It is now apparent that the organizing efforts have reached beyond the Hispanic community and are now being supported by different communities such as the Anglo community, the African American community, the Asian community.

With the help of the area's professionals we're going to take the voice of this community even higher.

The Birdcage has reached its capacity, ... We now have to concentrate on organizing the donations to get the items where they are needed. The Canaries would like to thank everyone who contributed to the clothing drive; your help is much appreciated.

In Peru things were different. If you went against the government, you could lose your job. You couldn't express yourself completely. In contrast, in this country you have freedom of expression.

These issues have basically been untouched in this area before. Why is this area the exception? We need to work on educating the public on the struggles of immigrants. We need employers to know what their workers go through just to get here. The plan is to unite everyone on this issue.

It's very important. We see growth in, say, the Hispanic community. It's the right time to start working with this community. We want to see that Spanish-language media is going in the right direction.