Los Angeles Urban League
Empowering Communities.
Changing Lives.
Los Angeles Urban League helps African Americans and others in underserved communities achieve their highest true social parity, economic self-reliance, power, and civil rights. The League promotes economic empowerment through education and job training, housing and community development, workforce development, entrepreneurship, health, and quality of life.
Workforce Development
Backstage Careers
Los Angeles Urban League’s Backstage Careers works with TV and film studios, production companies, entertainment guilds and unions to provide clients with training, internship stipends, apprenticeships and job placement. Current partners include AEG, Grammy Museum, Times Up Entertainment, Chapeau FX, Cedars Sinai, and Impression VFX.
Courses include:
VISUAL EFFECTS
Start a new career in visual effects with this 12 week course in partnership with Impression VFX.
VIDEO EDITING I
Learn the basics of video editing and what it takes to get a job as an in demand video editor.
VIDEO EDITING II
Build upon your skills and learn advanced video editing techniques to make your portfolio stand out.
MUSIC PRODUCTION
Learn the basics of music production with this 6 week course in partnership with the Grammy Museum.
Construction Career Academy
Construction Career Academy prepares candidates for union apprenticeships with the skills and knowledge necessary to pass a trade union entrance exam. Registration is now open!
Education
PROJECT READY
BIZ CAMP
TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS
URBAN BRIDGE BUILDERS
Entrepreneurship Center
Los Angeles Urban League’s Urban Center for Entrepreneurship provides minority and women-owned companies with best-in-class business intelligence, one-on-one strategies for success, and a network of advisors and mentors that complement your company’s management team.
