected apps, virtual, augmented, mixed reality, and fashion wearable’s to be judged sometime in February. Key request is develop affiliate partnerships with corporations such as CAA and others who can provide internship opportunities that will provide standards for training our students to real-world requirements. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM DDM+TS, is a consortium of media, technologist mentors and students of color and girls connected through common Diversity and Inclusion initiatives in the digital mediatechnology career workforce. DDM+TS seeks to engage middle/high schools, community college and university students to compete in developing Intellectual Property as research material for social impact, and to develop their potential as future leaders and game changers in their respective communities. Dakar will create the initial applicant pool by inviting 200 students from top STEAM boot camps and classrooms in Southern California to USC Silicon Beach October 7th.
These charter members will be celebrated and exposed to leaders in tech entertainment (startups) as well as exposed to a full day of mentorship and immersive training to develop them as ambassadors of DDM+TS projected outcomes and return to their respective schools and communities. PROJECTED OUTCOMES Research Student will demonstrate exceptional STEAM potential through depth of research and analysis, which is critical to conducting basic or fundamental research. Stewardship Students will demonstrate great STEAM potential through their passion to make a difference, most notably by seeking solutions to real-world problems. Innovation Students will demonstrate STEAM potential by applying their problemsolving aptitude of an engineer through innovative design and creativity. TEAM CO ACH ES/M EN TO RS Kashif Yvonne Harmon Chantal Lundberg Tony Cahill Ted Lai Terrence Coles D Stevens Juliana Bolden
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