The messages I heard last week was show up, bring your family, bring your children, don't get pulled into violence, there may be people trying to provoke you.

When you have lived in a house where constant terror resides, then will you realize the extent of damage it could make to a child.

Traditional thinking dictates that most women, children and other vulnerable groups within the family accept physical and emotional violence as a normal part of life. It is not normal. It is a matter of power and a lack of accountability. This Family Response Unit should become a symbol of hope in the community.

When we're dealing with an issue that involves a school and violence, we're going to go in quickly because we're dealing with kids and their safety.

Usually these radio personalities give advice, give the weather and play music. Now they are working together as a community sounding board and getting a huge response.

Latino media, both print and broadcast, have played an important role (in bringing people out), especially when you consider that there is no single leader like a Cesar Chavez or Martin Luther King Jr. of this movement.