 It was a member of the Latino Policy Coalition, a collaboration of the leading progressive Latino thinks tanks and scholars in the country.The Institute also worked closely with the National Hispanic Media Coalition and the National Latino Media Council on a wide range of media policy issues affecting Latinos.It was a founding member of the Defend the Honor Campaign, which in early 2007 put pressure on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and filmmaker Ken Burns to include the Latino experience in their documentary on WWII, In 2006, the Institute's President and Founder, Angelo Falcón, was named one of the top 25 "New York Latino movers and shakers" by the "New York Post" (November 8, 2006).