WEBVTT 00:01.433 --> 00:02.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Voiceover] "Civic Summit" is made possible in part 00:02.366 --> 00:04.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% by Texas Mutual Insurance, 00:04.500 --> 00:07.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% providing worker's compensation for Texas employers. 00:10.100 --> 00:11.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - That's very interesting. 00:11.400 --> 00:13.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Okay, so I'm supposed to say just one thing? 00:13.600 --> 00:15.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - I knOw that vocabulary towards us 00:15.233 --> 00:16.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% has a lot of controversy to it, 00:16.733 --> 00:21.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I, for myself, I'm definitely American first and foremost 00:21.666 --> 00:24.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and then my culture is Hispanic 00:24.100 --> 00:27.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and I bring a lot of that and try to integrate it together. 00:27.133 --> 00:28.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - I personally am good with both. 00:28.833 --> 00:31.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - I don't really care the label. 00:31.466 --> 00:35.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% For me I am Hispanic, I am a Latina, 00:35.133 --> 00:36.333 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I am an immigrant. 00:36.333 --> 00:38.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Hispanic has a different connotation, 00:38.800 --> 00:43.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% it means that I am of Latino origin, 00:43.400 --> 00:46.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I speak Spanish and I live here in the United States. 00:46.533 --> 00:49.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - For me it's more secondary than primary. 00:49.033 --> 00:51.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - The bottomline here is that our community 00:51.466 --> 00:53.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% is no longer a monolith, 00:53.100 --> 00:55.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% you can't typecast or generalize it. 00:55.933 --> 00:58.300 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - I am Mexicana, 00:58.300 --> 01:03.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but when it comes to putting it down on paper 01:03.300 --> 01:07.466 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% in general I'm Hispanic. 01:08.366 --> 01:10.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I'm just Hispanic, yeah. 01:10.166 --> 01:11.700 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - I am an American, 01:11.700 --> 01:13.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and so at the end of the day I am an American 01:13.366 --> 01:16.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and that's the term I prefer over everything. 01:16.333 --> 01:18.466 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% American. 01:18.466 --> 01:20.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - I don't define myself by a label, 01:20.700 --> 01:24.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I am who I am and I'm very proud to be a US citizen. 01:24.000 --> 01:26.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We have double citizenship and I don't wanna 01:26.933 --> 01:30.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% anybody to label me as just one thing. 01:30.966 --> 01:35.966 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (vibrant music) 01:41.166 --> 01:45.500 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (audience applauding) 01:45.500 --> 01:46.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Hello, and thank you for joining us 01:46.966 --> 01:49.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% for "Civic Summit: Austin's Latino Identity". 01:49.566 --> 01:52.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I'm Josefina Casati editor of "!¡Ahora Si!". 01:52.233 --> 01:55.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Austin's Latino community is large and diverse, 01:55.333 --> 01:58.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% 35% of Austinites call themselves Hispanic or Latino. 01:58.833 --> 02:02.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Tonight we'll discuss the challenges our community faces. 02:02.266 --> 02:04.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Some of our panelists pioneered 02:04.266 --> 02:06.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the Chicano Civil Rights Movement, 02:06.366 --> 02:08.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% others continue to the legacy of working 02:08.766 --> 02:11.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to improve the lives of Latinos in our city. 02:11.733 --> 02:12.866 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Beginning from my left, 02:12.866 --> 02:14.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Senator Gonzalo Barrientos. 02:14.800 --> 02:17.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Senator Barrientos served in the Texas legislature 02:17.533 --> 02:20.200 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% from 1975 to 2007, 02:20.200 --> 02:22.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% some years in the House and some in the Senate. 02:22.866 --> 02:25.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% He was a pioneer of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement 02:25.400 --> 02:29.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and continues to be an outspoken advocate for our community. 02:29.433 --> 02:31.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Mona Gonzalez is the executive director 02:31.800 --> 02:34.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and founder of the River City Youth Foundation. 02:34.666 --> 02:38.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Her foundation provides educational, technological 02:38.433 --> 02:42.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and life enhancement programs for youth in Dove Springs. 02:42.700 --> 02:45.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Next to Mona is Doctor Emilio Zamora. 02:45.633 --> 02:49.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Doctor Zamora is a professor at UT and was an active member 02:49.300 --> 02:51.733 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% of La Raza Unida party. 02:51.733 --> 02:55.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And next to Doctor Zamora is Carmen Llanos Pulido. 02:55.233 --> 02:56.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Carmen is a native of Austin, 02:56.933 --> 02:59.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% a multi-issue community organizer 02:59.166 --> 03:02.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and director of "GO! Austin/VAMOS! Dove Springs", 03:02.633 --> 03:07.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% a public house initiative in Southeast Austin. 03:07.066 --> 03:10.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I'd like to start our discussion by focusing on identity. 03:10.866 --> 03:14.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The first question I'd like for us to all start, 03:14.266 --> 03:15.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% if you can all answer it, is: 03:15.966 --> 03:17.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% What is a Latino? 03:17.166 --> 03:20.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And, specifically, what is an Austin Latino? 03:22.833 --> 03:26.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - That could take an hour but, 03:26.633 --> 03:31.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% generally speaking, Latino is a term, just like Hispanic, 03:31.333 --> 03:34.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I think that was derived from the senses 03:34.033 --> 03:38.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to cover a lot of us who have some kind of Spanish, 03:38.500 --> 03:42.566 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Latin American roots. 03:42.566 --> 03:47.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I prefer Mexican-American, I prefer Chicano, 03:48.733 --> 03:50.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but since we have any number of Americans 03:50.866 --> 03:55.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% who are Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Guatemaltecos, etcetera, 03:57.033 --> 03:59.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% so that's the general word that is used 03:59.233 --> 04:04.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% for those of us who has those roots, have that language 04:05.100 --> 04:06.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and have a little sun tan. 04:06.733 --> 04:08.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - Nice, thank you. 04:08.166 --> 04:10.300 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% Mona. 04:10.300 --> 04:12.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - I'd say "deed-oh" to that. 04:13.633 --> 04:18.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% For me the term Latina/Latino 04:18.366 --> 04:23.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% is kind of like "una sombrilla", like an umbrella. 04:23.166 --> 04:28.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It's magnificent because it really brings together 04:29.200 --> 04:32.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% over 30 nationalities, and growing. 04:32.900 --> 04:37.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And so when we talk about identity 04:37.600 --> 04:41.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we are who are we are and started when we were children 04:41.000 --> 04:42.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% because the identity is formed 04:42.800 --> 04:45.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% in "la familia", in the family. 04:45.900 --> 04:49.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We get labels put on us all through our lives 04:49.700 --> 04:54.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but our identity, who we are, we know who we are, 04:54.533 --> 04:56.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we know our "cultura", we know our culture, 04:56.833 --> 04:58.633 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% we know our traditions, 04:58.633 --> 05:01.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we know if we like "tortillas de maiz" 05:01.466 --> 05:03.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% or "tortillas de harina", okay? 05:03.500 --> 05:05.733 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% We know, 05:05.733 --> 05:09.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but now we have this terminology of Latino 05:09.833 --> 05:14.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and it is beautiful because it is so unifying. 05:14.133 --> 05:17.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - As I noted it's a self-referent, 05:17.800 --> 05:21.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% people consciously choose to call themselves 05:21.033 --> 05:25.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Latinos or Mexican-Americans or other terms, 05:25.566 --> 05:29.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but it has not only a personal meaning 05:29.000 --> 05:31.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but it also has a social meaning in many cases. 05:31.666 --> 05:35.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% To be a Latino is also somebody who has some consciousness 05:35.800 --> 05:37.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% of their position in society 05:37.500 --> 05:39.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and as members of the Latino community, 05:39.666 --> 05:41.133 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and even more than that. 05:41.133 --> 05:45.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think that self-awareness is expressed politically 05:45.200 --> 05:47.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in terms of identifying and promoting 05:47.966 --> 05:49.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the interests and hopes and aspirations 05:49.766 --> 05:52.633 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% of the Latino community. 05:52.633 --> 05:55.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Well, I agree with everything that's been stated 05:55.733 --> 05:59.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and it is a very large umbrella that covers lots of us 05:59.700 --> 06:02.966 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% because not only do we draw roots 06:02.966 --> 06:05.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% from many different countries, 06:05.266 --> 06:08.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we are first, second, third, fourth, 06:08.066 --> 06:10.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% fifth generation and beyond. 06:10.333 --> 06:14.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So some of us have lived on both sides of the border 06:14.233 --> 06:16.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and some have been here their whole lives, 06:16.966 --> 06:18.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but there is a deep rich tradition. 06:18.966 --> 06:23.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And we also are black, white, brown and Asian, 06:23.200 --> 06:26.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% so we are across the whole racial diaspora 06:26.866 --> 06:30.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and some of us are not even necessarily 06:30.433 --> 06:33.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% identified as Latino by the outside world 06:33.066 --> 06:36.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% until we speak Spanish or until we reveal something, 06:36.266 --> 06:38.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but I think everybody who is Latino 06:38.600 --> 06:41.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% or identifies with that root, 06:41.900 --> 06:46.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% there's something very rich and lasting in our culture 06:46.166 --> 06:47.666 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% that does unify us. 06:47.666 --> 06:52.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And people have hold on to at times specifically 06:52.333 --> 06:55.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because of the way people have been marginalized. 06:55.000 --> 06:57.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Let's talk a little about culture and, 06:57.366 --> 06:59.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% are we losing our culture 06:59.033 --> 07:00.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because we're not teaching the right culture 07:00.800 --> 07:03.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% in our curriculum at schools? 07:03.666 --> 07:08.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% What options do we have for our future generations 07:08.166 --> 07:11.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to really connect with their heritage? 07:11.366 --> 07:13.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - First of all, let me take part of that last question 07:13.100 --> 07:15.066 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and move into this one. 07:15.066 --> 07:20.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% My opinion, because of CNN, MSNBC, Fox, etcetera, etcetera, 07:20.966 --> 07:22.766 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% on the national level, 07:22.766 --> 07:27.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% there are a lot of people, specially non Spanish-speaking, 07:27.033 --> 07:30.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Anglo, should I say, Americans, 07:30.600 --> 07:33.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% who have this image that anybody 07:33.100 --> 07:37.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% who's named Gutierrez, Sosa, Sanchez, etcetera, 07:37.633 --> 07:39.566 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and has a little sun tan 07:39.566 --> 07:42.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we just walked across the border two years ago. 07:42.500 --> 07:44.333 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% They have that image, 07:44.333 --> 07:47.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% when most of the Hispanic population 07:47.500 --> 07:49.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% has been in this country for generations 07:49.866 --> 07:54.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% if not even before the Europeans came to Plymouth Rock. 07:54.200 --> 07:57.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So we have our own history here with our own background 07:57.766 --> 08:01.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% going back hundreds if not thousands of years. 08:01.966 --> 08:05.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I for one found out that I had a great-great-uncle 08:05.433 --> 08:09.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% who was a soldier in the Union Army during the civil war. 08:09.266 --> 08:13.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% At any rate, the culture, the language. 08:13.500 --> 08:15.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The language brings people together. 08:15.766 --> 08:20.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Now, I was telling some friends a story a while ago 08:20.666 --> 08:24.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% about an undocumented who was telling me one day, 08:24.166 --> 08:27.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% he said in Spanish, "No, no, a mi no me gustan los Texanos, 08:27.833 --> 08:30.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "se creen muy grandes y no hablan Español". 08:30.933 --> 08:35.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% He said, "No, I don't like 'Texanos', 08:35.433 --> 08:38.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% "they think they're big shots and they don't speak Spanish". 08:38.633 --> 08:41.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I told him in Spanish, "¿Sabías tú, mi amigo, 08:41.400 --> 08:43.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "que cuando nosotros estábamos en la escuela 08:43.933 --> 08:48.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "si hablamos Español los maestros nos golpeaban?" 08:48.666 --> 08:53.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "When I was in school that if we spoke Spanish 08:53.433 --> 08:54.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "the teachers would paddle us?" 08:54.933 --> 08:56.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And he said, "¿De veras?", "Oh, really?" 08:56.966 --> 08:58.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I said, "So there are reasons", 08:58.433 --> 09:01.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and we're losing some of that culture, that language, 09:01.433 --> 09:04.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and we must teach our children who we are, 09:04.000 --> 09:06.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% where we come from, as proud Americans. 09:06.800 --> 09:08.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Carmen] I think what Senator Barrientos is pointing to 09:08.966 --> 09:12.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is a thread in all these questions which is 09:12.333 --> 09:15.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% a history of oppression and a history of resistance to that. 09:15.533 --> 09:20.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And ever since this country was founded as a, 09:20.366 --> 09:22.366 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% from a European colony, 09:22.366 --> 09:24.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% there has been pressure to assimilate. 09:24.633 --> 09:26.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So there was pressure on ethnic Europeans 09:26.633 --> 09:28.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to become Anglo and to speak English 09:28.366 --> 09:29.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and to leave behind their customs, 09:29.866 --> 09:32.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and there has been pressure on every incoming group 09:32.533 --> 09:37.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to be as mainstream in that mold. 09:37.166 --> 09:40.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And so in my generation it's difficult to get a job now 09:40.833 --> 09:43.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% if you don't speak Spanish, 09:43.233 --> 09:46.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and learning Spanish correctly was very, very important 09:46.500 --> 09:48.633 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% in my family and in my operating, 09:48.633 --> 09:51.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but most of my parents' generation 09:51.233 --> 09:53.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% were punished in school for speaking Spanish. 09:53.366 --> 09:56.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And so we're in a real inflection point right now 09:56.033 --> 09:59.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% where our country is really having a struggle 09:59.733 --> 10:04.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% between a right nationalism that is Anglo, European-focused 10:05.600 --> 10:06.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and claiming the country back, 10:06.800 --> 10:08.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% which is its own narrative, 10:08.933 --> 10:11.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and actually embracing the richness of this country 10:11.866 --> 10:14.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% as a multi-cultural place and an immigrant nation. 10:14.766 --> 10:17.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I think in that inflection point is where we find 10:17.333 --> 10:21.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% where our culture is going to be preserved and live on. 10:21.333 --> 10:23.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I definitely can say that it's incoming immigrants 10:23.500 --> 10:25.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% who have helped me practice my Spanish. 10:25.933 --> 10:28.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I married to a first-generation Colombian 10:28.366 --> 10:30.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and this is something we talk about all the time. 10:30.933 --> 10:33.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But I do have hope for our future 10:33.166 --> 10:35.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that we're starting to embrace what was for so long shamed, 10:35.966 --> 10:38.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and I think that was the source of a lot of the tension 10:38.600 --> 10:42.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% between immigrant youth and Latinos 10:42.133 --> 10:43.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% who've been here for many generations, 10:43.933 --> 10:45.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is that everybody is trying to fight 10:45.366 --> 10:46.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% to get out of that oppression, 10:46.800 --> 10:49.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% you either get out by assimilating as best as you can 10:49.166 --> 10:52.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or by trying to actually overcome those systems. 10:52.500 --> 10:54.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And I think that's where we find ourselves now. 10:54.800 --> 10:57.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - I'd like to add to this, 10:57.333 --> 10:58.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the schools and other institutions 10:58.933 --> 11:02.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% have subjugated our identity and our knowledge, 11:02.500 --> 11:06.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but that doesn't mean that our culture has remained static, 11:06.733 --> 11:08.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% it's always evolved, 11:08.233 --> 11:10.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% there is no such thing as static culture. 11:10.933 --> 11:14.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And it's evolved for a number of reasons, 11:14.566 --> 11:18.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of course there's loving parents that nurture the children 11:18.733 --> 11:22.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and promote important values as part of our culture, 11:22.233 --> 11:25.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we talk about it in terms of familism, 11:25.000 --> 11:28.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but there's other people that are also reinforcing 11:28.766 --> 11:33.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% very important positive, constructive, generative values. 11:34.733 --> 11:36.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% In the social-political movement, 11:36.366 --> 11:39.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we often associate these movements 11:39.133 --> 11:41.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in terms of material gains we're gonna make 11:41.600 --> 11:45.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% like improving wages and political representation, 11:45.000 --> 11:46.333 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% which are good, 11:46.333 --> 11:48.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but there's also a cultural element 11:48.433 --> 11:49.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% to the political movement, 11:49.900 --> 11:54.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we also promote mutualism, reciprocity, respect for elders. 11:56.100 --> 11:57.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I think the social-political movement 11:57.333 --> 12:00.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is reinforcing very positive cultural values 12:00.766 --> 12:05.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that maintain our identity with the eyes on the prize, 12:06.633 --> 12:08.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that is equality and so forth. 12:08.800 --> 12:10.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% But I think when we speak, 12:10.866 --> 12:15.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% by culture there's obvious things like language and stuff, 12:15.066 --> 12:17.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but I think that we also need to look underneath 12:17.966 --> 12:22.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% what are the values that are promoting good change for us, 12:22.833 --> 12:27.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% cultural revitalization is what these movements involve. 12:27.833 --> 12:31.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And I think people, when they go up and protest 12:31.533 --> 12:36.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% or vote for a particular candidate that promises change 12:36.033 --> 12:38.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% they're reinforcing their modeling, 12:38.266 --> 12:41.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the kind of behavior that we wanna have among us. 12:41.866 --> 12:46.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We wanna reinforce mutuality and reciprocity 12:46.200 --> 12:48.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and caring and respect for each other. 12:48.966 --> 12:50.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% So our movements go beyond 12:50.233 --> 12:53.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% simply that the material gains that we seek. 12:53.700 --> 12:55.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - I'd like to talk a little bit more about 12:55.400 --> 12:58.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% both the language and the values. 12:58.533 --> 13:01.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Language, whether you speak Spanish or not, specifically, 13:01.733 --> 13:04.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% tends to really impact the way 13:04.133 --> 13:05.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that individuals see themselves, 13:05.600 --> 13:07.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or their comfort level with identifying 13:07.533 --> 13:10.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% as Latino, Hispanic or not. 13:10.433 --> 13:12.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% How much value do we give to language? 13:12.933 --> 13:14.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Does that feel some of the conflict 13:14.433 --> 13:18.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% between recent immigrants and longer-term Latinos 13:18.500 --> 13:19.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% who don't have the language 13:19.800 --> 13:22.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and don't have that ability to communicate? 13:22.400 --> 13:24.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Emilio] Well, I think that's part of the problem 13:24.500 --> 13:26.066 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% that we face. 13:26.066 --> 13:30.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I think we often times are influenced to think 13:30.366 --> 13:32.933 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% in negative ways about ourselves. 13:32.933 --> 13:35.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% There's nothing wrong with the language you speak, 13:35.500 --> 13:37.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% whatever you wish to speak, 13:37.133 --> 13:41.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but we've been made to feel ashamed about who we are 13:41.533 --> 13:45.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and that's what I meant by subjugating our identity. 13:45.066 --> 13:47.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I tell my students at the beginning of every semester 13:47.933 --> 13:49.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% when I teach Mexican-American history 13:49.900 --> 13:51.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% at this university, I tell them, 13:51.300 --> 13:53.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "I do not wanna see any of you 13:53.233 --> 13:56.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% "playing language politics with each other, 13:56.166 --> 13:58.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "because if I see it I'm gonna come down on you 13:58.800 --> 14:00.633 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% "one way or another". 14:00.633 --> 14:04.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% That's created divisions among us that do not help us, 14:04.500 --> 14:09.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% do not help us advance anything, it only sets us back. 14:09.133 --> 14:13.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So, schools by denying us to speak Spanish, 14:13.666 --> 14:16.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I think are promoting that self-hatred 14:16.733 --> 14:20.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or the shamefulness that we feel. 14:20.433 --> 14:22.433 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% But we also promote that 14:22.433 --> 14:24.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% by playing language politics with each other, 14:24.700 --> 14:27.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and putting down people that don't speak the language 14:27.466 --> 14:30.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% the way we speak it. 14:30.600 --> 14:35.033 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (vibrant music) 14:36.100 --> 14:37.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - [Teacher] For the most part 14:37.533 --> 14:39.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% children in our public schools, 14:39.633 --> 14:41.133 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and this is in Austin, 14:41.133 --> 14:43.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% they are not getting a curriculum 14:43.500 --> 14:48.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that responds to their culture, their identities, 14:49.966 --> 14:53.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% their communities in ways that affirm who they are. 14:53.366 --> 14:55.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Children that come to Academia Cuauhtli 14:55.433 --> 14:58.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% have an opportunity to learn these things 14:58.333 --> 15:00.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and learn that they're not marginal, 15:00.266 --> 15:03.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that they're actually members of communities 15:03.833 --> 15:06.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that have roots that go all the way back 15:06.866 --> 15:09.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to the original inhabitants of this continent. 15:09.800 --> 15:12.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% The idea was to really build on 15:12.766 --> 15:15.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% the district's current efforts. 15:15.866 --> 15:18.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The Austin Independent School District has 60 plus schools 15:18.700 --> 15:20.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that teach dual language, 15:20.866 --> 15:23.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but there's really not enough curriculum right now. 15:23.866 --> 15:28.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Because there aren't those basic kinds of materials 15:28.133 --> 15:31.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the community felt an urgency about 15:31.100 --> 15:35.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% bringing in resources that could be of use to our teachers. 15:35.733 --> 15:37.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (speaking Spanish) 15:37.233 --> 15:40.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We are teaching exclusively in Spanish. 15:40.066 --> 15:43.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The children right now are learning about migration, 15:43.766 --> 15:47.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% immigration, civil rights and local history. 15:47.266 --> 15:50.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% A lot of children feel very united from school, 15:50.033 --> 15:51.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% particularly for immigrants, 15:51.466 --> 15:54.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% it helps them to feel connected to the larger curriculum, 15:54.433 --> 15:55.933 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% it becomes a bridge. 15:55.933 --> 15:59.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Children at this level are studying the Greek gods 15:59.866 --> 16:03.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and getting access to Texas' history, 16:03.566 --> 16:06.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and this is an opportunity to share 16:06.433 --> 16:10.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% from a grounded, rooted historic standpoint 16:10.866 --> 16:13.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% what that culture, language, 16:13.100 --> 16:17.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% what the culture arts are and have been for this community. 16:17.966 --> 16:22.100 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (ethnic music) 16:23.500 --> 16:26.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - I'd like to hear others from our audience now. 16:26.766 --> 16:30.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Is there anyone up there who'd like to ask a question? 16:30.566 --> 16:32.033 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - I have a question. 16:32.033 --> 16:36.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Okay, my name is Jill Ramirez, I'm from El Paso, 16:36.800 --> 16:41.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% which is on the border of Mexico and Texas, 16:43.200 --> 16:46.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and I think about Austin, since we are talking about Austin. 16:48.133 --> 16:50.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I moved here in 1983 and I really thought 16:50.666 --> 16:55.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I was moving to this wonderful, liberal place called Austin 16:56.833 --> 16:58.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that everybody was going to have this open mind 16:58.700 --> 17:02.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% about who you are as a Latino woman. 17:02.266 --> 17:05.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And when I got here and I was a bilingual teacher 17:05.100 --> 17:07.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I had kids talk to me and say, 17:07.666 --> 17:09.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "Miss, don't speak in Spanish to me 17:09.800 --> 17:12.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "'cause it's embarrassing". 17:12.433 --> 17:16.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% That's when I realized Austin needed to really work 17:16.433 --> 17:21.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% on how they see themselves and their Spanish schools 17:22.533 --> 17:24.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and just their language and their culture. 17:24.366 --> 17:28.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I was really shocked, and that was just like in 1983-84. 17:28.966 --> 17:31.833 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% So that's my experience. 17:34.833 --> 17:37.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Mona] Well, perhaps at that, Jill, 17:37.800 --> 17:41.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we still had a majority of Anglos 17:41.400 --> 17:43.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% in this public school system, 17:43.900 --> 17:45.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% but today that has changed 17:45.966 --> 17:50.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and the majority of students in AISD are Latinos, Hispanics. 17:53.300 --> 17:58.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And so what I'm seeing slowly happening is that 17:59.500 --> 18:03.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we're trying to play catch up in a sense. 18:04.600 --> 18:09.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% We do see now with families, 18:10.066 --> 18:14.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we see them embracing the importance 18:14.000 --> 18:17.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% of instructing their children 18:17.466 --> 18:21.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% to take pride in their language, 18:21.366 --> 18:25.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but go beyond that because we are now a global society, 18:25.600 --> 18:27.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% it's really changed a great deal 18:27.500 --> 18:29.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% since you and I arrived here in Austin. 18:29.800 --> 18:30.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Josefina] So you do see a shift. 18:30.866 --> 18:32.400 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - I see a shift. 18:32.400 --> 18:35.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - With the AISD having more dual language programs and, 18:35.866 --> 18:37.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% you see that there's more of an acceptance 18:37.433 --> 18:40.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or even an encouragement to have bilingualism 18:40.466 --> 18:42.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or just multilingualism. - Multilingualism. 18:42.933 --> 18:45.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And so the days when we suffered, 18:45.500 --> 18:47.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% because that was what happened, 18:47.866 --> 18:50.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% intellectually you can call it what you want 18:50.300 --> 18:52.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but those of us that did experience 18:52.200 --> 18:54.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% what Gonzalo was talking about, 18:54.066 --> 18:56.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% it was suffering. 18:56.166 --> 18:57.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Josefina] You experienced that as well? 18:57.266 --> 18:58.500 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - As well. 18:58.500 --> 19:00.300 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% It was suffering. 19:00.300 --> 19:04.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% You had intelligent, wonderful young people 19:04.033 --> 19:07.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% who were being denied the opportunity to express ourselves 19:07.800 --> 19:10.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in our language, in our native language. 19:10.300 --> 19:15.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% But today, what I see happening slowly but surely 19:15.000 --> 19:19.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is that we're moving towards embracing, 19:19.233 --> 19:21.233 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% maybe because of economic reasons 19:21.233 --> 19:23.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% because we are becoming much more global, 19:23.566 --> 19:25.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we are preparing our future-ready cities, 19:25.700 --> 19:28.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we're having to move fast and we're having to be nimble 19:28.833 --> 19:31.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and we're having to catch up, 19:31.366 --> 19:33.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but I am seeing a little bit of progress 19:33.466 --> 19:35.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that's being made in the families 19:35.966 --> 19:40.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% where they realize that they are best served as a family 19:42.200 --> 19:45.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% by taking pride in who they are 19:45.633 --> 19:47.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and instilling that in the children. 19:47.533 --> 19:50.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And that's where programs and schools 19:50.266 --> 19:55.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and churches and colleges and all of this come in, 19:55.133 --> 19:58.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that we can inspire them to move forward in that direction, 19:58.933 --> 20:00.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% because once you go in that direction 20:00.533 --> 20:02.766 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% you will not turn back. 20:02.766 --> 20:04.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - Great, thank you, Mona. 20:05.666 --> 20:07.200 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - I'm gonna ask, 20:07.200 --> 20:09.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% as we see an increasing gentrification 20:09.200 --> 20:12.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% on the East side of Austin there are a lot of properties 20:12.566 --> 20:14.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that were traditionally Hispanic or Latino, 20:14.566 --> 20:17.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think this is what the term yourselves seated agreed on, 20:17.866 --> 20:20.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that used to be there that are now going up in apartments, 20:20.800 --> 20:22.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and as these apartments go up you notice 20:22.600 --> 20:24.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that they have names like "El Corazón" 20:24.266 --> 20:26.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or in my neighborhood "El Chicón". 20:26.266 --> 20:28.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% So, how do you feel about that? 20:28.400 --> 20:29.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Is that an appropriate homage 20:29.866 --> 20:31.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% to the heritage that was there? 20:31.133 --> 20:32.866 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Is that a token gesture? 20:32.866 --> 20:35.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Is it unfair commercialization of the people that were there 20:35.700 --> 20:37.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that no longer can afford to live there 20:37.833 --> 20:40.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but now the neighborhood is associated with them? 20:40.366 --> 20:41.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I'm just kind of curious on your perspectives. 20:41.900 --> 20:43.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Josefina] Thank you, sir, so almost like that, 20:43.066 --> 20:44.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% diversity of the neighborhood. 20:44.333 --> 20:45.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Would anybody like to address that? 20:45.800 --> 20:47.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Well, I'll just address it as somebody who, 20:47.800 --> 20:50.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% so my dad lives on the East side and he's the last Latino 20:50.833 --> 20:54.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% or the last Mexican-American on his street, 20:54.733 --> 20:58.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and there's been a large influx of mostly younger 20:58.533 --> 21:03.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and slightly wealthier white property owners 21:03.433 --> 21:06.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% who've come in and either built homes or have moved in. 21:06.400 --> 21:08.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And he feels very fortunate that he gets along 21:08.166 --> 21:09.700 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% with those new neighbors 21:09.700 --> 21:13.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and that they actually have an appreciation for the work 21:13.333 --> 21:15.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that he and many other community leaders have done 21:15.500 --> 21:17.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to make East Austin such a wonderful, 21:17.566 --> 21:19.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% beautiful, livable place, 21:19.566 --> 21:22.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the work that's been done to get industrial toxins 21:22.433 --> 21:25.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% out of the neighborhood that were placed there 21:25.066 --> 21:26.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% when the city was segregated. 21:26.666 --> 21:28.033 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% So that's appreciation, 21:28.033 --> 21:31.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but I think naming a complex "El Corazón" 21:31.033 --> 21:35.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% when it's not affordable to the families that were displaced 21:35.700 --> 21:37.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% is appropriation, 21:37.166 --> 21:39.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think that's very clearly not appreciation, 21:39.833 --> 21:43.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% it's an appropriation, it's capitalizing off of a culture 21:43.700 --> 21:47.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that's not actually being catered to in that case. 21:47.733 --> 21:50.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And I think there's plenty of room 21:50.433 --> 21:53.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% for people to come in to East Austin, 21:53.366 --> 21:54.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I know a lot of people feel like 21:54.433 --> 21:56.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% there's a huge housing shortage, 21:56.033 --> 21:57.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I think it's more a question of 21:57.566 --> 22:00.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% how we actually allocate space and housing, 22:00.633 --> 22:04.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% are we looking for families and classes apart of that? 22:04.133 --> 22:06.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But we have to look at the ethnic segregation 22:06.966 --> 22:08.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that created East Austin, 22:08.200 --> 22:09.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we have to acknowledge that history 22:09.700 --> 22:12.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and there needs to be historical recognition 22:12.333 --> 22:14.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% for the communities that made this city what it is, 22:14.666 --> 22:18.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and without that it's pure appropriation in my opinion. 22:18.733 --> 22:23.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - And I think we also have to keep the city council, 22:25.200 --> 22:28.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% hold them accountable for their development policies 22:28.966 --> 22:30.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and the land use policies. 22:30.266 --> 22:34.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It's pretty obvious that the city council 22:34.166 --> 22:39.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% for a number of years has used land policies 22:40.733 --> 22:44.400 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% to reinforce previous segregation based on racial covenants. 22:46.433 --> 22:51.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Our president, we have a gentrification once again 22:52.633 --> 22:55.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% reinforcing segregation by moving people out. 22:55.566 --> 22:59.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% A friend of mine, ours, has said recently 22:59.233 --> 23:04.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that the city's vision that they call, what is it? Austin? 23:05.566 --> 23:06.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Carmen] "Imagine Austin". - "Imagine Austin", 23:06.833 --> 23:08.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% he says, "It's not 'Imagine Austin', 23:08.100 --> 23:09.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "it's 'Imagine Austin without poor people'". 23:09.666 --> 23:12.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I think the city council needs to be held accountable 23:12.533 --> 23:15.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and other political institutions 23:15.066 --> 23:20.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% for not only allowing this thing to happen 23:20.033 --> 23:23.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and reinforcing trauma in our history, 23:23.366 --> 23:27.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but not be really proposing anything 23:27.033 --> 23:29.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% for the welfare for the community. 23:29.600 --> 23:34.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think the city policies regarding planning and land use, 23:34.266 --> 23:35.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I think it has been intended primarily 23:35.966 --> 23:38.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% for the sake of business growth and development 23:38.633 --> 23:41.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and less for the welfare of the people. 23:41.033 --> 23:43.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - It's a multi-faceted problem. 23:43.133 --> 23:46.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It's unfair, we're talking about big money, 23:46.133 --> 23:50.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and moving that culture away, 23:50.500 --> 23:53.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we shouldn't do that but it's happening. 23:53.400 --> 23:56.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I must defend the city council to some extent, 23:56.666 --> 23:58.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I was a chairman of the Charter Commission 23:58.566 --> 24:02.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% which pushed through the 10-1 to change, 24:02.666 --> 24:05.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to have geographic representation on city council 24:05.633 --> 24:10.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% so that we have more Latinos and African-Americans on there. 24:11.733 --> 24:14.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And what we've talked about there, 24:14.033 --> 24:16.133 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% that came before that. 24:16.133 --> 24:19.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Now, in terms of what is done through the city 24:19.766 --> 24:21.800 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% depends a lot on the city manager 24:21.800 --> 24:23.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and the top administration of the city, 24:23.666 --> 24:27.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but we most hold all of them accountable. 24:27.333 --> 24:29.133 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - Okay, thank you. 24:29.133 --> 24:30.666 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% We have more questions? 24:30.666 --> 24:34.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Joseph Roland, professor emeritus of Communication. 24:34.433 --> 24:37.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The term identity basically answers the question 24:37.100 --> 24:39.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% which is "Who am I?" as individual, 24:39.900 --> 24:42.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% as a community, say the Latino community, 24:42.033 --> 24:44.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% the question is "Who are we?", 24:44.266 --> 24:48.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and usually has reference like language, territory, 24:48.833 --> 24:53.366 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% history, shared values. 24:53.366 --> 24:56.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% For the Latino community in this area, 24:56.100 --> 24:58.200 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% like Senator Barrientos, 24:58.200 --> 25:00.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% some of them are natives of the area, 25:00.433 --> 25:02.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% they've been born and raised here, 25:02.066 --> 25:05.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% they have families for generations, 25:05.166 --> 25:09.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% the majority are newcomers. 25:09.433 --> 25:11.833 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% The question I have is, 25:11.833 --> 25:16.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% what does anyone in Austin do 25:16.600 --> 25:21.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to help the new Latino residents of the area? 25:23.066 --> 25:26.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Go through this process of cross-cultural adaptation 25:26.300 --> 25:30.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% so that respecting the culture they bring, 25:30.700 --> 25:34.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the way they answer the question "Who are we? Who am I?" 25:34.233 --> 25:36.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% can now be incorporated 25:36.600 --> 25:39.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% into the new resident of the community 25:39.466 --> 25:41.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% so that you keep your roots, you keep your heritage, 25:41.800 --> 25:44.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% you keep your tradition, but you adapt, 25:44.700 --> 25:47.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% you don't feel embarrassed because you speak your language, 25:47.366 --> 25:49.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% you speak with an accent, 25:49.300 --> 25:52.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% you are allowed to or help to become integrated 25:52.700 --> 25:54.066 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% into the community? 25:54.066 --> 25:55.333 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% What is anyone doing? 25:55.333 --> 25:58.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And if nothing, then what should be done? 25:58.333 --> 26:01.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - So you're wondering what kinds of programs currently exist 26:01.433 --> 26:05.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to help the newcomers maintain their culture 26:05.300 --> 26:08.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but also integrate and assimilate, I suppose? 26:08.200 --> 26:09.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Joseph] To integrate and assimilate, exactly. 26:09.500 --> 26:10.900 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - [Josefina] Okay. 26:10.900 --> 26:12.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Carmen] So "GO! Austin/VAMOS! Austin" is a coalition, 26:12.900 --> 26:14.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% is a resident-led coalition, 26:14.300 --> 26:18.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we work with a lot of immigrants who are in the community 26:18.166 --> 26:21.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and Latinos, multi-general Latinos. 26:21.100 --> 26:23.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think I struggle with the question a little bit 26:23.200 --> 26:25.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% because I recognize that there are people 26:25.466 --> 26:26.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% who have been here for decades 26:26.966 --> 26:28.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and still hold on to their language and their culture, 26:28.966 --> 26:31.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and, again, it's almost who are we, 26:31.866 --> 26:34.633 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% it is upon us to work with people 26:34.633 --> 26:36.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% to find that happy medium, 26:36.166 --> 26:38.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but it's really upon us to work on our whole society 26:38.833 --> 26:42.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because how somebody feels when they speak Spanish 26:42.233 --> 26:44.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or when they speak with an accent that shows 26:44.433 --> 26:47.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that they are not necessarily natively from here, 26:47.966 --> 26:49.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% how they feel in that moment has everything to do 26:49.866 --> 26:51.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% with the way they're treated by the person 26:51.533 --> 26:53.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% on the other side of that conversation. 26:53.400 --> 26:57.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So I think, in terms of decreasing the stigma, 26:57.366 --> 26:58.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is just like when I hear people say, 26:58.866 --> 27:01.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "How can we decrease the stigma 27:01.066 --> 27:02.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "around signing up for food stamps?" 27:02.600 --> 27:05.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Well, we have to talk about a society that shames people 27:05.300 --> 27:06.866 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% for being on benefits. 27:06.866 --> 27:08.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So I think it's kind of two sides of the coin, 27:08.966 --> 27:10.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I think there are a lot of ways to make sure 27:10.866 --> 27:12.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that our programs and service providers 27:12.666 --> 27:14.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% are meeting people where they're at, 27:14.733 --> 27:16.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% helping people learn English, 27:16.166 --> 27:18.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% providing what they need to in Spanish, 27:18.766 --> 27:22.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but just this stigmatizing, that's on all of us, I think. 27:22.433 --> 27:27.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - The first ones who the undocumented people come here, 27:29.200 --> 27:30.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% the ones who newly arrived, 27:30.700 --> 27:34.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the first people they go to for assistance are Hispanics, 27:34.166 --> 27:37.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% are Mexican-Americans, first, 27:37.000 --> 27:40.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% then from then on it works with some of the programs 27:40.466 --> 27:43.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% like these folks are pushing. 27:43.233 --> 27:45.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But we must remember that this integration 27:45.966 --> 27:48.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% has to be a two-way street, 27:48.466 --> 27:52.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that the people who come here have to learn the ways 27:52.533 --> 27:55.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that Hispanics have here, 27:55.733 --> 27:58.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and also make an effort to learn English. 27:58.566 --> 28:02.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - So, just to clarify, you see that there is a value 28:02.966 --> 28:05.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% in understanding the history. 28:05.133 --> 28:07.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Are you suggesting that it is important 28:07.366 --> 28:11.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% for recent immigrants to also understand the history 28:11.666 --> 28:14.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% as to why a "Texano" may not speak Spanish 28:14.933 --> 28:17.066 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% as well as ...? 28:17.066 --> 28:18.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - That is very important, 28:18.266 --> 28:20.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that's why I say it's a two-way street. 28:20.000 --> 28:23.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% People who come here really should study or ask, 28:23.566 --> 28:25.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% what has happened here before? 28:25.033 --> 28:26.533 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% What did you go through? 28:26.533 --> 28:28.133 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% How did you succeed? 28:28.133 --> 28:29.700 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% What were your failures? 28:29.700 --> 28:31.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - It's a very valuable point, thank you. 28:31.666 --> 28:32.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Yes? There's someone else? 28:32.900 --> 28:34.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - I was gonna add that there are, 28:34.600 --> 28:36.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and answering your question, 28:36.166 --> 28:39.666 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% there's a lot of groups in Austin 28:39.666 --> 28:42.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% beginning with the group that campaigned 28:42.066 --> 28:45.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% for single-member district elections, 28:45.133 --> 28:47.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% which is a major victory, 28:47.200 --> 28:49.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and there's people as a result that got elected, 28:49.766 --> 28:51.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and there's people that have been appointed 28:51.633 --> 28:55.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to Commissions and Committees that advice those people. 28:55.200 --> 28:58.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And that, I think, increase effective representation. 28:58.900 --> 29:01.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% There's a large number of non-profit organizations 29:01.466 --> 29:05.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% working in health, education, and so forth. 29:05.533 --> 29:08.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think we've reached the shift here a little bit more, 29:08.900 --> 29:11.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and a comment on what Senator Barrientos was saying, 29:11.666 --> 29:16.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and that is we as Mexican-Americans are really 29:16.033 --> 29:20.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% coming into a new period that is defined to a great extent 29:20.900 --> 29:22.666 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% by demographic change. 29:22.666 --> 29:26.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We're becoming a major portion of the population 29:26.300 --> 29:30.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% as well as the social justice community, 29:30.333 --> 29:33.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and we have to learn how to reach out 29:33.000 --> 29:35.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in both direction, in multiple direction. 29:35.766 --> 29:39.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We have to learn leadership abilities 29:39.433 --> 29:43.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in this new environment that includes class differences 29:43.166 --> 29:45.666 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and language differences 29:45.666 --> 29:49.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and nativity differences and so forth. 29:49.166 --> 29:52.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think, historically, we're at a very important point, 29:52.900 --> 29:55.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% as Carmen was pointing out earlier, 29:55.300 --> 29:59.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and I think we're prepared, at least in this city, 29:59.366 --> 30:01.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% to assume leadership positions 30:01.133 --> 30:06.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in this new people rights movement. 30:06.733 --> 30:11.000 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (vibrant music) 30:13.433 --> 30:15.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - My name is Capicci Vazquez 30:15.000 --> 30:17.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I own Ceremonias 15 and Bridal. 30:17.533 --> 30:19.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Well, the "Quinceañera" business, I mean, 30:19.233 --> 30:20.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% it's a wonderful business. 30:20.666 --> 30:23.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It's a wedding without the groom. 30:23.433 --> 30:27.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The difference is that you just add color to it, 30:27.133 --> 30:28.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% you just make it colorful. 30:28.633 --> 30:31.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I've been a business owner for two years right now. 30:31.166 --> 30:34.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% My experience has been good this year, 30:34.666 --> 30:38.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we've noticed a lot more flow of people, 30:38.300 --> 30:40.000 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% a better revenue. 30:40.000 --> 30:44.566 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (crowd chattering) 30:44.566 --> 30:46.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - [Voiceover] Welcome to Austin, 30:46.000 --> 30:47.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and I'm excited to tell you 30:47.333 --> 30:49.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% what starts here changes the world. 30:49.666 --> 30:53.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - In 2013 about 10,000 Hispanic-owned businesses 30:53.133 --> 30:56.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that were responsible for $4.8 billion dollars 30:56.266 --> 30:58.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in terms of contributions to the economy. 30:58.900 --> 31:02.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I believe that the surge and the explosive growth 31:02.333 --> 31:03.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% of the Hispanic-owned businesses 31:03.700 --> 31:05.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% matches the overall demographic. 31:05.933 --> 31:08.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% When you look at the fastest-growing demographic 31:08.366 --> 31:10.066 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% over all it's Hispanics. 31:10.066 --> 31:11.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We wanna build small business capacity 31:11.833 --> 31:15.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because at the beginning and at the end of the day 31:15.333 --> 31:20.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the heartbeat of our American economy is small business. 31:20.066 --> 31:25.066 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (slow rhythmic music) 31:27.933 --> 31:30.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Adviser] I think that for Hispanics, for us, 31:30.500 --> 31:32.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% it's not difficult to open a business. 31:32.733 --> 31:35.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I mean, we are hardworking people, 31:35.733 --> 31:40.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% so imagine adding all of that to a good idea, 31:41.900 --> 31:43.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% then you have a winning combination. 31:43.366 --> 31:47.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "Emprendedor U" is a small business program, 31:47.033 --> 31:50.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% education program, in which we help inspiring entrepreneurs 31:50.733 --> 31:54.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and business owners to grow their businesses, 31:54.366 --> 31:56.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and we do it all in Spanish. 31:56.100 --> 32:00.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Many people think that just by translating information 32:00.433 --> 32:03.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that makes it relevant for Spanish-speaking individuals 32:03.066 --> 32:04.566 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and that's not the case, 32:04.566 --> 32:07.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% you need to culturalize it because you need to find 32:07.066 --> 32:09.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% a true connection so people can really understand 32:09.866 --> 32:11.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% what you're telling them. 32:11.100 --> 32:13.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - (speaking Spanish) "Oficina legal". 32:13.000 --> 32:16.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% There are new ideas coming out from immigrants all the time. 32:16.500 --> 32:20.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% My name is Karla Maria Valles González, I'm an attorney, 32:20.033 --> 32:23.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and since I've just opened my own firm, 32:23.000 --> 32:26.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% literally like two days before the classes started, 32:26.600 --> 32:29.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I went ahead and took the classes. 32:29.200 --> 32:30.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% There are a lot of people with legal issues that 32:30.966 --> 32:32.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% don't know how to speak English, 32:32.833 --> 32:34.966 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% they have these issues 32:34.966 --> 32:37.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but they're scared to access the system, 32:37.333 --> 32:39.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and so to hear that someone can speak their language 32:39.400 --> 32:41.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and they can understand what's going on 32:41.266 --> 32:42.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% they need, they need that. 32:42.766 --> 32:44.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And it's the same thing with the "Emprendedor U". 32:44.533 --> 32:46.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% There are a lot of Hispanics here in Austin 32:46.500 --> 32:48.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% who do have their businesses open, 32:48.233 --> 32:52.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% it helps them to have more confidence in their business, 32:52.900 --> 32:54.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% confidence in themselves. 32:56.900 --> 32:59.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Adviser] I think there's a tale of two cities in Austin 32:59.066 --> 33:01.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because, you know, we're the "progressive Austin", 33:01.366 --> 33:04.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% the crane is the Austin bird, 33:04.266 --> 33:05.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% but we've also been reported 33:05.933 --> 33:09.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% as the number one most economically segregated city. 33:09.066 --> 33:11.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% There's 30,000 Hispanic-owned businesses 33:11.233 --> 33:12.633 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% in a five county area, 33:12.633 --> 33:15.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that's projected to grow almost 6-7%. 33:15.833 --> 33:18.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% But what we wanna do is make sure that the start-ups 33:18.866 --> 33:20.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that are coming to the marketplace 33:20.866 --> 33:22.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that they have the capacity 33:22.466 --> 33:24.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to remain here in this great city 33:24.900 --> 33:26.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and that we don't push them out. 33:26.900 --> 33:29.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Capicci] (speaking Spanish) "¿Cómo lo sientes?" 33:29.000 --> 33:32.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It's not easy owning a business (laughs) 33:32.400 --> 33:36.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but I don't think I will go back to be an employee. 33:38.500 --> 33:40.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - We'll return to our audience in a little bit 33:40.266 --> 33:42.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but first let's shift our conservation slightly 33:42.833 --> 33:45.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to focus on civic engagement, perfect segue, 33:45.933 --> 33:47.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and how healthy our community is 33:47.666 --> 33:49.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% when it comes to civic involvement. 33:49.900 --> 33:52.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Of course all of you are very engaged in the community 33:52.566 --> 33:55.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and Austin has a history of Chicanos and Latinos/Latinas 33:55.566 --> 33:57.833 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% fighting for our rights. 33:57.833 --> 34:01.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% How effective are we now in 2016 in engaging 34:01.866 --> 34:04.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% with government and city programs? 34:04.200 --> 34:07.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Emilio] I think we're more effective than we were before. 34:07.133 --> 34:12.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% In Austin there's places where we've taken steps backward 34:13.000 --> 34:14.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% in other places in the state, 34:14.833 --> 34:16.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% but I think we're 34:16.233 --> 34:20.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in a pretty good position organizationally. 34:20.033 --> 34:23.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think one of the things we need to start addressing too 34:23.500 --> 34:25.800 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% is this basic dilemma, 34:25.800 --> 34:28.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% how do you deal with obvious advances 34:28.366 --> 34:30.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that we've made in the area of education, 34:30.400 --> 34:32.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% employment, and so forth? 34:32.266 --> 34:35.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We have, for example, record numbers of young people 34:35.233 --> 34:36.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that are graduating from high school 34:36.666 --> 34:40.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and going to universities, top-tier research universities. 34:40.966 --> 34:42.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A clear sign of advancement. 34:42.866 --> 34:46.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But there's another side of the coin always, 34:46.266 --> 34:49.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% there's a serious gap of achievement 34:49.400 --> 34:53.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% between Latino youth and white youth. 34:53.600 --> 34:57.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% There's gaps in the area of employment and health 34:57.400 --> 35:00.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that continue to the point that we can say 35:00.333 --> 35:04.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that they almost seem to be permanent structural problems. 35:04.400 --> 35:09.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We have to figure out a way to dialogue 35:10.800 --> 35:14.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in a very frank manner that acknowledges advances 35:14.033 --> 35:18.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but also that recognizes that we're still concentrated 35:18.200 --> 35:19.833 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% among the dropouts, 35:19.833 --> 35:23.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we're still concentrated among the low-wage skilled workers. 35:23.900 --> 35:26.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I think that's one of the challenges we face 35:26.466 --> 35:31.433 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% as we assume leadership positions in the city as a whole. 35:31.433 --> 35:32.933 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - [Josefina] Mona. 35:32.933 --> 35:37.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Mona] One of the concerns that I have is that what I see 35:39.133 --> 35:42.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% with so many of our Hispanic, Latino families 35:42.800 --> 35:45.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% including those that have just arrived, 35:45.466 --> 35:49.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% they are very busy, and they are busy surviving. 35:49.500 --> 35:54.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% This is a huge number of the population. 35:55.900 --> 35:57.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% When I say that we are growing very fast in Dove Springs 35:57.966 --> 36:00.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and that we have the highest number, 36:00.666 --> 36:03.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% the fastest growth of youth, 36:03.100 --> 36:04.700 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I'm very proud of that 36:04.700 --> 36:06.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% because those families tend to be large 36:06.700 --> 36:08.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and they tend to be robust 36:08.300 --> 36:11.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and they are filled with excitement about life 36:11.433 --> 36:13.033 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and they wanna succeed, 36:13.033 --> 36:16.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% but they're also very poor. 36:16.266 --> 36:20.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And so when you're in that situation 36:20.066 --> 36:23.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% UT, which is only about, what? Six miles away? 36:23.966 --> 36:27.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Might as well be 60 or 600 or 6,000, 36:27.933 --> 36:31.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because they are busy, and they're busy surviving. 36:31.566 --> 36:35.700 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% And so when we speak of leadership we need to think about 36:35.700 --> 36:39.533 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% the best ways to teach leadership 36:39.533 --> 36:42.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and to find those natural leaders 36:42.800 --> 36:45.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% instead of them heading off to gangs 36:45.133 --> 36:47.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and to other negative things, 36:47.200 --> 36:51.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to really find them and to really excite them 36:51.233 --> 36:54.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% about learning and about leading. 36:54.466 --> 36:57.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And what that means in this city, 36:57.166 --> 36:58.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% what it means in their "barrio", 36:58.800 --> 37:00.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% what it means in their neighborhood, 37:00.700 --> 37:04.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and how it can really change not only their lives 37:04.033 --> 37:06.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% but truly their family's lives 37:06.200 --> 37:08.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% because they care about that. 37:08.633 --> 37:12.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So I wanna see the conversation elevated 37:12.466 --> 37:15.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to the level of deploying the resources 37:15.600 --> 37:18.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% for true leadership development, 37:18.000 --> 37:21.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because we've given this a lot of lip service over the years 37:21.666 --> 37:24.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and those kids, they drop out of school, 37:24.366 --> 37:26.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I'll tell you why they drop out, 37:26.633 --> 37:28.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% because they have to go to work. 37:28.300 --> 37:32.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So many of them get to 16, legal age for dropping oUT, 37:32.800 --> 37:35.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and they go on and you find them in jobs 37:35.933 --> 37:37.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and they're supporting their families. 37:37.800 --> 37:38.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Carmen] And they need to vote. 37:38.966 --> 37:41.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I mean, I think just because 37:41.433 --> 37:43.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% on the topic of civic engagement. 37:43.800 --> 37:45.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% What Senator Barrientos said, we've made, 37:45.733 --> 37:49.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I agree with Emilio too about the progress, 37:49.633 --> 37:52.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% we've gotten a step further. 37:52.166 --> 37:54.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I think it's no secret that we have 37:54.933 --> 37:57.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% low voter turnout among Latinos, 37:57.600 --> 38:00.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and there are a lot of people who care, 38:00.233 --> 38:03.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and it's not all because people don't have the right to vote 38:03.700 --> 38:05.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% there's a combination of things, 38:05.133 --> 38:07.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% it's a lot of what Mona's been talking about. 38:07.400 --> 38:09.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I have a lot of faith in the dreamers, 38:09.400 --> 38:12.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I have a lot of faith in the young civic 38:12.600 --> 38:14.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and social justice movements that are encouraging people 38:14.800 --> 38:17.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to be more of a political process, 38:17.066 --> 38:19.533 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% and I serve on Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission 38:19.533 --> 38:21.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that drew Austin's 10 districts 38:21.033 --> 38:22.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% thanks to the work of Senator Barrientos 38:22.633 --> 38:24.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and the whole coalition that pushed it, 38:24.866 --> 38:27.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and it was an intense election process, 38:27.533 --> 38:29.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% there were about 500 people who applied 38:29.500 --> 38:32.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to be on the Commission, it was narrowed down to 60, 38:32.566 --> 38:35.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and then they, literally by the luck of the draw, 38:35.333 --> 38:38.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% five of the first eight commissioners were Latinos, 38:38.233 --> 38:39.700 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% four Latinas. 38:39.700 --> 38:42.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So we actually had to look for white men 38:42.133 --> 38:44.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to even out our Redistricting Commission 38:44.933 --> 38:46.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and as well as to represent 38:46.633 --> 38:49.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% African-Americans and Asians in the community. 38:49.000 --> 38:50.466 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% And it's not perfect, 38:50.466 --> 38:51.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and the first round of elections 38:51.833 --> 38:54.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% it was a bumpy ride, it still is, 38:54.333 --> 38:57.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but we are definitely several steps closer 38:57.300 --> 39:00.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to not only talking to our kids and our youth about 39:00.933 --> 39:03.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% why voting is important, and civic engagement 39:03.366 --> 39:05.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and leadership in addressing some of these issues, 39:05.766 --> 39:07.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% but also having politicians 39:07.133 --> 39:08.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that live in their neighborhoods, 39:08.666 --> 39:11.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that come to their meetings, that come to their schools, 39:11.266 --> 39:14.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and they actually see people in positions of leadership. 39:14.000 --> 39:17.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And so, we have a long way to go but we are making progress. 39:17.766 --> 39:20.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Number one, it starts right here. 39:20.833 --> 39:23.266 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% I don't care how poor people are, 39:23.266 --> 39:26.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% it begins with that mother and father and those children. 39:26.533 --> 39:28.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Government can do a lot of things, 39:28.966 --> 39:31.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "pero aquí estoy, primero". 39:31.333 --> 39:34.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% As the saying goes, "El que no habla ni Dios lo oye", 39:34.066 --> 39:36.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "Who does not speak not even God will hear". 39:36.966 --> 39:40.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And people have to realize that this is a free country, 39:40.733 --> 39:41.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I mean, you don't have to go out there 39:41.933 --> 39:45.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and call the city council members names, 39:45.333 --> 39:46.466 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% but you get up there 39:46.466 --> 39:48.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and give your statement of how you feel. 39:48.933 --> 39:53.033 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% "Aquí comienza" with individuals, "el padre y la madre". 39:54.066 --> 39:59.000 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (vibrant music) 39:59.000 --> 40:04.000 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (slow music) 40:11.366 --> 40:13.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Jill] It's so excited to see that 40:13.033 --> 40:18.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% 10-1 is taking place and that it's working so well. 40:20.333 --> 40:22.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Harmony isn't ... 40:22.166 --> 40:24.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% My name is Jill Ramirez Coronado 40:24.700 --> 40:28.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I live in Battle Bend area of Austin, 40:28.900 --> 40:31.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but of course our business is in Montopolis, 40:31.533 --> 40:34.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% so I'm actually in two neighborhoods 40:34.566 --> 40:38.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and I'm pretty involved in both. 40:42.000 --> 40:44.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% You know there's a few bumps in the road 40:44.933 --> 40:47.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but what we have seen from, you know, 40:47.333 --> 40:50.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% after it happened was that really the representatives 40:50.566 --> 40:54.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% are really trying to be more engaged with the constituents. 40:54.733 --> 40:58.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - I think it's going pretty good. 40:58.566 --> 41:01.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We were able to do a lot of projects in my neighborhood 41:01.900 --> 41:03.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that we've been struggling 41:03.600 --> 41:06.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% trying to convince the city of doing. 41:08.433 --> 41:10.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And historically it's always been the minority, 41:10.833 --> 41:14.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% it's always been in last in line 41:14.133 --> 41:17.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% waiting for anything to come from the city, 41:17.266 --> 41:19.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and we've been neglected over years. 41:19.000 --> 41:23.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So I believe that that was one of the reasons why 41:23.200 --> 41:25.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is because we didn't have the influence. 41:25.933 --> 41:27.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - But generally there's a great man with, 41:27.366 --> 41:31.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% number one, ungentleman, 41:31.166 --> 41:32.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I don't know why the called it that 41:32.400 --> 41:35.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but a true gentleman would have never settled 41:35.233 --> 41:38.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% for having people who are second-class citizens. 41:38.000 --> 41:42.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think that having the right personnel at city hall 41:42.533 --> 41:46.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and people who understand what they went through 41:46.033 --> 41:49.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in East Austin is like that shared history 41:49.000 --> 41:51.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% that is important. 41:51.233 --> 41:53.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - The problem that we're struggling with right now 41:53.233 --> 41:55.466 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% is the young people, 41:55.466 --> 42:00.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% the young voters up to 30 or 35. 42:00.366 --> 42:02.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% They're turn out is horrible, 42:02.433 --> 42:05.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% a lot of them don't see up to vote. 42:06.333 --> 42:07.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I really feel like, you know, 42:07.866 --> 42:09.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% it comes down to grass root, 42:09.800 --> 42:13.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I like to got to the places in my area, the businesses, 42:13.333 --> 42:15.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and I talk to people, you know, 42:15.433 --> 42:18.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and one of the things that I tell them, 42:18.266 --> 42:20.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I say, "You know, you're the ones that don't speak out, 42:20.800 --> 42:22.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "not even the Lord could hear you". 42:22.766 --> 42:26.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - I think that they understand that now they have 42:26.100 --> 42:28.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% a way to get their say so, 42:28.766 --> 42:32.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and that that will bring about voting they go. 42:32.900 --> 42:34.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% They did change my life so, you know what? 42:34.300 --> 42:36.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I need to continue being involved. 42:36.500 --> 42:41.500 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (slow music) 42:43.866 --> 42:45.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And the way we're used to nowhere, 42:45.800 --> 42:47.133 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% people forgot about us. 42:47.133 --> 42:50.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I do really get a sense that a lot of my niece 42:50.233 --> 42:53.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in their community were a priority. 42:53.866 --> 42:56.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Voiceover] I welcome you all to city hall 42:56.333 --> 42:58.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% for a truly historic event. 42:58.300 --> 43:00.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - 10-1 gave us a big voice, 43:00.966 --> 43:04.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and we were able to get four minorities elected. 43:04.700 --> 43:08.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% That added a lot of influence. 43:09.866 --> 43:12.733 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Now we have a voice. 43:15.833 --> 43:17.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Let's get to the questions from the audience, 43:17.633 --> 43:20.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I'm very interested in following it up with body 43:20.333 --> 43:23.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and what we can specifically do to change that. 43:23.233 --> 43:26.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Attendant] I guess I'll just touch on a few themes. 43:26.666 --> 43:29.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We politically navigate through the world through language 43:29.266 --> 43:33.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and we've been talking about identity in specific terms 43:33.233 --> 43:35.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but I'm more interested in spelling, 43:35.733 --> 43:37.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% because particularly for like queer 43:37.733 --> 43:39.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and non-gender binary people, 43:39.566 --> 43:42.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Spanish is such a gendered language. 43:42.200 --> 43:44.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Do you guys, for the people in the panel, 43:44.200 --> 43:48.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% do you, when you consider yourself in whatever term it is, 43:48.366 --> 43:50.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% do you consider also alternative spellings 43:50.266 --> 43:53.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% like Chicano with an "x" or Latino with an "x" 43:53.066 --> 43:56.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% or with the "@" sign at the end of Latino or Latina, 43:56.200 --> 44:01.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to be inclusive for all, for even a more diverse community? 44:02.300 --> 44:03.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Carmen] The intention is certainly there 44:03.833 --> 44:06.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and I think we're addressing it, 44:06.333 --> 44:07.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I think specially -- 44:07.600 --> 44:09.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Well, I would say in younger generations 44:09.566 --> 44:13.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we talk more about gender politics and LBGTQ issues 44:13.466 --> 44:16.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% perhaps more than the previous generation did, 44:16.433 --> 44:17.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% but then again there had been 44:17.900 --> 44:20.666 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% pioneers in this area for decades 44:20.666 --> 44:24.600 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% and there actually is a category of like queer chicana lit, right? 44:24.600 --> 44:27.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Which for some of us that was such a breakthrough relief 44:27.900 --> 44:29.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% to find an outlet that embraces 44:29.933 --> 44:33.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% both Latino culture and queer culture. 44:33.200 --> 44:36.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I learned about spelling Latina/Latino with an "x" 44:36.833 --> 44:39.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% only about three or four years ago 44:39.166 --> 44:44.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because I had used the "@" symbol to mean Latina or Latino, 44:45.266 --> 44:46.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and then it was pointed out to me that 44:46.200 --> 44:47.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that is very gender binary, 44:47.933 --> 44:50.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and if we're gonna be inclusive of the whole gender spectrum 44:50.600 --> 44:53.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of people who identify as transgender or gender queer, 44:53.966 --> 44:56.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% or we just wanna get gender out of it for a second, 44:56.500 --> 44:59.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% we spell Latino with an "x". 44:59.066 --> 45:00.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% So I don't know if the spelling 45:00.533 --> 45:02.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% necessarily addresses the issue 45:02.533 --> 45:03.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but at least we're talking about it 45:03.966 --> 45:06.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and they know it's a relief to a lot of Latinos 45:06.333 --> 45:09.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% who have felt kind of on the margin for a long time. 45:09.233 --> 45:10.766 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - [Josefina] It's great. 45:10.766 --> 45:13.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Emilio] This is important symbolic gestures, you know, 45:13.900 --> 45:15.333 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% the "x" and so forth 45:15.333 --> 45:17.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that doesn't mean it's not important, it's very important, 45:17.733 --> 45:20.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but for me also what is important is 45:20.633 --> 45:23.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% where these issues are raised, 45:23.666 --> 45:27.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and I think the LGBT community, the feminists earlier, 45:27.233 --> 45:30.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think discovered that in these social-political settings 45:30.666 --> 45:35.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% where we promote these values of neutrality, 45:37.100 --> 45:39.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% reciprocity and respect for the rights of others, 45:39.700 --> 45:43.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we have the natural social-political environment 45:43.033 --> 45:47.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% where we can talk openly and honestly about theses things. 45:47.100 --> 45:51.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% And talk about inclusion, 45:51.033 --> 45:55.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% including all parts of our community with respect, 45:55.300 --> 45:58.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and also to promote their concerns and interests, 45:58.833 --> 46:00.133 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% absolutely. 46:00.133 --> 46:01.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Josefina] Great question, thank you. 46:01.266 --> 46:03.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Miss. - [Veronica] Thank you. 46:03.066 --> 46:04.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% My name is Veronica Forsythe, 46:04.733 --> 46:08.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and I was hoping that you could comment on what I see 46:08.500 --> 46:13.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% as the lack of leadership in the city and, 46:14.866 --> 46:16.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% don't know if the word that I wanna use is defend, 46:16.866 --> 46:19.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but talk about lots of the virtues 46:19.400 --> 46:23.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of the Hispanic community, Latin community, 46:23.666 --> 46:25.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Mexican-American community, 46:25.000 --> 46:27.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% because what I see is that national level 46:27.900 --> 46:32.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% is all this stereotyping us as, 46:34.066 --> 46:35.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I don't wanna repeat what you all know 46:35.400 --> 46:38.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% what they're stereotyping us as. 46:38.166 --> 46:40.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And I don't see anybody in Texas, 46:40.733 --> 46:44.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% any of our leaders that serve us, 46:44.033 --> 46:47.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% coming up and saying, "Wait a minute, 46:47.733 --> 46:50.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "that offends the people that we serve 46:50.733 --> 46:54.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "and that is not what we see in our community". 46:54.066 --> 46:58.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So I'm like kind of upset that nobody 46:58.100 --> 47:01.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in a leadership position has really come up 47:01.066 --> 47:03.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and said anything to that effect. 47:03.866 --> 47:08.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And our community also hopefully will unite 47:09.733 --> 47:11.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and stand up for that too, 47:11.333 --> 47:15.366 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% because talking about stereotypes, as you can see I'm tall 47:15.366 --> 47:17.366 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and all time, right? 47:17.366 --> 47:18.766 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Okay, we agree on that. 47:18.766 --> 47:20.033 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% All the time I'm asked, 47:20.033 --> 47:21.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "and, so, where are you from?" 47:21.700 --> 47:24.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And I have to say, "Well, I was born here 47:24.166 --> 47:25.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "but my parents are from Mexico, 47:25.900 --> 47:27.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "and they're from Mexico", 47:27.600 --> 47:28.833 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and then it's like, 47:28.833 --> 47:31.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "Oh, so, but where are your grandparents from? 47:31.166 --> 47:33.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "They surely are like Europeans" 47:33.733 --> 47:35.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I don't fit in that stereotype 47:35.233 --> 47:37.700 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% so people starts asking, 47:37.700 --> 47:39.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "Oh, so, what about back, back?" 47:39.166 --> 47:42.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I say, "Well, how about 400 years in Mexico, 47:42.200 --> 47:44.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "would that be sufficient for you?" 47:44.200 --> 47:47.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So, yes, I am tall, I have an accent, 47:47.066 --> 47:48.800 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I'm Mexican-American, 47:48.800 --> 47:53.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and I am not happy to see that nobody has stand up for us 47:55.166 --> 47:58.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to say, "No, that is not acceptable, that offends us". 47:58.366 --> 47:59.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So, thank you. - [Josefina] Thank you. 47:59.833 --> 48:03.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Do you all agree that no one is standing up for 48:03.200 --> 48:05.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% against the negative stereotypes? 48:05.466 --> 48:08.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Part of our problem throughout the whole country, 48:08.200 --> 48:10.900 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% throughout all groups, 48:10.900 --> 48:15.366 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% is that we have to ... 48:15.366 --> 48:18.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% If you want something done and they're not doing it 48:18.533 --> 48:20.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% you get up there and do it. 48:20.700 --> 48:25.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We need fewer politicians and more public servants, 48:25.666 --> 48:29.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and the way to do that is to vote. 48:29.366 --> 48:33.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Very simple, very easy, it's free, 48:33.900 --> 48:37.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% otherwise you're gonna keep getting 48:37.100 --> 48:38.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% what you've been getting. 48:38.666 --> 48:40.133 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - What can we do? 48:40.133 --> 48:41.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The question I have for the panelists right now is, 48:41.566 --> 48:44.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% what can we do to get more people out to vote, 48:44.633 --> 48:48.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to exercise their voice and their right? 48:48.933 --> 48:50.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Emilio] Public education, there's a direct cause 48:50.633 --> 48:52.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or relationship between low education 48:52.966 --> 48:55.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% of Latino and the franchise, 48:55.233 --> 48:58.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the higher you're educated the more you participate. 48:58.566 --> 49:00.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I think that's one way to do it. 49:00.533 --> 49:02.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The other is to speak to the youth, 49:02.666 --> 49:04.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% our population is youthful population, 49:04.633 --> 49:06.500 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% youth does not vote, 49:06.500 --> 49:08.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% so you need to reach out to the youth. 49:08.500 --> 49:10.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% That's not to say people haven't done it, 49:10.933 --> 49:13.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I mean, we have a long history, 49:13.866 --> 49:16.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the Southwest Voter Registration and Educational Fund 49:16.666 --> 49:21.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in San Antonio built a movement around this issue, 49:21.266 --> 49:23.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% registering people to vote and get them out to vote, 49:23.766 --> 49:25.066 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and it continues. 49:25.066 --> 49:27.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But I'm just basically affirming some things 49:27.833 --> 49:31.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that I think are important. 49:31.700 --> 49:32.900 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - Senator Barrientos, 49:32.900 --> 49:35.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% you've dealt with this issue for decades. 49:35.933 --> 49:37.433 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Have you seen a change? 49:37.433 --> 49:41.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% What are the effective steps to get people out to vote? 49:41.400 --> 49:42.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - There has been a change. 49:42.866 --> 49:47.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% There are several things that we have done in the past. 49:47.133 --> 49:48.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% One, part of our culture is that 49:48.933 --> 49:53.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% you have to ask the individual, ask, 49:55.100 --> 49:56.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% if you don't ask they're gonna say, 49:56.400 --> 49:57.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "They're not interested" or whatever. 49:57.833 --> 49:59.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Ask, "Would you please go out and vote? 49:59.800 --> 50:01.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% "Would you vote for me? 50:01.166 --> 50:03.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "I'm going to do this, this, this and that". 50:03.000 --> 50:04.300 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% You have to ask first. 50:04.300 --> 50:06.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Number two, traditionally in Texas 50:06.900 --> 50:09.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and throughout the county, the Southwest anyway, 50:09.833 --> 50:13.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the money for advertising and going door to door, 50:13.333 --> 50:15.366 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and newspapers and TV 50:15.366 --> 50:19.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% has gone into suburbs of white America, 50:19.433 --> 50:22.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and the money not being there we had to stretch the dollar 50:22.833 --> 50:24.466 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% in order to get elected, 50:24.466 --> 50:26.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we had to make our own silk screens, 50:26.133 --> 50:28.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% our own signs, our own posters, 50:28.966 --> 50:31.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we even put them on coat hangers and threw them up in trees 50:31.766 --> 50:33.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% so that you could see 'em. 50:33.133 --> 50:34.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We did a whole bunch of new things 50:34.766 --> 50:37.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in order to get the "raza" out to vote. 50:37.733 --> 50:39.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% And they will come out to vote 50:39.466 --> 50:42.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but the campaign has got to be done just right. 50:42.700 --> 50:44.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Carmen] I think it involves listening too. 50:44.700 --> 50:49.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I'll just briefly say that what's being talked about is, 50:49.566 --> 50:53.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% what are the issues that are affecting people day to day, 50:53.066 --> 50:56.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and we have to create the space for those conversations 50:56.400 --> 50:58.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and on those conversations so that 50:58.166 --> 50:59.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we speak for ourselves in our communities, 50:59.833 --> 51:02.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and our youth can speak for themselves and not be spoken for 51:02.666 --> 51:04.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% 'cause I think for decades people saw a system 51:04.700 --> 51:07.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that wasn't working for them, that didn't represent them, 51:07.466 --> 51:09.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% didn't see politicians who looked like them, 51:09.466 --> 51:13.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and then when they do see politicians that's, you know, 51:13.033 --> 51:15.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% some are really public servants, 51:15.133 --> 51:16.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% as Senator Barrientos mentioned, 51:16.866 --> 51:18.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and some are in it for the politics. 51:18.866 --> 51:21.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% And so it's a slow evolution but 51:21.133 --> 51:24.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% it's getting out there and talking and it's listening, 51:24.233 --> 51:26.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and it's creating the space for that conversation. 51:26.733 --> 51:28.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I believe it works on a grass root level 51:28.533 --> 51:30.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% but it's gonna take all of us. 51:30.800 --> 51:34.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - There's a difference between internalizing 51:34.533 --> 51:38.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% something that you believe in and you think it's important 51:38.633 --> 51:41.100 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% and complain, 51:41.100 --> 51:44.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% where you do it because somebody told you to do it 51:44.600 --> 51:47.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or you're trying to make somebody happy. 51:47.000 --> 51:49.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% There's a very big difference in that. 51:49.600 --> 51:53.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I see that for many of our Latinos, 51:53.833 --> 51:56.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% for many, and it's just not Latinos, 51:56.133 --> 52:01.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but for many of our youth who aspire to succeed 52:02.233 --> 52:05.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% they have yet to internalized the value 52:05.066 --> 52:08.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% of living in this country in a democracy 52:08.700 --> 52:13.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and exercising that need and that right to vote. 52:14.566 --> 52:16.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% They haven't internalized it. 52:16.366 --> 52:17.633 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Now, why is that? 52:17.633 --> 52:19.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It could be for a lot of different reasons, 52:19.366 --> 52:20.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but it could be because they haven't had 52:20.800 --> 52:22.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% the role modeling, perhaps, 52:22.733 --> 52:25.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% or perhaps they're very intelligent and they are seeing 52:25.566 --> 52:27.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% all of the political games that are being played 52:27.766 --> 52:30.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and they wish not be part of that. 52:30.666 --> 52:33.533 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% We have to respect that, 52:33.533 --> 52:35.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% they haven't fully internalized. 52:35.700 --> 52:38.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Once they internalize the value 52:38.633 --> 52:40.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% they do what you were talking about, 52:40.366 --> 52:43.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% it starts with at home and it starts with them, 52:43.866 --> 52:47.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and it's almost a heartfelt need. 52:47.066 --> 52:48.300 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% When you internalize it 52:48.300 --> 52:50.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% you're going to do something about it, 52:50.833 --> 52:53.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and that means that you're going to learn the issues, 52:53.266 --> 52:55.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% you're going to attend those forums, 52:55.266 --> 52:59.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% you're going to get excited about that election. 52:59.033 --> 53:02.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Until the internalization happens it's complaints. 53:02.266 --> 53:07.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - I think this bring goes directly to what a viewer asked, 53:08.733 --> 53:10.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% goes to discrimination and some of this divisiveness 53:10.966 --> 53:12.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that we've been speaking about. 53:12.733 --> 53:14.266 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Juan Zuñiga Jr. asks, 53:14.266 --> 53:15.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "How do you suggest we handle discrimination 53:15.933 --> 53:18.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% "against Latinos and Latinas and other people of color 53:18.733 --> 53:21.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% "when confronted with in a workplace or other setting?" 53:21.866 --> 53:23.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - If I may take the first shot. 53:23.700 --> 53:27.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% There are certain laws on the books already, 53:27.000 --> 53:30.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% people have to try to become aware of what those laws are 53:30.366 --> 53:32.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in discrimination in the workplace. 53:32.466 --> 53:35.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The laws are there, they have to be enforced, 53:35.300 --> 53:38.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but the individual being discriminated against 53:38.400 --> 53:40.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% does not speak up 53:40.600 --> 53:44.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% it'll keep getting what you've been getting. 53:46.366 --> 53:48.400 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% - I think that's very, very true, 53:48.400 --> 53:50.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I also know that for a lot of people of color 53:50.500 --> 53:52.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% there's retribution that comes 53:52.400 --> 53:54.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% from speaking out against things, 53:54.033 --> 53:59.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% so in my experience in pointing out discrimination, 54:00.300 --> 54:02.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% as an organizer you always have to have 54:02.066 --> 54:03.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% power of analysis, 54:03.600 --> 54:06.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% so you kind of have to have a cost-benefit on strategy, 54:06.800 --> 54:09.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% you have to know your laws, you have to do your research, 54:09.966 --> 54:12.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but you also have to know who are your allies, 54:12.300 --> 54:16.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% who are the people who share the same frame of reference 54:16.000 --> 54:19.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and how can you articulate what you see 54:19.166 --> 54:21.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% when sometimes it can be very emotional 54:21.366 --> 54:24.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and you can react without necessarily being helpful. 54:24.733 --> 54:28.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I think it's very important that in the nation 54:28.066 --> 54:31.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we're talking more about race and race relations, 54:31.266 --> 54:33.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we're talking more about discrimination 54:33.400 --> 54:35.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and things are coming to ahead, 54:35.233 --> 54:38.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but what we often find is that while the topic 54:38.100 --> 54:40.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of race and discrimination hasn't been popular 54:40.066 --> 54:42.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in the mainstream for a long time 54:42.000 --> 54:44.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% if you go into the households of people of color 54:44.200 --> 54:45.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and immigrants and Latinos, 54:45.733 --> 54:49.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that conversation has been happening for a long, long time. 54:49.266 --> 54:51.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So we need to make it a common conversation 54:51.666 --> 54:54.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% so that we can come to come on understandings 54:54.500 --> 54:56.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and have each other's backs 54:56.000 --> 54:58.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% so that when somebody calls it out 54:58.366 --> 55:00.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we actually analyze what's going on, 55:00.400 --> 55:03.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we don't turn on the person who is blowing the whistle, 55:03.200 --> 55:05.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% because that's a real threat 55:05.166 --> 55:08.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and that happens with women facing sexism, 55:08.166 --> 55:13.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% it happens with LBGTQ people facing discrimination. 55:13.133 --> 55:14.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We have to become each other's allies 55:14.633 --> 55:18.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and speak a common language about what we're experiencing. 55:18.766 --> 55:20.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - It feels like we've just started 55:20.600 --> 55:22.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% the surface of the conversation 55:22.866 --> 55:26.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but that is all the time that we have for tonight. 55:26.266 --> 55:29.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So I'd like to thank all of our panelists for joining us. 55:29.966 --> 55:31.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Thank you for being here. 55:31.500 --> 55:34.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% You can see more KLRU stories about Austin's Latino Identity 55:34.733 --> 55:38.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and his Chicano history by visiting KLRU.org. 55:38.033 --> 55:39.000 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Thank you for watching, 55:39.000 --> 55:40.300 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I'm Josefina Casati. 55:40.300 --> 55:41.700 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Good night. 55:41.700 --> 55:46.700 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (audience applauding) 55:49.800 --> 55:54.800 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (vibrant music) 56:32.366 --> 56:34.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - 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