THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

BLACK VOICES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

WHY BLACK LIVES MATTER ISN'T LINING UP TO SUPPORT.

KAMALA HARRIS'S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT A NEW STATE LAW EXPANDING INSURANCE COVERAGE DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY.

WHEN THERE ARE SPACES THAT ARE FILLED WITH LOVE.

HEELS ARE COMMUNITY.

AND A VACANT LOT IN BRONZEVILLE TRANSFORMS INTO A SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER IS CALLING FOR THE RESIGNATION OF SAYING I'M IN COUNTY, SHERIFF JACK CAMPBELL.

HE HAS FAILED TO EXPLAIN.

HOW HE ENDED UP HIRING THIS DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO HAS BEEN FIRED FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

HE FAILED TO.

PUT FORWARD REFORMS.

CLEARLY NEED TO BE MADE.

TRAINING AND OTHER REFORMS.

I STILL HAS FAILED TO MEET WITH THE MASSEY FAMILY.

THAT SEEMS TO ME I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S A FIREABLE OFFENSE TO NOT MEET WITH THE BUT THAT JUST SEEMS.

OUTRAGEOUS TO AT A MINIMUM, LISTEN TO THEM.

HEAR THEM.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY TAKE ACTION.

CAMPBELL'S DEPARTMENT HIRED FORMER DEPUTY SEAN GRAYSON WHO IS FACING MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF SONYA MASSEY.

IN A STATEMENT, CAMPBELL SAYS HE HAS MADE MULTIPLE REQUESTS TO MEET WITH MASSEY'S FAMILY BUT HAS BEEN REJECTED.

MEANWHILE, HE SAYS THAT HE INTENDS TO REMAIN ON THE JOB.

FOR MORE ON CAMPBELL'S RESPONSE TO HIS DEPARTMENT'S HIRING STANDARDS, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

BRONZEVILLE NEIGHBORS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO A NEW HEALTH CENTER.

COOK COUNTY HEALTH SAYS IT'S ADDING THE NEW CENTER AT 31ST STREET OFF KING DRIVE TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

ITS BEEN SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

BUT THESE CIRCUMSTANCES LEAD TO POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES AND INCREASED MORTALITY.

IN FACT, A STUDY A FEW YEARS AGO.

FOUND A 30 YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY GAP.

BETWEEN THE WHITE RESIDENTS IN STREETERVILLE AND THE BLACK RESIDENTS OF ENGLEWOOD.

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

THE BRONZEVILLE HEALTH CENTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE HOSPITAL.

WE'LL OFFER FAMILY MEDICINE AS WELL AS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND REHAB SERVICES LIKE PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.

THE 10 MILLION DOLLAR 26,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY CURRENTLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'LL HAVE A 44 EXAM ROOMS.

PLUS A GYM FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY AND IS EXPECTED TO HOST 85,000 VISITS IN ITS FIRST YEAR.

IT'S SET TO OPEN EARLY 2025.

AND IF YOU'RE JUST EAGER TO START OF THE VOTING PROCESS AHEAD OF THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION, YOU'RE IN LUCK.

THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTIONS SAYS YOU CAN NOW APPLY FOR A VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT.

YOU CAN START BY HEADING TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE.

CHICAGO ELECTIONS DOT GOV.

YOU CAN ALSO APPLY TO JOIN THE VOTE BY MAIL PERMANENT ROSTER.

BUT OF COURSE, IF YOU DID THAT LAST YEAR, NO NEED TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

BALLOTS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHIPPING AROUND LATE SEPTEMBER IN THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR A VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT IS OCTOBER 31ST.

OF COURSE, THE GENERAL ELECTION IS STILL NOVEMBER.

5TH.

UP NEXT, A HIGH-PROFILE ORGANIZATION IS HOLDING BACK ON A PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

KAMALA HARRIS IS MAKING HISTORY AS THE FIRST BLACK OR INDIAN WOMAN AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET FOR EITHER MAJOR PARTY.

BUT WHILE BLACK VOTERS TEND TO VOTE DEMOCRATIC, NOT ALL ARE LINING UP TO ENDORSE HARRIS.

THE ADVOCACY GROUP, BLACK LIVES MATTER RECENTLY CALLED HARRIS'S CANDIDACY INTO QUESTION AS WELL AS THE PROCESS BY WHICH SHE'S BEEN NOMINATED.

JOINING US NOW VIA ZOOM TO EXPLAIN IS SIOBHAN DUNN NEWSOME, CO-FOUNDER OF BLACK LIVES MATTER GREATER NEW YORK.

WE SHOULD MENTION WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CHICAGO BLACK LIVES MATTER GROUP, BUT THEY DECLINED.

SIOBHAN NEWS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

A CITY, SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

SO LET'S START WITH THE STATEMENTS THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER RELEASED LATE LAST MONTH.

IT READS IN PART, QUOTE, WHILE THE POTENTIAL OUTCOME OF THE HARRIS PRESIDENCY MAY BE HISTORIC, THE PROCESS TO ACHIEVE THAT MUST ALIGN WITH TRUE DEMOCRATIC VALUES.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE KAMALA KAMALA HARRIS STANDS ON THE ISSUES.

SHAVANO WHAT ARE WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE MOST CONCERNED WITH THE HARRIS CANDIDACY?

THIS FROM OLD CLICHE POLITICAL RHETORIC, BUT I'M AFRAID I'M WORK.

THE SCENE.

I THINK EXPERIENCE IN LAST 4 YEARS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION, BLACK FOLKS NOT PROGRESSED.

WE'VE SEEN DEI DO AWAY WITH.

WE'VE SEEN CRITICAL RACE THEORY DO AWAY WITH WE'VE SEEN A WEALTH GAP WE POLICE BRUTALITY ON RISE IN MAJOR CITIES.

IF I GEORGE FLOYD, YOU KNOW THE WORK ALL THE PROGRESS THAT OUR OUR ON THE GROUND, WHY BY BEING A WRECKAGE, IT'S NOT LIKE A BIG THING.

IT'S TOLD IN RACE AND IN THIS ADMINISTRATION AND WITHOUT CLEAR POLICY IN WHERE WE'RE HOLDING A TIMETABLE.

WHAT'S TO SAY THAT NOT GOING TO BE ANOTHER 4 YEARS OF THE SAME.

AND TO BE CLEAR IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, A DEI THAT ARE THAT TEND TO FALL UNDER ON EITHER EDUCATION OR OR CORPORATE PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS.

I MEAN, DO YOU HOLD THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS BEING DIMINISHED OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS.

ABSOLUTELY.

TO YOU AND I REMEMBER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AGING MYSELF.

REMEMBER THE TAIL END OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, BUT PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS THE LEADER OF THE FREE LEADS UP TO THAT PARTY IN THAT CAN TO GET THE LAST IS LACK THE PEOPLE AND WE'RE NOT SEEING SO YES, ASKED WHY DON'T NEED THAT?

PRESIDENT IS IN CHARGE THINGS THAT SEEM TO BE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL.

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT HIS PASS TIME WITH BOTH WERE CAMPAIGNING.

THESE ARE THE FROM WE CALL BIDEN, HARRIS ADMINISTRATION PROMISE REFORM TURNED AROUND UNDER SAFER AMERICA ACT FUND THE POLICE TURNED AROUND UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL PROMISE NOT TO STATE MONEY IF THEY D BEEN THE SO ALL THESE THINGS AT UNDER THE HANDS OF THE PRESIDENT.

THAT'S WHEN THE ARGUE THAT THIS COUNTRY WE I'M OKAY WITH REGARDS KAMALA HARRIS IN HER RECORD AS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, ARE THERE ASPECTS OF THAT THAT YOU FIND PARTICULARLY TROUBLING?

I'M ABSOLUTELY ADD THOSE TO SAY TO THAT ASKED HERE IN NEW YORK STATE GOVERNOR CUOMO AND ONE OF THOSE LAWS WISE OF POLICE SHOOTINGS THAT OCCURRED PULLED OUT OF A LOCAL TV AND GETTING TO THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

THE SCENE PROPOSED AFTER MIKE BROWN IN 2014 IN KAMALA HARRIS.

THE CLIENTS THAT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, HE ACTUALLY SAID IT WOULD BE BAD POLICE CARS.

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, CALIFORNIA NEVER THAT KAMALA IS ALWAYS THERE TO PLACE, BUT HE REALLY GOT TO GIVE GREEN.

AND YOU LOOK AT THE STATE OF AMERICA, THE STATE BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA, HOW VERY AND THE MOST LIKELY TO BE IN POVERTY?

IT'S SCARY TO HAVE A CANDIDATE WHO WAS GOING TO GO OUT TIE.

I WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT.

BUT SHABANI, YOU'VE ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS BY WHICH SHE HAS BEEN NOMINATED.

CAN A LITTLE EVERYTHING AMERICANS VOTE BECAUSE THEY WERE 18 IS USED TO A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

WE ARE USED TO SUPER TUESDAY.

WE WERE OF THAT.

IF YOU LOOK AT POLLING DATING BACK TO 2021, KAMALA HARRIS IS NUMBERS WERE WORSE THAN A MONTH.

RIGHT THINGS.

IT'S NO REALISTICALLY.

HATE TO SAY AS A BLACK WOMAN DO EVEN BUT KAMALA HARRIS WILL NOT GET KNOW THAT ELECTED IN THE PRIMARY AND JOE BIDEN SO.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A PLACE WHERE THERE'S NO HOUSE COMING OUT OF AND WEBSITE.

DONALD TRUMP IS ON CASE BUT 20 CAMPAIGN PROMISES RIDICULOUS.

OF COURSE THERE THE CRAB ONE, EVERY WORKER LIVED IT'S FILLED WITH RACIST RHETORIC, BUT IT WILL NOT HE'S GOING TO DO EVERYTHING HIS EVEN BY WAY OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IN KAMALA HARRIS.

HE'S TAKING THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE AND ESPECIALLY THE BLACK FOCUS SAFETY KERRY, DEMOCRAT PARTY OR PRI.

THERE'S NO THE.

SO YOU'VE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS, YOU PLAN TO WITHHOLD YOUR VOTE BECAUSE YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING FOR EITHER MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES.

HOW DID IT FEEL TO ARRIVE AT THAT DECISION YOU?

WELL, ASHLEY, OUR 2016 ON TRUMP AND CALM.

SORRY, SO MUCH SO HILLARY WAS CAN WATCHED LAST HOUR.

BUT HONESTLY WITH NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THEY CASE I AM ON THE SCHOOL WORKING STANDS IN THE ONE OF THE NATION'S POOR THING BRUSH AND ISSUES IN THE HALF.

I HOPE THE PEOPLE WE SPOKE OUT.

FROM THE BOTTOM UP, WE SPOKE TO EVERYONE FRIDAY MORNING AT 08:00AM EASTERN STANDARD TIME.

WE ARE WATCHING THE MAYBE WE CAN GO OUT IN SUPPORT.

KAMALA HARRIS.

THAT WEBSITE IS GOING TO BLACK AGENDA DOT COM AM EASTERN STANDARD AND LEAD A LIST DEMANDS.

A LIST POLICIES I WANT TO VOTE FOR I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT OLD DEMOCRACY WHERE YOU HAD A CANDIDATE PROMISE YOU THINGS THINK WILL BUILD THEM BACK TO IF THEY DIDN'T.

YOU VOTED FOR SOMEONE OUT WE GO BACK TO DEMOCRACY AS WE KNOW THAT NOTHING HAPPENS FOR MARGINALIZED PEOPLE UNLESS THERE IS LEGISLATION AND RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO THERE IS NO LEGISLATION WE ALSO SEE I'M CORI AND ALL BOWMAN THAT THE DNC IS GOING TO HAVE A GREAT EXCUSE TO IT CALMLY IS IN FACT, THE IT NEEDED HAVE THE BOARD CONGRESS.

2 WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE, RIGHT?

MIND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL RUN CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL.

AND ALSO WHAT IS HER CAMPAIGN GOING TO DO?

IT?

WE FACE SHE LEARNED SORRY, JUST WE'RE JUST ABOUT OUT OF TIME.

SO I WANT TO BE SURE IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE COULD EARN YOUR VOTE BETWEEN NOW AND BUT IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF RESPONDING TO SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS.

I WANT GO.

PARTICIPATE IN THE SYSTEM JUST LIKE MY GRANDPARENTS PEOPLE FOR AND WE NEED 3 JUST THE 3 TOPPINGS AND WILL COMING RIGHT.

AND YOU OF COURSE, THAT YOU DID.

YOU MENTIONED YOUR WEBSITE OF ON AND OF COURSE, FOLKS CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO FIND OUT ONCE THEY CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LET YOU I HOPE THE WEATHER IS GREAT THERE IN NEW YORK'S GOVERNOR NEWSOM.

BLACK LIVES MATTER.

NEW YORK, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UP NEXT, EFFORTS TO LOWER MORTALITY RATES FROM OTHERS.

BLACK WOMEN HAVE THE HIGHEST MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE IN THE U.S.

ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, BLACK WOMEN ARE 2 AND A HALF TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM PREGNANCY-RELATED COMPLICATIONS THAN WHITE WOMEN.

A NEW STATE LAW AIMS TO REMEDY THAT BY EXPANDING INSURANCE COVERAGE DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS, OUR STATE SENATOR LETICIA COLLINS, A DEMOCRAT WHO REPRESENTS THE 5TH DISTRICT, JIMMY LOGAN FOUNDER AND LEAD STEWARD OF CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE BIRTH CENTER.

AND KERRI STEWART, FOUNDER AND CEO OF MELLONATED MIDWIVES.

LADIES, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

APPRECIATE SENATOR, LET'S START WITH YOU.

POLICE TELL US ABOUT THE BILL.

WHAT DOES IT DO?

AND IN PARTICULAR FOR BLACK BIRTHING PEOPLE?

YES.

SO AS YOU STATED BEFORE, THAT AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE THE HIGHEST MORTALITY.

I'M GREAT.

AND SO WHAT THIS CREATES IS THE BIRTHING SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR BLACK WOMEN THAT THEY CAN TRUST.

AND WE ALSO WORK CONFRONTING RACIAL DISPARITIES IN MATERNAL MORTALITY.

SO AS OF JANUARY, FIRST 2026, IT HAVE PRIVATE INSURERS WHO WILL BE REQUIRED TO COVER ALL PREGNANCY.

POSTPARTUM NEWBORN CARE THAT'S PROVIDED NEEDLE PERINATAL DOULA WOULD LICENSE.

SO FACT, PROFESSIONAL MITT WIFE AND ALSO COVER HOME VISITS BY BOARD CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANTS, INCLUDING THE COST OF RECOMMENDATION, RECOMMENDED BIRTH BEST OF PLASTIC LED THEM YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S WEDDING INSURANCE COMPANIES TO COVER A LOT PEOPLE NEED NOT A HOSPITAL OR OR A DOCTOR'S OFFICE, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE DOULAS AND MIDWIVES.

TAKE A BREAK AND COME TO YOU.

CARRIER WANT TO COME TO YOU BECAUSE THE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE FOR BLACK WOMEN IN THE U.S. WAS 49.5 DEATHS PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS.

AND THAT WAS IN 2022, THE CDC SAYS THIS RATE IS, AS WE MENTIONED 3 TIMES HIGHER THAN THAT OF WHITE WOMEN.

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE CAUSES OF THIS DISPARITY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF CAUSES.

THERE ARE CLINICAL CAUSES, YOU KNOW, HYPERTENSION AND POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE.

YOU KNOW, SEPSIS.

BUT THE ONE CARS AS RACISM AND WE'RE NOT SPEAKING ABOUT THAT AS MUCH AS WE THE OTHER TOPICS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING PROGRAMS IN PLACE AROUND THE CITY TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF CARING FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE PROPER WAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT RATE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS 5 TO 6 TIMES.

EXPLAIN HOW THAT RACISM IS SORT OF A BAKED INTO THE SYSTEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, THEY DON'T VIEW THEMSELVES AS RACIST, RIGHT?

BUT BUT WE KNOW THAT THE OUTCOMES ARE SHOWING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND YOU HAVE THESE PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF HOW PEOPLE LIVE IN ACTON.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP FOR THEIR POINT, MAN, YOU JUST ASSUME THAT THEY'RE LAZY AND NOT WANTING TO BE ENGAGED.

I'M GOING UNDERSTAND THERE COULD BE SOME TRANSPORTATION HOME ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO PUT RESOURCES IN PLACE THAT ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT PATIENTS REALLY HAVING BETTER OUTCOMES.

AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF THAT.

GO AHEAD, SENATOR.

AND THEN JUST TO ADD TO THAT, THIS BILL, IT ALSO A DIAPER PILOT PROGRAM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DISPARITIES THERE SO HELP A LOT OF LOW-INCOME FAMILY INCOME TAX INCREASE TO HELP PUT MORE MONEY INTO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 3.

AND THEN ALSO ADDING MORE FUNDING AND DHS TO HELP OUT WITH A LOT OF THOSE CENTER'S AND ESPECIALLY ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

SO IS LOADED WITH A LOT OF GREAT THINGS.

BUT AGAIN, IT IS TO ADDRESS THE SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT BLACK WOMEN FACE MATERNAL HEALTH.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THERE'S A LOT MORE TO BE I THINK THAT WE JUST GOT THE BALL ROLLING AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS SESSION WITH HOUSE BILL.

5142, JANINE.

SHE JUST MENTIONED THE CHICAGO SOUTH SIDE BIRTHING CENTER.

TELL US ABOUT THE PLANS THERE.

AND AND AND WHITE.

YOU BELIEVE THAT THE CENTER IS NECESSARY.

EXACTLY WHAT KERRY SAID.

AND IN OUR CITY, BLACK ARE 6 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE BECAUSE OF PREGNANCY RELATED.

AND THESE ARE AT 90% PREVENTABLE ISSUES RIGHT?

AND SO WE KNOW FOR SURE THERE PLENTY OF EVIDENCE THAT IF PROVIDERS TAKE CARE OF CLIENTS THAT LOOK LIKE THEM, BUT THEY HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES.

AND SO OUR WORK WITH HP WE EXPAND A PERSON IS AND IN THIS STATE TO INCLUDE AREAS LIKE THE SOUTH SIDE, THE WEST SIDE WAS BECAUSE WE THOSE AREAS AT THE HIGHEST RATES INFANT.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S DO THOSE AREAS ALSO EXPERIENCED SOMETHING OF A DESERT, IT DIFFICULT NOT HAVING ACCESS TO ME ABOUT ABSOLUTE 5TH.

2019 FOR SOUTHSIDE OB UNITS HAVE AND SO NOT ONLY HAVE BEING THIS CLOSE, WE ARE REDUCING THE NUMBERS OF MEN WITH FREE SERVICES THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

SO THIS BILL WITH EXPANDING WHAT KIND OF PROVIDERS CAN BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT?

TALKING ABOUT LIVELIHOODS ACCESSIBILITY TO PEOPLE CHOOSE NOT TO OB GYN.

AND I WANT TO SEE HIM A WIFE WHETHER OR NOT I CAN PAY FOR IT IS REALLY GOING DETERMINE WHERE I'D SO BESIDES THAT DOES IS THE LACK OF ACCESS TO MEET AND THERE ARE NO PERSON IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

SO SENATOR COLLINS LEGISLATION WORK TOWARDS SORT OF REMEDY REMEDYING.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE TALKED ABOUT THE MISTRESS THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY.

I THINK AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT CHOICE BEING ABLE PICK WHO YOUR PROVIDER IS AND HOW HE WANTS THE YOUR CHILD INTO THE WORLD.

FOR ME.

I PERSONALLY AS A FORMER YOUTH IN CARE BECAUSE I HAD ACCESS WIFE AND A DOULA HAD EDUCATION THAT CAME WITH IT AND ALSO COVERS POSTPARTUM.

AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS OR EVEN KNOW THAT THE SERVICE IS ACTUALLY EXIST.

AND SO IT HELPED ME RAISE 3 HEALTHY YOUNG BABIES ARE BREASTFED.

ALL 3 OF MY BOYS NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THEM.

BUT I THINK THAT AGAIN IS GOING TO HELP SAVE LIVES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL IS DOING IS GOING TO SAVE LIVES.

MOTHERS SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR LIFE, WHETHER GIVEN BIRTH TO A CHILD, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO CALL THE PROVIDER AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT ISSUES THAT THEY'RE FACING WITHOUT THEM BEING BRUSHED OFF.

THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF BLACK WOMEN SEE IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TODAY.

AND SO I HAD HAPPENED TO ME THOUSANDS OF OTHER BLACK WOMEN ACROSS THE STATE.

BUT THIS BILL IS GOING TO COVER ONE LIVE FROM THE CHICAGO AREA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STATE YOU KNOW, RURAL AREAS.

THERE IS A NO MATTER RACE, YOUR BACKGROUND OR YOUR INCOME.

AND DON'T ANYBODY WHO'S GIVEN BIRTH PROBABLY LOOKS BACK ON THOSE EARLY DAYS, MONTHS, WISHING YOU PROBABLY HAD, YOU KNOW, A MIDWIFE SUPPORT, JANINE AND KERRY, BOTH OF THIS, YOU KNOW, THESE QUESTIONS ARE FOR BOTH OF YOU.

BUT TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MIDWIVES AND AND HOW THEY SEE AND TREAT PATIENTS FROM WHAT THEY MIGHT EXPERIENCE WITH A DOCTOR IN A HOSPITAL OR DOCTOR'S IN THE 21ST.

THE WAY WE WERE STEMS BACK FROM, YOU KNOW, SLAVERY.

YOU HAVE YOUR THOUGHTS.

YOU HAD YOUR COUSIN'S.

YOU HAD NEIGHBORS.

IT WAS A VILLAGE THAT WE BUILD.

AND SO ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WE BRING THAT TO THE TABLE WHEN WE CARE FOR PATIENTS WERE WITH FAMILY.

AND SO WE PROVIDE CARE THAT ENCOMPASSES THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN YOUR HOME IN YOUR LIFE.

AND WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT DETERMINES HOW WE CARE FOR YOU AND NOT A LOT OF PHYSICIANS APPROACH IT IN THAT WAY OR TAUGHT TO DO IT IN THAT WAY.

AND SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THE WAY WE PROVIDE CARE IN THE WAY THAT OTHERS MAY GET IT FROM OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

BUT A WISE WE HAVE TIME I CALL IT LIKE SLOW LIVING I HAVE THE TIME TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION UP TO MY SON.

HELP WHEN SOMEONE IS PREGNANT, WE HAVE GREATER BREASTFEEDING INITIATION RATES.

WE HAVE LESS INTERVENTION IS AN INCREASED PACE IN CATS.

SATISFACTION WAS INCREASES THEIR CONFIDENCE.

RIGHT?

YEAH.

JEANINE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THAT MIDWIFERY WAS OUTLAWED IN ILLINOIS IN THE EARLY 90'S AND THEN IN 2021.

DOES THIS LEGISLATION DOES, YOU KNOW, DOES DOES IT SHOW PROGRESS AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU AS A MIDWIFE?

IT ABSOLUTELY DOES.

SO CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL MIDWIVES WERE RECOGNIZING 2021.

CANINE, BOTH A CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE.

SO WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZE.

BUT WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT.

FOLKS WHO HAVE CHOSEN THAT ROUTE TO BECOMING A MIDWIFE AND SEE FANS SPECIFICALLY TRAINED TO WORK OUT OF HOSPITAL.

THEY BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS AND THEM.

I KNOW OVER 10 CPM STUDENTS NOW WHO ARE OF COLOR WHO WANT TO WORK IN THE COMMUNITIES WITHOUT THIS LEGISLATION WITHOUT AND BEING ABLE TO BEING REMEMBERS THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE REDUCED IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHO CAN ACCESS THEM FOR CARE, WHICH IS WHY IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION LIKE THE ONE.

WE HAVE A GOVERNOR, PRESSER AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LITTLE JULIANA STRATTON AND THE LEGISLATOR, RIGHT?

BECAUSE WE HAVE GET THINGS LIKE THIS DONE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE.

AND I WILL SAY THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR MY COLLEAGUES, DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES, WE NEVER GET THIS BILL PASSED, BUT IT WAS NEED.

AND I THINK BOTH OF THESE YOUNG LADIES HERE TODAY BECAUSE THEIR VOICES AND THEIR EXPERTISE AND JUST TELLING US STORIES OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR PATIENTS, THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEN ALSO LIVED EXPERIENCES.

WHAT?

GET IT OVER THE FINISH LINE.

THANK YOU FOR WE'RE ALMOST OUT TIME.

EVERYBODY ON THE SENATOR COLLINS YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS IS JUST KIND OF LIKE GETTING THE BALL ROLLING, RIGHT?

LIKE WHAT OTHER YOU KNOW WITH THIS BILL WOULD START TO OPEN DOORS FOR OTHER TYPES OF HEALTH CARE REFORM.

IN A FEW SECONDS, I BELIEVE IT WILL.

I MEAN, I STILL MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TALK YOU KNOW, WITH THE MATERNAL HEALTH, BUT ALSO IT'S GOING TO COVER ABORTION BECAUSE ABORTION IS HEALTH CARE AS WELL.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

THERE'S OTHER ISSUES THAT WOMEN FACE AND THERE ARE DISPARITIES THERE FOR BLACK WOMEN.

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT PCOS.

I MEAN, ALL TYPES OF THINGS WHICH LEADS TO CERVICAL CANCER.

BUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT CHANGES.

YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO.

I CAN'T SAY WHAT'S IN THE FUTURE, BUT I WILL SAY THAT I AM HERE ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS TO HELP PUSH NEEDLE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO BE DONE VERY JANINE LOGAN, WHAT'S NEXT FOR CHICAGO SOUTH SIDE, BURTON, SENATOR BURTON SAID OR WHAT YOU NEED TO GET THOSE DOORS OPEN.

WE NEED THE CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW A 7 MILLION DOLLARS OPEN OUR DOORS IN 2026, VERY BEST OF LUCK.

THANKS ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

STATES THAT ARE LOOKING COLLINS, JIMMY LOGAN, KERRI STEWART, THINGS, EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UP NEXT, CHANGING THE NARRATIVE BY CREATING A PLACE TO GATHER.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER AND THINK LOT IN BRONZEVILLE IS BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A NEW SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THE GATHERING SPACE DUBBED THE SOUTHSIDE SANCTUARY OPENED THIS WEEK AFTER 3 YEARS IN THE MAKING THE 13,000 SQUARE-FOOT PLAZA HAS A PERFORMANCE STAGE AND SPACE TO HOST ARTIST PICNICS.

OUTDOOR CLASSES, FARMERS, MARKETS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

I WANTED TO DESIGN MORE SPACES THAT MADE US FEEL EXCITED THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THAT OTHER PEOPLE COULD COME FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

HAVE AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE AND SAY.

WHEN I READ ABOUT BROWNSVILLE, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US CHANGE THE NARRATIVE AND THIS SPACE WILL DO THAT.

I WANTED TO CREATE A SPACE AND MADE US ALL LIKE WE'RE DESERVING.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY.

WE DON'T HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES NEED A SPACE TO COME TOGETHER.

WE NEED A SPACE TO HAVE FARMERS MARKETS.

WE NEED A SPACE TO HAVE A MARCHING BAND AS INCREDIBLE AS KING PREPPED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY.

AND WHEN THE BUD BILLIKEN PARADE COMES BY, WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER EMPTY LOT.

WE NEED THIS SO WE CAN SIT IN THE GRASS.

READ A BOOK.

MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR AND FEEL LIKE A COMMUNITY.

WE DON'T PEOPLE JUST COME HERE AND GO HOME.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME HERE.

WE WANT THEM TO GO TO EVERY SINGLE CREDIBLE BUSINESS ON THE BLOCK BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE THE STORY.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE NEEDS TO BE CHANGE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, DON'T THINK SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO DO IT.

DON'T ASK SOMEBODY ELSE FOR SOMETHING.

DO IT YOURSELF.

GO DOWN TO CITY HALL.

WRITE A LETTER WRITING EMAIL AND EXPRESS WHAT YOU DID.

BUT DON'T JUST EXPRESS WHAT YOU NEED.

MAKE A PLAN TO GET IT DONE.

YOU CAN GET IT DONE YOURSELF.

FIND SOMEBODY CAN HELP YOU.

AND SHE MENTIONED BUT BILLIKEN PARADE.

I SHOULD TELL YOU IT'S THIS SATURDAY, THE SOUTH SIDE SANCTUARY IS LOCATED AT 47TH AND MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE AT THE SPACE WAS SUPPORTED BY A $712,000 CITY GRANT.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

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THE SECRET SERVICE JOINS US TO TALK SECURITY PLANS AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AND HOW THE CITY AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE PREPARING FOR A POTENTIAL MIGRANT SURGE AHEAD OF THE DNC.

NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES, I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

CLOSED CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD LAW.

WELL, CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH.

TO RECOGNIZE ITS FOUNDER AND SENIOR PARTNER ROBERT CLIFF.

RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS