Obama: Community Colleges can help boost ailing economy

One of the driving motivations and reasons behind the LAScholars.com video game industry program - read about President Obama's overall vision for how community colleges play a central role in revitalizing the US economy:

"Community colleges are only two-year institutions, but the Obama administration says they could play a key role in helping boost the ailing economy for years to come."

"... the president unveiled the American Graduation Initiative, a 10-year, $12 billion plan to invest in community colleges."

Obama called the investment in community colleges crucial because "jobs requiring at least an associate degree are projected to grow twice as fast as jobs requiring no college experience" in coming years.

"We will not fill those jobs, or keep those jobs on our shores, without the training offered by community colleges," he said.

Read the entire article on CNN here. Sign up for the LA Scholars program here.

Recruiting All Video Game Companies- Summer Intern Program

I'm very pleased to announce what I've been working on - the first ever, government backed career pathway internship program for the video game industry - LA Scholars.com.

I ask that each and every one of you in Los Angeles encourage your employer to participate - there is no cost and more importantly - you are investing in your community by providing life changing opportunities for highly motivated young adults from some of the most underserved neighborhoods. We will be announcing our partners in the coming weeks.

LA Scholars is sponsored by the City of LA, the Mayor's Office and backed by the Federal Government. This is a non-profit effort with the goal of creating career pathways for young adults into the video game industry. The program targets students in under-served neighborhoods by providing them training and access to some of the biggest entertainment and gaming companies in the world Read more.

LA Scholars is currently recruiting video game companies to get involved and host summer interns. The program is at no cost to the employer and provides an opportunity to companies to prepare and test out their future potential workforce while investing in the people that live in their local communities in a potentially life changing way.

Sign up here.