AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

BLACK VOICES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

HOW ADVOCATES ARE WORKING TO ORGANIZE AND ENERGIZE BLACK VOTERS.

THIS ELECTION CYCLE.

AND WE HEAR FROM SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES HOPING TO RAISE THEIR PROFILE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES IN A SURPRISE MOVE.

RIOT FEST IS SET TO RETURN TO DOUGLAS PARK NEXT MONTH.

THE POPULAR MUSIC FESTIVAL HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN SUBURBAN BRIDGEVIEW AFTER PRESSURE FROM SOME NEIGHBORS TO PUSH THE FEST OUT OF DOUGLAS PARK.

NEIGHBORS HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT NOISE AND LOSING ACCESS TO THE PARK FOR THE EVENT.

CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT BOARD STILL HAS TO APPROVE THE MOVE AT ITS MEETING NEXT MONTH.

THE FESTIVAL IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER.

20TH THROUGH THE 22ND WITH HEADLINERS FALL OUT BOY BACK PAVEMENTS AND SLAYER.

THERE'S MORE OF THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

SOME ILLINOIS FAMILIES INVOLVED IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM WILL BE RECEIVING AT LEAST $100 A MONTH AS PART OF A NEW GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM EMPOWER PARENTING WITH RESOURCES WILL PROVIDE A MONTHLY CASH STIPEND FOR 12 MONTHS WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS.

THE STIPEND AMOUNT WILL DEPEND ON HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND THE LOCAL COST OF LIVING ELIGIBLE FAMILIES WILL HAVE BEEN REFERRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS WILL STUDY HOW THE 400 FAMILIES ARE USING THE FUNDS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CASH BENEFIT ENHANCE THE STABILITY AND PREVENT CHILD NEGLECT AND ABUSE.

DCFS IS A MAJOR FUNDER OF THE PROGRAM RUN THROUGH THE SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY.

BRIGHT POINT ENROLLMENT BEGINS THIS FALL.

BEARS FANS.

HOW WE DOING TODAY BECAUSE LAST NIGHT, MANY OF YOU WERE AS ANGRY AS A SLEEPING BEAR.

WOKEN UP TOO EARLY.

I HAVEN'T HAD A CUT ON IF SOMEBODY GOES WRONG.

WE'RE TOMORROW.

ONWARDS.

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AT LEAST ONE TELEVISION SET LIKELY BORE THE BRUNT OF CABLE USERS, THOUGH, HAD NO PROBLEMS ABLE TO WATCH THE SHOW YOU RIGHT ON TIME.

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UP NEXT EFFORTS TO GET BLACK VOTERS EXCITED ABOUT THE ELECTION RIGHT AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

WELL, A BLACK WOMAN AT THE TOP OF THE MAJOR PARTY TICKET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY HAS CERTAINLY ENERGIZED MANY BLACK VOTERS.

SOME ORGANIZERS SAY IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

A LOCAL CHURCH WITH THE SUPPORT OF BLACK OWNED FOUNDATIONS IS LAUNCHING A STRATEGIC VOTING INITIATIVE AND BRINGING IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL STAR POWER LIKE REVEREND AL SHARPTON TO ENGAGE MORE BLACK VOTERS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO COALESCE AROUND ONE CANDIDATE.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THE EVENT ARE DR. BYRON BRAZIER, PASTOR OF APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF GOD, RUFUS WILLIAMS, HOST OF THE MORNING SHOW WITH RUFUS WILLIAMS ON WVA WIN.

AND CORNELL SHELTON, A YOUTH ACTIVIST, AN INTERN AT THE LEWIS CAR FOUNDATION.

THANKS TO THE 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

DR RAZORS.

LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

WHAT IS STRATEGIC VOTING AND DOES THAT WORK VOTING WAS INITIATIVE BY THE CHURCH TO BEGIN TO AND TO EDUCATE OUR CURRENT GEISHA THE COMMUNITY.

ABOUT NOT JUST FOOD ING HOUR.

INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL INTERESTS OR WHATEVER ISSUES WE MIGHT HAVE.

BUT HOW DO WE VOTE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN?

HOW DO WE BUILD IN?

WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT WILL BE THE BEST CANDIDATE TO DO SO.

SO IT IS AN EDUCATIONAL FORUM ABOUT BUT HOW WE STRATEGICALLY LOOK VOTING AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AS A PART OF OUR ONGOING WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AS A CHURCH, OK?

SO VOTING FOR THE COLLECTIVE GOOD HER SON'S VOTING.

THAT REALLY I THINK I THINK THIS I THINK THAT RIGHT.

OKAY.

RUFUS WILLIAMS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE GOAL?

WHAT WHY DO WE NEED STRATEGIC VOTING NOW?

WELL, ONE, WE NEED PEOPLE TO VOTE.

IT'S BEEN APATHETIC THE TURNOUT AND VOTING, WHETHER IT'S HERE LOCALLY OR NATIONALLY AND CERTAINLY AMONG BLACK FOLKS.

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION AND WE THINK ABOUT WHAT'S AT STAKE, CONSIDERING DEMOCRACY, CONSIDERING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE SEE IN PROJECT 2025.

IS IMPORTANT THAT WE EDUCATE IS DR. BRIDGES SAID INDICATE THE POPULOUS UNDERSTAND WHAT IS REALLY AT STAKE.

WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND BRAND IS DR. RACHEL BEGIN THIS BEFORE PRESIDENT BIDEN STEPPED OUT OF THE RACE.

HE BEGAN THIS BEFORE KAMALA VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS BECAME THE NON THE EVENTUAL NOMINEE.

SO THIS WAS IMPORTANT EVEN BEFORE, BUT IT BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT NOW BECAUSE WE DO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT OF THIS IS, WHAT THE IMPACT CAN BE AND WITH THE IMPACT ON OUR COUNTRY, DEMOCRACY, OUR CITIZENS, OUR FUTURE WILL BE ON THIS RIGHT.

MENTIONED PROJECT 2025 A PASTOR, BRIDGER ONE.

AND THEN I WANT TO GET YOU IN QUITE OUT, CORNELL, BUT WAS HOW MUCH A PROJECT 2025 IS SORT OF THE IMPETUS BEHIND THIS EFFORT OR IS IT DO YOU CONSIDER IT A GOOD THING THAT YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THIS BECAUSE THEN YOU LEARNED ABOUT 20 25 MILLION.

IT'S PROBABLY IT'S MORE.

THE WERE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON.

YOU COULD HEAR IT.

IN THE WORDS.

YOU COULD HEAR IT IN THE DIALOGUE.

YOU COULD SEE AND ACTUALLY FEEL IT.

AND SO WHEN WHEN THEY DOCUMENTED IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A NEW AT ALL THE SO THEIR PROJECT 2025 NOW LAYS OUT THE FORMULA FOR TAKING US BACK BEFORE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

AND I WAS BORN DURING THAT TIME.

SO I'M WELL AWARE AS A TEENAGER, I'M WELL AWARE OF WHAT THAT FELT LIKE.

AND I COINED THE SLOGAN TO MY CONGREGATION.

I'M NOT GOING BACK BACK IN MARCH AND APRIL AND THE VICE PRESIDENT IS SAYING THE SAME THING AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHICH IS THE REASON FOR STRATEGIC VOTING.

HOW DO WE KNOW?

TAKE A LOOK STRATEGICALLY, NOT JUST THAT.

YOU KNOW OUR GRIEVANCES BECAUSE ANYBODY HAS GRIEVANCES.

BUT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE COLLECTED OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

WHAT SHOULD THE BLACK COMMUNITY LOOK AT?

THAT IMPACTS OUR EDUCATION IMPACTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE WE WE RESOLVE OUR.

PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THEY CUT THEM BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY THAT TENDS TO HAVE A HIGHER EDUCATION AND HIGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL TEND TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY NEEDS AS WELL, OF COURSE, TO GET TO THAT END, YOU'RE HAVING A COUPLE OF TOWN HALLS.

WE MENTIONED BY A BIT A BIT OF STAR POWER THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN FOR IT AS WELL.

ONE OF THOSE TOWN HALLS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUNGER VOTERS WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING FROM YOUR GENERATION, YOUR PEERS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ELECTION?

ARE THEY ENGAGED?

THAT'S FAR FROM MY PEERS HAVE BEEN HEARING THAT PEOPLE LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN SYSTEM BEHIND EVERYONE LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES, HOW DIVERSE AND HOW DIFFERENT IT IS.

AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS.

BEST.

5 PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY PUSHING AGENDA TO VOTE THIS YEAR.

A LOT OF FOLKS THINK THAT YOUNGER VOTERS ARE KIND OF, AS YOU MENTIONED, ROOF IS APATHETIC, RIGHT?

LIKE THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT THAT INTERESTED IN.

MAYBE SOME OF THINK THEIR VOTE DOESN'T COUNT OR WHY BOTHER OR THEY'RE JUST BUSY THEY'RE STARTING THEIR LIVES AND THERE ARE STILL FIGURING IT OUT.

ARE YOU NOT HEARING THAT FROM FROM OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE?

CURRENTLY YOUNG PEOPLE IN JUST MY GENERATION IN GENERAL, WE THRIVE TO BE HEARD.

AND I BELIEVE THAT PUSHING THE AGENDA JUST TO BE HEARD AND HAVING OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE HAS BEEN A BIG DEAL WITH IN MY GENERATION OVERALL, I JUST HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT WE JUST HOPE THAT WE ARE PUT INTO THE PROCESS AND JUST BEING HER WITHIN THIS ELECTION IN GENERAL AND THAT WE DON'T LOSE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOT JUST US, BUT OUR FUTURE GENERATION.

PASTOR, GREATER IN, YOU'LL HAVE A DOCUMENT.

IT'S YOUR CASE FOR THE VOTING INITIATIVE IN.

THERE'S A SECTION THAT DEEMS THE MAGA MOVEMENT MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN MOVEMENT AS WELL AS WHITE NATIONALISM CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT.

A THREAT TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

IT.

AND EVEN JUST TODAY RECENTLY LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

TRUMP CAMPAIGN RECENTLY TWEETED OR POSTED ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM X FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER TO IMAGES OF WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD LOOK LIKE UNDER TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION VERSUS A HEAR U.S. ADMINISTRATION.

VIEWERS CAN SEE THAT FOR THEMSELVES RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN IS A TWEET LIKE THIS WHERE A POST LIKE THIS MAKE YOUR ABOUT NATIONALISM IN THIS ELECTION AND WHITE NATIONALISM?

ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT HIS HIS PLATFORM WHO IS ACTUALLY SUPPORTING AND WHO GETS THE MONEY?

AND YOU CAN'T DENY WHERE HE'S AT GIVEN THE INSURRECTION, GIVEN ALL THE THINGS THAT THAT HE HAS SAID, GIVEN HE ADDRESSED PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.

HE NOW CALLS CAUSE NAMES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES.

AND HE'S COMPLETE DISRESPECT FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

THE PROJECT 2025 IN EVERYTHING HE DOES CONTINUES TO.

FOCUS AND 2 AND TO MAKING REAL CONCRETE THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE NOT ON HIS LIST TO SUPPORT.

OR PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

RUFUS WILLIAMS, BLACK LIVES MATTER ORGANIZATION.

WE JUST HAVE THEM HERE ON ON CHICAGO.

MAKE BLACK VOICES JUST LAST WEEK IN THE GROUP HAS SAID THAT THEY WILL NOT ENDORSE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT LEADERS ARE PLANNING TO WITHHOLD THEIR VOTE.

A LOT OF THEIR CONCERN IS OVER HOW SHE CAME TO BE THE NOMINEE, BUT ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT HER PLATFORM.

HER HISTORY AS A PROSECUTOR WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES?

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO FELLOW BLACK PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE EXPRESSING THOSE CONCERNS AND CONSIDERING WITHHOLDING THEIR VOTE?

WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF WITHHOLDING YOUR VOTE?

I THINK A FEW THINGS.

ONE BLACK LIVES MATTER ITSELF.

BIG QUESTION.

A LOT OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE WHO IS THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER GROUP FROM THE MOVEMENT AFTER WE SAW POLICE SHOOTINGS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN INTERNAL ISSUES.

SO WHERE THEY STAND ON ALL THOSE THINGS REALLY, IS CONCERNING.

WE FIND RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO JUST NEED BE CLEAR.

THEY DON'T LOVE TRUMP EITHER, BUT THEY'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS TELLING RESIDENT HERE WITHHOLDING VOTES, PARTICULARLY FROM ORGANIZATION, IS CALLED BLACK LIVES MATTER, GIVEN THE HISTORY OF WHAT IT TOOK US TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.

JUST FLIES IN THE FACE OF EVERYTHING AND ALL THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST ON THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGED TO DO SO NOT VOTING IS A VOTE.

IT'S A VOTE REALLY DIMINISHES A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER BILLS THAT COME THROUGH HER PEOPLE JUST TODAY, PEOPLE KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AND ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE AND WE CAN WALK BACK THROUGH WHAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS, WHETHER CURRENT, WHETHER IT'S LONG TERM THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL TO BLACK PEOPLE.

SO WHEN IT'S WONDERFUL AS WE HAVE THESE DEEPER CONVERSATIONS, HE ON WTTA W AS WE HAVE THEM ON WVA WIND TO REALLY GET INTO THE NEXUS OF WHAT IS REALLY AT STAKE.

AND SO IN TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT AND EDUCATING PEOPLE AS HAPPEN APOSTOLIC ON WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND WHO'S DONE SAID HOW THIS WORKS.

IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.

GROUPS LIKE THE BLACK LIVES MATTER WOULD MAKE THE STATEMENTS THAT THEY DO OLD.

WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR YOUR GENERATION IN THIS ELECTION FOR YOUNGER VOTERS?

THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT AT STAKE, BUT THINGS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME IN A COUPLE OF MY FRIENDS WHERE THINGS LIKE LOSING POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANT, ESPECIALLY AS A COLLEGE STUDENT.

WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FREEDOM IN ASSISTANCE SUCH AS FOOD STAMPS AND THERE WAS QUITE A CONVERSATION OF LOSING THAT, WHICH WOULD BE VERY, VERY UNFORTUNATE.

SO THAT'S BEEN ONE THING THAT COULD BE A STATE AND THEN JUST POSSIBLE FREE, RIGHT?

JUST DIFFERENT THINGS OVERALL.

BUT THERE'S QUITE A LOT STAKE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL VOTE 30 SECONDS LEFT PAST ABRASION YOU KNOW, PART OF YOUR ARGUMENT, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, CALLS FOR A COALESCING AROUND ONE CANDIDATE, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE YOU KNOW, THE MANY BLACK REPUBLICANS WHO ARE REPUBLICANS AND OR SUPPORTERS OF TRUMP, WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?

NONE OF THIS INITIATIVE IS REALLY ABOUT EDUCATION.

AND IF IN FACT, YOU WERE A BLACK REPUBLICAN, THAT'S FINE.

YOU VOTE YOUR INTEREST, IF YOU THINK THAT IS STRATEGICALLY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND PLEASE VOTE THAT WAY.

AND SO OUR INITIATIVE REALLY HAS TO THE PINPOINT ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE ABLE TO SAY WITH THE YOU ARE.

VOTING AGE OF 17 OR ABOVE WHERE THE YOU'RE 90 YEARS OLD OR BELOW IT DOES NOT MATTER.

WE'RE NOT THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE SEPARATED BY AGE OR GENDER.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS TO THE 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

BEST OF LUCK TO PASTOR BYRON BRAZIER WITH US.

WILLIAMS IN QUIET, SHELTERED THINGS ARE TO GET.

UP NEXT.

HOW THE DNC COULD MEAN BIG BUCKS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

MAKE W T TW YOUR HOME FOR 2024 CONVENTION COVERAGE LEADING UP TO THE WEEK OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

FIND THE LATEST NEWS ON OUR WEBSITE AT W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS INSPECT EACH CONVENTION NIGHT WITH US BEGINNING AT 05:30PM, WITH LIVE CHICAGO TONIGHT REPORTING AND ANALYSIS FROM THE CONVENTION BEFORE AND AFTER PBS NEWS HOUR IS PRIME TIME COVERAGE W T TW YOUR SOURCE FOR TRUSTED INDEPENDENT NEWS AND INFORMATION.

NEXT WEEK'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IS EXPECTED TO DRAW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO CHICAGO.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE SPENDING, A LOT OF MONEY WHILE THEY'RE HERE LOOKING TO GET A SLICE OF THE ECONOMIC ACTION AS WELL AS NETWORK OF FOLKS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE MANY BLACK BUSINESS OWNERS.

THEY'LL BE PROVIDING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES AT THE CONVENTION SHOWING THAT, QUOTE, BLACK JOBS CAN BE JOBS OF ALL KINDS.

SO JOINING US NOW WITH MORE, OUR BRENDA PALMS PRESIDENT, CEO OF THE NORTH LAWNDALE EMPLOYMENT NETWORK AND FOUNDER OF SWEET BEGINNINGS.

TAMARA FAIR ENTREPRENEUR, RADIO HOST IN CO AUTHOR OF THE CHILDREN'S BOOK SERIES, THE PURPLE TURTLE.

THERE WILL BE HOSTING A DAILY PODCAST FROM THE DNC AND JOINING US VIA ZOOM, REALLY A KEY FOUNDER OF LA NORSE KITCHEN CATERING.

THANKS, EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US.

APPRECIATE BRING THE PALMS.

LET'S START WITH YOU.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SWEET BEGINNINGS AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THE CONVENTION.

GREAT, SWEET BEGINNINGS AS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IMPACT BUSINESS.

AND SO IT MEANS THAT WE'RE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS A SOCIAL ISSUE TO A MARKET DRIVEN SOLUTION AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS THAT WE SOMEHOW LANDED ON URBAN HONEY AND HONEY, INFUSED SKIN CARE PRODUCTS TO CREATE JOBS FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO'VE BEEN JUSTICE IMPACTED BACK IN 2004 WHEN WE ESTABLISHED OURSELVES, WE RUN AN NOTE THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM AND IT WAS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO FIND JOBS FOR THESE FOLKS.

AND SO WE THOUGHT, WELL, WE'RE GOING LET YOU DOWN.

WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CREATE JOBS FOR YOU.

SO BE LAUNCHED.

SWEET BEGINNINGS TO PRODUCE JOBS TO HELP FOLKS GAME EXPERIENCE.

THEY NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE IN LABOR MARKET.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING ON THE THING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR THE DNC NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS THEY PACKAGING AND PREPARING THE LIP BALMS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE BODY BAGS NEXT.

BUT YES, WE HAVE PRODUCED 10,000 UNITS OF JUST 10,000 UNIT.

SO IT'S A SCALE OF IT.

WE'VE PROVEN SCALE NOW WE CAN DO THIS, BUT WE'RE JUST DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR PRODUCT A BIT OF THE WESTSIDE OF CHICAGO.

LITTLE BIT OF PARK LAWNDALE IN EACH OF THOSE BAGS WELCOMING FOLKS TO OUR COMMUNITY BUT IN.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT'S BEEN COOL IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THE PRODUCT ONES HAVE BEEN MAKING A LIVE BOMB.

THE HAVE SUCH A SENSE OF PRIDE.

THEY KNOW THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE A LITTLE TOUCH OF WHAT THEY'VE CREATED, A PART OF THEIR BUSINESS.

WE REALLY JUST WANT TO THINK MICROSOFT AND THE DNC.

I KNOW THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY LATER.

THE PENTAGON MADE THIS HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, WE LITTLE BIT OF BE LOVE A LITTLE BELOW THAT'S CHRISTI GEORGE AND A TINY BIT DIRECTOR OF HOST COMMITTEE AS THE HOST COMMITTEE IN TYLER CLARK WITH MICROSOFT.

AIRFARE, YOU'RE AN AUTHOR, ENTREPRENEUR OR RADIO HOST.

YOU'VE BEEN HIRED BY THE DNC TO HOST A PODCAST FROM THE CONVENTION EACH DAY.

TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BE TALKING TO AND WHAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT?

SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THE AND SEE EVERYTHING.

BLACK BUSINESSES, EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THIS BILL LIKE THIS UPCOMING.

IMPORTANT ELECTION.

IT'S REALLY GOT EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO WE'VE WE HOPE TO TALK TO THE MAYOR, THE GOVERNOR, EVERYBODY, WHO'S ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE SOMEBODY WE WANT TO TALK TO THEM TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE IN THE CONVENTIONS ARE EXACTLY SURE YET WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE.

BUT I KNOW THAT EVERY DAY IT'S A DIFFERENT TIME AND EVERY DAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE.

RIOT DIFFERENT GUESS.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

MY CO-HOST WHO'S ON THE RADIO WITH ME ACTION JACKSON IS ITS NAME.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE PODCAST.

SO IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO.

BUT THE GUESTS WILL KNOW WHO THEY ARE PRIOR OKAY.

SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE ALL SHARE THAT WITH THANK YOU.

I'LL BE I'LL BE HERE.

I'LL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR REALLY A KEY.

YOUR COMPANY.

YOU ARE.

YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDING CATERING SERVICES FOR DNC STAFF.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT SORT OF THE THE EVENTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN CATERING HAVE BEEN AND WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN LIKE FOR YOU.

THE EXPERIENCE WAS GREAT.

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATER FOR THE STAFF.

ALSO FOOD LINES THAT AT THAT AND IT WAS WELL RECEIVED.

ALL OF THE STAFF REALLY ENJOY THE FOOD.

IT SOUNDS LIKE TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE GIVING THE STAFF WHO ARE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.

I'M GETTING A LITTLE TASTE OF CHICAGO TO THERE TO TAKE TIME.

GO.

I LOVE THE MEALS FROM THE CALI GREENS AND CORNBREAD, TWO-YEAR MACARONI AND CHEESE AND SWEET POTATOES BARBECUE CHICKEN AND FRIED CHICKEN AND VINCENT POTATO SALAD.

IT WAS FULL SPREAD.

FOR THE STAND.

AND I THINK A COUPLE PEOPLE WITH THE FLU BACK TAKE A LITTLE NAP.

LITTLE SIESTA ON THE TELL REALLY ABOUT HOW YOU SORT HOW THAT HOW YOU GOT INTO THAT OPPORTUNITY WAS IN A MATTER OF APPLICATION OR OR HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.

WELL, WE BUILD OUT VENDOR INFORMATION IN OUR COMPANY WAS CONTACTED ME.

WE WERE, YOU KNOW, TRULY GRATEFUL.

AND WE WENT IN AND AND JUST DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.

YOU KNOW IT STICKING WITH YOU, WILLIAM, FOR JUST A SECOND.

YOU KNOW, AS A BLACK BUSINESS WOMAN, YOU KNOW, JUST THE FACT THAT THE DNC AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOMINATING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, YOU KNOW, A BLACK WOMAN TO BE THE NOMINEE AT THE TOP EITHER MAJOR PARTY TICKET.

DOES THAT MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE SPECIAL TO YOU?

IT IT DOES IT TO BE A PART IT.

IT IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

TO YOUR FAIR.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY SPECIAL TO ME.

SO THAT'S A PROUD MEMBER OF A K AND TO HAVE KAMALA IN THAT SEAT TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO BE NOMINATED FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY, BUT I'M SO HAPPY TO BE IN THIS STATE AND IN THE DNC OF FUN PERSONNEL.

SO, YEAH, THIS IS SUPER SUPER EXCITING FOR ME.

MAYBE GET HER FOR AN INTERVIEW ON THE PODCAST.

YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING A BOAT SISTER READ SAME QUESTION.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE?

I MEAN, CERTAINLY HAS, AS OUR GUESTS HAVE SAID, THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THIS COUNTRY.

BUT I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED, HONESTLY ABOUT INTRODUCING SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE IN CHICAGO.

AND WE HAVE WITH 1000 GUESTS COMING TO CHICAGO.

AND I'M HOPING THAT SOME OF THEM DECIDE TO EXPLORE SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE THEIR SO HISTORICAL.

SO WE'RE INVITING FOLKS TO COME AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE OR TEA AND RB LOVE CAFE.

THAT ALSO FEATURES ARE HONEY AND COME AND SEE WHERE THE LIP BALMS FOR PRODUCE.

BUT ALSO SEE THE ORIGINAL SEARS TOWER COME JUST COME OUT AND VISIT AND SPEND YOUR MONEY SO SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SEE AND ECONOMIC BUMP THAT EXIST OUTSIDE OF JUST THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE OF THE DNC.

BUT WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO AS WELL?

TAMARA, YOU, WHAT IS THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THE EXPOSURE AT THE DNC MEAN FOR CAUSE?

YOU'RE NOT RUNNERS HERE INTO A LOT OF THINGS.

A LOT OF THINGS.

WELL, FOR ME WHEN I LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 161,000 BLACK BUSINESSES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THEY GENERATE 206.1 BILLION DOLLARS PER ANNUM.

AND WE ONLY MAKE UP 14% OF THE POPULATION AND 27% OF BLACK BUSINESSES.

WE WANT TO CLOSE THAT GAP.

WE WANT THAT LANDSCAPE TO BE MORE FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

SO WE WANT USE THE DNC TO PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON BLACK BUSINESSES AND SAY IT'S OK TO SUPPORT BLACK BUSINESSES WERE UP EARLIER THAN ANYBODY.

WE STAY LATER THAN ANYONE ELSE.

WE HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN ONE OF OUR BUSINESS COUNTERPARTS AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT IS TIME FOR BLACK BUSINESSES TO SHINE.

SO THAT SPOTLIGHT FOR BUSINESS 4 FOOT CONVENTIONS LIKE THE DNC AND OTHER LARGE CONVENTIONS THAT HAVE COME TO CHICAGO.

YES, WE'VE DEFINITELY ARE READY FOR THAT FOCUS.

AND I THINK PROBABLY HELPS THAT AUGUST IS ALSO ISN'T BLACK BUSINESS MONTH.

IT'S BEST YES, YOU KNOW, FOR SURE.

I KNOW THAT YOU STARTED WITH 31 THAT WAY THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING UP CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY.

AND SO WE WANT TO INVITE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME.

IT'S A PRESS CONFERENCE IS GOING TO BE A 49 20 WEST MADISON AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS SO THAT WE CAN SPOTLIGHT BLACK BUSINESSES, NOT JUST FOR THE DNC, BUT FOR THE TERM.

ALL RIGHT.

I THINK I THINK WE LOST.

SO THERE'S REALLY CASE THAT WE LOST 2 PER SECOND.

BUT THERE YOU ARE.

LILIYA COMING BACK TO YOU.

WHAT DOES THE DNC MEAN FOR YOU AND DO YOU HOPE IT'LL HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR BUSINESS?

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S THE DAY OF THE THE DAY THAT YOU DID CATER SHE MAY OR MAY NOT BE FROZEN.

REALLY?

ARE YOU WITH US?

ROSE HIS FRIENDS.

SHE IS FROZEN.

YES, OK, WE'LL JUST HOPE STARTS OUT.

OH, BUT SAME QUESTION TO BOTH OF YOU, THEN ARE YOU HOPEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOWN THE LINE, THIS EXPOSURE NOW COULD MEAN SOMETHING GREATER LATER ON?

WE HOPE SO.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BUSINESS IS RUN BY A, QUOTE, NONPROFIT PEOPLE QUESTION OUR CAPACITY TO SCALE.

AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE DEMONSTRATED AND WHAT BOOK PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE IS A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IN THEIR GIFT BAGS.

BUT THEN THEY MIGHT CONSIDER SAYING, WELL, THIS IS A LOVELY SOCIAL PURPOSE GIFT.

WHY DO WE CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM?

AND WE SHIP EVERYWHERE RIGHT?

SO THE MORE BUSINESS WE DO, THE MORE PEOPLE WE CAN HIRE, THE MORE THAT WE CAN HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR TIME, WHO HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME, BUT CERTAINLY OF HAVE SERVED THEIR SENTENCE TO GIVE THEM A FAIR CHANCE TO BE WORKING AND BE HIRED AND THE MORE WE CAN DO THAT, THE BETTER THE BETTER WE ARE AS A SOCIETY 30 SECONDS.

TAMARA EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT WEEK.

ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROTESTS, THE TRAFFIC NO NEED AND WANT NOT THE PROTESTS OR THE TRAFFIC.

I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST BUT CONCERNS.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT NOT JUST IN CHICAGO BUT ALL CITIES WITH THEIR BLACK BUSINESSES.

THEY NEED SUPPORT.

WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF EVERYONE WE HAVE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THIS IS CHARITY.

IT SUPPORT?

WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE.

APOLOGIES AND THANKS TO REALLY A KEY FOR JOINING US.

SORRY THAT THERE SHE IS, TAMARA FAIRBURN, THE PALMS THINGS, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION LIVE AT 5, 30 10 EACH NIGHT.

WE'LL GO IN-DEPTH ON THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AND HEAR FROM SOME OF ILLINOIS'S LEADING DEMOCRATS.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

CHECK OUT OUR BRAND NEW E-MAIL NEWSLETTER, THE DAILY CHICAGO AND WE'LL HAVE THE BACK STORY ON THE BIGGEST NEWS OF THE DAY AND INSIGHTS INTO WHAT DEFINES OUR CITY HEAD TO W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWSLETTER TO SUBSCRIBE AND JOIN US TOMORROW AT 5, 30 10.

HAVE MUCH MORE ON WHAT TO EXPECT FROM NEXT WEEK'S DNC AND THE ISSUES.

VOTERS ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON AND LATIN RESTAURANT WEEK KICKS OFF.

ON FRIDAY.

WE VISIT A RESTAURANT COOKING UP A BRUNCH WITH A CARIBBEAN NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES I'M BRING THIS PREVENTS TO HEALTHY AND SAFE.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF.

AND THAT WOULD A PERSONAL INJURY LAW DEDICATED TO