Led Black

Led Black

Appears in 27 Episodes

Maria Lizardo, a Heights Original, "will throw down" for the community, as NMIC's Executive Director

Maria Lizardo, a Heights Original, "will throw down" for the community, as NMIC's Executive Director

Join Led and Octavio on Uptown Voices as they sit down with Maria Lizardo, the dynamic executive director of NMIC. Since 1979, NMIC has been a beacon of hope, expandin...

Upper Manhattan Tenants Union: It's a class war. It's a crisis of being a tenant

Upper Manhattan Tenants Union: It's a class war. It's a crisis of being a tenant

In this episode of Uptown Voices, members of the Upper Manhattan Tenants Union join Led and Octavio, on the eve of Zohran Mamdani's historic primary win, to discuss th...

Rest In Peace - Peter Walsh, The Heart and Soul of Coogan's Bar and Grill, Washington Heights, NYC

Rest In Peace - Peter Walsh, The Heart and Soul of Coogan's Bar and Grill, Washington Heights, NYC

In this episode of Uptown Voices Led and Octavio are joined by David Hunt, co-owner of Coogan's to remember his friend and business partner, Peter Walsh. To know Peter...

Mino Lora of The People's Theater: Bravely Empowering Immigrants to Tell Their Own Stories

Mino Lora of The People's Theater: Bravely Empowering Immigrants to Tell Their Own Stories

In this episode Mino Lora, Artistic Director of The People's Theater Immigrant Cultural Center's Executive Artistic Director & Co-Founder, joins Led and Octavio in con...

Franck de las Mercedes: On identity, processing loss and artistic resilience

Franck de las Mercedes: On identity, processing loss and artistic resilience

Franck de Las Mercedes joins Led and Octavio to discuss his latest project: You Are Here. He also takes us on his journey, from leaving Nicaragua with nothing and land...

"We Want Tenants To Own Their Own  Property"

"We Want Tenants To Own Their Own Property"

In this episode Avi Garelick, of the Northern Manhattan Community Land Trust joins Octavio and Led to discuss how the NMCLT is helping tenants become owners of the bui...

How the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) is thriving in an era of vulnerability on the eve of the 23rd-annual Uptown Arts Stroll

How the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) is thriving in an era of vulnerability on the eve of the 23rd-annual Uptown Arts Stroll

In this debut episode Led and Octavio introduce their new podcast: Uptown Voices and then interview the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) Director Niria Leyva-G...

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