Diverso Supports Endeavor’s EXCELLENCE PROGRAM as Official Non-profit Partner

Sean Love Combs and entertainment company Endeavor have teamed up to empower, educate, and help employ the next generation of industry leaders through The Excellence Program. Covering music, film, marketing, entrepreneurship, and professional development with six weeks of live sessions and workshops, the program will equip underrepresented students with the knowledge and tools needed to launch the career of their dreams. Diverso, alongside organizations such as Color of Change, HBCU in LA, Asian American Collective, NALIP, and more, will build curriculum, lead programming, and participate in Q&As as official non-profit partners.

This course has no cost to attend and is open to anyone, anywhere looking to break into the industry. All top-performing participants will have their resumes and profiles distributed to companies across the industry to provide exposure for early career opportunities. Register here.

The Hollywood Reporter writes:

“Sessions will be taught by a list of prominent industry professionals, entertainers and moguls including Joey Bada$$, Cari Champion, Victor Cruz, Bill Duffy, Desiree Gruber, Terrence Jenkins, Reggie Love, Marshawn Lynch, French Montana, Guy Oseary, Rajon Rondo, Lindsey Vonn, Gus Wenner and Jeff Burroughs alongside executives from Amazon Studios, Amazon Web Services, MSG Entertainment, Revolt Media, Combs Enterprises, WME, Endeavor Content and IMG Models. HBCU in LA, NALIP, Brown Girls Dream, Asian American Collective, Reel Works and Diverso have joined The Excellence Program as partners, while racial justice nonprofit Color Of Change has partnered with Combs and Endeavor to lead coursework on ways to effectively impact change in the workplace.The sessions start Monday, July 12, 2021 and will cover Film, TV, and Streaming in Week 2 from July 19-23. There will also be professional development on the week of August 9th and Career prep on August 16th.”

Read the rest of the article here, as well as Deadline, and Black Enterprise’s coverage of the program with mentions of Diverso.