also my thanks to my good friend hector sanchez barba we've been friends and work together long time.i started working with hector when i was at u.s. office of personnel management and hector was fighting to increase representation of latino employees incumbent. we know representation matters. now hector is legal but of the largest latino organizations in the country that is doing unprecedented work to get out the latino vote. thank you hector. to the king family, including the board chair, martin luther king iii, and president arndrea waters king, i am deeply humbled and honored to be here with you today. as a child i never would imagine that would be sitting in front of you giving a speech. the legacy of course your family and your father mean so much to the country into me personally. just a little bit of note about myself. my grandfather was a civil rights leader as well. for those who know him, he led the chicana rights movement in the southwest. he marched alongside cesar shabbos and dolores huerta. he fought against against this commission schools. he fought for the power of ed

our honored guests, andrea waters king, martin luther king iii, the drum major institute, hector sanchez barba of the mi familia vota can. in addition i would like extend warm welcome to sergio gonzales, deputy chief of staff vice presidents kamala harris, future president. harris-walz 2024. our moderators jonathan capehart of msnbc, -- of axios, of the hill, all of our panelists, or civil rights leaders and activists. we look for to learning from you today about current challenges facing our community is, solutions on how we can advance. udc is the nation's capital only public university we are proud to be a flagship institution. we are -- life-changing opportunity place for students can earn a claim basically everything they can often higher ed. you can get a workforce certificate. you can get it to your degree, a four-year degree a masters degree, you can get a phd degree. you can get a law degree at this institution. and i see a lot of students, young people out in the audience, so as you continue to navigate your path forward in this opportunity make a transformative impact on the communi

among black voters, especially black men is there any shift happening among hispanic men to hector sanchez barba is the president and ceo of me familiar voter, a non-profit focused on boosting the latino vote. >> good morning to you. so i'll just put that question to you the anxiety that we're seeing as it relates to black voters, specifically black men does the campaign have reason to be as anxious as it relates to latino voters and latino men thank you for the invitation. >> victor is because been a very important campaign i think the center of this campaign has to be about issues and we need to focus on border location. this is what we do day to day in my family about that we have the largest field infrastructure in we know that when we are at the doors, we talked to people. we educate them about the drastic difference between both candidates. the latino vote clearly understand in may in a statement on where we stand, i think the best example to really see the drastic difference between both candidates was what happened right now with a univision town hall of the vice president. >> and they o

also my thanks to my good friend hector sanchez barba we've been friends and work together long time.i started working with hector when i was at u.s. office of personnel management and hector was fighting to increase representation of latino employees incumbent. we know representation matters. now hector is legal but of the largest latino organizations in the country that is doing unprecedented work to get out the latino vote. thank you hector. to the king family, including the board chair, martin luther king iii, and president arndrea waters king, i am deeply humbled and honored to be here with you today. as a child i never would imagine that would be sitting in front of you giving a speech. the legacy of course your family and your father mean so much to the country into me personally. just a little bit of note about myself. my grandfather was a civil rights leader as well. for those who know him, he led the chicana rights movement in the southwest. he marched alongside cesar shabbos and dolores huerta. he fought against against this commission schools. he fought for the power of ed