 Hey everyone, Jordan here reporting for Cal TV Entertainment. I'm here at the Youth Empowerment Program's 6th Annual Immigrant Art Gala. Let's check it out. The Youth Empowerment Program is one of UC Berkeley's largest Latino community outreach organizations. And this year's exhibit features profound artwork and performances from some of the Bay Area's most talented artists. Up next, the program's co-director, Dylan Bush, discusses the art show's significance for the campus community. So what we're trying to do is we're trying to show the community that immigration is not one face or one message or one voice. Rather it is the voice of many people, many nations, and many different groups. And so we hope that more than anything can spread awareness and that's why we keep this event free. So that anyone can come and attend and get their stomach full in addition to getting their mind full with different kinds of provocative and interesting ideas. I understand that the Gala is funded and sponsored by the Fifth Account. What does that necessarily mean for the elimination of the ethnic studies department? And why this event is crucial to shedding light on a lot of the immigration and issues that are just going on currently in this campus climate? Absolutely. So I think that at a national level, what we're seeing is that different races are being turned against each other. We're seeing that different social groups, different religious groups are being told that they need to hate each other rather than join together. And so we are very honored to be funded by the Ethnic Studies Program here at UC Berkeley which I think its goal is to bring those different people together and those different studies together. I mean in the Ethnic Studies Department you have African American Studies, you have Native American Studies, you have Chicano Latino Studies, you have Asian American Studies. So what they want to do is bring everyone together. And I think that's so in line with our message and this event specifically that it was an easy choice for us to want to ally with them. And Professor Raymond Teyes is our sponsor and he has also been a huge advocate of getting immigration out there to the community. I think what people need to realize is that immigration is not only a Latino issue, it is a Black issue, it is a Native American issue, it is an Asian American issue. And all of us but the Native Americans come from somewhere. I mean I'm an illegal immigrant, we're all illegal immigrants. But unfortunately a certain group of us are having to contend even more with racist and unjust laws. Thank you so much for joining us for COWTV Entertainment. Don't forget to subscribe and like our YouTube channel and thank you for watching.