The Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence at Georgia State University has launched its new Careers In New Emerging Media Areas CINEMA Project, a transformative workforce development initiative that will train and provide new opportunities for 18-24-year-olds who are disconnected from work and/or education to prepare them for entry-level jobs in Information Communications Technology (ICT) fields such as digital media production and film/TV production. The CINEMA Project will be led by the Crim Center in affiliation with Georgia State’s Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), along with the Atlanta Film Society (AFS) with sponsorship provided by a grant from JP Morgan and Co. CINEMA will prepare participants with hands-on training provided by CMII faculty and staff on animation and character design for virtual reality (VR), game design, and interactive media. In addition to these courses, the Crim Center will provide classes in global learning and life skills development. This course will prepare participants with the knowledge to successfully obtain and maintain a job leading to a career. Participants are also supported by an online learning environment and focused experiences such as internships, team projects, film industry seminars, field trips, production boot camps and meet-ups that add value and exposure to ICT, media, entertainment and related fields. In each area, the aim is to better connect students to technology and media arts careers. Applications can be found at https://gsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7P5ZEe8CUnyZ70N. For more information to become a corporate sponsor, please contact Elaine Brown at ebrown115@gsu.edu.