josé padilla: muchas gracias por la invitación.otros estamos enfocados en, dando servicios legales a comunidades rurales; la agencia donde yo dirijo, la oficina donde yo dirijo esta aquí en oakland, pero las oficinas donde se da el servicio legal, están en 15 diferentes comunidades, en diferentes partes de, de california, ejemplo, el centro, el valle imperial fresno, en el valle central, modesto, stockton, salinas, belén, son oficinas de donde la gente puede venir, y acudir servicios, y el servicio es legal, pero es por el lado civil; nosotros, por ejemplo, damos asistencia, cuando gente tiene problemas con su vivienda, y damos servicios legales cuando gente tiene, quiere recibir asistencia en asuntos laborales, desempleo, gente que quiere recibir servicios como wifire; esos son los servicios directos, pero también nosotros tenemos, esta agencia tiene más de 50 años de dar servicios, y nuestra historia tiene, tiene fundadores, que son bien reconocidos por la comunidad latina; por ejemplo, cuando la asistencia legal se fundó, era pa

josé padilla with crla, on our show here on "comunidad del valle."cc by aberdeen captioning www.aberdeen.io 1-800-688-6621 damian: we begin with another agency that is always on the frontlines. we're talking about siren and they're celebrating a milestone. with me is maricela gutierrez, a longtime executive director of siren. maricela, welcome back to the show. maricela gutierrez: gracias, thank you for having me, damian. damian: thank you for being here. thirty-five years. tell us what this means to you, to the community. maricela: well, it's been an amazing journey for siren, starting out in san josé as our founding place and so, 35 years is an acknowledgement of the power that the immigrant voice and refugee voice has here in the silicon valley and how important it is to continue serving this community and building them up and creating opportunities for them to thrive in this beautiful silicon valley area. damian: and so we have a-- you know, every acontecimiento, every celebration like this deserves a big party. you're gonna have one, we'll talk

josé padilla with crla, on our show here on "comunidad del valle."cc by aberdeen captioning www.aberdeen.io 1-800-688-6621 damian: we begin with another agency that is always on the frontlines. we're talking about siren and they're celebrating a milestone. with me is maricela gutierrez, a longtime executive director of siren. maricela, welcome back to the show. maricela gutierrez: gracias, thank you for having me, damian. damian: thank you for being here. thirty-five years. tell us what this means to you, to the community. maricela: well, it's been an amazing journey for siren, starting out in san josé as our founding place and so, 35 years

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