víctor duarte: sí, "somos mayfair", nos enfocamos en el empoderamiento de las familias, especialmentederazgo de la comunidad ahí en la vecindad de mayfair. damián trujillo: okey, y mayfair es una comunidad en el este de san josé. víctor duarte: es una, una vecindad histórica en el este de san josé, donde tenemos una población muy grande de latinos, y ahí es donde, también se ha empezado muchas causas de justicia en san josé. damián trujillo: ahí inició sus trabajos césar chávez. - césar chávez. - estamos viendo el conteo, pero primero platíquenos sobre "veggielutions", ¿qué es "veggielutions"? jazmín hernández: veggielution-- damián trujillo: veggielution, perdón. jazmín hernández: veggielution es una granja urbana en el este de san josé, es única en su clase, porque estamos en mero, en medio de la ciudad; y nos especializamos en conectar a la gente de la comunidad por medio de la comida y la agricultura. damián trujillo: uhum, platíquenos entonces, cómo es que ese trabajo con veggielution se colabora con el censo, ¿qué es lo que están haciendo? jazmín hernández: ah, sí, veggielution

more information, this is a collaboration with somos mayfair. re's the somos website on the screen. make sure that you get yourself counted. we'll talk more about the us census when we continue, stay with us. ♪ and you can't do this alone, right? you need--you still need volunteers to come and help you out. victor: yeah, i think the way that we break fear for anybody is through getting involved and being part of a community. so, we're inviting everybody that's interested in learning on how to help us get the word out to come and join our organizations. and let's build something together 'cause we're not going to do it alone. we need community, we need everybody to help out not just for the census, but also as we get ready for the elections in 2020. damian: thirty percent, you mentioned that earlier. that--how are we going to change that? because that is, as you said, very drastically low. victor: well, i think part of it is visibility, being out there knocking on doors, talking to people, building those relationships. and also showing people what

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