welcome to "comunidad del valle." today a local artist with some a amazing work is here. plus the binational health week on "comunidad del valle." we begin today with that buy national health week. where we are sarah cody and alal with the mexican consulate. welcome to the show. >> thank you so much. >> you would know about this collaboration between the

mexican consulate, tell us what the premise is. why the national collaboration? >> this is our nineth year. like many communities now across the united states it's a chance for a great collaboration between the consulate, many community organizations and volunteers to celebrate and to promote health among the latino community in the county. >> this this a no brainer given the number of immigrants that we have here? >> it's us. we're trying to focus for the mexican community.

we can give reference to help the community. we are here in because we know the santa clara county san jose had the most latino population. we try to focus into that populati population. they don't have any health services as well. >> i'm going to take a wild guess and say that diabetes and childhood obesity is among the top topics. it's latino but by 2050, it will be the majority. you're absolutely right. obesity and diabetes are the two biggest challenges health wise. higher rates of obesity in adults a kids as well as higher

rates of diabetes. >> is this a culture thing? there was no corn oil or olive oil. it was lard. >> it is definitely a culture thing. the mexican government is trying not to focus on prevention because we have noticed that prevention is the key to prevent this kind of illness. we're trying to do it little by little. it's a big change. we have to start. >> is it one of those changes that will take a generation to make teach the new generation and help them maybe once they're of older age eeating healthier.

>>earlier ages. >> what do you see in santa clara county? sad to say is that maybe a lot of the folks in this community resort to emergency services pause preventative care really isn't available to them. do we see that? is that number stabilizing. is it up or down. is there way to gauge? >> our hope is with health care reform that the latino community who are not insured will have access to care. one of the efforts is to link people to care and to help them get insurance if they don't already have insurance. some of the events involve screening and helping people navigate the systems.

we put these off. we have the manana syndrome. >> participant ner with the health department. we they print out a brochure with the information. our public service area where we have captive public and we can talk to the people and let them know what's going on. on the health matter for the people that is there to let them know what is available on health matter. as a matter of fact, we have a program called health window. >> save that for the next

segment. the binational health week is happening october 21st. we have a couple of websites. one for the santa clara government. you can log on there and search for the department of health service. we'll be back and talk more about the binational health week. we all have our little tricks. mom swaps one of my snacks for a yoplait. i don't mind, i mean it's orange crème. and when mom said bobby was too edgy... 'sup girl. i just swapped him out for tyler. 'sup girl. mom never questioned bobby again. two can play at this game. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. and everybody wins. yoplait. it is so good.

we're back talking about binational health week. >> it's a program for the mexican government in the mexican health department that created it for the community here. basically noticing about people that was returning to mexico and

was returning with some health issues regarding the living way here in the united states. basically focus on the community that is have no health services and we can try to work without those agencies or organizations and try to refer them to the people they don't know. >> you kind of mentioning during the break and that when the mexican immigrants come to this country they're relatively healthy. >> i think it's important to remember that the latino community has some resiliency and good habits deep, deep in the culture. when immigrants first come here they are healthier than after they've been here five years.

the community here doesn't necessarily always play to the health of immigrants. >> the fast food on every corner have something to do with it? >> possibly. the traditional mexican diet, grains, bean, vegetables. that's healthy. those are very beneficial. latinos live longer than the population as a whole. keep that in mind as well. we have challenges, but we have tremendous resilience and resources as well. >> forego that whopper tonight. what's going to happen

specifically throughout this binational health week? >> mexican consulate try to partner with different organizations and put together health workshops. right now we have the health fair at the consulate. any other different events throughout the week. >> that's good work. it's the binational health week. there are the web addresses. any final thoughts before we let you go? >> well, we just hope that as many people will participate as possible. we hope it raises awareness, links people to services and also it's a time for celebration as well. >> thank you so much for the work that you're doing for our communities here. >> thank you.

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if beethoven made breakfast. they've been helping families get their children into college and even paying for it. if you were with me here on "comunidad del valle," the director of campus and community relations and with cal associates welcome back to the show. >> thank you. >> you just had college day. talk about the importance of having college day and again you mentioned in the last segment getting families to attend. let's talk about college day. >> college day started three years ago with a group of educators, community members from all different parts of the san jose silicon valley who are passionate about making sure that families, all first generations were accessing information about college. we're hearing and having dialogues at school and in their

homes and with others who could share their stories about their own educational journey. we starred the college day initiative three years ago. every year since there's been a specific theme that we used to help community members and educators share their experience when it comes to college. we want students and families to understand that college is accessible and they can be successful in not only pursuing college and graduating from college and making sure they have all the tools and resources they need. >> even setting foot on a college campus is a big deal. my first time on a college campus was as a college freshman. you're hit in the face in the back of the head with the fact you're in college now. talk about that you're get yuck young adults, young students there early. >> it's so important for us to be part of all these events where we actually make welcome experience for the families that

have never step foot in a college campus. the companies are large and you get lost. the idea to welcome the families with information that is going to pertain to how they apply and pay for college and how they plan for it. it's very important and they do it in a college campus. they get acclimated and understand the different locations and presentations that are available for them. yeah, the idea of collaborating with different partners for the cause is something that we have very committed to at the university and we love working with partners like cal soap and kids working with us in this endevour. >> now is the time to do it. the college applications will be due in the near future.

>> it's never too early. up with of the great things about college day is it's done every year around the time college applications open. we want to make sure students get familiar. it's important to understand this is college application season. for example, at the college day family conference which was our first family conference we were able to offer a college application lab for seniors. seniors who need assistance in getting their uc, csu applications filled out, assistance with personal statement, we're able to get that one-on-one assistance during that conference. we want families and students of all ails ges to understand thisa tradition and becomes part of what you're looking for. >> you're there to help throughout this whole process.

>> absolutely. >> my kids went last week to college day. they wear their favorite t-shirt of the college of their choice. it's getting the mentality of thinking of college early. if you're in kindergarten you start getting that frame of mind maybe that's the time to do it. >> yeah. absolutely. talking to your kids and asking them what they're interested in. talking about your experience of going to college. if you didn't go to college why you didn't go to college and maybe have people friends, family that have attended to share the experiences and explore and have the conversations it's very important. that's why college day was something that was very important for several of people that work in the area and work with kids because we were looking at some kids getting

that information and some others not being able to. >> my kids want to be spartans. final thoughts before we let you go. >> right now just really reminding students this is a critical time to make sure that they ask for help when submitting college applications. the next step is financial aid. we want to make sure families understand where they can go to for that assistance in filling out the application. there's a great website that we have developed through the college day initiative which is collegeday.org. very resources and tools for family and friends. >> thank you so much. see you guys. >> thank you very much. up next on "comunidad del valle," a local latina artist with some amazing work. stay with us. so what can i get you?

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she's a local artist and a professor with her work being exhibited right now. we have local artist and professor consuelo. you brought some of your art work to the show. you want to talk about your tritan museum. >> that's the most important. >> tell us about it briefly. >> it's the show that brings together 30 years of making art. i got the message to talk to people beyond my world. the world speaks to the young people. it speaks to people who don't know anything about mexico. >> what are we looking at here. >> these are the state border

flowers. they grow on both side of that broader line you see there. these flowers grow on both sides and they're not documented. they don't know what to do. >> what do you want them to know? >> i want them to think about that borderline and how it's devastating our environment. i asked what it was like to look at earth from up in stacy and his answer was just fascinating. your thoughts. it's the same message that you're sending here with your art. >> exactly. i think the world is now inundated. we're being killed with these border issues. it's not just mexico and the

united states. it's the whole world that is being slammed that young people have no hope. there are borderlines in every part of the world in our society an even in our own families. we have to be able to go beyond that. we're here to make flowers and songs. we're not here to divide and conquer and get our resume to the highest we can go. >> our easy or difficult is it to send your message via the art? you do it in great way with that great art work on the border flowers. >> it's so easy now. i struggled how to get my message across so it does not alienate people but rather bring them into world of unity of flowers without borders. i want people to go into that show. i think once they see the work they'll get it. they'll understand. this is silly.

this thing about yours and mine, mexico and the u.s., it's america. it's the world of flowers. we have to learn how to live with each other and the flowers. right now we're just crushing those flowers. that border on our americas is creating a desert. i don't like that for the flowers or my kmirn children or great grand children. what is so hard? that's my thing. >> how easy or difficult was it to convince an constitution like the triton to display your work or talk about these issues that might be thorny? >> it's very difficult. that's been most of my struggle as an artist. it's not to create art work but how to get into these museums. you get into this higher art

world. the most important thing is having how do you get people to come in and see this work. i appreciate you gave me this opportunity to rant and rave of come on folks. the world is falling apart. >> some of this embroidery here in your initial art work when you're first breaking in. >> this is the art work. how do you make this into an art form that can go into the high museums. republican force the idea. let's get along. it's the land of flowers. it's not the land of people. >> as a professor, do you think your message maybe alienates some students or draws them.

>> i have to clarify that. i retired early. i got the tenure full-time and i said it's time to go. >> how was it in. >> it was incredible. every first class i told them, you have to learn how to do thread work. it's the most basic human way to convey to one another who we are and what we do with our clothing with our thread. i also gave them the philosophy as well as the process of how to take a plant and make it into a thread with a color and into an object ta may convey some kien of power whether it be personal or for the environment. >> what's next for you? is it the travel thing for you? >> i became an artist i wanted to be a footnote. i'm a footnote. my work is in the smithsonian. everything now is kind of like desert. keep on continuing weaving. nobody has woven for theçó moon

the ocean. they're in the show. the ocean, earth, the moon and our real mother. those are in the show too. i want to keep making them. >> you're part of the american fabric now. this is what you have displayed right now. it's the american flag. tell us what's on it. >> it's four feet by seven feet. i call it one nation under ground where the you live in this area it's the same. if you look at my work, if you go to the exhibition you'll see how similar both sides are and how wonderful that is. it's not something to be terrified and angered about. it's about unity. this is about the flag.

they're together. they're one nation. there's this line, the borderline of barb wire that separates it. >> thank you so much. we have your website that we want to put up. if you like to log on exhibition at the triton museum. thank you so much for your knowledge. >> thank you. >> now here's what's happening in your comunidad. ♪ >> celebrating a special day.

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