LA Mayor Garcetti, joined by actress Eva Longoria and other Hollywood stars, launches initiative to 'empower the next generation of Latinx leaders' and double the Latino representation in Hollywood by 2030.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks onstage at the amfAR Gala Los Angeles 2018 at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 18, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California."The radical decline of Latinos in Hollywood was the catalyst to rally Hollywood behind this crisis to create change together," Acevedo said in a statement."By facilitating unprecedented collaborations between the creative community ...
Beatriz Acevedo, co-founder of Mitu, seen here at a conference in Beverly Hills on May 2, 2017. She's one of the co-founders of LA Collab.It has also found supporters in Longoria, J.J. Abrams, Eli Roth, Zoe Saldana, among others in the industry, and initial funding through the Annenberg Foundation and Warner Media.
Longoria added she hopes her involvement with LA Collab will enable her to"open the door for many more Latinx creators" and help create an entertainment industry that"elevates and celebrates the diversity and richness of my culture."
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