[♪ THEME MUSIC ♪] >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," HOW TO PREPARE HOME AND PROPERTY FOR WHAT COULD BE A SERIOUS WILDFIRE SEASON.

>>> ON CRONKITE NEWS, FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE FINDING AVAILABLE HOMES.

>>> AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, THE IMPORTANCE OF INTRODUCING S.T.E.M.

TO GIRLS.

THAT'S ALL COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF ARIZONA PBS.

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERVISOR BILL GATES RESPONDED TO REPORTS THAT DONALD TRUMP EXPECTS TO BE, QUOTE, REINSTATED.

GATES A REPUBLICAN TODAY TWEETED, QUOTE, IT IS CLEAR THE SENATE G.O.P.

'S AUDIT IS FEEDING THE MOST DANGEROUS CONSPIRACY THEORY YET.

REPUBLICANS MUST STANDING UP TO THIS MADNESS AND DEFEND THE RULE OF LAW.

ARIZONA SECRETARY OF STATE KATIE HOBBS AGREED WITH GATES TODAY ON CNN.

>> IT IS DANGEROUS.

WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6TH.

AND HIS CULT OF FOLLOWERS BELIEVE HE IS THE RIGHTFUL PRESIDENT, AND HE IS GOING TO INSTIGATE ANOTHER RIOT LIKE THAT.

IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

>>> THE AUDIT IS NOW 60% COMPLETED.

IN TRUE, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT MORE THAN 800,000 BALLOTS STILL NEED TO BE LOOKED AT BEFORE THE LEASE AT VETERANS' MEMORIAL COLISEUM RUNS OUT AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SAID IT WILL NOW AUTHORIZE AN AUDIT OF BALLOTS.

THEY VISITED TO SEE ARIZONA'S AUDIT, AND THAT WAS APPARENTLY ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM DECIDE NOT TO DO IT >>> THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS IN ARIZONA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY CONTINUE TO DECLINE WITH VACCINATION RATES ENCOURAGING.

>> THE ONE THING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE DON'T DECLARE VICTORY PREMATURELY, AND FEEL THAT WE DON'T NEED TO KEEP VACCINATING PEOPLE.

WE'RE ON A REALLY GOOD TRACK TO CRUSH THIS OUTBREAK, AND THE MORE PEOPLE WE GET VACCINATED THE MORE ASSUREDNESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

SO WE WANT TO REACH THE PRESIDENT'S GOAL OF 70% OF ADULTS GETTING AT LEAST ONE DOSE BY JULY 4TH, BUT WE EVEN WANT TO SURPASS THAT.

A >>> ARIZONA'S RATES CONTINUE TO TRAIL BY 5%.

>>> OTHER NEWS TECH GIANTS ARE TEAMING UP TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE.

IT WAS LAUNCHED TODAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMS.

THE GROUP SAYS IT WILL FOCUS ON INCREASING THE A IMPACT OF CLIMATE SOLUTIONS FROM COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS.

>>> AND UNITED AIRLINES HAS AGREED TO PURCHASE 15 NEW SUPER SONIC JETS FOR COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL.

THEY LOOK A LITTLE LIKE THE OLD CONCORD, BUT THEY ARE 75% CHEAPER TO OPERATE.

UNITED SAYS IT PLANS TO START FLYING THE PLANES IN 2029.

>>> TRIPLE-DIGIT TEMPERATURES HAVE ARRIVED, AND IT TRANSLATES TO A DANGEROUS WILDFIRE SEASON.

WE SPOKE ABOUT HOW BEST TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE SUMMER WILDFIRE THREAT.

AARON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I KNOW YOU ARE BUSY.

WE HAVE THIS EXTREME DROUGHT GOING ON.

I MEAN IT'S REALLY BAD.

EXTREME, EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT IN MOST OF THE STATE, IMPACT NOW ON THE UPCOMING FIRE SEASON?

>> I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH, LONG FIRE SEASON.

WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A MONSOON SEASON LAST YEAR, AND THAT DIDN'T REALLY TRANSLATE -- OR TRANSITION INTO A VERY HEAVY SNOW, RAIN EVENT IN THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS, SO WE'RE BEHIND THE 8 BALL AT THIS POINT.

ALL OF OUR INDICES ARE PREDICTING EXTREME FIRE DANGER IN A GOOD PORTION OF THE STATE, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BUSY.

>> YEAH, YOU ARE.

HOMEOWNERS NEED TO BE AS THE TEMPERATURES RISE HERE, AND IT JUST GETS TOUGH OUT THERE AS FAR AS FIRES ARE CONCERNED.

I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW TO KEEP A PERIMETER AROUND THEIR HOME, BUT GIVE US SOME OTHER ADVICE.

>> THE BIGGEST THING IS TO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE SMOKE IN THE AIR TO DO MITIGATION WORK, AND IF ANYTHING, JUST TAKING CARE OF THE POTENTIAL COMBUSTIBLES AROUND A HOME, AND DOING DEFENSIBLE SPACE CLEARING.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ACRES, BUT DEFINITELY 100 FEET ON ALL FOUR SIDES OF YOUR HOME, BUT REALLY START WITH THE HOME ITSELF, AND LOOKING AT THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, AND REMOVING CON BUSTABLES.

BUT THE BIGGEST THING WE TRY TO ADVOCATE AND PUSH IS BREAKING UP THAT FUEL CONTINUITY, SO YOU DON'T HAVE FUEL BEDS FOR EMBERS TO LAND ON AND POTENTIALLY BURN DOWN YOUR HOME.

SO GET OUT THERE AND DO SOME WORK AROUND YOUR HOME AND PREPARE.

>> AND I WOULD IMAGINE ROOFS, GUTTERS TOO, HUH?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

REALLY LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE ROOF, AND DOING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, BUT YEAH, YOU ARE RIGHT.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS.

THE PINE NEEDLES ARE A CONSTANT STRUGGLE, AND MAKING SURE IT IS AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE.

>> I HAVE HEARD THAT ATTIC VENTS, YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THEM AS WELL, AND MAYBE INSTALLING SCREENS TO KEEP THINGS FROM GETTING IN THERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE LOOK FOR VENTS, AND IF WE SEE THAT, THE NEXT QUESTION WE ASK IS THERE A VENT IN PLACE.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS THE MICRO SCREEN.

THAT WORKS GREAT.

YES, ADDING MESH IS A GREAT HELP.

>> AND SOMETHING ELSE, LOOSE WINDOWS, BROKEN WINDOWS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

THAT IS CONSIDERED A FIRE HAZARD AS WELL.

>> WINDOWS ARE THE WEAKEST PART OF A WALL, SO, AGAIN, ASSESSING YOUR WINDOWS, MAKING SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE CRACKS CREVASSES, AND REALLY HAVING A GOOD FEEL FOR YOUR HOME ITSELF, AND THEN HAVING A PLAN, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S GOING TO BE INCREMENTAL IN COST, AND IF THE WINDOW ITSELF IS FURTHER DOWN THE LIST WHEN IT COMES TO DOING REPAIR, LOOK AT THE VEGETATION THAT LINES UP WITH THAT WINDOW, BECAUSE THAT COULD BE EASY TO REDUCE THE FUEL IN THAT AREA.

>> I HAVE ALSO READ THAT IMPORTANT PAPERS.

KEEP THEM IN SOME SORT OF A LOCKBOX, A STRONG HOLD HERE, TO PREVENT FIRE AND MAKE IT EASY TO GET THOSE THINGS OUT OF THERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE READY SET GO PROGRAM IS HUGE IN OUR AREA.

HAVING A PLAN AND HAVING THOSE VALUABLES IN PLACE, WITH YOUR CASH, WATER, MEDICINE, IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE HOME WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, ANIMALS, HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT AND BUILD A TO-GO BAG TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO USE THOSE THUMB DRIVES, WITH A BACK UP OF PHOTOS.

THE MORE YOU CAN PLAN AHEAD, THE EASIER IT IS GOING TO BE.

>> INTERESTING TURN OF PHASE HERE.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE FIRE IS IN THE AIR, EMBERS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW OFTEN EMBERS START HOUSE FIRES.

>> IT IS THE MOST COMMON THING.

THERE IS STILL A THINKING THAT IT IS A BIG TSUNAMI THAT COMES THROUGH AND WIPES OUT A COMMUNITY, BUT REALLY IT TAKES A WHILE TO IGNITE A DOOR OR FRAME, BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHOUT PROPER PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, YOU HAVE THOSE FUEL BEDS AROUND THE HOME, THAT'S WHERE THOSE EMBERS WILL FALL, AND SOMETIMES THE MAIN HEAD OF THE FIRE WILL PASS THROUGH, BUT BECAUSE AN EMBER HAS FOUND A FUEL SOURCE, THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM.

>> LAST POINT, LAST QUESTION, IN GENERAL, WHAT CONCERNS YOU THE MOST, WHETHER IT'S HOME AND PROPERTY OR OUT IN THE WILDS HERE?

WHAT CONCERNS YOU?

>> AGAIN, LIFE FIRST, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE RESOURCES, KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO PROPERLY TAKE CARE OF THEIR HOME, AND IF THEY ARE IMPACTED FROM WILDFIRE, THAT THEY ARE READY AND HAVE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE NEEDING.

GET THE PSA'S OUT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYBODY IS PREPARED.

AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME.

IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS DIRECTLY IN LINKED TO THESE LANDS, YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO BE OUT OF HARM'S WAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AARON, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND FORESTRY MANAGEMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.

>> NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>>> AND UP NEXT A STUDY ON THE WORKPLACE TEXT HABITS OF GENERATION Z.

>>> A NEW STUDY LOOKS AT THE WORKPLACE TECH HABITS OF GENERATION ZEMPLOYEES, WHO ARE JUST NOW ENTERING THE WORKFORCE.

WE SPOKE WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE STUDY.

DON THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

WE'RE TALKING THE STUDY INVOLVING GENERATION Z.

GENERATION Z WHO ARE THEY?

WHEN THEY WERE BORN?

>> GENERATION Z ARE GENERALLY COMING INTO THE WORKFORCE TODAY.

EARLY TO -- EARLY '90S TO EARLY 2000S, SO REALLY THE PEOPLE ENTERING THE WORKPLACE RIGHT NOW.

>> AND YOUR STUDY LOOKS AT HABITS AND COMMUNICATION EXPECTATIONS.

WHAT ARE THOSE COMMUNICATION HABITS?

>> WELL, WE FOUND THAT WHEN TALKING TO GENERATION Z HOW THEY ACT IN THE WORKPLACE -- OR THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF THE WORKPLACE ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES.

IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES, THEY ARE TEXTING A LOT AND USING SNAPCHAT AND INSTAGRAM, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS ONLINE AND COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND EVEN THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, AND WHEN THEY GO INTO THE WORKPLACE, WHILE WE ARE USING TEXTING, WE ARE ALSO USING A LOT OF EMAILS STILL, SO WHAT WE FOUND IN THIS STUDY IS THAT GENERATION Z TENDS TO ADAPT.

WHILE OVER 90% OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE STUDY SAID I NEVER USE EMAIL AS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF COMMUNICATION.

WHEN YOU GET TO THE WORK SPACE, MOST OF THEM ARE USING THAT AS A PRIMARY WAY OF COMMUNICATION.

>> YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS FASCINATING.

WHEN GEN Z GETS TO THE WORKPLACE, I THINK THERE IS A BIT OF AN EXPECT NATION AMONG OTHERS, THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS STARING THEIR AT SCREEN, BUT YOU ARE SAYING NOT NECESSARILY SO.

>> YEAH, WHAT WAS REALLY SURPRISING IS GENERATION Z -- PEOPLE EXPECT THAT OF THEM.

AND THEY COME INTO THE WORKPLACE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL FOR 12 OR MORE YEARS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN DISCOURAGED FROM USING THEIR PHONE IN THE CLASSROOM, SO THEY GET TO THE WORK ENVIRONMENT, AND THEY EXPECT IT TO BE SIMILAR, WHEN REALLY IT IS NOT.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IS THEY SEE ALL OF THEIR COWORKERS, THEIR MANAGEMENT, ON THEIR PHONES, AND WHAT THEY EXPRESSED IN THE STUDY WAS THEY THOUGHT IT WAS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL, AND ALSO VERY -- YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SURPRISED HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE WERE USING THEIR PHONES IN THE WORKPLACE.

>> YEAH, THAT IS SO INTERESTING.

YOU ALSO WRITE EMPLOYERS SHOULD RESIST NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES OF YOUNGER WORKERS COMMUNICATION HABIT HABITS.

WHAT ARE THOSE?

>> I THINK THE STEREOTYPE THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS ON THEIR PHONES.

THEY DON'T FOCUS.

ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE STUDY -- OR WHEN I DID THE BACKGROUND STUDY FOR THE REVIEW, WAS THIS EXPECTATION THIS THESE GEN Z-ERS ARE RUDE BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING THEIR PHONE OUT DURING THINK WORK TIME.

AND WE FOUND THEY ARE USING THEIR PHONE TO COMMUNICATION.

MAYBE THEY ARE TAKING PICTURES.

MAYBE THEY ARE IN A COMMUNICATION ROLE OR NOT, AND THEY ARE USING IT TO TWEET OUT THINGS.

AND ON THE FLIP SIDE, WE FOUND THAT THEY ARE SELF REGULATING.

THEY ARE LIKE, I REALLY NEED TO CONCENTRATE AND DO THIS REPORT, SO I'M GOING TO PUT MY PHONE AWAY AND NOT LOOK AT IT.

SO REALLY, I THINK THERE IS A VERY NEGATIVE PERCEPTION, WHICH REALLY ISN'T TRUE.

AND THE PERCEPTION TOO IS LOOKING AT THE OLDER GENERATIONS, THEY ARE ALSO ON THEIR PHONE A LOT TOO.

SO IT'S NOT JUST GENERATION Z.

>> SO WHAT DO WE TAKE FROM THIS STUDY?

WHAT DO MANAGERS TAKE OF IT?

WHAT DO CO-WORKERS TAKE FROM THIS?

>> I THINK NOT TO HAVE THE NEGATIVE STEREOTYPE.

I THINK BECAUSE GEN Z -- THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD TECHNOLOGY.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE BEFORE YOU HAD A CELL PHONE OR LAPTOP, AND I THINK WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THEIR EXPERIENCES.

AND I THINK ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE STAYING HOME FOR WORK BECAUSE OF COVID, THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING THINGS THEY CAN BRING INTO THE WORKPLACE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DAWN, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

♪ >>> WEST VALLEY ARTS IS CELEBRATING THE HERITAGE AND TRADITION OF LATINO CULTURE THROUGH LIVE MUSIC, STORYTELLING AND OTHER ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.

"HORIZONTE" HOST JOSE CARDENAS LEARNED MORE FROM WEST VALLEY ART'S PRESIDENT AND CEO SANDRA BASSETT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING TO US TODAY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FIRST PART OF THIS, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IMPRINT IS THE NAME FOR A WHOLE SERIES OF PROGRAMS THAT WEST VALLEY ARTS HAS INITIATED.

>> THAT'S CORRECT, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU.

AT THE WEST VALLEY ARTS, WE LAUNCHED A PROGRAM CALLED IMPRINT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

ONE, THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA DON'T JUST LEAVE FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND THAT CAN BE.

WASHED AWAY WITH WATER, BUT WE LEAVE AN INDELIBLE IMPACT.

AND IT'S PART OF OUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION PROGRAM IN THE ARTS.

WE STARTED OFF AROUND JANUARY AND FEBRUARY ARE OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN IN THE ARTS SERIES, AND NOW WE HAVE BEEN DOING OUR CELEBRATION OF THE MEXICAN, LATIN, CHICANO CULTURE, AND WE'LL BE INCLUDING PEOPLE OF COLOR IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE QUITE A PLATFORM BECAUSE YOU KICKED IN OFF, WHAT, ON MAY 1ST, AND IT'S AN EIGHT-MONTH PROGRAM.

THAT'S A LOT OF PROGRAMMING.

>> WELL, IT'S NOT PROGRAMMING EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ENGAGING IN WITH THE CULTURE EVERY MONTH.

WE STARTED OFF WHERE DANCERS AND AN EXHIBIT THAT CONTINUES RIGHT NOW THROUGH JUNE 4TH, SO YOU CAN COME OUT AND SEE SEVERAL ARTISTS THAT WE HAVE ON EXHIBIT RIGHT NOW, FREE OF CHARGE.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO DOING WORKSHOPS.

THE WORKSHOPS ARE SOMETHING WE'LL CONTINUE EVERY SINGLE MONTH, AND IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO COME IN AND PARTICIPATE AND MAKE A PIECE OF ARTWORK THAT IS SPECIFIC TO A CULTURE, AND GET EDUCATED BEHIND WHAT THOSE PIECES OF ART REFLECT, AND HOW IT HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND AND INCREASE OUR CULTURAL AWARENESS.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ONGOING EVEN AFTER OUR EXHIBIT ENDS ON JUNE 4TH.

>> I HAVE TO ASK YOU HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTEDED THIS.

NORMALLY WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE TO PUT ON A SHOW.

HALF WAY THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH ON THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THINGS CHANGED IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.

THEY GOT RID OF THE MASK MANDATES FOR THE MOST PART.

HOW HAS THAT IMPACTED THE PRESENTATION?

>> I GUESS YOU COULD SAY WE WERE SOMEWHAT FORTUNATE BECAUSE PEOPLE COULD BE OUTSIDE, AND WHEN THEY WENT INSIDE, WE DID INITIALLY ASK THEM TO WEAR MASKS, NOW WE ARE STILL ASKING PATRONS TO WEAR MASKS AND HONOR SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND WHEN THEY ARE OUTSIDE ENGAGING IN OTHER PARTS OF OUR GOL -- GALLERY, WHICH WE DO HAVE A COURTYARD, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WEAR THEIR MASK.

I WANT EVERYONE TO COME CELEBRATE WITH US, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE.

AND THEN I AM CHARGED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SAFE.

AND BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE [ INAUDIBLE ] PERSONAL, HOSPITAL, OR MEDICAL HISTORY TO ASK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN VACCINATED OR NOT, WE JUST ERE ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION TO ASK PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO WEAR MASKS, BUT AS WE HAVE MORE THINGS OPEN UP, WE'LL BE LIFTING THAT MANDATE, AND JUST EVERYONE TO COME CELEBRATE WITH US IN THE WAY THEY CHOOSE.

BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASK PEOPLE TO WEAR CLOTHES AND SHOES.

>> WELL THAT TAKES ALL OF THE FUN OUT OF IT.

>> I KNOW.

>>> I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION ABOUT LATINOS AND THE SOUTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT?

>> WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION BACK WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN IN THE ARTS PROGRAM.

AND WE UTILIZED ARIZONA TOWNHALL AND THE BLACKBOARD OF DIRECTORS TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT, AND HAVE A SAFE PLACE IN WHICH PEOPLE COULD DIALOGUE TO GAIN UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL ASPECTS AND HOW WE INTERACT IN THE COMMUNITIES, AND HOW WE CAN LOOK TO WORK TOGETHER MORE AS ONE.

AND WEST-MARC HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THAT AREA, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL.

BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH CONVERSATION, UNDERSTANDING, AND ENGAGING, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS AND THE WALLS THAT CREATE DIVISION, AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE MAY BE MISINTERPRETED OR MISUNDERSTOOD, SO WE MUST CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE AMONG ALL PEOPLE OF COLOR.

>> SANDRA BASSETT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS EXSITING PROGRAM.

IT WAS A PLEASURE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

WE'LL SEE YOU AT WEST VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL SOON.

>>> AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

♪ >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, ON CRONKITE NEWS, HOW CITIES ARE WORKING TO PROTECT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS NOW THAT TRIPLE-DIGIT TEMPERATURES ARE HERE.

AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, THE IMPORTANCE OF INTRODUCING S.T.E.M.

TO GIRLS.

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