O4U has offered industry-specific academic alternatives since 2004, with a attain to over 1,000 LGBTQ2+ undergraduate college students yearly. Each yr, the group hosts 4 conferences centered on advertising and marketing, business, tech, and engineering. This yr is the first time the O4U Marketing Conference is introducing an leisure industry-specific academic alternative for college students upfront of the convention. As a kick-off, Queer Capita has teamed up with O4U to present not solely one-on-one and group alternatives but in addition visitor audio system and academic workshops associated to music and leisure.
Queer Capita was born out of the concept of connecting Queer individuals within the music {industry} and the development of alternatives for youth within the music career. When pondering of how to additional these actions with a 200+ member rely, Shannon Bradley, head of the Impact Committee, jumped on the probability to increase Queer Capita’s affect to undergraduate college students:
“Mentor/Mentee relationships can be an essential part of establishing a longstanding and meaningful career in the music industry but can be especially difficult for Queer young people to build given the lack of representation at the management level. One of our goals as an organization is to provide mentorship opportunities for young people looking to enter or engage with the music business. We’re proud to be working with Out For Undergrad to help facilitate the first ever music track opportunity for the LGBTQ2+ students in their network and hope to expand on these opportunities for more students in the future.”
To apply to attend an O4U convention, people have to be LGBTQ2+-identifying undergraduate college students curious about business, engineering, advertising and marketing, or tech.
To develop into a member of Queer Capita, you have to be an {industry} skilled who identifies as Queer or a latest grad/post-high college particular person within the music {industry}.
ABOUT OUT FOR UNDERGRAD:
Out for Undergraduate (O4U) is supported in its mission by greater than 175 of the world’s largest companies and lots of of universities. Each yr, O4U volunteers produce 4 management conferences for 1,000+ excessive reaching LGBTQ2+ undergraduates and instantly introduce them to future employers. Host web site sponsors have included JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Ogivly, Facebook, Twitter, Cisco, Cargill, PayPal, Boston Scientific, Stanford University, PepsiCo and different main companies. More than 7,000 LGBTQ2+ college students have graduated from O4U. To be taught extra please go to www.outforundergrad.org.
ABOUT QUEER CAPITA:
Founded in 2021, Queer Capita is knowledgeable networking and group non-profit group devoted to constructing a group of LGBTQ+ music {industry} professionals. The group’s mission has been and can proceed to be uniting the Queer workforce within the music area and increasing the members’ collective affect by efficient partnerships, creating new pathways for Queer college students and aspiring professionals, and advocating for profession development and development of each member. Queer Capita goals to assist form the music {industry} to be extra inclusive and one the place Queer professionals can work and thrive.
Dr. Cindi Love
Out for Undergrad
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