jazmín hernández: correcto, sí.s directamente con los miembros de la comunidad, como inmigrantes, como madres, como padres, personas que batallan con, con la renta, con otras cosas, ah, y pues sí, nos están, el gobierno nos está dando la confianza para poder nosotros ir, y este, no solo eso, pero, saben que tenemos esa identificación con la comunidad, y que la comunidad confía en nosotros. damián trujillo: y bueno, la importancia de los fondos es de suma importancia, ¿verdad?, porque una señora va a decir, "bueno, el autobús ya no hace la parada aquí, ya la hace hasta allá"; es que ya no, sdu es que ya no hay esas mismas paradas que hay, los fondos de las escuelas, servicios de, de hospital, bueno, un sin número de programas que pueden ser impactados si no se cuentan. víctor duarte: uhum, exacto. damián trujillo: la importancia también de que las comunidades participen con ustedes, los, las personas que vayan a ser voluntarios; ustedes necesitan también voluntarios, son un ejército de 10 personas, de 100 personas ah

victor duarte vazquez is with somos mayfair, and jazmin hernandez carbajal is with veggielution, kind a collaborative here of both groups, correct? jazmin carbajal: correct. damian: all right, welcome to the show. victor vazquez: oh, thank you for inviting us. damian: so, we have some, you know, wonderful video, of course, of census takers and whatnot. talk about the biggest challenges that you're facing, especially in the mayfair community. victor: yeah, right now, we have 30% response rate. it's very low compared to other communities of 70%. and we feel like it has to do with a lot with like

victor duarte vazquez is with somos mayfair, and jazmin hernandez carbajal is with veggielution, kind a collaborative here of both groups, correct? jazmin carbajal: correct. damian: all right, welcome to the show. victor vazquez: oh, thank you for inviting us. damian: so, we have some, you know, wonderful video, of course, of census takers and whatnot. talk about the biggest challenges that you're facing, especially in the mayfair community. victor: yeah, right now, we have 30% response rate. it's very low compared to other communities of 70%. and we feel like it has to do with a lot with like miseducation, but also just fear that we have right now in our community to come out and make ourselves be counted. damian: yeah, well, talk about veggielution, and who you are, and about why this collaboration makes sense. jazmin: yeah, sure; veggielution is a community urban farm. and we connect individuals from the community through food and farming, and we're part of the si se puede collective, which is five east san jose-based nonprofit organizations. and we're here together to talk about t