Watch Latina Women Raise their Voice for Obama

After talking with so many Latina women, I felt compelled to make this video with Rodriguo Garcia to show how Latina women really feel about Obama. I found they were not only leading the Obama charge but that they were also gateway voters with unmatched enthusiasm. Maybe their boyfriends were dragging their feet, or their parents and grandparents were doing as expected, but these young women were independent thinkers and fierce Obamaciones! Let the tape roll. Viva La Mujer! Viva Obama!

My father stood with a select group of artists and intellectuals supporting Cesar Chavez. Later he would help organize the presidential primary for Robert F. Kennedy. There among lawyers, teachers and farm workers, I was fortunate enough to see firsthand great leaders of my father's generation. I am now witnessing a great leader for our generation: Senator Barack Obama. While a few of the great minds of the UFW support the other side, the heart of Cesar would surely be with Barack.

Cesar's teachings and struggle remain with us all; he broke with convention and defiantly challenged what was expected of a "common grape picker." He gave us dignity and hope, as does Barack Obama. Obama is cut from the same cloth as a man who organized the un-organizable. He reminds us of what is possible and great about America.

There is an old Mexican saying: "Tell me who you are with and I will tell you who I am." I remember my father telling a group of Farm Workers and Teamsters in early 1968 -- "Let me tell you of a new person who I am with who will tell you who I am..." He was referring to a man named Robert F. Kennedy. I find myself echoing those very words, this time, for a man named Barack Obama. Yo Soy Puro, Obama!