>> HEY THERE.

AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

BLACK VOICES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

CHICAGO BECOMES THE LARGEST AMERICAN CITY TO ADOPT A CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION.

YOUR OWN IS HERE WITH THE LATEST FROM TODAY'S ROCKET CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WE'RE MINDING BLACKMON TO CHECK THEIR PROSTATE HEALTH AMID THE DIAGNOSES OF PUBLIC FIGURES.

>> SO WHAT I WANTED THIS BOOK TO BE ABOUT.

>> AND WHAT RAPPER ACTOR AND ACTIVIST AND CHICAGO NATIVE COMMENT WANTS YOU TO KNOW ABOUT TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF.

UP FIRST TONIGHT, CHICAGO IS NOW THE LARGEST AMERICAN CITY TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A CEASE-FIRE IN THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR.

>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON BROKE A 23.

23 TIME VOTE BY THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION CAPPING A DAY OF HIGH DRAMA AND INTENSE DEBATE AT CHICAGO CITY HALL.

LET'S LISTEN TO SOME OF THAT DEBATE THAT EVENTUALLY GOT A BIT OUT OF CONTROL.

>> DO I BELIEVE THAT THE WORDS THAT WE SPEAK TODAY, HOW WE VOTE TODAY?

INFLUENCES DIRECTLY INTERNATIONAL POLICY?

I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THOSE ALEUTIANS, BUT WITH HOPE WE VOTE WITH SOLIDARITY.

WE VOTE TO HELP PEOPLE FEEL.

HEARD IN A WORLD OF SILENCE.

>> WE ALL WANT PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

WE ALL WANT AN END TO THE BLOODSHED AND END TO THE WAR.

>> WBTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

HEATHER, TELL US WHAT THIS RESOLUTION ACTUALLY WELL, DOES NOT HAVE THE FORCE OF LAW BUT EXPRESSES THE COLLECTIVE WILL OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CALLS FOR A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE.

THE FLOW OF HUMANITARIAN AID IN LARGE QUANTITIES INTO GAZA.

>> AND FOR THE UNCONDITIONAL AND IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE HOSTAGES.

NOW, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL HAS WADED INTO THE ISRAEL GAZA WAR.

THEY HAVE CONDEMNED HAMAS THAT FOR THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS, A RESOLUTION THAT ALSO DREW INTENSE DEBATE BACK IN OCTOBER.

AND THAT I THINK IS PERHAPS WHY IT WAS SO INTENSE AND WHY THE CITY COUNCIL DEADLOCKED AT 23 VOTES ON BOTH SIDES LEAVING MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON TO BREAK THE TIE.

NOW THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE COME AS A SURPRISE TO ANYONE.

LAST WEEK HE CALLED FOR A CEASE-FIRE DIRECT.

>> SO ONCE AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL MEETING SPILLED OUT OF CONTROL, AS WE MENTIONED AND SHOWED A BIT OF VIDEO OF EARLIER FORCING MAYOR BROUGHT BRANDON JOHNSON TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN THE IN THE MAIN GALLERY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CLEARING OF OF THE PUBLIC.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> WELL, WHEN ALDERMAN DEBRA SILVERSTEIN BROS TO SPEAK AGAINST THE RESOLUTION, SHE WAS HECKLED AND BOOED BY SUPPORTERS OF THE RESOLUTION AND SHE STOPPED.

THE MAYOR CALLED FOR ORDER.

BUT THEN WHEN SHE MADE SOME, I THINK REALLY GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT HAPPENED ON OCTOBER, 7TH TO HAMAS, PEOPLE IN THE GALLERY ERUPTED IN FURY AND THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW FOR MAYOR JOHNSON WHO ORDERED A RECESS CLEARED THE CHAMBER AND THINGS DID NOT RESTART UNTIL ABOUT AN HOUR LATER.

NOW, ALDERMAN SILVERSTEIN SPOKE WITH A LOT OF EMOTION.

SHE IS THE ONLY JEWISH MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL.

YOU CAN TELL THESE ISSUES WERE VERY PAINFUL FOR HER TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.

THIS RESOLUTION, IT PUTS JOHNSON IN THE CITY COUNCIL, THOUGH, AT ODDS WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WHO PICK CHICAGO TO THE SUMMER'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

>> WILL THERE BE FALLOUT FROM FROM WELL.

>> JOE BIDEN HAS RESISTED INCREASINGLY STRIDENT CALLS TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE HIMSELF.

NOW HE IS ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES IN PRIVATE NEGOTIATIONS TO GET THOSE HOSTAGES RELEASED AND TO SORT OF PUT AN END TO THE HOSTILITIES.

NOW ALDERMAN ROSE ON AVERAGE AGAINST SANCHEZ, WHO IS ONE OF AUTHORS OF THIS MEASURE, WAS ASKED ABOUT WHETHER IT WOULD BE AWKWARD TO WELCOME THE PRESIDENT TO A CITY THAT IS BASICALLY CONDEMNED HIS MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY APPROACH.

SHE SAID THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS TRYING TO SHIFT DEBATE TO FOCUS ON THE HUMANITY OF THE PALESTINIANS.

26 26,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED, ACCORDING TO THE HAMAS CONTROLLED HEALTH MINISTRY, ALONG WITH 1200 JEWISH PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED ON OCTOBER 7TH.

AND THERE ARE STILL SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 100 HOSTAGES STILL BEING HELD RIGHT.

>> A CITY COUNCIL ALSO SET TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO REAFFIRM THEIR REJECTION OF AN EFFORT BACKED BY THE CITY'S LARGEST POLICE UNION TO UP INTO SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN USED FOR 60 YEARS TO PUNISH POLICE OFFICERS.

WHY DID THAT HAPPEN?

WELL, MADE ALLIES OF MAYOR JOHNSON BLOCKED A VOTE TODAY USING A PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE THAT SOMETIMES SUPPORTERS USE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS SOMETHING THAT THEY DO WANT TO VOTE.

>> SO THE ENTIRE ISSUE, WHICH IS NOW IN THE COURTS REMAINS IN LIMBO FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER COUPLE WEEKS, LEAVING A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO HOLD OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR SERIOUS POLICE MISCONDUCT.

NEVER BORING DAY AT CITY COUNCIL HAVE HIS SHARON.

THANKS SO MUCH.

THANKS, BRANDON.

>> AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S ALL AT W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

AND NOW TO SOME MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING SAYS OFFICERS WILL ALWAYS HAVE SOME ROLE IN SCHOOL SAFETY EVEN IF THERE ARE NO LONGER WORKING INSIDE SCHOOLS.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON TOLD REPORTERS HE SUPPORTS CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ENDING A CONTROVERSIAL CONTRACT AND REMOVING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS OR SRO'S FROM DOZENS OF HIGH SCHOOLS.

BUT SPEAKING TO ECONOMIC CLUB OF CHICAGO TODAY, SNELLING SAID CPD WILL, QUOTE, ADJUST ITS PRESENCE AROUND LOCAL SCHOOLS.

YOU CAN READ THIS FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

5 ILLINOIS RESIDENTS.

GOING TO COURT TO GET DONALD TRUMP KICKED OFF THE ILLINOIS PRIMARY BALLOT.

THE MOVE COMES AFTER THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS REFUSED TO BAN TRUMP FROM RUNNING IN ILLINOIS SAYING THEY LACKED JURISDICTION.

THE LEGAL FILING CLAIMS THAT THE ELECTION BOARD ERRED IN ITS DECISION, A RESOLUTION TO THE CASE IS FAIRLY URGENT.

GIVEN THAT ELECTION AUTHORITIES ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BALLOTS READY FOR OVERSEAS AND MILITARY VOTERS BY FRIDAY WITH VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS READY BY NEXT THURSDAY.

OF COURSE, THE ILLINOIS PRIMARY IS ON MARCH 19TH.

READERS OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE MAY FIND IN NEWSPAPERS, CONTENT LACKING TOMORROW.

THE UNION REPRESENTING THE PAPER'S REPORTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND FRONT-LINE EDITORS SAYS MORE THAN 97% OF ITS MEMBERSHIP HAS VOTED TO GO ON STRIKE TOMORROW EXPECTS POST THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE GUILD TOLD THE TRIB OWNERS ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL, QUOTE, IN YOUR TIME OWNING TRIBUNE NEWSPAPERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YOU HAVE SHRUNK ARE STAFFED BY DOZENS CUT FREELANCER, BUDGETS AND LIMITED ACCESS TO CRITICAL INFORMATION.

THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY OUR 4, 1, K MATCH.

YOU ATTACKED OUR HEALTH CARE.

YOU DON'T PRIORITIZE EQUITY.

TOMORROW'S 24 HOUR STRIKE IS PART OF A NATIONWIDE DEMONSTRATION BY TRIBUNE PUBLISHING AT 7 NEWSROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UP NEXT, BLACKMON AND PROSTATE HEALTH 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.

>> ONE IN 6 BLACK MEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME.

AND BLACK MEN ARE TWICE AS LIKELY AS WHITE MEN TO DIE FROM THE DISEASE.

ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

JUST RECENTLY, 2 NOTABLE BLACK MEN HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE DISEASE.

DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN UNDERWENT SURGERY FORT AND EXTRA SCOTT KING SAID OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IS DOCTOR GARTH WALKER CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER RUSH HEALTH AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT RUSH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOR HEALTH.

DOCTOR WALKER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS AND FACTORS THAT MEN SHOULD KEEP IN MIND WHEN THINKING ABOUT PROSTATE HEALTH?

WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS TO KEEP IN MIND IS A YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE ROLE OF SCREENING AND FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE.

>> THE POINT OF SCREENING IS TO BE ABLE TO CATCH THE DISEASE BEFORE ANY SYMPTOMS COME TO FRUITION.

PARTICK WHEN IT COMES TO PROSTATE CANCER.

OFTENTIMES A PEOPLE MAY NOTICE CHANGES IN THE WAY THAT THEY URINATE, PARTICULARLY IF ITS ADVANCE, THEY MAY START TO NO NOTICE A TYPICAL SYMPTOMS BEFORE SOMEBODY THAT PRACTICES AND EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN DEPARTMENT.

THAT IS THE LAST PLACE THAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO CATCH PROSTATE CANCER.

I YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO CATCH IT WITH YOUR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER?

WHO REFERS YOU TO A DRAW LOGISTICS AND IS ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SCREEN YOU YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, CHANGES IN YOUR NATION.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER SORT OF A TYPICAL SYMPTOMS?

PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK OUT NOT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SCREAM AND CATCH IT ON TIME.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO ADVANCED DISEASE IS PARTICULARLY AROUND CANCER.

YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF SYMPTOMS AROUND WEIGHT LOSS CAN SEE A LOT OF SYMPTOMS AROUND DECREASE IN ENERGY.

AT THAT TIME, IT BECOMES VERY BUT WITH RESPECT TO BEING ABLE TO CATCH DISEASE EARLY, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO CATCH IT BEFORE YOU CATCH ANY SYMPTOMS.

THAT'S WHY THE GUIDELINES ARE SO IMPORTANT.

SO BY THE TIME YOU'RE HAVING SYMPTOMS, IT'S LATE.

EXACTLY.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT CAUSED THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT AMONG BLACK MEN?

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THINK ABOUT ARP OUR COMMUNITY AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT HAVE BEEN AT PLAY.

I THINK WHEN YOU THINK SOCIALLY, YOU HAVE TO THINK HISTORICALLY ABOUT HOW OUR HEALTH SYSTEM HAS TREATED OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT ADDITIONALLY, JUST THE AMOUNT OF APPREHENSION THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS WITH EMBRACING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND THEN FROM THE ECONOMIC SIDE, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE SOCIAL TERMS OF HEALTH AND WHEN YOU HAVE A POPULATION THAT IS DEALING WITH SO MANY PRESSURES, SOMETIMES YOUR HEALTH IS THE LAST TO BE ADDRESS.

BUT AS A COMMUNITY AND FROM THE HEALTH SYSTEM STANDPOINT, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALIGN HEALTH EQUITY AND THINK ABOUT UNIQUE PARTNERSHIPS AND UNIQUE INTERVENTIONS TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES THAT FRANK, WE HAVE HAD VERY DIFFICULT TIMES ENGAGING OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE SCREENING PROCESS.

A LOT OF MEN MAY NOT BE BIG FANS OF THE SCREENING PROCESS BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A DIGITAL EXAM.

>> HOW DO YOU OVERCOME >> ONE WAY I WOULD SAY IS JUST TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR SO THAT THEY CAN REASSURE YOU ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.

THERE'S ALSO A BLOOD THAT YOU CAN DRAW AND BE ABLE TO COMPARE THAT TO NORMAL LEVELS AND SEE IF OR HIGHER STANDARD DEVIATION TO BE ABLE TO WARRANT FURTHER INTERVENTION.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THOSE ISSUES IS TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH YOUR FAMILY AND UNDERSTAND YOUR FAMILY HISTORY.

VERY DEEPLY.

SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR RISK FACTORS AND THEIR URGENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN SCREEN.

>> SO THEY ALSO HAVE A CONVERSATION MAYBE WITH THE WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO GIVE BIRTH.

ABSOLUTELY.

LET LET ME LET ME START HERE.

WOMEN ARE OFTEN THE LEADERS IN TERMS OF HOW THEIR FAMILIES AND GAUGE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND OFTENTIMES IS THE MOTHER, THE GRANDMOTHER OFTENTIMES TELLING THEIR HUSBAND AND MAKING SURE THEIR CHILDREN ARE GETTING THE SCREENINGS OF THE VACCINES THAT THEY NEED.

>> SO THAT'S WHY THESE UNIQUE PARTNERSHIPS THAT HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS HAVE IS SO IMPORTANT, WHETHER IT BE PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS WITH BARBERSHOPS PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS ANYWAY, THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES AND EDUCATE THEM AND INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SCREEN FOR DISEASES THAT AFFECT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY EVEN MORE THAN OTHERS IS A WIN.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE ACTIVELY DO ON A DAILY BASIS AT AT OUR HEALTH SYSTEM.

>> WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE TO BRIDGE THE DISPARITY IN THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND INDIVIDUAL, OF BUT IN THE COMMUNITY, PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT CERTAINLY CORPORON AND GOVERNMENT STANDPOINT.

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO WHEN I WAS THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT DURING COVID, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS.

SO TRIED TO LOOK AT IS PARTNERSHIPS.

I KNOW WE TOUCHED ON PARTNER BUT WHEN TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS, I MEAN, NOT JUST COMMUNICATING, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE RESOURCES AND ACCESS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS FOR EXAMPLE, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO A BARBER SHOP.

YOU DON'T NECESSARILY JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DISEASE, BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO EDUCATE THE FOLKS THAT HAVE HIGH TOUCH POINTS WITH THE MOST AFFECTED MEMBERS.

SO I THINK THINKING ABOUT ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT TOUCH OUR COMMUNITY WRAPPING OURSELVES, WRAPPING OUR ARMS AROUND THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO.

SO THE LOVE AND UNDERSTAND JUST HOW URGENT THIS ISSUE IS IS THE BEST UP FOR IT.

YOU MENTIONED BARBERSHOP IN THAT SOUNDS KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE CAMPAIGN, YOU KNOW, FOR WOMEN.

>> WITH REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT THE BEAUTY SHOP IF THAT'S A PLACE WHERE IT HAS TO COME YEAH, YEAH.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER PROSTATE CONCERNS THAT MEN SHOULD BE AWARE OF BEYOND CANCER?

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD ABOUT KING CHARLES.

SPEAKING OUT PUBLICLY ABOUT HIS ENLARGED PROSTATE.

IT'S NOT JUST CANCER.

WELL, I THINK.

WE WE HEARD A LOT OF HIGH PROFILE INDIVIDUALS RECENTLY.

AND WHEN I WHAT I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT TO OBSERVE, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT >> THAT ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE ACCESS.

THEY DO HAVE THE RESOURCES.

THERE'S A HOST, LARGE PROPORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES SO BEYOND PROSTATE CANCER, WE NEED TO ALSO DIED DIAGNOSING.

THINK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY.

COLON CANCER AND THE OTHER RAISE THAT WE DIE DISPROPORTIONATELY RELATIVE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.

AND I THINK BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE EMBRACE AND TALK TO OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST UP FOR I THINK THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US BECAME DIRECTOR GARTH WALKER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

OF COURSE.

>> UP NEXT, A CANDID CONVERSATION WITH CHICAGO RAPPER AND ACTIVIST COMMON.

OUR NEXT GUEST REALLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION TO THE CHICAGO AUDIENCE, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY.

RAPPER ACTOR, ACTIVIST COMMON, HE EVEN TOOK TIME RECENTLY TO KIND OF PROMOTIONAL SPOT FOR WBTW NEWS AND HE'S AN OFFER.

WELL, HE'S BACK IN CHICAGO TO TALK ABOUT HIS LATEST BOOK.

AND THEN WE RISE A GUIDE TO LOVING AND TAKING CARE OF SELF COMMON SAT DOWN WITH US AT THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY TO TALK ABOUT THE BOOK AND SOME OF HIS ACTIVISM.

WE STARTED HOW THE PANDEMIC PLAYED A ROLE IN HIM WRITING THIS BOOK.

>> THE PANDEMIC WAS LIGHT.

A TURNING POINT FOR ME WANT TO SHARE BEFORE WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS LIKE, OK, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT I DO.

THIS IS THE WAY I LIVE AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS IF I FEEL THAT COULD BECOME A PRE 2 ALIKE.

YEAH, THIS IS WHY I'M DOING THIS.

AND CLEAR WITH THIS BECAUSE THESE THINGS THAT COME OFF LIKE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.

BUT I THINK DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHAT HAPPENED WAS PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO ME.

TO ASK ME CERTAIN THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S CONVERSATIONS.

I WOULD HAVE IT.

PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT THEIR DIETS, PATTI YOU KNOW, IN A WAY OF SEEKING MAKING TO CURIOSITY, LET ME KNOW THEY WANTED TO BE BETTER.

ALSO DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE WORKOUTS THAT I WOULD DO INSTAGRAM LIVE HOME PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH SAY SOME TO ME LIKE WOW, MAN AND THE WORKOUTS.

I STARK.

I WOULD USE ALL IG LIVE IN AND HELP ME THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH I WAS DOING IT FOR FUN.

AND JUST SAID IS LIKE WHY WE'RE HOME.

BECAUSE I KNOW MY FRIENDS.

WE ENJOY IT.

SO I JUST SAID AND THAT LET ME KNOW THAT IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO.

SO SPREAD THE WORD OF THINGS THAT I MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED A NO.

AND AS MY EXPERIENCES AND SOME OF MY THOUGHTS.

BUT ALSO I TALKED TO DOCTOR TRACY RICO, WHO'S THE INTEGRATE OF, YOU KNOW, THIS USE INTEGRATED MEDICINE, WHICH IS WESTERN AND EASTERN METHODS OF OF HEALING.

I TALK WITH MY THERAPIST AND SHE'S IN THE BOOK.

I TALK WITH MY TRAINER GABE WAS WORKOUTS IN THE BOOK AND THEN, YOU KNOW, VEGAN CHEF TOO, WHO TREMENDOUS NAME LAUREN VAN DE RECIPES.

BUT SHE'S BEEN A BIG COMPONENT.

>> IN TIMES WHEN I REALLY NEEDED TO FOCUS IN.

EITHER DO SOMETHING FOR ROLE.

AND WHEN I WAS DOING A PLAY ON BROADWAY, IT WAS NEEDED THAT THAT TYPE OF DIET, TOO, TO FUNCTION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WROTE EARLY IN THE BOOK THAT I FOUND INTERESTING.

YOU WRITE THAT ARE LORD CALLS TAKING CARE OF HERSELF, QUOTE, POLITICAL WARFARE.

YEAH, WOW.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

FIRST OF SEASONS SPECIAL, >> AND AND HAS A SPECIAL PHILOSOPHIES.

JUST POWERFUL.

AND TAKE ITSELF IS POLITICAL WILL FACE IN ALIGNMENT.

SO WHAT I WANTED BOOK TO BE ABOUT A FIRM BELIEVER IN LIKE THE WE LOVE MYSELF.

THE MORE WE TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES.

THE MORE WE COME BACK IN A NEGATIVE THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE WORLD LIKE IT'S LIKE YOU DON'T GIVING SPACE TO GET TO YOU.

IT'S NOT.

YOU HAVE WHEN LIKE RELEASED SINCE HITTING YOURSELF AND YOUR HIGHER SELF.

THE THINGS JUST TRYING TO GET IT TO THE NEGATIVITY, THE NEGATIVE CONVERSATIONS, THE THE NEGATIVE INFORMATION, THE NEGATIVE TWEETS AND AND THE RACISM AND SEXISM.

IT HAS LESS OVER.

CHANCE TO GET INTO YOUR OR INTO SPIRIT INTO YOUR HEART.

BECAUSE HUGE HAVE BUILD YOURSELF UP TO TO JUST NOT BE ON.

THAT VIBRATION.

IT'S LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE.

THEY SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE THAT YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT'S SO NEGATIVE YOU IN ON THAT NEGATIVE LANGUAGE.

SO IT'S LIKE YOU DON'T ACCEPT IT.

WE DOING ENOUGH ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.

NOW HE AND HIS WORLD.

SO LIKE WHAT'S THE THING?

WE HAVE POWER OVER?

I CELLS I SELF AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WE TRULY HAVE POWER OVER EVERY DAY.

4 PILLARS OF THE BOOK BECAUSE YOU'VE MENTIONED FOOD, BODY, MIND, SOUL AND, YOU KNOW, 2 IN THE VEIN OF WHAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, AS FAR AS THAT BEING SORT OF POLITICAL WARFARE THAT BEING REVOLUTIONARY TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU BRING THAT MESSAGE TO SOME OF THE YOUNG FOLKS IN CHICAGO WHO?

CARING FOR SELF IS JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT'S TOP OF MIND FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY THEY'RE THEY'RE FIGHTING SOME OTHER BATTLES.

AND I TOTALLY I NEVER EVEN HEARD THAT.

I'M LIKE SELF-CARE AND SELF-LOVE LIKE.

GROWING UP.

I WAS IN MY MID 20'S, BUT I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I DO KNOW ABOUT THE YOUTH CHICAGO AND YOUTH EVERYWHERE WE WANT TO THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE.

THEY WANT TO LIKE.

DO SOMETHING IN LIFE AND BE SOMETHING USE THERE.

THE LAST HORSE, SOMETHING THAT THEY DREAM OF AND WANT TO.

AND WANT TO EXCEL.

AND AND AND.

THESE THINGS ABOUT TAKING CARE SELF WELL.

THE STEPS TOWARDS GETTING TO WHATEVER YOUR VISION AND GOAL AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT WILL.

>> GIVE YOU TO BE HAPPIER AND MORE JOYFUL AND FULFILLED AS YOU FIND OUT WHAT THAT IS.

PROPER FOODS IN FOODS THAT CLEAN OF FOODS AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GOT TO BE VEGAN AND VEGETARIAN LIKE A CLEANER, ADDING JUST SIMPLE THINGS LIKE WATER VEGETABLES TO YOUR DIET WILL AFFECT THE WAY YOU FEEL AND THINK LIKE FOOD AS EMOTIONAL WEIGHT TO IT, TOO, IT DOESN'T COST YOU EITHER TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME IN THE MORNING.

LIKE JUST SELF I WHATEVER YOU NEED, IT MIGHT BE A MONTOUR THAT YOU SAY TO CHARGES SELF UP.

MIGHT BE A SCRIPTURE THAT DID IT.

YOU FEEL IS LIKE ENCOURAGING US STRENGTHEN YOU TAKING THE TIME JUST SETTLE AND MEDITATE.

MEDITATION IS NOT.

AND THEY GOT TO BE SO FOREIGN TO YOU.

IT'S JUST LIKE YOU CALM YOUR MIND BEING INTO WHICH A BREATH.

MY MEDITATION IS NOT ANYTHING THAT I GOT FROM THE GREAT BUDDHIST TEACHER LIKE I I PICKED UP FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.

I WENT AND SAY, OK, WHAT?

HOW IT'S CENTER MYSELF?

WANTED TO COULDN'T TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN UP ON >> YOU AND IMAGINE JUSTICE YOU FUNDED THE REBIRTH OF SOUND PROGRAMS STATE, WAS THAT SOMETHING ALL OF THAT WORK?

WAS THAT SOMETHING YOU FELT LIKE?

IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SPEAK OUT ON?

>> I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION.

GUY WAS DOING A DOCUMENTARY WITH A WOMAN NAMED MICHELLE ALEXANDER.

SHE WROTE A BOOK ON THE NEW JIM CROW AND THE NEW JIM CROW WAS ABOUT HOW?

YOU KNOW FROM SLAVERY TO THE JIM CROW LAWS.

SO PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, YOU KNOW, MASS INCARCERATION.

IT'S ALL BEEN PLATES TO KEEP.

BLACK PEOPLE AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS.

THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX KEEPING BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE AS SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS.

SO WHEN I WAS HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH HER, I WAS TELLING YOU KNOW, MY THING IS ABOUT TRYING TO HELP CHICAGO AND KIND OF BROKEN DOWN TO SIMPLE ABOUT LIE.

HOW?

MEN AND WOMEN BEING INCARCERATED WAS ACTUALLY.

PERPETUATING VIOLENCE THAT GOES ON BECAUSE YOU TAKEN FATHERS OUT OF THE HOME.

YOU PEOPLE SOMETIMES MOTHERS OUT OF THE HOME AND EVEN WHEN PEOPLE.

JAILS AND PRISONS, 80%.

I THINK IS 89% OF THE POPULATION COMES BACK.

IF THEY DON'T COME BACK HIELD OR CHANGED AND THEY BRING EVEN THAT BACK, YOU KNOW, TO TO THE ENVIRONMENT, THE PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN OUR PROGRAM IS IS GET TO SEE VIDEOS TO BE ON SINCE SONGS.

AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS STUFF IS REALLY GOOD WORK.

AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT CREATIVITY CAN BE TOWARDS HEALING UNTIL IT'S LIKE KIND RE STORE YOUR COMMUNITY SELF FOR I KNOW IS HE'S BEEN BENEFITING THEM AND THEY'VE EXPRESSED IT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MOST PROUD OF AND INSPIRED BY.

AND I HAPPEN TO KNOW THEY'RE PROBABLY WATCHING.

WHAT WOULD YOU TO THE MINUTE STABLE WHO ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW?

>> TO THE MEN, AS THEY JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW, HUMANITY IS GLOWING IS SHOWING DIFFERENT WAYS LIKE.

I KNOW MANY PEOPLE OUTSIDE.

THAT A FREE JUST THINK LIE, OK, MAY I DID SOME AND THAT'S IT.

YOU WRONG.

BUT IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TRULY DO CAN BELIEVE IN FORGIVENESS, BELIEVE IN HEALING, REALLY EVEN LIGHT.

THE HUMANITY.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE STEPS.

2 ACTUALLY LAKE SHOW YOUR HUMANITY AND SHOW YOU CREATIVITY.

AND IN LIGHT.

YOUR GOING FROM DARK TO LIGHT IS ACTUALLY CHANGING THE LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE IN CERTAIN WAYS AND CONTINUE TO DO IS NOT HE'S NOT OVERLOOKED OR NOT.

UNHEARD AND THE MORE WE CAN GET IT OUT THERE, THE MORE I THINK, YOU KNOW.

YOU ALL WILL BE HEARD YOUR VOICES AND YOU WILL IMPACT PEOPLE LIVE IN A SOCIETY KEEP KEEP EYES ON THE PRIZE.

KEEP BRIGHT OUTLOOK BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN A POSITIVE WAY.

>> AND THOUGH HE LIVES IN BROOKLYN THE OFFER ALSO SAYS THAT HE'S ESPECIALLY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS BOOK BACK HOME TO HIS HOMETOWN IN CHICAGO AND COMMONS BOOK.

AND THEN WE RISE A GUIDE TO LOVING AND TAKING CARE OF SELF IS OUT NOW.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS FOR THE VERY LATEST FROM WBTW NEWS AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES, CHICAGO NOW WON'T EVICT MIGRANTS UNTIL AT LEAST MID-MARCH.

A LOOK AT THE POSSIBLE IMPACT OF WHAT ADVOCATES ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS POLICY.

AND FROM BEING UNDOCUMENTED TO RUNNING A BEAUTY SCHOOL.

>> WE SHOW YOU HOW A BEAUTY SALON IS GIVING NEW ARRIVALS OPPORTUNITIES.

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 IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT, A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD LAW, OFFICES PERSONAL INJURY, LAW FIRM COMMITTED TO GIVING BACK TO