A Latino union of migrant farm workers are standing in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter community following recent protest for the death of George Floyd.
The Farm Labor Organizing Committee of Toledo says they believe their unity is essential in the fight for equal rights.
Baldemar Velasquez, the president of FLOC, also says they are no strangers to police violence and that's why they stand behind the Black Lives Matter community.
"We have a lot in common, the Latino and black community. We have histories of oppression going back to the founding of our country," said Velasquez.
He says they have stood in unity and joined forces with historical black leaders since they were founded in 1967.
"They marched with us. We have a picture with Reverend Floyd Rose initiating the national march for justice when we marched to Camden, New Jersey as part of the Campbell Soup campaign," said Velasquez.
The union which represents about 11,000 workers in different states also says it's had many encounters with police violence.
"We have almost two million agricultural workers in this country, and 60 percent of them are undocumented and are probably the most vulnerable to mistreatment and abuses against them. And this is what we have fought against all these years. And many times the police forces were used to oppress us," said Velasquez.
As part of their ongoing efforts, the union also has a youth program known as the FLOC Homies, which is challenging them to identify problems in their community.
Mateo Cuevas and Elesah Reyes are part of that program.
"It's not just a color issue. It's a human rights issue. It's not should they have? Should they do this? It's should, they should do this and that's what they're fighting for and I back them up 100 percent," said Cuevas.
"People of color in general have faced injustices for decades and decades...centuries and kids my age especially, we're the future, we're the voice of the upcoming generations," added Reyes.
But Velasquez say things aren't going to fundamentally change unless white people start speaking out too.
"Black people and brown people and people of color, we can organize in groups and do what we have to do but this has to be a total societal change. It can't be just be us and it can't just be them. It's got to be all of us together," said Velasquez.
Velasquez says they have recently communicated with Black Lives Matter leaders here in Toledo and FLOC is willing to back them with any actions they intend to take moving forward.