KAIROS CONVERSATION: Puerto Rico & Storyhouse for Creators

[View this email in your browser]( Weekly KAIROS Conversation with Javier Cuebas and Sylvia Zakhary Javier CuebasManaging Director Amelia Consulting Group Javier has over two decades of experience advising Fortune 500 companies, labor unions, trade associations, advocacy groups, law firms, and political candidates. During the 2020 elections, he served as a National Latino Advisor for the Biden For President campaign, where he was part of the team responsible for launching the most comprehensive and culturally competent outreach program ever designed to secure the Puerto Rican vote. He currently serves as the Managing Director at Amelia Consulting Group, a government affairs and advocacy firm that specializes in high-profile issue campaigns, advocacy and stakeholder engagement, crisis communications, support for high-stakes litigation, and strategic philanthropy. Throughout his career, he has advised dozens of government agencies and nongovernmental organizations including the Federal COVID Response Combat COVID initiative team, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved, Hispanic Federation, American Women in Radio and Television, the National Association of Women Business Owners, the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Crisis Action, and the Government of Puerto Rico, just to name a few. Javier has worked on national and international issue campaigns ranging from environmental justice for Vieques, Puerto Rico, to fighting the treatment of migrant children at the US-Mexico border. As a seasoned operative, he knows quite well how important it is to be the one framing the debate. That is why during his tenure with the American Foreign Service Association, his team launched a brand awareness effort that changed congressional conversations around the U.S. Foreign Service members from “What is it that they do” to “What can we do to help them.” In doing so, he spearheaded the organization’s outreach and response to the 2012 Benghazi attacks, compensation for the Iran crisis hostages, the international affairs budget, and the U.S. Senate confirmation of career American diplomats, among other issues. Javier is also the Chair and co-founder of Grupo 21, an initiative launched by stateside community leaders and elected officials of Puerto Rican heritage after the 2020 elections to increase the diversity of the Executive Branch. Since its inception, the group has presented close to 200 candidates to the Biden-Harris Administration, has become a partner organization of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, and has mobilized national support for the successful US Senate confirmations of nominees for the departments of State, Defense, Interior, Justice, and the Veterans Affairs Administration, and has program alumni now serving in 14 agencies. He is a former staff member of Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA) and of the now-retired Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly (CT). His political experience also includes three Presidential Campaigns (Biden-Harris, Kerry-Edwards, and Gore-Lieberman). He has also served as a spokesperson in English and Spanish and as a political commentator on radio and television (i.e., CNN, Univision, Telemundo, Voice of America). A native of Puerto Rico, he graduated Cum Laude from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez and attended the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. -and- Sylvia Zakhary Founder & CEO Mamag Group | Storyhouse World Sylvia M. Zakhary is a creative entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of the Mamag Group, a holding company & home to award-winning subsidiaries focused on global story-telling across film & tv, branding and startups. In September 2019, Zakhary was celebrated by Variety Magazine as one of the Top Ten Storytellers to Watch in 2020, while Mamag was awarded the 4th Fastest Growing Agency Worldwide by Adweek. In 2023, she was honored as one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 200 Female Founders. Zakhary is most recently credited directing the 2022 ALICIA KEYS WORLD TOUR, producing the Hulu Original TRAP JAZZ & the NAACP winner BLACK IS KING by Beyoncé as well as creative directing performances on BBC’s Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Backed by a 20-year career in entertainment, Zakhary established Storyhouse, a global community empowering 5000+ diverse creatives & artists by accelerating collaboration, innovation & equity. — Storyhouse. As you may know, we are a member-based community that empowers 1000's of diverse creatives, providing affordable access to a network of existing member clubs & co-working spaces across the country. Our intention is to accelerate innovation, collaboration and equity in otherwise homogeneous spaces and industries. Storyhouse launched in 2021 as a series of cultural programming & workshops. Our team has since nurtured a community of 5000+ diverse creatives across the nation. We are currently raising a seed round to launch the digital platform & scale our community. We are also in the final stages of locking in our first major hospitality group. See you Wednesday! 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