>> today the sons are in the studio releasing a new music video on the arizona immigration law. you will see that video in entirety on today's show and the president of the national hispanic university is also here. this is your "comunidad del vall valle". >> we begin with a local group helping the people of haiti. they are called the haiti action committee and with me are garr

si, seth donnelly and victoria duran and why they are helping out that impoverished country. we will start with you. tell us about your organization and why you decided that haiti is the country you wanted to help. >> the way i became involved with haiti was last year i had stephanie nguyen who pretty much spearheaded a fund-raiser at the high school i work at in san jose. what he was able to do is raise over $3,000 through an organization called $1 for life based out of los altos high school and ran by a director. what he was able to do on the campus is fund-raising and bringing in over $3,000 and exceeding her goal of over $1 a student. that's what spearheaded the connection and being able to go and see where the money went.

that was an amazing experience because we were able to go in july. for nine days with myself and stephanie and my sister and seth as well. to see 100% of the fund-raising money go to community centers to the women's groups and to support firsthand through food distribution and the development of breaking ground at the new skype and seeing the infrastructure is that being done to really -- >> bring things back to live and done to really support the aftermath of the earthquake. >> we have video shot after the earthquake. seth, you were there. you saw some of this. you don't want this to happen to any country obviously, but a country like haiti which has next to nothing.

that really grips at your heart. >> absolutely. this trip was my ninth trip to haiti and i teach high school, but this trip was the first trip with students we had a wonderful delegation and was from the south bay. for the students and for myself and my colleagues, it was so eye-opening to see the power of the grass roots organizations working day in and day out to heal their country. it was also disturbing to see how little of the major aid and the governments that reached the people. that's consist went my findings from before the earthquake that haiti essentially is say country that is poor because it's suffering for a lack of democracy. it's suffering for a lack of democracy because truth be told, the failures and the cruelties

of u.s. foreign policy towards the country. much of my work is to try to get the information back to the states. programs like this. to get the word out and say we need to change our foreign policy and to support the people to have true self determination. >> a lot of us saw the pictures and made our donations and then we went back to the normal lives. i want to take this a step further. i'm going there and roll up my sleeves much. >> after the earthquake, right after the earthquake i told myself that i wanted to go at some point and i was lucky enough to have the opportunity to go. the majority of americans and haitians have not seen the money. we are a grass roots ourselves.

we went to other grass roots organizations and were able to get 100% of the profit. >> would you like to see this destruction? that's what it was >> it was eye-opening. i think it was eye ohming and a spiritual trip like nothing i have seen >> there was a demonstration coming up? >> yeah, on december 17th. >> november. >> not december, november 17th. the organization we worked for has been supporting delegations to raise funds to get it to the people and also it's part of what i mentioned to raise awareness and change our foreign policy just like el salvador and nicaragua. we encourage viewers to go to the solidarity.net website information. it will be a demonstration calling for the return of the elected president who was forced out five years ago.

>> what do you want viewers to sleep at night with after watching this interview? are going to pick up my medication. they need this presented to me in july and to see the destruction and the magnitude, yes, they need help and in any way to support especially grass roots organizations and to be able to take the full percentage and 100% of the money to grass roots leaders in haiti that know where to apply the money. it's definitely the help that we can have from the community. >> let me show you information and have you repeat a couple of websites. we have haiti nation.net? is that one and any others? >> haiti action. >> haiti action.net.

>> haiti action.net is the web address. any other phone numbers or information? >> in regards to next week's rally, not only is it the call for a return, that was a former president who was kidnapped, but to bring the elections and the exclusion of the political party that the majority belongs to. they really represent the poor people. they are being excluded from the elections that the u.s. are helping to sponsor. >> up next on "comunidad del valle," university's dr. david lopez. stay with us # blap

they're doing great things at the national university. he is my guest here on

"comunidad del valle." dr. lopez, tell us about this early university program that you are starting there at the nhu. >> nhu had a history of reaching into the community. we have this program for eighth graders and their parents. we recently embarked on the early university program. since we have a charter high school with 415 students, the juniors and seniors are taking university course work at the charter schools on the campus. they mystify the experience and close that between the high school and higher ed. we had great success with it. last year we have too pooh students and 51 are in four-year changes and one went to the service. the others are moving on. this year we have 90 and they

are taking classes like have advanced courses. >> it wasn't until a month before i started college. that's unacceptable. >> yes. the earlier we start the better. to get them on campus as even third greaters to see the university. having students take college coarses where they are with the college professor, we have tremendous professors that are highly motivated and inspirational and working with the youngsters they are performing right into the occasion. he does the latino performing arts and said i'm giving the students a voice they are shy and timid and they want to stand back. all of a sudden they are developing their voice. what is confidence? it's a memory of past successes. then you have that confidence. that's what we are doing with the kids >> if they are thinking i can

send my kids to fresno or santa clara, why should i choose this university? >> those are good universities. we partner with san jose state and i taught at fresno state we make sure we use the model and everyone is responsible. we had the plaza and people circle and same thing here. we are all responsible for the children. whether a professor or the custodian or the president. we use the model and we have the high expectations we don't tell the kids you can achieve this. we make them get there. the students don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. that's one thing i have learned over many years

>> one thing that's frustrating is it happens all the time. bridging the achievement gap. we can't bridge it yet. why aren't we doing it everywhere else? >> that's a good question. a major challenge. if the state does not bridge that educational gap and something sm people call it the partial gap, we don't have this state and country competitive. we need bold and innovative ideas like the latino college prep. really reaching down and doing the hard work to make sure he's kids have the opportunities to learn. they can learn. it takes hard work and people working to make it happen. it happens with partnerships. you have to partner with the parents and get them involved. >> how smart is the pipeline between nhu and latino college prep? >> it's fantastic. the eight-year pipeline and we are moveing for ninth great to the bacheloriate.

students go on to major engineers and some have gone on to santa clara and law school. we are promoting that they continue. call us the higher education. we extend ourselves from the regular family that you and i came from where the mom and dad were trying to help us. now they are where the highest education is there to support and achieve their goals >> they're compete with the best. the speech and debate team. you can write a book on it. there is a movie when they debated new york. five youngsters. they were average students.

those kids beat it. >> we call it the secret sauce. >> it's really people that care. there is a very unique culture and the model we call it. it's not just hispanics michael jordan is an anglo american from santa cruz. he's a surfer and knows how to inspire and motivate. he can take them to the highest levels and we have a variety of professors teaching the kids. the professors and everyone else having helped them. >> the national hispanic university is available there. any final thoughts? >> we are always looking for all students. we are looking for to you get off the couch and bring your mom and dad and relatives we are there to help you. >> no more excuses. we have to bridge the gap.

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♪ >> this is a legendary band playing all over the world for decades. the sons of hernandez are here on "comunidad del valle" and antonio hernandez are musicians in their own right. what was it like to be growing up in that household with a legendary band? >> first of all, thank you for

having us. very memorable experience musicians always playing music so there was always music in the household and it was a very, very memorable experience for me and something that i wouldn't trade. >> did you guys have to get into music because that's what the family lineage was? >> to tell you the truth, it was a complete opposite. believe it or not, my dad was completely -- didn't even want to get near music. it was one of the things that was like in our blood. my mom's dad was a mariachi and was in a band and he would teach us the ropes and that form of music. in the beginning our dad never -- he was like go to school and do this and that. it was something in our hearts that we had that we wanted to go with music and we are here. >> and you guys were probably

born when they were already at the top of the charts. what's it like to see the adoring fans at the convention center. i'm older than he is and i see the transition and i remember living in a one-bedroom home and. it comes out and we are moving into a five-bedroom home with a swimming pool. i got to see the struggle and them work hard and the work ethic they had. the they way stand for two or three hours and signing autographs and being there shaking everybody's hand. that stood out to me >> we have a short clip of your music video. we will play the entire video at

the end of the program, but i want to show you a short clip and we will talk about it on the other side. ♪

♪ >> that is awesome. your parents and your uncles took on the struggle. they were the voice of the immigrant and you guys are kind of taking that same approach, but in a different genre. >> everybody knows their uncles and my dad for being the voice of the people. this happened by accident. we were speaking out of frustration for what was going on at the time we just got into the studio and we knocked out the song and without even thinking anything of it, people started getting positive responses from it.

it was something like that we took on that role that they were doing without even wanting it. without even looking for it. i think it was something natural for us. in the beginning before the song, we were doing the separate solo careers and the song brought us closer. that's what people expected. our father in the band full of brothers and a cousin. for us to join together was an natural thing to do. >> did your father say no hip hop in. >> i used to work with him for years and i know what it is to be in their shoes. traveling and washing clothes. getting coffee for them. i went through that, but like my brother said, i think the youth needed a voice too. obviously they speak to the immigrants and the first generation immigrants. this song was for the next generation. the sons and the daughters of the immigrants they also have a voice too. they are going through stuff

that maybe they can't explain or project and that's what we are trying to be. that voice for them also. let them know it's okay to have a voice >> well put. we have a studio next door and the doors are open. whenever you want to come in and bring the brothers open. tell them the door is always open >> we will rock it. >> there you go. let me show you information if you like to learn more about this great endeavor. we will play the video in entirety when we come back. stay with us # blap

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