LOS ANGELES, May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – – The Black Student-Athlete Summit (BSAS), a platform dedicated to advancing the professional and academic success of Black student-athletes, is partnering with Project Destined to launch a new virtual internship program that will provide Black student-athletes with training in financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and real estate. Financial support is being provided by some of the nation’s leading impactminded real estate firms, including BGO, Brookfield, Catalyst Housing Group, Dune Real Estate Partners, Jemcor Development Partners, Landspire Group, Marcus & Millichap, Virtu Investments, The Vistria Group, and others.
Black Student-Athlete Summit, Project Destined, and Leading Commercial Real Estate Firms Partner to Launch Virtual Internship Focused on Financial Health for Black Student-Athletes.
The inaugural program will begin in June 2023. Student-athletes will participate in Project Destined’s multi-week, paid virtual internship, which includes more than 25 hours of real estate-based training. Program participants will also join executives to evaluate real-time commercial real estate transactions in their community and compete in pitch competitions to senior industry leaders. The internship includes opportunities for scholarships and networking with more than 250 corporate partners. During the program, real estate industry mentors will also prepare, engage, and guide students one-on-one to help them develop a range of fundamentals, including financial, technical, presentation, and leadership skills designed to launch their careers in commercial real estate.
Over the course of the next year, the program will include 100 student-athletes from the University of Arizona, University of California Davis, University of California San Diego, University of Cincinnati, Central Michigan University, Georgetown University, University of Missouri, Washington State University, and Western Michigan University.
The participants in the program will additionally benefit from the support of program co-chairs representing the NBA, Los Angeles Lakers, and Tennessee Titans, who will provide Project Destined with guidance on curriculum design and content.
“It has been three years since Catalyst partnered with UC Davis and Project Destined to launch revolutionary educational programming dedicated to the empowerment of Black student-athletes,” said Jordan Moss, founder, and CEO of Catalyst Housing Group. “The expansion of this platform is a natural evolution of this collective effort and will provide tangible …
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