Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Compton, CA

ESP’s Everett Glenn Gives Keynote at El Camino College Compton Center Black History Month Celebration

ESP's Managing Partner, Everett Glenn, joined El Camino College Compton Center Provost/CEO Lawrence M. Cox, Dean Robert Butler, the membership of the Associated Student Body (ASB) and hundreds of students as the keynote speaker for the annual Black History Month Observance Program. Mr. Glenn was invited to speak at the school by Associated Student Body (ASB) officer Jewel Hoof, mother of ESP client Ashlee Palmer of Mississippi and a candidate for the 2009 NFL draft.

Associated Student Body (ASB) officer Jewel Hoof, mother of ESP client Ashlee Palmer of Mississippi and a candidate for the 2009 NFL draft.

Compton Community College was established in 1927 as a component of the Compton Union High School District. On August 23, 2006, the Compton Community Educational Center officially became part of El Camino College as part of the implementation of AB 61 and the development of AB 318 In July 2008.

Mr. Glenn shared with those in attendance the economics of the $300 billion per year sports business industry from the minority (Black and Hispanic) perspective. Using William C. Rhoden's $40 Million Dollar Slaves; The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete as a backdrop, Mr. Glenn shared with the group strategies for increasing the participation of minorities beyond the playing field and encouraged those in attendance to not only seek playing jobs but the thousands of behind the scene jobs which for the most part have historically be reserved to non-minorities.