Former HUD Secretary host roundtable to mobilize Latino voters NBC Bay Area [Video]

Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro led a rally and roundtable conversation in San Jose on Saturday with community organizers to help mobilize Latino voters.

In the previous presidential elections, Latinos voted in record numbers, and organizers want to ensure the community’s voice is heard again in November.

“This is it. This is the time to get out there and vote,” Castro said. “We’re trying to educate, inform and mobilize voters to make sure they make their voices heard in November.”

Castro, now CEO of the Latino Community Foundation, said he joined the coalition of Larino and Filipino organizers to promote voter turnout.

“Latinos are 40% of California; they’re more than half of the students in our public schools,” he said. “The only way that California can succeed is if the Latino community succeeds.”

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