somebody saying, who are you? what was the story? mya rupert is julian castro s campaign manager. third black woman ever to hold that position. amazing. she s had trouble with people not believing that she s in the role she s in. so she had, told me one story. a man delivering water to her san antonio campaign office and came up to her and asked if anyone could sign for it. she was like, yeah. i ll sign for. it h was like, i guess anyone can do it. she s like. i literally am the person that signs. i make the decisions. the decision-maker here and held back, walking next to julian, let him in and say only he and his staff can come in. she s like, i m running his campaign. people are not used to see a woman in this role or a black woman. who are the other power houses and three hours sleep
been so blessed to get so many donations dropped off at the center. we are overwhelmed and so are the families. and right now what we re trying to do is really get the word out to people like you. i can t believe i m here. but let people know that aren t close by that really, the monetary value the monetary donations is what we re looking for. all of our families have so many different needs. some people are already in temporary housing. some people don t know where they re going next. so the monetary donations is really what is so important right now. what about let me jump in and here s my last question because i know usual there meeting with so many people who have lost everything. and can you tell me a story? here we are, the day before thanksgiving, when so many other americans are sitting around the table and eating tons of turkey and sitting in their homes. and listen, guilty. you take that for granted. tell me one story of one family you ve met. one story that just real
still see signs with pictures of loved ones. there are so many things to do here. certainly sheltering people, taking good care of them, making sure they re fed but you job one is helping people find their loved ones. what do you want to get out for people who are looking for their folks. how can people locate loved ones? the safe and well program really let s us get to know which of the people that are being evidence is for and make sure not only are we looking for them but at the same time we re protecting people s privacy. we re very aware of that. we want to be careful about how we move forward othat. we re doing that. safeandwell.org. you can go to redcross.org and find it there as well. we really encourage people to use that system. it s been working well. a lot of people are going there. can you tell me one story of a family member you were able to connect with a lost loved one.
when my son came home, i asked him. i said, what happened at school today ? and he start telling me, but i said to him the school gave me one story and now you give me a different one. so i don t know who to believe. you don t think the school is going to lie to you. according to diane, the principal calls a few days after the dean to discuss the problem. the principal call and she told me there was an incident that happened in the school with christoph. she was going to look into it and get back to me. she never call me back. it s not until the reporter shows diane the beating that she realizes what happened. i was like, oh, my god. i can t believe this. i am pissed. that was my words. nobody have no right to do that to anybody s children. i don t care if my child was rude to you. you have no right putting your hand on him. christoph refuses to return to school for his sophomore year and moves to his mother s
i said what happened at school today? and he start telling me, but i said to him the school gave me one story and now you give me a different one. so i don t know who to believe. you don t think the school is going to lie to you. according to diane, the principal calls a few days after the dean to discuss the problem. the principal call and she told me there was an incident that happened in the school with christoph. she was going to look into it and get back to me. she never call me back. it s not until the reporter shows diane the beating that she realizes what happened. i was like, oh, my god. i can t believe this. i am pissed. that was my words. nobody have no right to do that to anybody s children. i don t care if my child was rude to you. you have no right putting your hand on him. christoph refuses to return to school for his sophomore year and moves to his mother s