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National Hispanic Media Coalition Plans Campaign Around Media and Entertainment: ‘We’re Here to Ask the Industry to Create Positive Change’
The National Hispanic Media Coalition is launching a campaign to press entertainment industry leaders to open more doors for Latinos at all levels.
The NHMC, the nearly 40-year-old Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group led by Brenda Victoria Castillo, has published a 32-page guide designed to be a roadmap for the entertainment industry. The NHMC guide cites the UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report stats showing that less than 5% of TV series in the 2021-22 season had Latino lead actors. But there is great urgency because of the political and cultural turmoil that the U.S. faces around diversity and inclusion issues, immigration policy and the shocking level of racially-motivated crime.
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