{"id":172284,"date":"2024-01-17T15:01:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=172284"},"modified":"2024-01-17T15:01:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:01:50","slug":"wwe-announces-partnership-with-non-profit-organization-that-helps-veterans-with-professional-development-mentorship-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/17\/wwe-announces-partnership-with-non-profit-organization-that-helps-veterans-with-professional-development-mentorship-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces partnership with non-profit organization that helps veterans with professional development mentorship programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1457148621\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE announced today a new partnership with non-profit corporation American Corporate Partners, which is &#8220;dedicated to empowering returning veterans and active-duty spouses through one-on-one professional development mentorship programs.&#8221; Montez Ford, who served in the U.S. Marines, is quoted in the officially press release.<\/p>\n<p>The following is the full press release issued to PWTorch with more details&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p><strong>WWE ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIP <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WITH AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>STAMFORD, Conn., January 17, 2024\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 WWE<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), today announced a new partnership with American Corporate Partners (ACP), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering returning veterans and active-duty spouses through one-on-one professional development mentorship programs. As part of the partnership, WWE Superstar and former United States Marine Montez Ford will become the first professional athlete to serve as a registered mentor for ACP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWWE has a long-standing history of supporting our nation\u2019s active service members, veterans and their families,\u201d said WWE Superstar Montez Ford, who served in the U.S. Marines from 2008 until 2012. \u201cIt is an honor to represent WWE as part of this partnership with ACP and its outstanding mentorship program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2008, ACP personally pairs applicants with a hand-picked mentor based on career compatibility,\u00a0experience level, location and personal interests. Today, more than 30,000 veterans and spouses have completed their ACP mentorship, which includes access to r\u00e9sum\u00e9 building and interview preparation, career exploration, networking opportunities, small business development and leadership and professional communication resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of us at ACP are excited to begin our partnership with WWE,\u201d said Sidney E. Goodfriend, Chairman of ACP. \u201cFrequently our post 9\/11 veteran proteges seek career guidance in the field of entertainment and we are delighted to be able to provide them with mentors from a top leader in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on ACP, please visit https:\/\/www.acp-usa.org\/.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2620689544\"><div id=\"pwtor-1630049220\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE announced today a new partnership with non-profit corporation American Corporate Partners, which is &#8220;dedicated to empowering returning veterans and active-duty spouses through one-on-one professional development mentorship programs.&#8221; Montez Ford, who served in the U.S. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/17\/wwe-announces-partnership-with-non-profit-organization-that-helps-veterans-with-professional-development-mentorship-programs\/\" title=\"WWE announces partnership with non-profit organization that helps veterans with professional development mentorship programs\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-17-at-2.59.50\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172286,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172284\/revisions\/172286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}