The BRIC Foundation
Time to break, reinvent, impact and change the foundation of how we engage story leaders in the creative space.
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The BRIC Foundation
The status quo no longer works. What can you and your company do to stay continuously activated for social justice and civic engagement?

Redefining the workforce and best practices for hiring and retaining the 22nd Century Employee in a Post-COVID world.

Authentic storytelling is here to stay. What does successful authenticity look like in every creative department?

Can we and should we shift cancel culture to reform culture? How can we determine what gets canceled and what happens after the moment of reckoning- can we educate and repair?

BRIC Foundation has one main goal: to increase representation in Entertainment, Gaming, Media and Tech. By strategically engaging with leaders across these industries, along with Government and Education Partners, BRIC strives to Break, Reinvent, Impact and Change the foundations of these businesses and create inclusive opportunities for women and underrepresented people to be successful.

Education

BRIC connects with educators, government, parents, and students to create new employment pathways to help make the industry a more inclusive place.

Students

Our Student Programming includes Summer Internships, Career Readiness Camps, and year-round creative academies. Our year-round community provides a place for students to come together virtually for Art Jams and industry speaker Q&As.

Educators

After working for almost two years with our industry advisory on rewriting the new Animation, Visual Effects, and Gaming AME CTE Pathway standards, we now work with software companies to provide teacher trainings and support for Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship programs.

Apprenticeship

In partnership with educators, government, and industry employers, we built the first federally and state-registered Animation, Visual Effects, and Gaming (AVG) Youth Apprenticeship that utilizes California’s Public Career Technical Education Arts, Media & Entertainment sector.

Our Impact

5.9K Summit Attendees

with almost 200 concurrents in our virtual workshops from 93 Countries.

1027 Students served

since 2018 BRIC has been working with underserved high schoolers on creative projects with an emphasis on career readiness.

16 Employer Partners

have signed on to be a part of the Animation, Visual Effects, and Gaming Youth Apprenticeship.

Industry

BRIC excels at bringing the industry together in a workshop setting to collectively solve issues that impact diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.

BRIC Summit

The annual Summit is dedicated to solving how we support and nurture up-and-coming talent as it pertains to women and underrepresented groups who have an interest in being creative leaders.

The 6th annual BRIC Summit was held in-person in Downtown Los Angeles on March 15th for Industry Day and was streamed virtually for all. The day kicked off with a Keynote Conversation with Wayne Brady, Mandie Taketa, and San Heng, and featured data presentations, discussion panels, and workshops aimed at creating actionable solutions to improve employment pathways and increase representation within entertainment, gaming, media, and tech.

The BRIC Summit went all virtual for Global Talent & Education Day on March 16th, providing our largest lineup of industry career learning content, talent recruiting opportunities, workshops, and masterclasses for emerging talent, students, educators, and parents.

Click the button below to replay the 2024 BRIC Summit.

Entertainment Equity Alliance

The EEA is a coalition of industry-connected workforce and labor partners committed to ensuring equity and access to careers in the arts and entertainment industry for historically excluded and underrepresented groups.

It was founded by BRIC Foundation, Arts2Work, and the California Department of Education (CDE) to expand the California Department of Education’s Arts, Media, and Entertainment (AME) Workforce Training Initiative model (which provides industry-aligned education, work-based learning, and apprenticeship opportunities) into community settings for youth who, due to system inequities, do not have access to school-based CTE programs. The EEA Coalition includes Academy Gold, ArtsforLA, Better Youth, Californians for the Arts, CSU Entertainment Alliance, CreateCA, CVL Economics, Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), EVEN, Group Effort Initiative, Handy Foundation, IATSE Local 80, Los Angeles Department of Arts and Culture, LA Urban League, Television Academy Foundation, Manifest Works, Music Forward, Pipelines, and Youth Cinema Project.