WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:06.270 Home is where I feel welcome. A home 00:00:06.270 --> 00:00:11.219 means that I have refuge when I'm having 00:00:11.219 --> 00:00:14.580 issues outside wherever those issues 00:00:14.580 --> 00:00:17.400 are from. When I come to a place like 00:00:17.400 --> 00:00:20.580 like I say like here I feel that people 00:00:20.580 --> 00:00:23.730 are welcoming me regardless of who I am 00:00:23.730 --> 00:00:26.699 where I come from and what my values are. 00:00:26.699 --> 00:00:31.140 Home means a quite a peaceful place where 00:00:31.140 --> 00:00:34.309 you can live with the family happily you 00:00:34.309 --> 00:00:38.850 earn enough that your kids can go to a 00:00:38.850 --> 00:00:41.700 good school your kids can eat enough 00:00:41.700 --> 00:00:46.410 they can sleep freely they can breathe 00:00:46.410 --> 00:00:49.730 freely. To me my home is my community 00:00:49.730 --> 00:00:51.660 they are are the people that I am 00:00:51.660 --> 00:00:53.430 accountable to and they are the people 00:00:53.430 --> 00:00:56.579 that I and thet I'm dedicated to serving. 00:00:56.579 --> 00:01:00.379 And so most of the people that I that I 00:01:00.379 --> 00:01:06.330 serve or that I work with are are 00:01:06.330 --> 00:01:11.130 immigrants from Mexico and and many of 00:01:11.130 --> 00:01:14.520 them undocumented immigrants. My name is 00:01:14.520 --> 00:01:18.240 Jaén Wella I'm from Mexico and Southern 00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:22.049 Mexico planet Bandler raised in Los 00:01:22.049 --> 00:01:26.870 Angeles in Albuquerque New Mexico. 00:01:26.870 --> 00:01:30.390 My name is Cyril Kamryn and I'm from 00:01:30.390 --> 00:01:33.830 Lahore Pakistan. 00:01:33.830 --> 00:01:37.980 My name is Aziz in Mandalay I am from 00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:40.700 Ottawa 00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:43.220 in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. 00:01:43.220 --> 00:02:05.402 [Peaceful Music] 00:02:05.405 --> 00:02:08.200 And I would like you to just share with 00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:11.860 each other a story of a time you felt at 00:02:11.860 --> 00:02:16.840 home in Albuquerque. Well the things that 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:18.760 I see that the city's doing through this 00:02:18.760 --> 00:02:21.270 program is that they're actually 00:02:21.270 --> 00:02:24.240 listening to the voice of other people 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:27.280 and not just starting in an organization 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:30.790 out of nowhere or not starting an 00:02:30.790 --> 00:02:33.550 organization out of a lot of 00:02:33.550 --> 00:02:37.990 recommendations from from people in 00:02:37.990 --> 00:02:41.800 power who are making decisions for for 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:44.430 the immigrant and Refugee community. 00:02:44.430 --> 00:02:48.660 First of all I'm excited that finally 00:02:48.660 --> 00:02:49.990 there is 00:02:49.990 --> 00:02:53.590 a recognition by the city of the 00:02:53.590 --> 00:02:57.850 refugees and other immigrants not from 00:02:57.850 --> 00:03:00.370 Latin America that are present in 00:03:00.370 --> 00:03:02.850 Albuquerque. These guys are doing great 00:03:02.850 --> 00:03:04.050 [Peaceful Music] 00:03:04.050 --> 00:03:07.630 I wish them luck. More people they are 00:03:07.630 --> 00:03:09.480 stuck in different countries they are 00:03:09.480 --> 00:03:13.720 persecuted I wish they can come to a 00:03:13.720 --> 00:03:17.990 safe place and spend a normal life. 00:03:17.990 --> 00:03:24.080 [Applause] 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:37.340 [Peaceful Music]