055 Luis Miranda Jr| relentless forward movement

LUIS MIRANDA BIO Luis Antonio Miranda Concepción is a political strategist, philanthropist, advocacy consultant and author, his latest book: "Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America” with a foreword by his son, Lin-Manuel Miranda.  Luis was born and raised in Puerto Rico and moved to NYC at 19 when he received a scholarship from NYU.  In the 1980s, Miranda was a special advisor for Hispanic Affairs to the Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, serving as Director of the Mayor's Office for Hispanic Affairs. He also served on the Board of the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation during the Koch, Dinkins (and as Chairman) during the Giuliani administration.  He has served as a political consultant on several high-profile political campaigns, including Hillary Clinton. Miranda is a founding partner of the MirRam Group which focuses on political and advocacy consulting. Miranda was also a founder and first president of the Hispanic Federation in 1990 and served as director of field services and research at the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. He also held leadership positions at the Community Service Society, the NYC Department of Employment, the NYC Board of Education, and Aspira of New York. He is chairperson of The Broadway League's Latino audience development program, Viva Broadway. and  the vice-chair of the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance and a member of the advisory boards to Nielsen, board chair of the Latino Victory Fund and as a board member of The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and NYC & Company.  Siempre, Luis, a documentary directed by John James, is centered on Miranda and his years of activism. The film was a 2020 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection and premiered on HBO on October 6, 2020. RELATED LINKS Wikipedia Relentless (book) Reflections on the Arts Latino Majority (pod) About Siempre, Luis (NPR) GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade  SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551086203755 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOPOFGAMEpod Subscribe on Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/vLKLE1SKjf6G Email us: [email protected]   THANK YOU FOR LISTENING – AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS