>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

VOICES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

A HEALTHIER WAY TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN CHICAGO'S HISTORICALLY HARMED NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> WHAT A PERMANENT CHILD TAX CREDIT COULD MEAN FOR ILLINOIS FAMILIES.

AND REACTION TO THE OUSTER OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S FIRST BLACK WOMAN.

PRESIDENT.

>> BUT FOR SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, A NEW MIGRANT SHELTER IN LITTLE VILLAGE IS NOW OPEN.

THE STATE ANNOUNCED THE SHELTER LOCATED ON THE SITE OF A FORMER CBS STORE IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL HOUSE AROUND 220 PEOPLE.

THE STATE SAYS BEDS WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

IT'S PART OF THE STATE'S 160 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN HANDLING THE MIGRANT CRISIS HAS NOW MORE THAN 30,000 ASYLUM SEEKERS HAVE ARRIVED TO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER SAYS HE TOURED THE FACILITY YESTERDAY.

>> PHENOMENAL.

WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND TO ACCOMMODATE VERY YOUNG CHILDREN.

YOU CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, MAKING SURE THESE YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE A PLACE THAT THEY CAN PLAY EVEN IN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THIS IT'S WELL MANAGED.

AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE THE OPPORTUNITY THERE.

>> ALLEGED HIGHLAND PARK PARADE GUNMAN ROBERT CRIMO.

THE 3RD WILL NO LONGER STAND TRIAL NEXT MONTH.

THE TRIAL HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL EITHER LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY 2025.

CRIMO HAD INITIALLY SOUGHT A QUICK TRIAL DATE WHEN HE DECIDED TO ACT HIS OWN ATTORNEY.

BUT HE BACKTRACK ON THAT AND ASKED THE PUBLIC DEFENDER TO BE REAPPOINTED AS HIS LEGAL COUNSEL.

THE DELAY DATE GIVES THE ATTORNEY ADDITIONAL TIME TO PREPARE THE JUDGE IN THE CASE SAYS THAT SHE'LL MAKE A DECISION ON THE NEW TRIAL DATE DURING A HEARING LATE NEXT MONTH.

IT'S THE NEWS BLACKHAWKS FANS FEARED ROOKIE PHENOM CONNOR BEDARD WILL MISS THE NEXT 6 TO 8 WEEKS.

IT'S DUE TO A RECOVERY FROM A FRACTURED JAW.

HE SUFFERED FRIDAY IN A GAME AGAINST NEW JERSEY.

THE TEAM SAYS BEDARD UNDERWENT SUCCESSFUL SURGERY AT NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

NEEDS THE TIME TO RECOUP BEFORE HE CAN HIT THE ICE AGAIN.

THAT MEANS EARLIEST HE COULD RETURN WOULD BE THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.

AND BIG CHANGES ARE AFOOT WITH THE CHICAGO BEARS AFTER THEY FINISH ANOTHER LACKLUSTER SEASON.

THE TEAM ANNOUNCES TODAY ITS LETTING GO OF OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR LUKE GETSY AS WELL AS FOR OTHER OFFENSIVE COACHES GETTING PROVIDED OVER A BEAR SQUAD THAT FINISHED 18TH IN POINTS PER GAME THIS YEAR.

EBERFLUS WILL RETURN FOR A 3RD SEASON DESPITE A 10 24 RECORD HIS FIRST 2 SEASONS AT THE HELM.

WHAT ABOUT JUSTIN FIELDS FUTURE WITH THE TEAM?

GENERAL MANAGER RYAN POLES SAYS HE HAVE TO BE, QUOTE, BLOWN AWAY BY DRAFT PROSPECTS TO MOVE ON FROM THE QUARTERBACK.

MEANWHILE, BEARS PRESIDENT KEVIN WARREN HAD A LITTLE BIT TO SAY ON THE WHOLE ISSUE OF A NEW STADIUM.

HE WOULDN'T DISCLOSE WHETHER OR NOT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS WAS THE FRONT RUNNER BUT SAID THAT HE WAS, QUOTE, INTRIGUED BY A POTENTIAL CHICAGO SITE BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IT'S THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD.

UP NEXT, CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS GOING A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO ADDRESS ITS BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE IN END OF IT.

EXPLAINS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY 5TH 3005TH BANK AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> 3RD, WE BELIEVE WOULD DIVERSE VOICES ARE HEARD AND EMPOWERED.

COMMUNITIES ARE MADE STRONGER A FUTURE HOLDS GREAT PROMISE FOR ALL.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROUD TO SUPPORT CHICAGO.

TONIGHT.

BLACK VOICES TOGETHER.

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER.

WE CAN DRIVE CHANGE.

>> MORE ILLINOIS DRIVERS ARE GETTING BEHIND THE WHEELS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BUT IT'S TAKING MORE TIME FOR SCHOOL BUSES TO GET UP TO SPEED.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE AMONG THE FIRST IN LINE FOR FUNDING TO PICK UP THE PACE.

WDW NEWS REPORTER AMANDA PHENICIE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

AMANDA CPS LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT IT WON A CLEAN BUS GRANT.

TELL US MORE.

>> AND THERE'S THAT.

SO CPS IS AMONG THE 67 WINNERS NATIONWIDE IN A FIRST BATCH OF MONEY GOING THROUGH A COMPETITIVE FEDERAL PROGRAM.

IT WAS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW THAT PASSED IN 2021, THE CPS DUE TO RECEIVE 20 MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT WILL BE USED TO BUY AS THE PROGRAM NAME SUGGESTS CLEAN BUSES BUSES THAT RUN ON ELECTRICITY AND NOT ON DIESEL.

I MEAN, THE WIRE, ELECTRIC BUSES, PREFERABLE RAN IN PART.

IT IS JUST THEY REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES.

SO OVERALL, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM A MORE LOCAL LEVEL.

THEY DON'T SMELL.

THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH OF A SOUNDS.

YOU'RE NOT GETTING THAT NOISE.

POLLUTION, BUT ALSO, OF COURSE, THE ARTS VIEWING THAT DIESEL EXHAUST.

AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHO IS WRITING THESE BUSES.

SO WHILE IT BENEFITS THE THAT THE PLAN IS TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY OVERALL, REALLY, THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS WHOSE YOUNG LUNGS ARE STILL DEVELOPING AND THEY COULD SUFFER EFFECTS LIKE ASTHMA WHEN THEY ARE DEALING FOSSIL FUEL VEHICLES.

AND WE'RE GETTING A BIT OF A LOOK AT SOME ELECTRIC PROCESS THAT ARE IN USE BY A CTA.

A MINUTE.

YOU SAID THIS PROGRAM IS COMPETITIVE.

>> WHY DID CHICAGO WIN?

WELL, CHICAGO ONE BECAUSE I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN THE GRANT PROCESS THAT HAS OR THAT THE GRANT APPLICATION THAT HASN'T BEEN RELEASED YET.

BUT I DID SPEAK WITH FOLKS ON THE PRESIDENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COUNCIL WHO SAID THAT ONE BIG THING THAT THE EPA WAS CONSIDERING WHEN DETERMINING WINNERS THINGS SUCH HISTORICALLY HARM TO NEIGHBORHOODS AS IT WAS PHRASED IN REALLY THIS APPLICATION INTENTIONALLY PUT DOLLARS TOWARD HELPING THOSE COMMUNITIES.

THESE BUSES, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE IN A 50 BUSES, NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR ALL THE STUDENTS IN CPS.

OF COURSE, RATHER, IT IS GOING TO GO TO SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE'RE TALKING ALL GARDENS BACK OF THE YARDS EAST SIDE, LITTLE VILLAGE, MCKINLEY PARK NORTH LAWNDALE NEW CITY PILSEN ROSELAND SOUTH DEERING AND SOUTH LAWNDALE 20 MILLION DOLLARS.

SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY BUT ONLY 50 BUSES.

AND SO ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH SOMEBODY FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER ABOUT THIS.

HE SAID REALLY BAD UP FRONT BECAUSE REGULAR SCHOOL BUS THEIR NORMAL AS WE WOULD THINK OF IT IS ABOUT $100,000 IN THESE COST 3 TIMES THAT.

BUT SHE SAID THAT ACTUALLY LONG-TERM, THAT'S AN INVESTMENT THAT PAYS OFF BECAUSE ELECTRICITY IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN FOSSIL FUELS AND PARTICULARLY LESS EXPENSIVE THAN DIESEL.

AND ALSO THERE ARE A LOT FEWER PARTS.

SO THEY'RE EASIER AND QUICKER TO MAINTAIN REAL AND I THOUGHT CHICAGO HAD A SHORTAGE OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS WHO'S GOING TO RIDE THESE BUSES STILL DOES BRAND AS CPS'S LATEST DATA THAT I GOT JUST YESTERDAY IS 714 DRIVERS.

BUT 586 VACANCIES STILL SO NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH.

BUT ANOTHER A PORTION OF THIS IS TO TRY AND BRING IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT IS YOU'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON THE ROADS, INCLUDING MORE MANUFACTURERS, INCLUDING HERE IN ILLINOIS, WILL USE THE TERM AGAIN UP TO SPEED WORKERS WITH HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE.

AND INCLUDING FROM SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THESE BUSES WILL BE ROUTED THROUGH, TRY AND PERHAPS HIGHER FROM COULD DRIVE THOSE PUNS ALL AND OF NK.

THANKS SO THANK AND YOU CAN READ AMANDA'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S WTW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

ADVOCATES.

LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR A PERMANENT CHILD TAX CREDIT TO HELP LESSEN THE ECONOMIC BURDEN ON STRUGGLING FAMILIES.

>> ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, THE EXPANSION OF THE CHILD TAX CREDIT, WHICH INCLUDED CASH PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES FOR 6 MONTHS.

WHAT DID MORE THAN 2 MILLION CHILDREN OUT OF POVERTY?

CHILD POVERTY WENT FROM 9.7% IN 2020 TO 5.2% IN 2021, THE LOWEST RATE ON RECORD.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE MARY BETH CANTY, CHIEF CO-SPONSOR OF A BILL IN THE HOUSE THAT WOULD ENACT A PERMANENT CHILD TAX CREDIT.

ANTHONY BRYANT, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ASSOCIATE WITH METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES AND NICOLE ROBINSON, CEO OF YWCA, AN ORGANIZATION THAT AIMS TO ELIMINATE RACISM AND EMPOWER WOMEN.

THANKS TO THE 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M NICOLE ROBINSON.

LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

SO A NEW REPORT TITLED RACE FOR RESULTS FROM THE ANNIE E CASEY THAT YOU PARTNERED WITH.

SHOWS THAT WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN CLOSING A CHILD WELL-BEING GAPS ACROSS RACE AND ETHNICITY.

BUT OF COURSE, DISPARITIES AND TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT THAT IT CREATED INDICATOR AN INDEX BASICALLY OF HOW CHILDREN ARE DOING AND THE MAIN TAKEAWAY FROM THAT INDEX THAT THEY CREATED IS THAT BLACK CHILDREN WITH AN INDEX SCORE 386.

NOT DOING NEARLY AS WELL AS ASIAN AND WHITE CHILDREN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO OBVIOUSLY THE GROUP, THE HIGHER THE INDEX SCORE, THE GREATER THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THAT CHILDREN IN THE GROUP ARE MEETING MILESTONES ASSOCIATED WITH SUCCESS.

NOW, THE QUESTION THE WHY DO YOU THINK A PERMANENT CHILD TAX CREDIT WOULD WOULD HELP FOR ADDRESS THIS GAP?

>> I THINK IT'S I WANT TO STEP BACK A LITTLE BIT BRANDES AND JUST KIND OF AUDIENCE THIS YEAR THAT INDEX AT FIRST TIME, I'M THRILLED THAT WE ANY CASE FOUNDATION.

DOES THIS WORK?

IT'S LOOKING AT INDICATORS AROUND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, PROFICIENCY READING, RAISE OUR KIDS GRADE LEVEL.

IT'S LOOKING ECONOMIC RESOURCES THAT ARE IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

SO IT'S MEASURING ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND YES, IT IS SOBERING TO SEE THAT, ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL THAT ILLINOIS, THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IS IN THE BOTTOM 3RD OF STATES.

AND THAT'S THE FIRST AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT BLACK CHILDREN.

ARE LAGGING BEHIND.

SO THAT IS SOBERING AS A KID FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO WHO BENEFIT FROM EARLY CHILD CARE PROGRAM BENEFIT FROM SAFETY NET PROGRAMS.

IT'S TOUGH TO HEAR.

BUT WHAT WE DID LEARN THROUGH THE PANDEMIC IS WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXPANDED THE CHILD TAX CREDIT WORK, EXPANDED.

ITC, EXPANDED SNAP AND OTHER BENEFIT PROGRAMS FAMILIES DID THE RIGHT THING FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY PAID INVESTED SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND TECHNOLOGY AND INTERNET ACCESS SO KIDS CAN DO THE HOMEWORK THAT THEY COULD EXCEL.

SO SO MOTHER'S PARENTS, GRANDMOTHERS, THEY ALL DID THE RIGHT THING AND INVESTED THE MONEY AND THE FAMILY.

SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS EXPANSION, IDEA, THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE FOR PUSHING THIS I GET GIDDY WITH EXCITEMENT BECAUSE ACROSS THE OF THE BIG FACTORS BEING MEASURED AS POVERTY RATES FAMILIES ARE LIVING IN POVERTY.

IT MAKES IT REALLY TOUGH TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS ON ANY OF THE OTHER INDICATORS.

>> AMERICAN YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, AS NICOLE JUST MENTIONED, YOU'VE INTRODUCED A BILL THAT IS THAT IS PUSHING TO TO MAKE A CHILD TAX CREDIT PERMANENT.

HOW WOULD THIS WORK FOR ILLINOIS?

YES, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

THANK YOU, MCAULIFFE.

AND FOR BRINGING THIS UP.

IT'S A IT'S A REALLY BIG ISSUE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN ILLINOIS.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DEALT WITH AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

BUT THE STATE ALSO HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A THEIR 14 OTHER STATES THAT ARE RUNNING PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.

>> HERE IN ILLINOIS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS A $300 PER DEPENDENT CHILD REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT.

SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T OWE TAXES, YOU WOULD STILL BE GETTING CASH IN HAND.

AND THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THAT UNLIKE THE SNAP BENEFITS THAT YOU MENTIONED WITH BENEFITS, CETERA, THAT ARE TIED TO SPECIFIC EXPENSES, RIGHT?

THOSE ARE REALLY LIMITED FUNDS.

THESE FUNDS WOULD ALLOW HOUSEHOLD TO DO WHAT THEY THINK IS RIGHT FOR THEIR FAMILY.

AND WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING BELOW THAT MEDIUM INCOME, THEY ARE THE BEST BUDGET.

HERE'S YOU WILL EVER MEET.

THEY KNOW DOWN TO THE PENNY WHERE THEIR MONEY GOES.

AND SO THEY KNOW HOW TO SPEND THESE DOLLARS SO WE SHOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE TRUST, IN THE FREEDOM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

>> AND WE'RE REALLY QUICKLY AT SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THAT BILL.

$700, A CHILD FOR ELIGIBLE FAMILIES, JOINT FILERS EARNING LESS THAN $75,000.

SINGLE FILERS EARNING LESS THAN $50,000.

I'M ANTHONY BRYANT.

YOUR TEAM RECENTLY CONDUCTED A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

WHAT DID THE RESULTS SHOW WHEN IT CAME TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES?

YES, THEY SHOW THAT LIKE THE TOP ISSUE THAT OUR PROGRAM, BUT SON DEALING WITH WITH CURRENT.

>> ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS JOB SO WITH THAT, WE SERVICE ABOUT 120,000 PEOPLE IN THE CHICAGO DUPAGE AREA 98.6 OF OUR FAMILIES THEY SERVE ARE FAR.

>> FALL BELOW OR AT THE ILLINOIS ANNUAL EMMY, ILLINOIS AREA MEDIAN INCOME OF 78,433 OUR OF OUR PARTICIPANTS.

84.2% OF OUR PROGRAM.

PARTICIPANTS.

>> WHO'VE PROVIDE INFORMATION FALL BELOW 100% OF THE FEDERAL PROPERTY BLY.

SO WE SEE THAT LIKE, YOU AS ORGANIZATION THAT WE NEED TO BOY, A CHILD TAX BECAUSE OUR CLIENTS, OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, ARE DEALING WITH SOMETHING FINANCIAL BURDENS.

IF I MAY ADD TO THAT.

>> TO THAT END, WE KNOW WE HAVE THE DATA THAT SHOWS ROUGHLY 60% OF THE RECIPIENTS OF THIS BENEFIT ACROSS THE STATE WOULD BE BLACK AND BROWN HOUSEHOLD.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF CHILDREN ACROSS ILLINOIS.

THAT IS A GAME CHANGER FOR FAMILIES.

REPRESENTATIVE, WHILE WE'RE ON IT, HOW WOULD HOW IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT BE FUNDED?

HOW HOW PAY FOR YET.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK, BUT WHERE THERE'S A WILL.

THERE'S A WAY, RIGHT?

WE'VE GOT A WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS.

AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY TAKE STOCK.

WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT A BUDGET BEING A MORAL DOCUMENT.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR POLICIES, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO WHAT YOU FUND IS WHERE YOUR MORALS REALLY ARE.

THOSE ARE VALUES.

I'M NICOLE, THE CHILD TAX CREDIT.

THE FEDERAL ONE, OF COURSE, THAT WAS EXPANDED DURING THE PANDEMIC OVER, TALKED A BIT ABOUT.

>> WHAT WERE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU ARE HEARING FROM FAMILIES WITH REGARDS TO BEING SURE THAT THEY COULD ACCESS IT.

>> YES, THAT AGAIN.

LOVE THE FACT THAT IT WAS EXPANDING AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS ALWAYS ENROLLMENT AND GETTING FAMILIES TO ENROLL AND BUILDING THAT TRUST.

THAT'S GREAT THING ABOUT THE WANT TO BE SEEING.

METRO CHICAGO WE WORK WITH MOM AND POP.

CHILD CARE PROVIDERS WORK WITH FAMILIES AND THERE WERE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL PEOPLE IN THE HALL AND THEN IDEA OF TAX.

I KNOW THAT MIGHT 5 WERE IN TAX SEASON.

NOW.

THAT'S A SCARY THING.

THE PEOPLE AND THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE EXCHANGING THIS WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS CASH THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BARRIER AND EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AND WE HAVE TROOPS ON THE GROUND.

PEOPLE TALKING TO COMMUNITIES KNOCKING ON DOORS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS REAL.

THIS IS REAL AND IT'S A TRUSTED SOURCE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BENEFIT YOUR FAMILY.

SO AS THINK ABOUT EXPANSION, I'M ALONGSIDE FOUNDING.

WE SHOULD ALSO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY AND A PLAN AND HOW WE ROLL IT OUT TO PEOPLE HOW SIMPLIFY IT.

SO WHAT WE CAN KEEP AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THERE'S NO BARRIERS >> AND BEFORE HAVE TIME ANTHONY TO GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD, WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS OR OUTREACH DOES YOUR TEAM DO TO HELP FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

SO YEAH SAID METROPOLITAN FAMILY WE ARE PROGRAMS IN ECONOMIC STABILITY, EMPOWERMENT EDUCATION AS WELL AS EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS.

>> SO IN ENGLEWOOD, WE HAVE A FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER THAT FOCUS ON DECREASING THE DEBT THAT FAMILIES ARE DEALING WITH, INCREASE WAGES AS WELL AS COME UP WITH A FINANCIAL PLAN FOR THEM.

IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF SERVICES, PRESE FEEL FREE TO REACH US AT 3, 1, 2, 96, 4TH AND AS FOR REFERRAL AND TAKE, OK, GOOD TO THAT'S WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

NICOLE ROBINSON, REPRESENTATIVE MARY BETH CANTY AND ANTHONY BRIAN, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING >> UP NEXT, REACTION TO THE RESIGNATION OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT.

>> THE >> HIGH-PROFILE RESIGNATION OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S FIRST BLACK FEMALE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO SPARK COMMENTARY.

CLAUDINE RESIGNED LAST WEEK AFTER BACKLASH TO HER TESTIMONY AT A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING WHERE SHE WAS CRITICIZED FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH TO TACKLE ANTI-SEMITISM ON CAMPUS.

SHE ALSO FACED ACCUSATIONS OF PLAGIARISM.

HOWEVER, DAYS SUPPORTERS SAY HER OUSTER REFLECTS A SYSTEM THAT WASN'T BUILT FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR.

JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS CASE RESIGNATION ARE ALVIN TILLERY, PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DIVERSITY AND DEMOCRACY AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND DOMINIQUE JORDAN TURNER, A DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION CONSULTANT.

WE SHOULD MENTION WE DID REACH OUT TO A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS WHO EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER PRESIDENT TENURE, BUT NONE WERE ABLE TO JOIN US.

WE THINK THE 2 OF YOU FOR JOINING US AND WELCOME THANK YOU FOR HAVING OUT OF A START WITH YOU.

YOU JUST A YEAR BEHIND CLAUDINE AT IN YOUR GRADUATE PROGRAM.

SAME GRADUATE PROGRAM.

HOW DO YOU VIEW WHAT'S PRECIPITATED?

>> WELL, THIS WELL, I AM ALSO I ALSO WORK IN THE SAME EXACT FIELD THAT SHE DOES AS AN ACADEMIC AND I VIEW THE INCIDENT GREAT SADNESS DEAN WAS ABSOLUTELY THE TOP OF OUR FIELD.

SHE WAS THE BEST GRADUATE STUDENT OF OUR GENERATION ARE ONE OF THE BEST PRACTICES IN OUR GENERATION.

AND I DON'T KNOW MANY PROFESSIONAL POLITICAL SCIENTISTS TO ACTUALLY BUY THE PLAGIARISM CHARGES AGAINST SO TO WATCH HER BE SORT OF USHERED OUT AFTER 6 ON THE JOB BY SORT OF REST OF IT REALLY RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY WERE EVER GOING TO SUPPORT HER OR WHETHER THEY WOULD EVER SUPPORT ANY BLACK WOMAN IN THE POSITION.

AND I WANT TO COME BACK TO THE ROLE OF DONORS A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THIS DISCUSSION TO.

BUT DOMINIQUE, SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

WHAT'S BEEN YOUR REACTION TO THE EVENTS THAT LED TO HER RESIGNATION?

I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT I HAVE TO SAY IS DOCTOR CALLING KATE DARED TO BE THE VERY FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE.

>> AT ONE OF AMERICA'S OLDEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THE FIRST ONLY IN ANY OF THOSE WORLDS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, BUT IT TAKES GREAT RESILIENCE AND 42 TO DO THAT.

AND SO AS A BLACK WOMAN LEADER, INCREDIBLY PROUD OF WHAT SHE'S BUT I'M ALSO SADDENED, AS AL MENTIONED BUT I'M ALSO ON SURPRISE.

I WASN'T SURPRISED.

I THINK MANY OF US IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA, WALLS ARE UNSURPRISED THAT THIS WAS THE OUTCOME.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SOUND HERE.

SHE IS QUOTING A RESPONDING TO A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ISN'T IS NOT PROTECTED SPEECH ON CAMPUS.

>> STAGES.

AND THAT EXIST.

THAT PROTECTION EXTENDS EVEN TO SPEECH WE FIND OBJECTIONABLE.

AND OFFENSIVE AND AND EVEN OUTRAGEOUS.

IT'S WHEN SPEECH CROSSES INTO CONDUCT THAT VIOLATES OUR VERY CLEAR POLICIES AROUND BULLYING HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION.

YOU KNOW THAT IT BECOMES ACTIONABLE.

>> ME WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT ANSWER FAILED TO SATISFY CRITICS?

SO I'VE SERVED IN ROLES AS PRESIDENT CEOS OF ORGANIZATIONS.

AND REALLY TOUGH FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY WHERE YOU LIKE THAT.

I THINK YOU HAVE 2 KINDS OF LEADERS.

YOU HAVE SOME THAT PROTECT THE INSTITUTION AND YOU HAVE THOSE THAT PROTECT THE PEOPLE.

AND I THINK IT'S YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR WISDOM UNDERSTAND WHEN TO LEAN INTO WHICH ROLE.

AND I IT WAS A FAIL FOR ALL OF THE PRESIDENT'S AT THAT TIME.

I THINK THEY LEAD WITH THE ACADEMIC LEGAL AS OPPOSED PEOPLE.

SENATE HUMAN-CENTERED RESPONSE.

AND THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, AFTER AFTER THOSE ONE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA DID END UP RESIGNING ON, BUT THEN CAME ACCUSATIONS OF PLAGIARISM AS WELL.

GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE ERROR AFTER THAT HEARING HOWEVER, SOME FOLKS ARGUE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INACCURATE OR MISSING CITATIONS IN HER WORK, BUT IT DOES AMOUNT OF PLAGIARISM AND THAT IT HARMS THE AUTHORS WHO SHEEN ALLEGEDLY AL, YOU KNOW, SHOULD SOMEONE WHO'S VIOLATED THAT CODE BE ALLOWED TO SIT AT THE TOP OF ONE OF AMERICA'S OLDEST AND MOST STORIED INSTITUTIONS.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WILL SAY THAT AGAIN, IF CUTTING GAZE UP LEADERS FOR WHAT SHE DID IN THOSE ACTIVE IN THE PAPERS WERE ALL PLAY TRUSTS, RIGHT?

I MEAN, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WHAT SHE WAS DOING >> WAS REFERENCING VERY WELL KNOWN SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS IN OUR DISCIPLINE AND TESTING THEM WITH DATA AND HYPOTHESES RIGHTS.

S FIRST THING I'LL SAY THE SECOND THING I'LL SAY 30 YEARS AGO BEFORE ALL THE GREAT POWERFUL MACHINES, THOSE OF US THAT WERE WRITING DISSERTATIONS AND BOOKS AND ARTICLES DID SO.

AND WE OCCASIONALLY MADE ERRORS.

I ACTUALLY RAN SEVERAL PAPERS, A FORMER HARVARD PRESIDENTS THROUGH THE AI POWERED PLAGIARISM CHECKERS AND FOUND THAT THEY, TOO HAD MS QUOTATION MARKS.

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WITH ANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN ASKED TO RESIGN 6 MONTHS ON THE JOB FOR MISSING QUOTATION MARKS.

I DON'T THINK SO.

NOW YOU ALSO WROTE A IN A LINK TO AN ABOUT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE AT HARVARD AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE EARLY 90'S, WHEN YOU'RE BOTH STUDENTS THERE AND HOW THE UNIVERSITY.

>> PROTECTED SPEECH SPEECH THAT WAS SOMETIMES CONSIDERED OFFENSIVE AND EVEN FRIGHTENING FOR BLACK TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE.

YEAH, I MEAN, EVERYONE.

THE SAME A CLOUDY GAVE THE WRONG ANSWER IS IN THE THAT MOMENT CHANGED THE ANSWERS.

THE REALITY IS THE ANSWERS THAT SHE GAVE.

>> WERE ANSWERS THAT WERE SET UP TO PROTECT THE 50 BILLION DOLLAR HEDGE FUND.

THAT IS HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

AND IF EVERYONE WHO'S HAD EXPERIENCE WITH ELITE RESEARCH, UNIVERSITIES KNOWS HISTORICALLY WE'VE PUNISHED CONDUCT NOT SPEECH.

SO BLACK STUDENTS LIKE CLOUDY NIGHT, HARTFORD WERE EXPOSED TO HATE SPEECH FROM PROFESSORS FROM OTHER STUDENTS.

CONFEDERATE SYMBOLS WERE ALLOWED TO HANG AT HARVARD WHEN WE WERE STUDENTS THERE.

RIGHT?

AND SO WE WERE TRAINED THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ACADEMICS IN A PLACE LIKE HARVARD, WE HAD TO PROTECT SPEECH, INCLUDING HATE SPEECH.

NOW I HAS AN ACADEMIC OF ALWAYS OPPOSE THAT.

I'VE ALWAYS FAVORED MORE RESTRICTIONS ON HATE SPEECH RIGHT?

THE REALITY, THOUGH, IS THAT NO ONE WOULD EVER MAKE ME.

PRESIDENT OF HARVARD WAS TO DEFEND HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S INTERESTS.

AND THAT'S WHY THE LAWYERS WERE THERE WHISPERING IN HER EAR THAT YES, OF COURSE, HATE SPEECH IS PROTECTED.

AND IF THAT UPSETS I UNDERSTAND IT.

UPSET ME HAS A STUDENT.

BUT FOR US TO PRETEND LIKE THAT WAS HER ANSWER AND ISOLATION AND NOT THE INSTITUTIONS ANSWER IS JUST DISHONEST.

DOMINIC, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE NOTION THAT SOME OF HER CRITICS HAVE HAVE PUT FORWARD THAT SHE WAS, QUOTE, A DIVERSITY HIRE.

IT WOULD MEAN WHEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS A BLACK ON PROFESSIONAL, LIKE YOU SAID, FORMER CEO AND PRESIDENT OF ORGANIZATIONS YOURSELF WITH YOUR REACTION TO THAT?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING I THINK THERE'S THIS NARRATIVE THAT A DIVERSITY OF SUPPLANTING MERIT AND THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.

THEY'RE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

>> I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT THIS WAS AND THAT THE STRATEGY OF CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS THAT ACTUALLY LAID OUT THEIR PLAN.

AND THEY SAID THAT IT HAD 3 PRONGS THAT IT WAS REPUTATIONAL, THAT IT WAS FINANCIAL AND IT WAS POLITICAL.

THE POLITICAL PIECE BEGAN WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS, THE FINANCIAL PIECE CAME WITH WEAPONIZING DONORS AND THEN THE THE THE AND THE REPUTATIONAL PIECE WAS ABOUT THE PLAGIARISM.

AND SO THIS WAS AN ANTI DEI BACKLASH.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE A CONSCIOUS, ESPECIALLY AS CURRENT OR FUTURE COLLEGE PRESIDENTS AND LEADERS TO RECOGNIZE THAT INDIVIDUAL AND POLITICAL AGENDAS ARE AT PLAY HERE.

AND WE WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE INCUBATORS FOR FUTURE LEADERS.

WISH WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS I HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

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