upcoming day of action,
marcos crespo, our good friend,
new york state assemblyman,
brenda torres, prima -- not
really -- director of the new
york regional office of the
puerto rican federal affairs
administration.
thank you both.
you were just back on the
island.
in fact, it was you, it was the
council speaker, the governor,
the mayor, as well.
and i was there with you back in
mission.
around?
what was the goal, and what was
accomplished?
>> well, joe, we were hosting
conference...
>> yes.
>> ...which we've now re-branded
as somos now.
we believe we are a community
that's existing and in power
now.
and we had the participation of
not only the folks you
mentioned, but we registered
close to 600 registered guests
at our conference.
and we participated in these
conversations.
we participated in a rally that
took place with hundreds of
thousands of puerto rican people
calling for fairness in
healthcare.
and we had a number of events
really geared towards promoting
this diaspora and the...