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And shortly after that, i winded up in vietnam as an infantryman. And i justit changed my whole life, and i never knew that kind of way of living. And it stayed with me, so i kept reenlisting. Damian well, cause i was going to say people usually who were drafted, the veterans who were drafted, they serve their time, and then they say, im getting out. But you said, im staying in. Miguel yes, like i said, it had a big impact in my life because i grew up in the fields picking cotton, and we were raised very poor, lived in the farm labor camps. And when i went in the army, it justfirst time that i had ever been out of the county. And i winded up at fort lewis, washington. I had never seen snow before. That was the first time id seen snow. Damian marching right through it. Well, thank you again for your service. Armand, what about you, tell us about your military career. Armand guerrero i joined the marine corps. I, as a child, wanted to be a marine. Dont ask me why, but i found it very fascinating. So, i joined the marine corps in 1964, and i did well in my testing, so they offered me aviation if i wanted it, and i did. So, after boot camp, san diego, i went to memphis, went to school there. And being a shade tree mechanic at home, i wanted to be a mechanic, and i became a jet mechanic. And i did 4 years. I did wind up in vietnam at chu lai. And its a veryits a good experience in looking back, but its a hard experience. Damian you grow up fast. Armand yes, you grow up fast and quick. I spent 4 years and got out. The reason i got out because i got married when i was in the marine corps, 2 years in it. And as hard as it is for us as it was for us in vietnam, it was just that hard for my wife and my child because i left her pregnant. Damian the whole family was serving with you. Armand yeah, absolutely, first time that you ever saw a war through a tv. Damian wow, well, you sent us some great pictures of the post. You also are going to see some family and some children because thats what you all do now. I mean, you served your time in the military, and now youre helping the community with the American Legion post 809. Talk about some of the Community Work that you all do. Miguel one of the things that we are known for is our services for veterans that pass on. We do the military honors at the grave site, which includes the firing of the three volleys, playing of taps, folding the flag, and presenting the flag to the next of kin. Another thing that we do is we are involved with the junior rotc program in the high schools. At this point, were supporting overfelt high school, and yerba buena. And we talk to the youngsters about the military, and we also purchase medals for them every year that they can get awarded for either scholastics or military. And another thing that we do is we are involved with a lot of veterans organizations as well, other organizations in assisting veterans, especially the Younger Generation that come back from combat, where we understand where theyre at emotionally, mentally, and physically. We try to assist them in going to get their benefits, and explaining how it works, how the system works, how the va system works. And also directing them in the direction that they need to go. Damian i kind of want to talk about that in our next segment. We are here with the American Legion post 809, there is an email address for you, and also a phone number to call for more information. They have a special mothers Day Celebration as a fundraiser. And that fundraiser is on may 12 at the Masonic Lodge in san jose, celebrating mothers day with the American Legion. Up next, a local artist. Stay with us. In some very high places. Sam rodriguez is my guest here on comunidad del valle. Welcome to the show. Sam rodriguez thank you for having me. Damian were talking about linkedin, google, puma, and samsung. What does it say to get your work into places like that . Aside from skill, of course. Sam yeah, a lot takes skill, but it also takes a lot of, you know, meeting people in person, and just building a portfolio. You know, i have been working at it for well over a decade, but the last few years has finally been well enough to where its become a fulltime career. Before that, i was working a lot of odd jobs, and trying to pay myself through school. And also, you know, raise my daughter. Damian thats tough. Well, lets go through a quick slideshow, and kind of describe what were going to see here. Tell us what this is. Sam so, what youre looking at are handprints that were made by the employees of samsung. And we did a project there recently for their lobby area, and it was partially ayou know, something that they could just be proud of in their lobby area that people can see that represents their company. But it was also a Human Resource project. So, they wanted, you know, to metaphorically show how employees have a hand in making the company what it is. And so, it was one of the people in Human Resources who came up with the idea, lets do handprints. And at first, i was like, how am i going to make this work, you know, and make it look i guess you could say sophisticated, you know . Because its like a kindergarten project of something, you know . So, i wasntim not an educator, so i dont know and so, i was like, well, maybe. Theres got to be a way. Damian step one of art. Sam exactly, well, thats step one of collaboration, you know . Collaboration sometimes will shape the project, and bring it to places that you wouldnt have done so yourself. And i think it makes the work stronger. Damian do you have towhen you were trying to do something for samsung because thats where your latest work is right now, right . At samsung just right up the street here from nbc bay area. When youre talking to them, is it like an interview . cause you have to get to you have to envision what exactly they want. Sam right, yeah, it is; its a lot of back and forth. Its a long process. For this one, it took a couple years because they were moving into a new building. And a lot of thea lot of the time, you know, pass of them, you know, like trying to figure out the logistics of moving into the new space. And once thatonce enough time passed and they were ready, then there was a lot of back and forth between different stakeholders within their company of what they wanted. And a lot of it is also based on my portfolio. So, they hire me knowing that i do a certain style. And so, you know, theyll ask me to approach the project in the same way i approach a lot of them. But they doyou know, a lot of people will have, like, a list of things that they want done, right . So, this one was, like i mentioned before, sort of a Human Resource project as well. So, it was very important that employees got involved into the project, so. Damian and i snagged this next one that we saw a little bit of it from your website. This is steph currys mvp. Talk about what this is. Sam oh, so that wasim really grateful i got the opportunity to do a couple projects with under armour clothing. And they hired me to do some stuff for some steph curry campaigns they had. And you know, as you know, they do his shoe. They have a shoe, its called a 3c. Damian my son reminds me every day, trust me. Sam oh, is that right . Yeah. So, it was an amazing opportunity. I mean, hes an inspiring person. So you know, its probably something i would have done on my own. And so, you know, its one of those projects that was really fun. And yeah, they made a couple of different tshirt designs to accompany the shoe release. Damian and theres the hip hop also clip right after this one just in memory of sam ah yes. Damian okay. What is it with art . Does your clock have to tick a little bit differently than normal people . Because i mean, it takes creativity. And i dont have, you know, one ounce of the talent that you have when it comes to that. But it takes something special, right, to envision it and to sam from my own personal experience, i think that i think its more resourcefulness than creativity. I learned that from my grandparents. I grew up going to sell at the flea markets with them. And they would take stuff that people would just throw away, and make it sellable. And so, its being resourceful. And i learned a lot of that from them. And i think thats what it takes to, you know, to be creative. I think its rooted in being resourceful. Damian thats great; well, you talked a little bit about the samsungs and the linkedins, but you havent forgotten about the local public libraries, right . Sam well, no. I mean, theres the office of Cultural Affairs in san jose and other, you know parts ofin los angeles and other places. And you know, theyre always looking to do permanent public art projects in their institutions and on their public transportation. And so, those also provide lucrative, you know, opportunities for artists like myself. You know, a lot of us are just independent contractors. You know, like some of these tech workers. And so, you know, you have to know howyou have to be talented, but you also have to be business savvy, you have to know how to manage a project, manage a budget. You know, like delegate tasks to the right people. Because im not a construction person, you know . I cant install like, you know, massive pieces of tile into a busyou know, bus stop or something. Damian so, ive got to ask you this, though. With your contract with samsung, whatd you do with the Million Dollars . Sam oh, i wish, i wish, yeah. No, i mean ityou know, its definitelyyou know, its good, but it gets spread really thin in this when youre living here in this valley. Damian you have to do a lot of different projects, yeah. Well, thanks so much. Lets show your information. If anybody wants to get ahold of sam, there is the web address. For more information, log on, some good stuff in there. Thank you so much, good luck. Sam thank you. Damian and thank you to sam. Up next here on comunidad del valle, education and preventing bullying. Stay with us. Then youre a couple. Think of all youll share. Like snoring. Does your bed do that . The dual adjustability of a sleep number bed allows you each to choose the firmness and comfort you want. So every couple can get the best sleep ever. Does your bed do that . Only at a sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just 899. And right now save 400 on our most popular mattresses. Go to sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. On comunidad del valle. With me from the Mount Pleasant School District in san jose is elida macarthur, and katie hudson is with the Foothill Community health center, also in the south bay. Welcome to the show. Elida macarthur thank you. Damian talk about the partnership that you have with Mount Pleasant and foothill, and why thats needed. Elida so, Mount Pleasant School District, for 5 years we have had a partnership with foothill and other community agencies. And our goal of partnerhaving this partnership with the community is to bring the resources to our families and the students that we serve. And particularly, were really focusing on the socialemotional needs of our students. So, providing Counseling Services and other service to our students is essential. Damian what are the needs, katie, that youre finding more . What are the children of Mount Pleasant, what are some of the things that theyre seeing that youre helping with . Katie hudson yeah, we see everything from trouble in the classroom academically, to socialemotional problems with peers. Theres been an increase in anxiety, and from different trauma in the community. So, the therapists on site are really there to help both with the academic needs and the connection to the school, as well as the socialemotional needs with peers. Damian so, when you see that a child is having problems keeping their grades up, their c minuses or whatnoti mean, i dont know if Elementary Schools keep letter grades anymore, but its not necessarily that the child is not getting it. Maybe theres Something Else thats happening. Katie yeah, absolutely. Damian and so, how do you collaborate, and how do you know that that is the case . Elida so, with our partnership, we havealso in our site, we look to our site administrators. In addition to that, we have family case managers whose role is really to find the connection to the right resources outside the community. So, if a student is having issues, we looked at talking to the administrator, the teacher, gaining a sense of whats going on, and using our family case managers to make the right connections, and bringing the resources in. Damian now, usually School Districts have their own Counseling Services there, but talk about this unique partnership that you have. Elida the unique partnership is that not just with foothill, but with other agencies, were able to have Counseling Services at every Single School site. In the past, maybe weve had a counselor who moved from school to school trying to provide services. But with foothill, it depends on the level of need from the students is the resource that we use. So, sometimes its a one on one for students, sometimes its a small group counseling. The partnership with foothill with the what we call friendship camps happens during the breaks. For example, in february, were having one. Were having a break, were bringing the students in. The students that need additional help to help facilitate the conversations about how do we address the social needs that they have. So, when they come back in the fall, if theyre having an issue with a particular student, that theyve get some feedback and support in how do i start the conversation in creating a friendship with a student that i may be having difficulties with . So, its really providing that one on one, small Group Additional support beyond the counseling session at the school site. Damian now, its hard sometimes for those children to step up and say, im being bullied. Im being harassed in school. Because you dont want to be the snitch. These children dont wantif its a friend, maybe they dont want that friend to know, well, i snitched on you. How can kids get over that . Katie well, since were all licensed and prelicensed therapists running these programs, running these groups, we do hold the confidentiality of the kids. And so, if a kid kind of confides in us, we can make sure that theyre safe, and make sure that theyre safe on campus. But we can also hold their confidentiality, which makes them trust us more, and be able to open up about things that might be going on that theyre not comfortable talking about. Damian and other times whenand again, a peer sees a child walking. Oh, shes going into the counselors office. I wonder whats wrong with her. That stigma is there. And im sure that you do your Due Diligence in making sure that they dont feel that way, but you know, as a child, as a third grader, fourth grade, its difficult for them to be traumatized at school and then seek help. Katie luckily, since we do have the therapist on site full time, they really have been able to be ingrained into the school culture. Theyve been able to be present in the classroom. Everyone knows who they are, and counseling is actually seen as pretty fun. A lot of the kids will say, whens it my turn . Whens it my turn . You know, hey, i want to do, you know. And so luckily thereyou know, even though there is that stigma, weve actually been able to overcome some of that in the schools where actually the kids, they want to see the counselor, they want to play the games, play the sand tray, play all the Different Things that we do with them. Damian can we book you to our news room . Because we have a lot of bullying going on in there. Elida and i think part of the partnership also is that our efforts is working with the person whos doing the bullying as well as the victim. So, we work with restorative practices. So again, if we have a student who is doing the bullying, most of the times theyre friends with the other students, or they have contact during the day. So, what do we do to help the students start a conversation, and start a relationship, and bring the skills to both of them . To a victim to stand up and say, what you just did hurt my feelings, or seeking that help. And they will go out and seek the help of the counselors when they see them on ground, or our family case managers. So, were trying to get the stigma away is acknowledging that we as, you know, friends or someone that were in the class, we have a problem, and were going to see each other every day, lets seek help on how we can remedy our relationship. So, its really working with both, you know, the victim and the person who is doing the bullying. Damian makes sense. I mean, i guess its a parents responsibility as well, make sure that your child isnt the one whos doing the bullying, and thats where it starts. If youd like more information, its the Mount Pleasant School District, and also they have a partnership with the Foothill Community clinics there in damian good work in the south bay on combating bullying. Up next here on comunidad del valle, we talk immigration. Stay with us. In your comunidad on que pasa. [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] damian and our saludos to those celebrating a special day. [music] damian and heres our contact information, you can follow me on twitter. My handle is newsdamian. Also pick up a copy of El Observador newspaper, and support your bilingual weeklies all across the bay area. We thank you once again for sharing a part of your sunday with us on comunidad del valle. Were going to leave you now with a talk on immigration with the Mexican Consul general. Damian were joined here on comunidad del valle today with the Mexican Consul general in san jose. Given the fact that the us president Just Announced some new rules, and so has the mexican president. Hes given you some Standing Orders all the way from mexico city. Welcome back to the show. Mauricio toussaint is the Mexican Consul general in san jose. This is the first meeting that were looking at right here between donald trump and president e pena nieto. Tell us what orders youve been given from the us embassy in washington dc after the president , mexican president s announcement. Mauricio toussaint from the us embassy in washington . Damian mmhmm, did they give you any orders as far as what you need to be doing when it comes to the protection of mexican citizens . Mauricio so, the Mexican Embassy in washington . Damian okay, yes, thats what i mean, im sorry. Mauricio well, actually, we have received orders. First, thank you, thank you for inviting me again, damian. Its always a pleasure being with you, and of course with all the people offrom comunidad del valle. And as i said, we have received direct orders from president e pena nieto and from the ministry of Foreign Affairs Luis Videgaray because this iswe are facing a newa new era in the relationship between mexico and the united states, and particularly in theregarding the announcements made within the campaign, the political campaign, the election campaign, and now some new, through the signing of executive orders, that of course can affect and will impact our Mexican Community in the united states, which is huge, as you know. And here in california, of course, is one of the most important communities. And the first, the first instruction that we have is that Mexican Consulates, we havewe are 50 in the united states, and 10 only in california, Mexican Consulates, we are going to be post for defense for the mexican members of the community. Damian what does that mean, a post for defense . What does that mean . Mauricio well, that means that we are going to first to be centers of information because we have to, through the whole network and the embassy of mexico in washington, to get all the information precisely and immediately. Because you know, there are many, many rumors, but many things are not real. And so, people are scared. People are scared because they dont know, because theres uncertainty. And when things come to be true, so what we have to do is being wellprepared, collecting that information, designing a strategy in order to defend our conationals here in the united states. So, this is the firstthe first task. The second one is being prepared with directly from the consulates, and through lawyers, consultants, to provide the people with Legal Services for following up their cases on immigration issues. So, the president announced two new resources, mil millones de pesos, and thats about 50 million, 1 million for each consulate. And, but we havewe have already funds to finance these Legal Services that well be hiring to protect our conationals in case of they could be affected by an immigration measure. Damian well, needless to say, a lot of efforts and changes going on with the duties of the Mexican Consulate. We do have some information for you. If youd like or you know someone who might need the services of the Mexican Consulate in san jose, there they are, theres their address, their telephone number, and their web address. When you arrived here to our studio today, senor consul, you said, no holds barred, ask me any questions. And thats what youve been about since you got here, right . Openness and lets be frank about it, lets talk about whatever it is that you want to talk about. Mauricio yes, its the only way to get credibility, speaking really, really frankly. Damian yeah, no, absolutely. 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