The Week of Legacy Week at SJSU in 2014 - Follow-Up on Lucia Jimenez and The Issues of Solar Energy on Campus

So how did you think my Legacy Week (10/13-17) shaped up? Well, a mixed bag is my answer. So here's my explanation, divided into two parts in one blog...

THE FOLLOW-UP ON LUCIA JIMENEZ

Two surveillance videos - That is all what it took for me to uncover why a Mexican national died while in the hands of Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA). Yet it is viewed from Santa Clara County, California, nearly 1000 miles (1600 kilometers) from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in Richmond, British Columbia. I first told readers about how hard it was to watch the surveillance tapes obtained by a Canadian television station on October 11, 2014.

Vancouver, British Columbia, television station CHAN-DT, currently known as Global BC, first reported on the death of Lucia Jimenez at YVR back in December 2013. Two exclusive videos in were then surfaced on Global BC's website in October 2014 - the first on October 1, and the second on October 2. When I first described her on my blog, it was hard to watch in addition to the video containing graphic content, noting that neither Univision, Telemundo, or their associated networks were able to report on what was going on affecting Hispanic-Americans or Hispanic-Canadians.

But what Global BC never knew about was the reaction that occurred far outside BC, as the topic of immigration in the United States are still ongoing.

After my blog, some San Jose State University (SJSU) students from both the MOSAIC and from groups that were part of the Legacy Week rally outside Clark Hall near the Tommy John statues could not even believe that the death of Jimenez, who was trying to seek refuge, may be something that is hard to watch. It is still unknown why Jimenez wanted to opt for Canada instead of the United States. It is still possible that she was trying to escape the war against drug cartels that has been ongoing in Mexico for many years.

Among SJSU students and staff, no comments were made at this point on the issue of immigration from Mexico or any Latin American country to either the United States or Canada now that the issue on immigration from Mexico or any Latin American country have surfaced with the shocking video posted first by Global BC. It is still unknown whether SJSU students do plan a rally in support of immigration issues in North America on the main campus of SJSU.


THE ISSUES OF SOLAR ENERGY ON CAMPUS

During the SJSU Legacy Rally held outside Clark Hall, a student named Willie Santos wanted to start a club called "Solar For All" and his belief on why he wanted to specifically want everyone to save on electricity costs. His three statements include affordability, the use of taxing oil companies that do business in California, and attempting to make solar a big business including to make thousands of new jobs plus enough wages to make a living and raise a family. Santos' speaking on solar has caught my attention, and in turn, I continued to investigate on solar companies, which I'll write up in a future blog.

Unknowingly to Santos, however, there could be some support from a Bay Area-based company, which a representative wants to speak to him directly, who he is a former SJSU student and one of the tenants that lived in the former Joshua House before it was torn down. The former Joshua House tenant was not the only person that was on the scene. I also met another representative of the same company, but based out of the Morgan Hill offices instead of the East Bay. I met that representative only a few weeks ago, who turns out to be the brother of one of my friends that does not live far from my San Martin nest, of which my family's property has been frequently the subject of vandalism by people who spray-painted the wall.

But for a solar company that has a big presence in Morgan Hill, I've seen it frequently and they'll find out what I'm referring to...