Giving back to the Community: Juanita Bratcher shares her writing experience with video game designers
PETAL et al.’s Free video training workshops a resounding success; participants learned the basic essentials of designing and developing a video game.
South Holland, IL – Juanita Bratcher, Editor & Publisher of CopyLine Magazine, Author, Poet & Songwriter, shared her expertise in Script Writing to participants at PETAL et al.’s Video Game Design & Development workshops at the South Holland Library in South Holland, Illinois. Bratcher will also teach Script Writing at PETAL et al’s upcoming Training Sessions at Chicago’s Avalon Library, 8148 S. Stony Island Ave., Chicago, IL, on October 22nd and 29th.
Bratcher said PETAL et al. ’s efforts to offer free video game workshops to teach participants about the multi-billion-dollar industry should be commended. ”Just seeing the eagerness and the interest on the part of those participating in the workshops was amazing,” Bratcher said. “And to get this training for free makes it all worthwhile. Hopefully, some Foundations will step in and help PETAL et al. in its efforts to reach out to minorities in helping to develop their career goals and bring more diversity to the video game industry.”
PETAL et al., a not-for-profit company, offers the free video game training workshops to develop and enhance the skills of those persons interested in working in the video game industry.
According to Pamela McMillan, President & CEO of PETAL et al., ”minorities are grossly under-represented in the video game and mobile applications industry. There is a lack of diversity in the industry and we’re missing out on diversity.”
Concerned about a lack of diversity in the multi-billion-dollar video game and mobile applications industry, McMillan, through PETAL et al., is making steps to train minorities about the industry through exploratory and training workshops.
During the training sessions, McMillan teaches Introduction to Video Game Design & Development, and Clarence McMillan, PETAL et al.’s Chief Technology Officer, teaches Conceptual Art and Story Boarding. Others teaching in the sessions are: Nitin Khare, Michele McMillan and Anand Rao, some of the top Programmers in Chicago, who will share their expertise with participants; Samuel Piazza, Musician & Sound Engineer, will discuss music and sound effects for video games.
Pamela McMillan emphasized the need to raise minorities’ awareness about developments in the video game and mobile applications industry. She said video games and apps are not just for entertainment but also educational.
Clarence McMillan said the Video Game Design & Development Workshops sponsored by PETAL et al. focuses on and introduces technology behind many of today’s video games to users of this medium that are under-represented in its making and creation.
About PETAL et al.
PETAL et al. is a non-profit organization, the first of its kind that provides skills development and leadership training to the underprivileged and underrepresented in the entertainment technology arts industry where only a disproportionate number of minorities are employed. Our goal is to level the playing field by providing minorities who have career goals and a passionate interest in the field with mentoring services, world class trainers, industry insiders and experts with expertise and track records in the industry.
The mission of PETAL et al., is to provide training, mentorship and leadership skills to “level the playing field” for minorities in the Video Game and Mobile Applications industry. Our focus is on job skills development, portfolio enhancement and networking to help resolve the low representation of the underrepresented and underprivileged in the field and increase their potential for employment in the industry by creating bridges. We will do this by working with industry leaders, educators, organizations and corporations for the development of programs to make jobs in the industry tangible.
The vision of PETAL et al. and its founder is to inspire entertainment technology artists to push creativity, passion and their skills to the limit whereas prospective employers keep an eye out for talent coming out of the program.
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The first issue of CopyLine Magazine was published in November, 1990, by Editor & Publisher Juanita Bratcher.
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Bratcher has been a News/Reporter, Author, Publisher, and Journalist for 33 years. She is the author of six books, including “Harold: The Making of a Big City Mayor” (Harold Washington), Chicago’s first African-American mayor; and “Beyond the Boardroom: Empowering a New Generation of Leaders,” about John Herman Stroger, Jr., the first African-American elected President of the Cook County Board. Bratcher is also a Poet/Songwriter, with 17 records – produced by HillTop Records of Hollywood, California.
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