>>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, AND LATINO IMPACT ON ARIZONA'S ECONOMY.

ON "CRONKITE NEWS," ARIZONA WILL SOON BE HOME FOR 1,000 AFGHAN AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, WHY SOME OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS TALKING ABOUT THE NEW SHOW "RESERVATION DOGS."

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON," I'M JOSE CARDENAS IN FOR TED SIMONS.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON SAYS A FEW PHASE 3 STUDY SHOWS THAT ITS COVID BOOSTER SHOTT INCREASES PROTECTION FROM THE VIRUS BY 94%.

THE COMPANY ALSO REPORTED THE BOOSTER SHOT WAS 100% EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING SEVERE CASES OF THE DISEASE.

IN THE PHASE 3 TRIAL THE ADDITIONAL SHOT WAS GIVEN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE INITIAL VACCINE.

>>> ARIZONA REPORTED FEWER THAN 2000 ADDITIONAL CASES OF COVID-19 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO WEEKS.

OVER 1900 CASES AND 71 DEATHS WERE REPORTED TODAY.

THE STATE'S CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD ALSO SHOWED VIRUS-RELATED HOSPITALIZATION LEVELS WERE LOWER.

AND THE SEVEN-DAY ROLLING AVERAGE OF DEATHS RISING FROM OVER 35 ON SEPTEMBER 5TH TO NEARLY 47 ON SUNDAY.

>>> A RALLY WAS HELD AT THE STATE CAPITOL TODAY TO URGE SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA TO TAKE BOLD ACTION ON THE BUILD-BACK BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.

SINEMA WAS NOT SUPPORT THE PLAN.

>> WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN MOVE HER.

WE CAN'T EXPECT ANYBODY ELSE TO DO IT, SO I'LL CALL ON EVERYBODY HERE, DO WHATEVER WE CAN IN THE NEXT WEEK TO LET HER KNOW THAT SHE CANNOT GET AWAY WITH BEING THE OBSTACLE TO PROGRESS.

>>> A NEW REPORT SHOWS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT HISPANIC AND LATINO COMMUNITIES HAVE ON THE COUNTRY, AND ARIZONA IN PARTICULAR.

DIRECTOR OF UCLA'S CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LATINO HEALTH AND CULTURE DR. DAVID HAYES-BAUTISTA IS WITH US TODAY TO DISCUSS THIS REPORT.

DR. DAVID HAYES-BAUTISTA THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU ARE PART OF THE TEAM THAT PUT TOGETHER THE BANC OF AMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LATINO GDP REPORT 2021.

SOME INTERESTING STUFF THERE.

IT FOCUSED ON EIGHT STATES IN PARTICULAR.

I ASSUME THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE THE EIGHT STATEDS THAT HAVE THREE-QUARTERS OF THE POPULATION OF LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES?

>> YES, AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2017, AND LOOKED ONLY AT THE U.S. NATIONAL G DP.

AND LAST YEAR, LATINOS CREATED THE EIGHTH LADIES AND GENTLEMENEST COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD.

AND WE MAY EXPAND THAT, BECAUSE OTHER STATES HAVE RAPIDLY EXPANDING LATINO POPULATIONS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TOP EIGHT STATES >> OF THOSE EIGHT STATES, THEY ARE THE ONES YOU WOULD EXPECT, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, ARIZONA, AND SO FORTH.

A COUPLE THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED ABOUT ILLINOIS AND NEW JERSEY.

>> ILLINOIS HAS HAD ONE OF THE LARGEST POPULATIONS SINCE 1918.

AND NEW JERSEY ASK PART OF THAT NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY METRO LOCATION.

AND BECAUSE THE GROWTH IS QUITE RAPID IN NEW JERSEY, AND FACE IT, NOBODY LIKES TO BE LUMPED IN WITH ANOTHER STATE, SO WE FELT WE SHOULD GIVE IT ITS DUE.

>> AND YOU TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT ALREADY, BUT IF YOU PUT THESE AT IT STATES TOGETHER, AND THEIR LATINO GDP, IF THEY WERE A COUNTRY, THEY WOULD BE THE EIGHTH LARGEST GDP IN THE WORLD?

>> EITHER EIGHTH OR NINTH.

I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A PRECISE NUMBER UNLESS I HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.

BUT IT IS IN THERE EIGHT, NINE, TEN.

PRETTY LARGE.

>> AND THEN AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK JUST AT ARIZONA, IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TOO IF IT WERE ITS OWN STATE, IT WOULD BE SECOND IN THE COUNTRY -- NO, IT WOULD BE -- I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT IS NINTH.

>> YES, BUT VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE AND GROWING VERY, VERY QUICKLY.

>> AS I UNDERSTAND IT PART OF WHAT YOU LOOKED AT -- YOU FOCUSED ON ARIZONA PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.

GIVE US A SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS THERE.

>> WELL, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD NOT ONLY ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING NOW, BUT ACTUALLY THAT IS A LARGE HISTORY.

FOR EXAMPLE IN FLORIDA IT STARTED BACK IN 1515.

SO ARIZONA, ACTUALLY, WE CAN TRACE EXPLORERS BACK TO THE 15 HUNDREDS, BUT IT WAS ABOUT 1820 WHEN YOU CAN START TALKING ABOUT SETTLING DEVELOPMENT.

>> IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA?

>> UH-HUH, SOUTHERN ARIZONA.

IT WAS THE LATINO INDIANS, AND THAT WAS A LARGE SOCIAL ENTITY.

>> THAT'S WHEN ARIZONA'S CAPITOL WAS IN THAT LOCATION.

>> RIGHT, WHICH IS PART OF THE STATE OF SENNORA.

>> SO WE THROUGH AROUND A LOT OF YEARS THERE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF THE STUDY, THE KEY HERE WAS 2018.

>> YES, 2018.

AND I KNOW PEOPLE ASK, WELL, WE'RE NOW IN 2021, WHY DIDN'T YOU DO 2020?

WE REPLICATE THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, USING THE SAME DATA SETS, AND STARTED WITH THE BASIC INPUT, OUT PUT TABLE, AND THE DATA FOR THOSE RIGHT NOW ARE STILL ONLY FOR 2018.

THE DATA ARRIVED A LITTLE BIT AFTER TODAY, JUST LIKE WITH BIRTH CERTIFICATES, IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR FOR US TO FIGURE OUT WHO GOT BORN IN WHAT STATE, ET CETERA.

SO THIS IS UP TO 2018.

NEXT YEAR WILL BE 2019.

AND FINALLY WE'LL HIT 2020, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE EFFECTS THAT COVID HAD ON IT.

>> AND I ASSUME THAT IS A BIG QUESTION THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE.

ON A PRELIMINARY BASIS, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT COVID HIT LATINOS HARDER THAN ANY OTHER POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND LATINOS HAVE THE HIGHEST LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN ARIZONA AND THE COUNTRY, AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO CREATE HOUSEHOLDS.

THIS DRIVES PURCHASING OF THINGS FOR HOUSEHOLDS, BUT COVID, COVID-19, LOVED IT WHEN WORKERS HAD TO LEAVE THE HOUSE, BECAUSE A LOT OF -- FOR EXAMPLE, FARM WORKER HAVE TO GO OUT IN THE FIELDS.

YOU HAD MORE EXPOSURE, AND THEY HAVE MORE CHILDREN, AND THEY TEND TO BE ASYMPTOMATIC CARRIERS, BUT WHAT WAS INTERESTING, WHEN WE HAD THE SHUT DOWN IN MARCH OF 2020, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FELL OFF FOR EVERYONE.

LATINOS ALREADY WENT IN TO THAT AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE, AND BY JUNE, LATINOS ARE BACK TO ALMOST WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE.

>> DR. DAVID HAYES-BAUTISTA JUST ONE LAST QUESTION, AND WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHIC TIME BOMB THAT IS FACING THE REST OF THE NATION.

>> YES, BABY BOOMERS ARE THE TIME BOMB, THAT LARGE GENERATION, HAVE BEEN LEAVING THE LABOR FORCE AND RETIRING EVER SINCE 2010, AND IF THERE HAD BEEN NOTHING ELSE, THE LABOR FORCE THAT WOULD SUPPORT THEM WOULD BE SHRINKING EVERY YEAR.

THANKS TO LATINOS THERE IS GROWTH IN THE LABOR FORCE.

THEY ARE YOUNG MILLENNIALS, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO RESCUE, IN ESSENTIAL THE BABY BOOMERS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. DAVID HAYES-BAUTISTA.

>> MY PLEASURE.

DIRECTOR OF UCLA'S CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LATINO HEALTH AND CULTURE DR. DAVID HAYES-BAUTISTA THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MY PLEASURE >>> WHEN WE RETURN, WE GET A GLIMPSE AT TWO BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

[ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] >>> BONSAI, TAI CHI, AND MEDICATION.

PROGRAMS LIKE THE TEA CEREMONY WERE EVEN HALTED.

THE CEREMONY IS A VERY UNIQUE ART FORM.

>> AND IT IS A CONTEMPLATIVE MEDITATIVE ACT, AND JUST BEING IN THE PRESENCE.

>> THE GARDEN EXPECTS TO START OFFERING THE TEA CEREMONY AGAIN ON OCTOBER 16TH.

UNLIKE THE JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP GARDEN, THE CITY OF PHOENIX RESTRICTED THE REOPENING OF MANY OF ITS VENUES AND MUSEUMS.

ONE OF THESE BEING THE PUEBLO GRANDE MUSEUM LOCATED JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY.

THE MUSEUM REOPENED IN JULY 2021.

MOST OF THE EXHIBITS ARE OUTSIDE, MAKING SUMMER THEIR SLOWEST SEASON EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO PANDEMIC.

>> SO IT WAS REALLY A GOOD TIME FOR US TO OPEN TO SLOWLY PEOPLE COULD COME BACK IN, AND WE WOULDN'T BE OVERRUN, AS WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO WORK WITH THE LIMITATIONS WE HAD BECAUSE OF COVID.

>> THE MUSEUM USED THE TIME TO GET READY TO REOPEN.

MANY THINGS CHANGED IN THE PANDEMIC, INCLUDING BARRIERS AROUND THINK FRONT DESK, SANITIZING STATIONS, MASK REQUIREMENT, AND LIMITED CAPACITY.

THERE WERE ALSO A FEW INDOOR CHANGES.

A SMALL THEATER AREA WAS TRANSFORMED INTO AN EXHIBIT, CELEBRATING THE 19TH AMENDMENT IN THE RIGHTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN.

>> THIS IS REALLY OUR WAY OF BRINGING THAT -- THAT VOICE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE INTO OUR GALLERY SPACES, AND HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IT IS TO BE A NATIVE AMERICAN AND THE WOMAN WHO WORK IN FEMALE COMMUNITIES AND HOW THEY FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS.

>> THE EXHIBIT ALSO FEATURES A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT CAN BE FOUND ON YOUTUBE OR THE MUSEUM'S WEBSITE.

THE VIDEO THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SHOWN IN THE SMALL THEATER WAS RELOCATED TO THE MAIN GALLERY, AND NOW PLAYS ON REPEAT WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING.

THE MUSEUM WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO CREATE A BALANCE BETWEEN HISTORY AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE.

IT WAS BUILT NEAR A SACRED SITE >> WE HOPE TO MORE CLOSELY ALIGN WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

WE WANT TO TELL THEIR STORIES.

WE WANT THEM TO COME IN AND TELL THEIR OWN STORIES.

>> THE PUEBLO GRANDE MUSEUM IS EXCITED TO FINALLY BE OPEN AGAIN.

FOR BOTH VENUES, THE PANDEMIC PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES THAT GID NOT GO TO WASTE.

>> YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE BY VISITING JAPANESEFRIENDSHIPGARDEN.ORG JAPANESEFRIENDSHIPGARDEN.ORG, AND FOR PUEBLO GRANDE, YOU CAN VISIT PUEBLOGRANDE.ORG.

♪ >>> EVERY TEN YEARS THE FOUNDATION 48 WOMEN OF ARIZONA SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR OUTSTANDING WOMEN TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE BOOK.

COMMITTEE CHAIR CONNIE ROBINSON TALKS US IN THEIR EFFORTS TO RENOVATE A THEATER TO SERVE THE POTENTIAL OF YOUNG WOMEN.

CONNIE ROBINSON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

IT'S QUITE INTERESTING.

BECAUSE IT'S EVERY TEN YEARS, THE FIRST TIME SELECTION OF 48 WOMEN WAS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CENTENNIAL BACK IN 2012.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> JOSE, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, AND TALK ABOUT 48 WOMEN OF ARIZONA AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO IN 2010, FOR THE ARIZONA CENTENNIAL, THEIR 100TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY AS A STATE, THERE WAS A CALL FROM THE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE EDUCATIONAL AND SUSTAINING ACROSS THE STATE.

SO THE 48 WOMEN OF ARIZONA TEAM APPLIED AND WE WERE ACCEPTED, AND OUR FIRSTER RATION OF OUTSTANDING WOMEN WHO WERE DOING REMARKABLE WORK ACROSS OUR STATE WAS PRESENTED AS A LUNCHEON WITH MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, AND AN OUTSTANDING LINEUP OF HONOREES BACK IN 2012.

>> I HAVE SEEN THE LIST, AND IT TRULY IS OUTSTANDING.

ANY PARTICULAR CRITERIA?

I KNOW IT RUNS THE GAMBIT FROM POLITICAL OFFICE TO SPORTS TO EDUCATION, JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

>> BECAUSE THE BOOK WAS GOING TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL TO INSPIRE YOUNGER GIRLS, WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY WOMEN ACROSS THE STATE WHO HAD BACKGROUNDS FROM POLITICS, EDUCATION, JUDGES, SPORTS, RESEARCHERS, SO THAT GIRLS AND YOUTH WHO WERE INTERESTED IN THOSE KINDS OF BACKGROUNDS WOULD SEE, PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM.

PEOPLE WHO CAME FROM THE SAME COMMUNITIES AS THEM, THAT INSPIRED TO GO TO COLLEGE MADE AWAY, SO THE CATEGORIES WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE EDUCATION -- EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF -- OF -- OF YOUNG STUDENTS AND ASPIRING COLLEGE STUDENTS.

>> AND I SEE YOU MANAGED TO GET A COUPLE OF GOVERNORS IN THERE.

YOU HAD JUSTICE O'CONNOR, AND SOME VERY, VERY FAMOUS PEOPLE -- ACTUALLY THREE GOVERNORS, I THINK YOU HAD ROSE MOFFET IN THAT GROUP.

>> THEIR QUESTION WAS YES, WE'RE DOING GREAT THINGS ACROSS THE STATE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER WOMEN YOU ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE.

EVEN ONE WOMAN WHO THEN WAS A JUDGE, BUT NOW IS A FEDERAL JUDGE, AND ALSO DEL FINE RODRIGUEZ WHO CAME AN ORDAINED MINISTER AND HELPED WOMEN ACROSS THE TRIBE AREA, JUST PHENOMENON WOMEN DOING PHENOMENAL WORK.

AND WE HAD VIRGINIA COUNTS IN THERE.

AND SHE WORKED ON THE ENGINEERING TEAM THAT DEVELOPED THE BREAKING DEVICE THAT SULLY USED AND SAVED ALL OF THOSE LIVES WHEN THE PLANE WENT DOWN.

>> AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU THEN PREPARED A BOOK WITH WHAT, THEIR BRIEF LIFE STORIES?

>> SO THAT BOOK WAS A LIMITED EDITION.

AND IN THAT BOOK, EVERY WOMAN WAS IDENTIFIED AS SISTERS OF ADVERSITY WHO CAME TO ARIZONA, STARTED AT ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, AND BUILT MEDICAL RESEARCH, LABS, AND THE SISTERS OF MERCY, SO THAT BOOK SHOWS ALL OF THOSE WOMEN IN PROFILE, A FULL-PAGE PROFILE OF THEIR BACKGROUND, HISTORY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, IN THE BOOK.

AND THERE WILL BE A NEW BOOK.

IT WILL BE CALLED "A NEW DECADE, 48 ARIZONA WOMAN" WHICH WILL SHOWCASE THE NEW WOMEN ACROSS OUR STATE WHO ARE DOING REMARKABLE WORK, AND THAT IS WOMAN WHO ARE DOING WORK THAT TRANSFORMS COMMUNITIES, THAT TRANSFORMS LIVES, AND HELPS BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

>> SO YOU GIVE ME THE TRANSITION TO THIS YEAR'S CLASS.

YOU ARE TAKING NOMINATIONS NOW?

>> WE ARE TAKING NOMINATIONS.

AND THEY WILL GO THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE LINEUP OF NOMINATIONS THAT HAVE COME IN.

AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF NAMES.

DR. PROCTOR WHO JUST LANDED FROM SPACEX.

AND THE INDIVIDUAL WHO AT THE PHOENIX OPEN SAID TO THE WORLD SAID, I GOT THIS, AND SHE HAS DOWN'S SYNDROME, BUT SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE GOLFER.

WE ALSO HAVE MARY JANE FROM THE PIPER FOUNDATION, SYBIL FRANCIS FROM ASU AND MANY OTHERS WHO ARE OUTSTANDING IN HELPING THEIR COMMUNITIES.

>> SO ANOTHER VERY DISTINGUISHED CLASS.

IF PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE A NOMINATION HOW DO THEY DO THAT?

>> YOUR CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, THE NOMINATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE THERE.

YOU CAN ALSO GET NOMINATION FORMS BY CALLING 602-896-9000, AND VIA EMAIL, OR EVEN MAIL A FORM TO YOU.

>> CONNIE ONE LAST QUESTION.

THERE IS A PROJECT THAT THE GROUP HAS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> SO THE OUTSTANDING PROJECT THAT THE 48 WOMEN OF ARIZONA HAS GOING ON IS A SPACE RENOVATION AT THE HERITAGE CENTER WITH THE ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

WE ARE RENOVATING A THEATER, WHICH WILL BE CALLED THE 48 WOMEN OF ARIZONA THEATER.

IT WILL INCLUDE A STATE-OF-THE-ART CENTER FOR LEARNING, VIRTUAL AND IN-HOUSE, AND THERE WILL BE A TECHNOLOGY PLAY HOUSE WITHIN THAT CENTER.

>> SO A REAL LASTING LEGACY.

COMMITTEE CHAIR CONNIE ROBINSON, THANKS FOR JOINING US >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>> A PROGRAMMING NOTE, YOU CAN WATCH ROUND FLEE OF KEN BURNS SPECIAL "MUHAMMAD ALI" HERE ON ARIZONA PBS AT 7:00 PM TONIGHT WITH AN ENCORE PRESENTATION AT 9:00 P.M. >>> THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

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 ARIZONA'S FIRST AND ONLY MEXICAN AMERICAN GOVERNOR IS BEING HONORED DURING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH MONTH.

AND ON AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, WHY SOME OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS TALKING ABOUT THE NEW SHOW "RESERVATION DOGS."