{"id":49510,"date":"2023-01-14T07:22:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T07:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/spike-lee-unveils-fellowship-program-for-atlanta-hbcu-students\/"},"modified":"2023-01-14T07:22:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T07:22:09","slug":"spike-lee-unveils-fellowship-program-for-atlanta-hbcu-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/spike-lee-unveils-fellowship-program-for-atlanta-hbcu-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Spike Lee Unveils Fellowship Program For Atlanta HBCU Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n                                <!--  --><\/p>\n<p>In an effort to help Atlanta-based college students at traditionally Black faculties and universities (<a href=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/law-enforcement-agencies-recruiting-hbcus-solution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBCUs<\/a>), Spike Lee has unveiled a game-changing fellowship program!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Spike Lee Teamed Up With The Gersh Agency For The AUCC Effort<\/h3>\n<p>The <em>BlacKkKlansman\u00a0<\/em>director partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/gersh.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gersh<\/a>\u2014an company that makes a speciality of expertise, literature, and manufacturing\u2014to ascertain the Spike Fellows Program.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/01\/spike-lee-gersh-unveil-spike-fellows-program-for-atlanta-students-1235219183\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Deadline<\/em><\/a> stories that this initiative is concentrated on supporting college students inside the Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), which consists of Spelman, Clark Atlanta, and Morehouse.<\/p>\n<p>The Spike Fellows Program kicks off later this month, and the primary wave shall be comprised of 5 graduating college students. Through The Gersh Agency, these fortunate students will could have entry to mentorship and post-grad internships. Additionally, they\u2019ll obtain educational debt aid and full-time employment by the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>As for who will run this system, Jayson Council\u2014Gersh\u2019s Head of Culture\u2014will tackle the job.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Spike Fellows Program Is Focused On Bringing Diverse Talent To The Entertainment Industry<\/h3>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.59 --><\/p>\n<p>Regarding this initiative, Spike described the chance as a \u201cgreat honor,\u201d notably contemplating the truth that he\u2019s a graduate of Morehouse.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is with great honor, privilege, and excitement to announce the Spike Fellows in association with my partners The Gersh Agency and the AUCC.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, Spike Lee famous that he\u2019s at all times been dedicated to \u201cbringing as many Black and Brown people\u201d into the business as he can. Now, he\u2019s in a position to perform this long-held mission.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFrom the jump, from the get-go, I knew when (not if) I opened a crack in the door, I was bringing as many Black and Brown people\u00a0with me in front and behind the camera.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Filmmaker Spike Lee has partnered with The Gersh Agency to create the Spike Fellows Program, a fellowship to help college students on the Atlanta University Center Consortium which consists of three Historically Black Colleges and Universities <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A8KjPGkf33\">https:\/\/t.co\/A8KjPGkf33<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DEADLINE\/status\/1613583269165162497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Spike Lee Seeks To Carry On The HBCU Legacy: \u2018Deeds, Not Words\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Spike then appeared again on his household\u2019s experiences and shared that he has \u201cfirsthand\u201d data of the ability that HBCUs maintain. Particularly, his HBCU-educated elders \u201coften\u201d taught him the ability of prioritizing motion over phrases.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI am who I am because of my grandmother and my mother, who both graduated from Spelman College. I am who I am because of my grandfather and my father, who both graduated from Morehouse. It\u2019s on the campuses of Spelman and Morehouse where they met, fell in love, and got married. As my elders often told me, \u2018Deeds, not words.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Segueing to Jayson Council, one other HBCU alum, he famous that this system is an indication of Gersh and Spike\u2019s \u201ccommitment to growing opportunities for AUCC graduates.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI joined Gersh to lead the charge in identifying powerful opportunities and signature moments to advance cultural competence and accelerate social impact. As as HBCU graduate, I am extremely proud of Gersh and Spike for their commitment to growing opportunities for AUCC graduates.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Shoutout to Spike Lee and The Gersh Agency for bringing this chance to HBCU college students in Atlanta!<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><br \/>\n                                <!--  -->\n                            <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p> fbq('init', '1743561565887263'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] In an effort to help Atlanta-based college students at traditionally Black faculties and universities (HBCUs), Spike Lee has unveiled a game-changing fellowship program! Spike Lee Teamed Up With The Gersh Agency For The AUCC Effort The BlacKkKlansman\u00a0director partnered with Gersh\u2014an company that makes a speciality of expertise, literature, and manufacturing\u2014to ascertain the Spike Fellows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}