Hillary for America

"Came Through" +

1:30 ad run in New York City, announced April 15, 2016.


David Banks, Principal:  75% of the state's prison population came from seven neighborhoods in New York City.

We saw this as a real crisis, so we created a school just for young men, primarily for young men of color, so that we could bring a level of hope back into those communities, to say it doesn't have to be this way.

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If a young man believes that one day he might be a senator or president of the United States, you don't have to tell him not to join a gang.  He won't do it because he sees the possibilities for himself.

Alonzo Sanchez, Student:  My dreams are limitless and I got that from Eagle; they're making it seem like anything is possible, not let where you come from, where you were born at, your bank account size dictate your life.

David Banks:  Senator Clinton got it from day one; she recognized how important it was to try a level of innovation in the public schools, because were it not for Senator Clinton the Eagle Academy would never have gotten off the ground.

Kelly Sanchez, Alonzo's Mom:  With her you get results.  People talk about doing stuff and you never see the results.  Especially people like us.  There are neighborhoods people seem to forget about.  The politicians can come through the neighborhood and they can shake our hands, but when it comes down to it, the stuff that they promise us, they never come through with.  Hillary was one of the few that came through the neighborhood, came through the neighborhood, came into our schools, and actually came throughwith what she promised to do.

David Banks:  The kind of leader who I think the country really needs is somebody who believes in people, cares about people, will fight for people.  For me and what I've known about Hillary Clinton, she's as good as it gets.

Clinton (voiceover):  I’m Hillary Clinton and I approve this message.


Notes:  An unusual 90-second ad.  The April 15 press release:

New Ad Highlights Clinton's Support for Bronx's Eagle Academy 


Brooklyn, NY - Following Hillary Clinton's debate victory last night in New York City where she outlined her record of getting results for New Yorkers, Hillary for America released a new television ad today highlighting Clinton's work to help start the Eagle Academy, a public school for young African American men in the Bronx.

"The kind of leader who I think the country really needs is somebody who believes in people, cares about people, will fight for people," Eagle Academy Principal David Banks says in the ad. "For me and what I've known about Hillary Clinton, she's as good as it gets."

The ad, Came Through, features the story of Alonzo Sanchez who graduated from the Eagle Academy. "With her you get results," Alonzo's mother, Kelly Sanchez says of Clinton. "People talk about doing stuff and you never see the results. Especially people like us, the neighborhoods that people seem to forget about. The politicians can come through the neighborhoods and they can shake our hands, but when it comes down to it, that stuff that they promised us, they never come through with. Hillary was one of the few that came through the neighborhood, came into our schools, and actually came through with what she promised to do."

Came Through is running in the New York City media market and features the principal, a student, and a parent from Eagle Academy. As a senator, Clinton worked with the New York Chapter of 100 Black Men, elected officials and local leaders, to establish the Eagle Academy in the Bronx. There are now six public Eagle Academies with UFT union teachers that serve more than 2,000 scholars in all five boroughs of New York City and Newark, New Jersey.