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M. Melanie Beene
PRESIDENT AND CEO
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Media Enterprise Alliance

The Media Enterprise Alliance enables inner-city public high school students in Oakland to study media, and video production in particular, with an idea toward acquiring employable technical/artistic skills.

The program is project-based with the students working for real-world clients. Each project is taught by professional artists/mentors in the fields of video production, graphic/web design, and photography. These high school students learn how to set up and run a small business, while also developing the necessary criteria for college admission and job placement.

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