CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY FIFTH THIRD BANK AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES.

I AM PHIL PONCE.

BRANDIS FREEMAN HAS THE EVENING OFF.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT THE FIRST OF THREE LOTTERIES RETAIL CANNABIS LICENSE KICKS OFF.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW ILLINOIS IS TRYING TO GET THOSE LICENSES EQUITABLE ELITE SUITED.

SURVIVING GUN VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

OUR ARTS CORRESPONDENT ANGEL IDOWU INTRODUCES US TO A LOCAL CALLIGRAPHY US USING HER PASSION TO HELP OTHERS FIND THEIRS.>>> CHICAGO BLUES LEGEND BUDDY GUY TURNS 85 AND WE REVISIT A PERFORMANCE FROM OUR ARCHIVES.

>>> FIRST OFF TONIGHT WHEN RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA WAS LEGALIZED IN ILLINOIS MORE THAN A YEAR AGO HEAVENER JB PRITZKER'S STATED GOAL WAS TO USE THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY TO REVERSE THE HARM DONE TO PRIMARILY BLACK AND BROWN POPULATIONS DURING THE WAR ON DRUGS.

DURING THE PAST YEAR THOSE PROFITING FROM SALES HAVE BEEN NEARLY ALL WHITE MEN.

A PROBLEM THAT PRITZKER HOPED WOULD CHANGE WITH EQUITY DISPENSE LICENSES PAIRED THAT EFFORT HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY CRITICISM BY THE SCORING PROCESS AND LAWSUITS.

HERE IS WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAD TO SAY A BOUT A LAW HE RECENTLY SIGNED AIMED AT FIXING THOSE FLAWS.

>> WE HAVE THE THREE LOTTERIES COMING UP AND AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GO AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING EVERY DAY SINCE THIS BILL WAS PASSED, REALLY, TO TRY TO SET UP THE PROPER LOTTERY SO WE GET THE RESULTS THAT WE ARE ALL EXPECTING.

>> Host: LAST WEEK THE THREE PLAN LOTTERIES FOR THE SO-CALLED EQUITABLE LICENSES ANNOUNCED 55 WINNERS.

I AM TOLD THAT THAT WILL BE ON HOLD UNTIL A COOK COUNTY JUDGE PROVIDES A PROVISION THAT ALLOWS EXTRA POINTS TO VETERAN OWNED TEAMS.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE PATH AHEAD ARE DEBORAH DILLON CANNABIS RESEARCHER AT CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY AND RICHARD WALLACE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROFIT EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION A CHICAGO GROUP THAT FIGHTS FOR SOCIAL AND EQUITABLE POSITIONS FOR BLACK WORKERS.

IN Q BOTH.

IN GENERAL TERMS HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE PROCESS SO FAR AS AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE THIS EQUITY?

>> Guest: FIRST, I NEED TO CORRECT YOU.

I AM A CANNABIS INSTRUCTOR AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER.

FOUR CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY.

I THINK THE PROCESS AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED, THERE WERE GOING TO BE TO LOTTERIES.

ONE FOR THE VETERAN LEAD TEAM AND ONE FOR THE NON-VETERAN LEAD TEAM WHICH WAS THE PERFECT SOLUTION.

HOWEVER, AS A RESULT OF THIS BILL, THE VETERAN LEAD TEAM GET THREE BITES AT THE APPLE AS OPPOSED TO JUST TWO.

SINCE THEY HAVE ADDED 1/3 LOTTERY, WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED IS THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SEPARATE LOTTERY FOR THE VETERAN LEAD TEAMS SO THOSE THAT WELL IF I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE THIRD LOTTERY AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A SECOND LOTTERY FOR THE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WHO ARE NOT VETERAN LEAD TEAMS AND THEY ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE JUSTICE LEAD LOTTERY.

AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW ALL APPLICANTS CAN BE IN ALL LOTTERIES AND THAT IS MOSTLY UNFAIR.

>> Host: RICHARD WALLACE, THE PROCESS SEEMS COMPLICATED TO ME.

WHAT IS YOUR GROUP DOING TO MAKE THIS SEEM FAIR?

>> Guest: MY NAME IS RICHARD WALLACE AND OUR ORGANIZATION IS STILL COMMITTED TO THE PROCESS AND THAT IS TO SEE TRUE EQUITY IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY.

WE ARE CURRENTLY ORGANIZING TWO CAMPAIGNS THAT I THINK ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE STILL NOT BEEN ANSWERED AND ONE IS A GUARANTEED PILOT PROJECT FOR SYSTEM IMPACTED FOLKS TO PREDICT WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION OF HOW WE CAN HELP WITH THESE SURVIVORS FROM THE WAR ON DRUGS AND TO, ORGANIZE THE CAMPAIGN THAT RE-CENTERS US THAT THIS IS ABOUT THESE SURVIVORS OF THE WAR ON DRUGS AND THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE CENTER THEM IN OUR POLICY EFFORTS.

THAT MEANS ACKNOWLEDGING THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE DURING THE WAR ON DRUGS AND CASH PAYMENT TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE WAR ON DRUGS AND ALSO AS A COMMITMENT TO GUARANTEE THAT THE HARM WILL OCCUR REVIEWING THE POLICIES THAT CREATED THE CRISIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THAT IS THE CAMPAIGN THAT WE ARE ORGANIZING TO CONTINUE THE WORK ON DRUG REFORMATIONS IN OUR LIFETIME.

>> Host: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A MAJOR AGENDA.

IN THE MEANTIME DO YOU THINK THAT ULTIMATELY ALL COMMUNITIES WILL GET A FAIR SHOT AT GETTING CANNABIS LICENSES?

>> Guest: I DEFINITELY DO NOT THINK AT THIS POINT IT IS THE WILL.

AS IT RELATES TO SOCIAL HOLDINGS THAT FILED A LAWSUIT AND THEN REPEATEDLY VOLUNTARILY WITHDREW THEIR LAWSUIT.

THEY WERE DISQUALIFIED FROM BEING PARTICIPANTS IN THE LOTTERY AND AFTER THEY VOLUNTARILY WITHDREW, THEY WERE ACTUALLY LISTED AS ELIGIBLE IN YESTERDAY'S LOTTERY.

SO I THINK THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED BEHIND THE SCENES JUST LIKE THE LOTTERY ITSELF HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES.

UNLIKE ANY OTHER STATE LOTTERY WHERE IT IS PUBLIC, THIS WAS NOT PUBLIC AND NOT TRANSPARENT AND THERE WERE SOME SURPRISES THAT WEREN'T SURPRISES AND SOME SURPRISE WINNERS YESTERDAY.

>> Host: WHEN YOU MEAN YESTERDAY, YOU MEAN THURSDAY?

THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY?

RICHARD WALLACE, ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC OR PESSIMISTIC THAT THE PROCESS ULTIMATELY WILL BEFALL TO ALL COMMUNITIES?

>> Guest: I AM OPTIMISTIC.

I THINK THIS DEMOCRACY DEMANDS RIGOR AND IT HAS TO BE A PROCESS PAIRED WE STARTED WITH HB 48 PROVIDED A STRONG FOUNDATION AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW IS TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE ISSUE AREAS AND REPAIR THOSE ISSUE AREAS.

I THINK THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY CLIMBING UPHILL BUT I BELIEVE WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO EQUITY THEN WE WERE IN 2018.

SO IF FOLKS WEREN'T AROUND IN 2018 WHEN WE FIRST GOT ENGAGED WITH THIS CAMPAIGN IT LOOKED NOTHING LIKE IT DID TODAY AND WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IS WHAT WE DREAMT ABOUT WAS PART OF THE DREAM THAT WE JUMPED ABOUT AND STILL SO FAR FROM THE NORTH STAR SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

>> Host: DEBORAH DILLON, AS WE CLOSE OUT THE SUBJECT WHAT DO YOU WANT THE PUBLIC TO KEEP IN MIND?

>> Guest: I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KEEP IN MIND THAT 500,000 CANNABIS ARREST ONLY FELONS RECORDS WERE EXPUNGED BUT NO PROVISIONS IN HB 43 THAT WOULD PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF TRAINING, ANY TYPE OF JOB DEVELOPMENT, ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE TO THOSE 500,000 PEOPLE WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR LOW-LEVEL CANNABIS POSSESSION.

I THINK THAT IS REPREHENSIBLE.

>> Host: THAT'S WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

DEBORAH DILLON RICHARD WALLACE, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR INSIGHT, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>>> UP NEXT AND IS FRIEDMAN AND THE LASTING IMPACTS OF SURVIVING GUN VIOLENCE.

THAT IS IN A CONVERSATION THAT WAS RECORDED EARLIER.

[MUSIC] VIOLENCE IS UP IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ITS IMPACT IS FELT NOT ONLY BY THE VICTIMS THEMSELVES BUT THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.

THE TRACE IS A NATIONAL NEWS ORGANIZATION COVERING GUN VIOLENCE IN THE US AND IT STARTED A NEW SERIES TO COVER THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF GUN VIOLENCE HERE IN CHICAGO.

OWNING US TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT IS A REPORTER WORKING ON THE NEW AFTER SHOCK SERIES.

WHAT LED YOU TO REPORT ON GUN VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO?

>> Guest: AS YOU JUST MENTIONED GUN VIOLENCE IS AN ISSUE THAT IS TALKED ABOUT DAILY IN THE CITY AND WE TALK ABOUT EVERYDAY EVERY WEEK, EVERY WEEKEND HAVE BEEN SHOT IN CHICAGO.

WE WANTED TO REPORT ON THE IMPACT THAT GUN VIOLENCE HAS NOT ONLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INJURED OR KILLED BUT FOR THE NEIGHBORS, THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT EXPERIENCE THIS TYPE OF TRAUMA AS WELL AND TO REALLY DRIVE HOME THAT THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE HAS RIPPLE EFFECTS AND IT CAN LAST AS LONG AS A LIFETIME FOR SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AFFECTED.

>> RIPPLE EFFECT IN THE NAME OF THE SERIES, AFTERSHOCK.

THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES EXPERIENCE THAT RIPPLE EFFECT OF GUN VIOLENCE LIKE YOU SAID WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE FAMILIES YOU SPOKE WITH?

ALL WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED GUN VIOLENCE IN A DIRECT WAY IS THAT THEY WERE SHOT OR SURVIVED AS WELL AS THE FAMILIES.

THE GRIEF IS REALLY UNBEARABLE AND IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR LIVES.

ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED FROM SPEAKING WITH SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE TYPICALLY APPEAR TO BE YOUNG IN THEIR EARLY 20S AND TEENS AND DID NOT WANT TO BE DEFINED BY THIS INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIC EVENT THAT HAPPENED TO THEM AND THEY WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO RECOVER MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND TRY TO MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES.

I ALSO FOUND THAT IN TWO PEOPLE WHETHER IT WAS COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN DIRECTLY AFFECTED THAT HE HAD A PASSION TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY IN SOME WAY SO FILLING A NEED TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT TEND TO LEAD TO VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, TRYING TO OFFER CHILD CARE, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND MORE.

EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A LOT OF GRIEF AND TRAUMA THERE WERE JUST AS MANY PEOPLE WORKING TOWARDS TRYING TO RESOLVE A LOT OF THESE ISSUES.

>> Host: YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN ROSELAND WHO UNFORTUNATELY EXPERIENCED MANY SHOOTINGS.

WHAT SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES?

>> Guest: THIS IS SIMILAR TO A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT EXPERIENCE GUN VIOLENCE AND THEY DO OUTREACH, SOMETIMES IT IS CALLED VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION AND THEY ARE TRYING TO STOP THE SHOOTINGS IN A MORE DIRECT WAY SO WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO STOP RETALIATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHAT I FOUND THERE IS THAT THEY WERE ALSO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE STARTED BY PEOPLE WHO HAD LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR DECADES AND SAW THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE HAPPENING AND WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO ADDRESS IT.

OR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE PEOPLE I SPOKE TO WAS A WOMAN NAMED DIANE LET OCCUR WHO STARTED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED KIDS OFF THE BLOCK.

15 YEARS AGO SHE TURNED HER OWN HOME INTO A COMMUNITY CENTER TO TRY TO HELP VERY YOUNG PEOPLE AND WHAT SHE SAW AS THEY WERE EXPERIENCING AT HOME OR IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.

>> Host: YOU REPORTED ON THE ILLINOIS CRIME DICK THEM COMPENSATION PROGRAM.

WHAT DID YOU FIND THERE?

Guest: THIS IS A DECADES-OLD SERVICE IN ILLINOIS WHERE BASICALLY IF SOMEONE IS A VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME OR YOUR LOVED ONE HAS EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT CRIME YOU CAN APPLY AND RECEIVE A FINANCIAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY TYPE OF SERVICES YOU MAY HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR RELATED TO WHAT HAPPENED.

THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE LOCATION, MEDICAL COSTS OR LOSS OF INCOME.

WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS OR APPLICATIONS THAT HAD BEEN FILED BY THIS PROGRAM BETWEEN 2015 AND 2020 AND WHAT WE FOUND IN LOOKING AT MOST 15,000 CLAIMS IS THAT LESS THAN FOUR IN 10 OF THEM RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT.

ESSENTIALLY THIS PROGRAM HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

PEOPLE HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULTY WITH IT AND A LOT OF YUROK CHRISSY AND ON THE FLIPSIDE VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.

EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME IN CHICAGO.

>> Host: BEFORE WE LET YOU GO I KNOW THIS IS CASE-BY-CASE IS IT COMMON FOR SURVIVORS OR VICTIMS TO SEE RELIEF WITH THEIR CASES?

>> Guest: RELIEF IN TERMS OF POLICE OFFICERS, CHICAGO POLICE MAKING AN ARREST IN THEIR CASE, THAT IS VERY FEW.

WHEN I SPOKE TO SURVIVORS WHO HAD BEEN SHOT ABOUT WHAT THEY EXPECTED IN THAT KIND OF JUSTICE OR RELIEF, THEY HAD PRETTY MUCH MADE UP HER MIND THAT IT WAS A VERY UNLIKELY THING TO HAPPEN FOR THEM.

>> Host: THAT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR THEM.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES RIGHT AFTER THIS.

[MUSIC] YOUTH FROM CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE ARE TAKING THEIR TALENTS TO THE STAGE AT LOLLAPALOOZA.

TODAY THE HOPE JUNIOR DRUM LINE AND WEST DANCE TEAM PERFORMED A 10 MINUTE ROUTINE AT THE FESTIVAL.

THE GROUP IS PART OF AN EAST GARFIELD PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ST. VINCENT SERVICES AND THE MUSIC NONPROFIT BANDWIDTH.

THE PERFORMANCE WAS PART OF A YEAR IN CHICAGO MUSIC SERIES PUT ON BY THE CITY LAST WEEK WE STOPPED BY A REHEARSAL FOR THEIR SHOWCASE.

BOTH TEAMS HAD PRACTICED FIVE DAYS A WEEK SINCE LAST JUNE JUST DAYS BEFORE THEIR BIG PERFORMANCE THE EXCITEMENT WAS BUILDING AMONG THE YOUTH, COACHES AND PROGRAM LEADERS.

NEXT WE STARTED OFF PRETTY ROUGH JUST GETTING THE STUDENTS TOGETHER, GETTING THEM IN THE MODE OF THINGS BUT AS WE PROGRESS WERE TRULY AMAZED AT THE PROGRESSION THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN US THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE CAMP.

I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE AND WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

>> Guest: WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT LOLLAPALOOZA.

I WAS BLOWN AWAY.

I HADN'T EVEN BEEN TO LOLLAPALOOZA SO TO THINK THAT THE KIDS WOULD GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE BIG STAGE DOING THEIR THING IS JUST MIND BLOWING IN A WAY.

>> Guest: I'M FEELING EXCITED.

EVER SINCE THEY TOLD US MY EMOTIONS HAVE BEEN HIGH.

I'VE BEEN TELLING EVERYBODY THAT I'M GOING TO BE PERFORMING.

I'M READY!

>> Guest: I'M NERVOUS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING BRAND-NEW.

IT'S NOT PERFORMANCE BUT IT IS SOMETHING NEW THAT I HAVE NEVER DONE.

I'M VERY EXCITED.

IT'S A BRAND-NEW OPPORTUNITY THAT I GET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

>> Host: THE GROUP GOT THE FULL LOLLAPALOOZA EXPERIENCE THEY GOT TO ENJOY THE FESTIVAL BEFORE HEADING TO REGGIE'S TO PERFORM AT AN AFTER SHOW.

>>> AS PEOPLE BEGIN TO EMERGE AFTER MONTHS OF ISOLATION MANY ARE CONSIDERING NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITIES BUT MANY ARE UNSURE WHERE TO BEGIN.

OUR ARTS CORRESPONDENT ANGEL IDOWU SHOWS US HOW A LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR IS USING A CREATIVE TAKE ON VISION BOARDS TO HELP PEOPLE CREATE THE NEXT STEP IN CREATING A BUSINESS ALL WHILE PRESERVING AN ART FORM SHE IS PERSONALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT.

>> FOR CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR KAREN SPEARS IT ALL BEGAN WITH A LOVE FOR HANDWRITING.

>> OVER THE YEARS OVER MY LIFE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD THAT I SHOULD SELL MY HANDWRITING BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I REALLY GOT MY FIRST TASTE IN DOING THAT SO I SOLD CANVASES.

>> AS SHE PICKED UP GRAPHIC DESIGN TO DIGITIZE HER HANDWRITING, HER SIDE HUSTLE GREW AND AFTER A FEW YEARS SHE DECIDED TO BUILD RYAN'S CREATIVELY ON A FULL-TIME BASIS CRATING HER BUSINESS CHARACTER THERE.

>> I DIDN'T TAKE THE TRADITIONAL PATH IN NEEDING A CAREER AND GOING TO A 9-TO-5 BUT I REALLY WANTED TO SEE WHAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP HAD TO OFFER.

I AM A CREATIVE IN THE INTERSECTION OF BEING SUPER CREATIVE BUT ALSO LOVING THE PROCESS OF BUILDING SOMETHING AND STARTING SOMETHING NEW.

THAT IS HOW THIS WAS BORN OUT OF THE LOVE OF WANTING TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE'S IDEAS COME INTO FRUITION THROUGH THE CREATIVE RAIN STORMING PROCESS.

>> USED HER LOVE TO CREATE A NEW TOOL DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT SHE FOUND HELPED PEOPLE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FEELING UNMOTIVATED.

>> WE HELD 90 MINUTE MIND MAPPING SESSIONS TO HELP PEOPLE DISCOVER CREATIVE OPPORTUNITY IN A TIME THAT FELT VERY LAKE.

MIND MAPPING IS A GREAT WAY TO INTRODUCE CREATIVE IDEAS TO OUR CLIENTS.

THEY WOULD SEE MY STREAM AND I WOULD HAVE MY IPAD IN FRONT OF ME AND THEY WOULD SEE THEIR IDEAS COME TO LIFE AND THAT WOULD PROVE TO BECOME A GAME CHANGER.

>> HOW DOES MIND MAPPING WORK?

IT BEGINS WITH A BRAIN DUMP WITH QUESTION AFFIRMATION OR AS SPEARS CALLED THEM, A POWER QUOTE ON YOUR MIND.THESE IDEAS ARE CATEGORIZED BY QUESTIONS THAT SPEARS WORKS TO HELP CLIENT FIND ANSWERS TO.

>> LET'S JUST SAY WE WROTE DOWN MY MOOD IS ANXIOUS.

I AM ANXIOUS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START ON MY BUSINESS AND NOW YOU HAVE A TANGIBLE QUESTION THAT YOU CAN FIND AN ANSWER TO WHICH LEADS US INTO THE FINAL PART OF THE PHASE OF THE MAP WHICH IS FLOORING OPPORTUNITIES.

>> THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE EXPLORED ON THE FINAL MAP THAT'S BROKEN UP TO HELP CLIENTS STAY ON TRACK WITH THEIR GOALS.

THIS METHOD HAS PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR BRANDS THAT HER AND HER TEAM HAVE WORKED WITH.

>> THEY WERE ABLE TO VISUALIZE HOW THEY CAN TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES TO MAKE THEM DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COMPETITORS IN THIS SPACE.

>> AS SPEARS LOOKS AHEAD HOW SHE CAN USE THIS CREED OF STYLE TO A PEOPLE PURSUE THEIR PASSION SHE HAS TWO GOALS IN MIND.

>> BEING A FOUNDER ESPECIALLY AS A BLACK WOMAN UNDER 25, THIS IS A PART OF ME THAT REALLY WANTS TO SEE HOW I CAN IMPACT YOUNGER GENERATIONS AND SHOW THEM THAT THERE IS A PATH THAT THEY CAN PURSUE THAT ISN'T TRADITIONAL.

THEY DON'T TEACH HANDWRITING AT SCHOOLS ANYMORE.

EVERYONE'S GIVEN AN IPAD SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ART, THE ART FORM THAT IS HANDWRITING?

MY GOAL IS TO PRESERVE THAT ARTFORM NO MATTER HOW BEAUTIFUL OR MESSY YOUR HANDWRITING MAY BE.

HANDWRITING IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE HAS AND WE CAN KEEP IT ALIVE AND MIND MAPPING IS ANOTHER WAY TO DO THAT.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM ANGEL IDOWU.

>> Host: SHE WILL BEGIN THE CHARACTER ACADEMY THIS FALL AND FOR MORE IN-DEPTH MIND MAPPING DESIGNS FOR MIND MAPPING ONTO THE NORTH.

WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> LOSE LEGEND BUDDY GUY TURNED 89.

BUT, WHEN THE SON OF A SHARECROPPER ARRIVED HE WAS JUST 21 YEARS OLD.

WHILE GAIA DIDN'T HAVE MUCH COMMERCIAL SUCCESS UNTIL LATER IN HIS CAREER HIS STYLE INFLUENCED GENERATIONS OF GUITARS WHO FOLLOWED HIM FROM ANTENNA TO STEVIE RAY VAUGHN TO GARY CLARK JUNIOR.

IN THIS THROWBACK BUDDY GUY LIGHTS UP WTTW'S SOUNDSTAGE WITH AN ELECTRIFYING RENDITION OF A MAN OF MANY WORDS.

[MUSIC] [SINGING] [APPLAUSE] >> Host: THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS SUNDAY NIGHT BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.com/NEWS FOR THE VERY LATEST NEWS FROM WTTW AND JOIN PARIS SCHUTZ AND BRANDIS FREEMAN THIS WEEK AT 7:00 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT.

LIFE PRESERVERS INSIDE A CAMPAIGN THAT MAKES THE LAKE SAFER AND CHICAGO'S ORIGINAL HAMILTON STAR TALKS TO US ABOUT HIS LATEST APPEARANCE IN THE CITY.

>>> WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH SOME MORE FROM THE HOPE JUNIOR DRUM LINE AND DANCE TEAM.

FOR ALL OF US FROM CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES, I AM PHIL PONCE SITTING IN FOR BRANDIS FREEMAN.

THANKS FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY HEALTHYAND SAFE.

GOOD NIGHT .

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