father there. to have 20-plus chapters, definitely exceeded our expectation. >> what does that mean to the vision you all had? because it was more than just getting together. i mean, the reason we all got involved was for the community aspect of it. you know, helping the brothers are out. but the community aspect of it and giving back. was that the main vision when you guys started? >> it was definitely the main vision, damian, and it all started with how do we make sure that we retain our kids in college and educate them so they can be professional career some day and be able to do well for themselves, their family, or most importantly, for the community. and looking at the numbers now, having 24 chapters over 3 states, it definitely is a rewarding thing and something that is, you know, beyond our expectations and obviously we still think we're going to keep growing. >> yeah, tony made a good point, because study sessions were, i mean, they were mandatory, so coming, you know, being of latino and coming into a large

college campus, it wasn't always easy to relate. this kind of helped. >> we're important of the 90% success rate at the university level plus a lot of our meetings have to do with having study sessions, helping each other. books. you know how expensive books can be. to be able to give our books to one of our brothers, definitely a big part of our admission list college graduation. >> we're having a big gala celebration and you have the secretary of in the interior, ken salazar, as a keynote speaker. tell us about that. >> he is the keynote speaker. we look forward to him. we actually look forward to having you there as master of ceremony. >> you brought a lot of paperwork to get points across. anything you wanted to get across to the viewers about knack? >> knack is an organization that gives back to the community, but it has done so much and touched so many people. i've met and worked in different parts of the country.

and i'll meet a young student, freshman or sophomore, at a university, that comes and says, i'm proud to be in alpha kappa. what they've done for me is helped be away from home and maintain a brotherhood. helping graduate and get connected. so it's done a lot of wonderful things for over 1,800 students. >> we had to convinces those people who started the chicano movement sometimes, here in san jose, we had to convince them, we're a fraternity, but it's not your stereotypical fraternity. there's much more to it. >> there's a lot more than that. i'm glad you brought that up. the main reason we started it was to educate our kids. we've accomplished that. way found a way to keep them in school by starting a fraternity, providing social aspengt ct to . the main and most important thing was the academics. we had them study, do their homework. nick said what he said earlier, we had a 9 0% success rate in graduating our students.

what does that mean? they're going to come back into the community better prepared and live part of the community in a very productive way. >> that's beautiful. it's been beautiful for 25 years. the 25th anniversary of new alpha kappa fraternity. keynote speaker, ken salazar. it happens where it started, cal poly. final thoughts in 15 seconds from either of you guys? >> just want to thank you. hopefully the community in california can join us and celebrate this great thing we'll continue over the next few years. >> all right. >> thank you, brother, for representing as well. >> gracias. >> thank you. up next on "comunidad del valle," unity day. so stay with us. [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents are awesome. but when i cook up some beef, ketchup, relish and cheese, cover it with crescent dough and pow!

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and you've been doing something that's very impactful if this community. tell us what's happening. >> supervisor day, cortez, he founded the vision of the project which was to transform neighborhoods and so empowering neighborhoods, especially with the teen, having the teens and the parents be a force within their neighborhood. to make it a peaceful community. in that sense. so unity day, it focuses on a resource fair, a peace walk with mariachis, dancers through the neighborhood. the unique piece, having young adults turn in gang color, pocket knifes, drug paraphernalia or real guns and ammunition. the sheriffs will be there, too, to help collect the heavy stuff. >> how successful is that? to have someone turn in their gang colors, it's perceived as next to impossible. how successful -- >> it's -- and if you look at the video on the project on the internet, under vimeo.com, there's a 20-minute video.

it shows the gang colors spread out. we collected over 1100 gang colr items from red rags, blue rags, shoes, belts, et cetera, collected over 30 pocket knifes, connected over 12 guns, over 100 bullets. >> wow. >> for being a grassroots effort, we've been successful. >> someone is listening. i do have a video clip. what you all have done in the past is paint murals on walls. here's the problem. maybe this is how difficult your mission might be. is that, you know, someone came around and tagged it a while later. that tells me that it's a good work that you're doing, but there's a lot more work to do still. >> initially we thought maybe it might be the local gangs that might be not very fond of this effort, but in reality we think it was a disgruntled neighbor because a gang member walked by one day and said, don't worry, we're going to look after it this time. the local gangs are respecting kind of this effort. and hopefully one day we can get them a little closer involved in this effort. >> what's it feel like to make this kind of impact? to, i mean, to have even one

child turn in their colors or whatever weapon they might have? >> it's exciting, especially now, announcing our third annual. people are excited, saying, another unity day. they're saying, i'm going to bring my friends and my family. i think the buzz is actually upward momentum. we don't know what works until we ask for it, until we try it. and then now cbos, community-based organization are bringing their gang impacted kids to volunteer and turn in their stuff. just today the shepherd middle school, the kids were like, i'll bring my drug pipe, whatever, and they're excited about the gift cards. movie tickets. we're looking for more donations. so we can have, give everyone walks away with something that's turned in. right now we're only promising the first 50. >> and what is the word on the street? because we all know that the violence is not going down. if anything, it's going up. what's the word on the street? why is that happening? aside from this, what are we doing to maybe curb that?

>> the kids are definitely feeling the pressures on the streets. the kids will say they're getting chased by gang members or approached. there's definitely a police presence. now they're being felt as well for the suppression peace. a lot more scary stories. a murder just happened on sunday. shoot shootings. a lot more people have guns nowadays. the kids are looking for an outlet. and they can't wear even solid colors. the type of dress. they have to really, like, make it obvious they're not involved in a type of gangs because there have been mistaken identities at this point. >> give us your sales pitch. camera three is yours. >> i would invite people to come out march 23th, unity day. third annual. trinity church. join us for the peace march from 11:00 to 12:00 and stay for the food beyond that until about 2:00. >> all right. the information there on your screen. it's by the corazon project, march 23rd. >> last saturday of march. >> where are we congregating?

>> at the most holy trinity church, across from the high school on cunningham. >> any final thoughts before i let you go? >> i believe it's focused on the teens because the teens can influence the younger generations. definitely much more than we can, unfortunately. >> thank you so much for all the work you're doing out in the community. up next on "comunidad del vall valle", the legendary adrian vargas. stay with us. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar

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they are here from casa vargas productions. right now they are the production managers for the new film called "impacto." with me, adrian vargas and carlos. tell me about "impacto." what are we talking about? >> "impacto" is a film i'm producing through casa vargas productions. it chronicles the history of the chicano justice movement in silicon valley, pry maimarily s jose, also north county and south county.

it chronicles the history beginning with the 1950s all the way through the '60s, the '70s, when there was a lot of activism, a lot of things going on. and all the way through the present, whatever that present will be in two years because that's when the film will be done. but we are documenting how here in san jose the past, which is the history, of the chicano social justice movement relates to conditions that exist today. positive changes that were made that are reflective of today. everything from voter registration, the increase of political power of chicano lati latinos. elected officials that are now on, in political office. and it all started in the 1950s and the 1960s when chicanos and chicanas, latinos and la trklat confronted policies that kept people down many, many years.

this is a rich history. very rich history. many people don't know cesar chavez who organized farmworkers in the 1960s and beyond, that was his legacy. he began organizing people and communities in san jose in the 1950s. he was the main community organizer. one of them. of the community service organization. and he learned his tactics to organize here right here in san jose in the 1950s. >> and carl, you're the writer for this "impacto." your role, again, and it might be -- is it easy or difficult to tell that story given the rich history of the chicano movement? >> well, my background is in history at san jose state. i'm very conscious and aware of the sense of history. it's easy in the sense i've always been very fortunate over the years to meet some of these people. the stories are very connected. it's a story that needs to be told. especially keep in mind the demographics of california how now in 2013, 50% of k-12 is

latino or chicano. also it's emerging the fact by next year chicanos and latinos will be the biggest population group in the state of california. so the history needs to be told because it's been neglected. what we need to do is essentially take back our history, reexamine it. many instances, with never really thought about it, we just were doing it so to speak. it's time we reflect upon this, understand where we came from to know where we're going in terms of our history. >> you have kids being born with ipads on their lap. it's important for them to know where -- >> absolutely. we're going to put the film in those ipads. >> there you go. >> absolutely. we want to let the community know we're having a special kickoff event on february 24th. we're going to have a film and theater director supporting the film project. we are going to have activists that have already been filmed that are from the movement. present to tell a little bit of their story and the significance

of why they feel this film is important. we'll have people like blanco, herman gueggos from the 1950s, a man who challenged the police system in the 1960s to create changes on how police related to chicanos and the community. so we're going to have some of their stories. v luis valdez will speak. we're going to show pieces of visuals that we're starting to put together. we're glad to say castillo is our director, so he's very actively involved. i'm preparing something for that day. >> mario who sat on this chair on "comunidad del valle," should i date him, about 30 years ago. when i was a kid, i used to watch him. that is amazing. finally, carl, what do you want folks who see the film to go home with at the end of the day? >> to understand we're just as much a part of american history as the southern experience. not to put down the southern experience, because it was a profound experience, but events

occurring here in northern california were just as propound and no one knows about this. so knowing the history of our people and knowing the contributions to what became silicon valley is a neglected part of history that needs to be talked about and appreciated. so we can go forward in the future and take our place in california. as i said, we will soon be the biggest population bloc in the state of california. it's important we note our history, it's not considered, say, tragic in terms of being a gang member, so-called illegal alien or welfare mama. in effect, it's an epic experience. the things we went through and experienced. >> yeah. it's happening, fund-raiser, right? february 24th. >> fund-raiser. february 24th from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. if anybody would like to get a private, or i should say personal invite, through an e-vited. >> i have your number there. >> give me a call and we'll send you an e-vite. we also want to let people know this is a film that is headed to public broadcasting system, to other film broadcasting systems. it is going to be an award-winning film, we feel, because it captures a part of

history in the west coast among chicanos which were trend setters right here in san jose for many of the things that happened in the chicano movement back then. >> if anybody can tell that story, it's vargas productions. thank you for what you're doing. up next on "comunidad del valle" los lupenos. stay with us. ♪ [ female announcer ] at yoplait, we want you to feel even better about your favorite flavors. so when you call, tweet, and post, we listen. that's why yoplait light and yoplait original are now made with no high fructose corn syrup. and why we use only natural colors and natural flavors in yoplait original. so, anything else we can do for you, let us know. but you'll keep it to yogurt, right? 'cause we shouldn't really help with your love life. yoplait. it is so good!

the latest production by los lupenos in san jose. susan is with los lupenos. she teaches dance academia. and susan is co-founder and executive director of los lupenos. welcome to the show. >> thanks for having us. >> what has september los lupenos around? it's a premier dance organization. what's kept it around at a high level? >> i think it's twofold. i think the direction -- i was only there for the first ten

years and i just came back this year, so there's 30 years of direction in between. >> you left it in good hands, then. >> i did. and they survived. and also the community support. you know, if the community mothers do not take their children to the classes that they eventually then grow up to be the dancers we don't have an art piece to work with. so it's not combination, i think, the direction and the love of the people in charge and the community supporting it. >> we were talking with the previous guest about kids being born with ipads. so they are. they're being born with ipads in their hands, but yet they gravitate toward dancing and what folk music does for their spirit, i guess. it's a tribute to the parents who take them out. the kids have to like it, too. >> yeah, because movement is disappearing in our school system, both the sports aspects and the dance aspects. you know, movement is a fundame fundamental expression of humankind. and it's, i think, so important

that we have these programs. not just the lupenos but any program in dance and athletics and sports that gets the body in motion in its totality, mind, body, spirit as a unity. >> very true. susan teaches a class at san jose city college. that's great. >> i do on saturdays. i'd love to have more people attend. 10:00 at san jose city college. join us. >> there you go. you have a great performance coming up. tell us about it. >> we do. it's this coming saturday on february 16th. we have two shows at 2:00 and at 8:00. we're featuring two other local groups. one of them is from san jose state university. and then we're also featuring our very own group which is we recently started that group with some of the alums and some of the students they're at the

lupenos school. it's going to be great. >> we do have videoyou provided for us. what is it like for you to see the children into it, not just attending and going through the motions, but they're into it? >> i feel proud. this is my culture, being a first-generation here in the bay area, i feel good that a lot of the parents bring their kids to the school to take dance lessons and to learn from their culture. just seeing them dance, seeing them on stage. their faces light up and it's just a great feeling. >> and why are these kinds of celebrations, still, susan -- i mean, i'm sure it's going to be a packed house, but why continue to provide these to our enjoyment? >> it's part of the legacy of mexico in that performing the dances that are cultural icons and cultural symbols, it's very important to keep that alive and out there. mexico has so many problems, as

you know. the drug -- i have a ranch in mexico, and when i'm living there, my neighbors are so at risk all the time. and it gives that balance, and i think a sense for the grandeuer of the history of mexico and the culture, what we know is the power against all of contemporary arts of difficulties and problems. >> yeah, no, absolutely. you're going to be taking folks through the different regions with your performance. >> we are. we actually have two new works that, from choreographers from mexico that we're going to be feature. so come and enjoy. they're going to be great. and it's this coming saturday. >> toe heel, toe heel? how does -- my daughter tells me toe heel, toe heel. >> actually you, your wife, your daughters are all in the folklorical family. >> not me. i just observe. i'm very unbalanced. i want to show the information. i want susan to talk about this great experience with the los

lupenos. go ahead and tell us about this performance and what you hope people get out of it. >> well, we have always -- one of the things that's dear to my heart, we've always tried to have live music with our performances because the music and the dance as far as i'm concerned really can't be separated. and economics makes us separate them so often. >> right, right. >> but we have live musicians. and it's a community group, like the lupenos. they're not really professionals. don't make their living at it, but their heart and their energy and their talent is there. and that energy with the dancers and then with the audience just makes an explosive evening. and afternoon. please come. >> yeah, about 20 seconds. any final thoughts? >> so just come see us perform this coming saturday. february 16th. 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. i'm sorry. if you have any questions, call us. 408-320-5651. and also if you want to buy tickets online, we have them.

>> give us a call on "comunidad del valle." we'll hook you up with those. we're going to play a short clip in just a couple of minutes. first, here's what's happening in your comunidad.

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