GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ALL OF WHOM STILL LIVE IN CHICAGO.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHICAGO'S BLACK COMMUNITIES AND ITS POLICE FORCE HAS BEEN STRAINED FOR MUCH OF THE CITY'S HISTORY.

NOW KENNETH GRIFFIN, A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER AND FOUNDER OF THE NONPROFIT NO MATTER WHAT, SAYS CHANGING WILL REQUIRE MORE AND BETTER INTERACTION BETWEEN POLICE AND COMMUNITIES.

HE SAYS IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CRITICAL TO HELPING YOUTH THRIVE.

HERE GRIFFIN GIVES THE LAST WORD ON HOW HE SAYS PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE NEED TO SHOW UP TO GIVE CHICAGO'S YOUNG PEOPLE THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THEY DESERVE.

>> I'M KENNETH GRIFFIN.

I'M THE FOUNDER OFF IN MATTER WHAT.

I GREW UP IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO AND I RECOGNIZED A LOT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE GO THROUGH STUFF THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BUT HAVE A WILL TO SUCCEED, SO NO MATTER WHAT WE INVEST IN THE YOUTH THROUGH JOB TRAINING, MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALING, INVESTORSHIP AND SHOW THEM NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, YOU CAN MAKE IT.

WHEN I WAS A KID, THERE WAS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE POLICE.

MOST OF THE TIMES I EVER CAME ACROSS THE POLICE WAS NEGATIVE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING BETWEEN A LOT OF IT IS JUST A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AND THE IGNORANCE FROM EACH SIDE.

I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THAT OUR KIDS AREN'T BAD.

THEY JUST HAVEN'T MET THE RIGHT PEOPLE YET.

AS A POLICE OFFICER, I HAVE TO BRIDGE THE GAP.

I HAVE TO SHOW YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HEY, I'M A POLICE OFFICER, BUT I LOVE YOU.

SO I TRY TO MAKE EVERY INTERACTION I HAVE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AN AMAZING INTERACTION.

ON JUNETEENTH THE BUILDING WAS GETTED TO US BY THE COOK COUNTY LAND BANK FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO YOUTH PROGRAMMING OUT OF.

ALTHOUGH I'M A POLICE OFFICER, I WENT TO SCHOOL TO BE A CHEF.

ON THE VERY TOP FLOOR OF THE BUILDING WE'LL TURN INTO A FULL KITCHEN WHERE KIDS CAN COME AND LEARN DIFFERENT CULINARY PROGRAMS.

WE ARE GOING TO PUT A FIRST RESPONDERS ROOM IN THERE BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS SOMETIMES NEED A BREAK.

WHEN THEY'RE GOING ON BREAKS, THEY CAN COME HERE AND RELAX.

THEY CAN INTERACT WITH THE KIDS BECAUSE WE TRULY BELIEVE IN ORDER TO DO BETTER IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THINGS TO BE BETTER IN THE COMMUNITY, THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY HAS TO COME TOGETHER.

WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE BASEMENT INTO AN ART CENTER BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE YOUNG PEOPLE LOVE ART.

LAST YEAR WE UNFORTUNATELY LOST A WHOLE FOODS.

WHEN THAT CLOSED, WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN GET THEIR PRODUCE AND TOMATOES, CUCUMBERS, WATERMELON, ANYTHING WE CAN GROW OUT HERE IN THE GARDEN, WE'LL GROW IT FOR YOU.

YOU SHOW ME A KID THAT TERRORIZES THE COMMUNITY AND I'LL TAKE THAT SAME KID AND SHOW YOU HOW THE COMMUNITY TERRORIZED HIM WITH LACK OF RESOURCES.

TO BE ABLE TO BE A RESOURCE FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM THE EXPOSURE THEY NEED TO SEE THE WORLD AND DO THINGS THEY DON'T GET TO USUALLY DO, IT'S VERY FULFILLING.

SHOW LOVE TO ONE KID AND THAT KID WILL PASS IT ON TO ANOTHER KID.

THAT'S HOW WE CREATE A CHAIN OF LOVE.

WE ALL HAVE A PLACE IN THE WORLD.

WHY NOT MAKE YOUR PLACE HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE?

AT THE END OF THE DAY THE COMMUNITY IS MADE UP OF MANY PEOPLE AND OCCUPATIONS.

LET'S BRING IT ALL TOGETHER FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SO WE CAN HEAL OUR COMMUNITY.

>> GRIFFIN IS LOOKING FOR