JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

BLACK VOICES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN AFTERMATH STILL GOES TODAY.

A LOOK AT THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO LAUNCH FOR REPARATIONS PROGRAM.

RACIAL DISPARITIES IN GENERATING WELL, A NEW STUDY EXPLORES ECONOMIC INEQUITIES BETWEEN WHITE COMMUNITIES AND THOSE OF COLOR.

MY HEART IS FIELD TO SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE CHICAGO ONES ARE CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH WITH MUSIC PARADES AND OF COURSE, BARBECUE OR LIVE AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM.

AND A FORMER PRO BASEBALL PLAYER IS WORKING WITH STUDENT ATHLETES TO DESIGN CUSTOM JUNETEENTH ARTWORK.

NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE REGION ARE CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH THE DAY COMMEMORATING THE DAY IN 18.

65 WIN.

250,000 ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, LEARNED OF THEIR FREEDOM INFLUX.

MORE NEIGHBORS FOLLOWED UP THEIR WEEKEND JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL WITH TODAY'S 3RD ANNUAL JUNETEENTH PARADE.

AND IN POLAND WHERE THE A PHILIP RANDOLPH PULLMAN, PORTER MUSEUM, HAS BEEN CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH FOR 12 YEARS.

ORGANIZERS HELD A PARADE BLOCK PARTY AND OLYMPIC GAMES.

EVENTS ARE ALSO TAKING PLACE AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TODAY, AS WE MENTIONED IN TOLEDO WILL HAVE A LIVE REPORT ON THOSE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

2 CHICAGO FIREFIGHTERS REMAIN IN GOOD CONDITION AFTER BEING INJURED FIGHTING MASSIVE FIRE.

HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE COMMERCIAL PALLET WAREHOUSE IN WEST TOWN LAST NIGHT.

THE FIRE WAS FUELED BY HIGH WINDS AND A PLUME OF BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT COULD BE SEEN FOR MILES.

NO WAREHOUSE EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED, BUT THE FACILITY IS DESTROYED.

AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED NO INFORMATION ON THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.

MEMBERS OF THE WHITE SOX AND CUBS AS WELL AS FANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE REMEMBERING A BASEBALL GIANT TODAY HALL OF FAMER SAY, HEY, KID, CATCH OR OF THE CATCH AND ALL AROUND BELOVED GUY.

WILLIE MAYS HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 93 MAYS WAS KNOWN AS A PLAYER WHO HAD THE RARE ABILITY TO HIT HOME RUNS 660 OF THEM IN HIS 23 SEASON CAREER WHILE ALSO EXCELLING AT RUNNING, THROWING AND FIELDING THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX AND CUBS PAY TRIBUTE IN SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS REMEMBERING HOW HIS ELECTRIC ENERGY THRILLED FANS AT EVERY BALLPARK HE PLAYED, INCLUDING 179 GAMES AT WRIGLEY FIELD.

MAY'S BEGAN HIS CAREER PLAYING FOR THE LEAGUES, BIRMINGHAM, BLACK BARONS BEFORE JOINING MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IN 1951.

JUST A FEW YEARS AFTER JACKIE ROBINSON INTEGRATED LEAK, HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS CAREER PLAYING FOR THE NOW SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, HIS DEATH COMES JUST 2 DAYS BEFORE A GAME BETWEEN THE GIANTS AND THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS TO HONOR THE LEAGUES AT RICKWOOD FIELD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

WE'RE FANS.

THEY'RE PAID HIM TRIBUTE JUST LAST NIGHT.

UP NEXT, HOW A CHICAGO INSTITUTION IS CELEBRATING TODAY'S HOLIDAY RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

AND AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY.

GENERATIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE BEEN MARKING THE END OF THIS DARK TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY WITH CELEBRATIONS OF BLACK JOY THROUGH FESTIVALS, PARADES AND BARBECUES, ALL CENTERED AROUND COMMUNITY W T TW NEWS.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT ANGEL EDO JOINS US NOW FROM ONE OF THOSE CELEBRATIONS AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM.

ANGEL.

A BRAND SO AS YOU MENTIONED, FOLKS HAVE BEEN DOWN HERE AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM.

YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME.

YOU SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF LINES FOR A LOT OF FOOD TRUCKS.

FOLKS HAVE BEEN DOWN HERE AS EARLY AS 10:00AM THIS MORNING AND THE DAY WAS REALLY CENTERED AROUND CELEBRATING COMMUNITY WITH THE 3RD ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS THEME BEING MOVING TOWARD FREEDOM.

WE DECIDE PAIN OF MOVING TOWARDS FREEDOM.

SO WE GET A LOT OF THINGS THAT INVOLVE MOST AND WE HAVE A SKATING RINK OF WHEN YOU GO, YOU THAT 13TH AMENDMENT.

ALTHOUGH HE'S MILESTONE, THINGS THAT WE AND THEN THERE'S THAT QR CODE YOU CAN TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WHATEVER YOU STAND ON THE POSTERS AROUND.

WE HAD A NASCAR HERE.

WE'VE GOT THE DIVINE 9 HERE DOING A STEP SO IT'S JUST ABOUT MOVEMENT AND ALL GAINS THAT PEOPLE HAVE MADE CELEBRATION OF ARE.

OBLIGATION AND OUR DUTY HERE TO LOOK THROUGH AN AFRICAN SENATE MAN'S SO JUNETEENTH HERE IS FREE EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE WON'T COMMERCIALIZE IT.

IT IS ALSO A DAY WHERE HAVE TO BE TRUE TRADITION WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE MIGHT SAY, OK, PARTY DAY.

OKAY, TODAY OFF.

AND YOU WE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER FORGET IT WAS STARTED.

SO IT'S UP TO US TO SPEAK FOR THAT PARTICULAR POPULATION TO MAKE SURE THAT HELP PEOPLE TO REMEMBER, THOUGH WE'RE HAVING FUN IT.

THERE'S THERE'S A PARTY WITH A PURPOSE.

NOW.

ACTIVITIES RANGE FROM THE AFRICAN MARKET VENDORS TO FOOD TRUCKS THAT YOU'VE BEEN TURNED THEIR ROUNDHOUSE INTO A SKATING RINK FOR THE KIDS.

NOW THEY'RE SAID TO BE A TOTAL OF 8,000 PEOPLE TO TOUR THE NEW GROUNDS HERE TODAY MARKING THIS AS THE CITY'S LARGEST OFFICIAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.

I GOT TO TALK WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER PATRONS AND MUSEUM OFFICIALS TODAY WHO SHARED HOW THEIR COMMEMORATING BUT ALSO KNOWN AS FREEDOM DAY.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU YOU HAVE FIND OUT HERE TODAY.

YES, JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT TO TAKE THAT TELL A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

I DID NOT KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO HITTING FOR MONTHS AND SUCH A SHAME, YOU KNOW, JUST A PART OF OUR HISTORY.

BUT I THINK IT'S AWESOME WAY FOR US TO GET TOGETHER AS BLACK PEOPLE AND CELEBRATE SOMETHING THAT WAS HELD BACK FOR MOST.

MY HEART IS FIELD TO SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE.

ALL OF THESE MERCHANTS, BEEN QUITE A BIT, BUT IT IS JUST SO GREAT TO SEE AND WITH SO TALENTED.

AND WE'RE JUST COMING TOGETHER.

AND WE'RE JUST REALLY HAPPY JUNETEENTH.

IT'S A DAY OF CELEBRATION.

YOU KNOW, IT IS I'M A REAL PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

NOW ACTIVITIES GO ON UNTIL ABOUT 8.30, OR SO THIS EVENING.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT AND CELEBRATE FREEDOM DAY, YOU STILL GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND BRANDIS.

THAT INCLUDES YOU.

NEVER TOO LATE TO CELEBRATE.

ANGEL, THANKS SO MUCH.

UP NEXT, CHICAGO'S MAYOR ANNOUNCES A NEW EFFORT TO RIGHT PAST WRONGS.

STILL WITH US.

CHICAGO OFFICIALS ARE SET TO ONCE AGAIN TACKLE THE THORNY ISSUE OF REPARATIONS.

THIS TIME THROUGH A NEW TASK FORCE LAUNCHED BY MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON JUST IN TIME TO MARK JUNETEENTH.

THE PUSH IS FUNDED BY $500,000 FROM THE CITY'S 2024 BUDGET.

THE FIRST TIME TAXPAYER MONEY WILL BE USED TO CONFRONT THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY AND LEGAL SEGREGATION.

JOHNSON CALLS THE WORK NECESSARY.

HERE'S WHAT HE SAID BEFORE RAISING THE JUNETEENTH FLAG OVER DALY PLAZA.

LIKE MANY CITIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, CHICAGO STILL BEARS THE SCARS OF SYSTEMIC RACISM AND INJUSTICES.

THAT HAVE BEEN INFLICTED ON OUR COMMUNITIES.

THAT'S WISE.

BARRETT IS THAT IS NOW THE TIME TO DELIVER GOOD ON REPARATIONS FOR PEOPLE OF CHICAGO, PARTICULARLY BLACK PEOPLE.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

W T TW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

HEATHER, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME CHICAGO OFFICIALS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TACKLE REPARATIONS.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, BACK IN 2020, LIKE MANY CITIES, CHICAGO TACKLED THE ISSUE OF REPARATIONS IN THE WAKE OF THE POLICE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.

BUT IT NEVER REALLY GOT OFF THE GROUND AMID IMPLACABLE OPPOSITION FROM THEN MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT, BRANDON JOHNSON HAS PROMISED TO PICK UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF.

SO WHAT EXACTLY IS THE TASK FORCE CHARGED WITH DOING?

SO IT WILL BE JOINTLY LED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF EQUITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S BLACK CAUCUS AND THEY WILL BE CHARGED WITH REALLY SORT OF A WIDE RANGING SORT OF TASK.

FIRST, THEY HAVE TO DEFINE SORT OF WHAT THE HARM WAS.

NOW.

BRAND-NEW JOHNSON'S GOT SOME IDEAS ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ASKED HOW THE CITY CAN ADDRESS THAT.

WHAT STEPS IT CAN TAKE IS IT MONEY ISN'T PROGRAMS OR IS IT AN EDUCATIONAL EFFORT THROUGH THE CITY?

SCHOOLS I THINK ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THE TABLE SO JOHNSON LAUNCHED A TASK FORCE WITH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT INCLUDED AN APOLOGY, QUOTE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOR THE HISTORICAL WRONGS COMMITTED AGAINST BLACK CHICAGOANS AND THEIR ANCESTORS WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO BEAR IN JUSTICES.

DID HE SAY WHAT THOSE INJUSTICES ARE WILL REALLY THE HEART OF HIS 2023 PLATFORM FOR MAYOR WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT CHICAGO'S BLACK COMMUNITIES HAVE FACED DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT IN.

HE SEES THAT LEGACY.

IT'S NOT ONLY THE REASON WHY THE CITY THE MOST SEGREGATED CITY IN AMERICA STILL TODAY, BUT IT'S ALSO SORT OF IN THE THE LEGACY OF THE SCHOOL CLOSURES BACK ABOUT A DECADE AGO.

IT IS WHY THERE ARE HIGHER RATES OF INCARCERATION FOR BLACK MEN IN CHICAGO.

AND THAT'S WHY BLACK PEOPLE ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE GENERATIONAL WEALTH OR TO EVEN OWN HOMES IN CHICAGO.

SO IT'S THOSE SORT BIG-PICTURE ISSUES THAT HE SEES.

THIS IS A WAY TO START THAT WELL FOR SOMETHING WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT COMING UP IN THE SHOW A SEPARATE COMMISSION CREATED BY STATE LAW IN 2020 IS ALSO FINALLY GETTING UNDERWAY.

WHAT WAS THE AFRICAN DESCENT CITIZENS REPARATIONS COMMISSION?

WHAT'S WOULD BEGIN TO FOCUS SO THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT TASK AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SORT OF EDUCATIONAL ISSUES LIKE JUST CHICAGO NEED MORE VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.

AND THEY ALSO ARE GOING TO LOBBY FOR A LAW THAT WOULD FORCE ILLINOIS COMPANIES TO SORT OF DECLARE WHETHER THEY BENEFITED FROM SLAVERY.

A SIMILAR LAW HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS IN CHICAGO FOR 25 YEARS HAS YET TO REALLY BEEN ENFORCED.

VERY EAGER TO SEE WHAT COMES OF BOTH OF AGENCIES HAD A SHARON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS, BRANDIS.

AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT IS ALL AT W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

NEW STUDY IS REVEALING DRASTIC ECONOMIC INEQUITIES BETWEEN WHITE COMMUNITIES AND THOSE OF COLOR.

THE REPORT CALLED THE COLOR OF WEALTH IN CHICAGO EXAMINES THE ASSETS AND DEBTS OF THE CITY'S BLACK WHITE, PUERTO RICAN AND MEXICAN RESIDENTS.

IT FINDS BLACK HOUSEHOLDS HAVE A MEDIAN NET WORTH OF $0 COMPARED TO $210,000 FOR WHITE FAMILIES.

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE FINDINGS ARE DERRICK HAMILTON, A PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AND URBAN POLICY AND THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE NEW SCHOOL'S INSTITUTE OF RACE POWER AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

ANDREA SCIENCE, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST ANDREAS SEPPI CHIEF, A PARTNERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT AT BY THE HAND CLUB FOR KIDS AND BRENDA PALMS.

THE FOUNDER AND CEO FOUNDER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE NORTH LAWNDALE EMPLOYMENT NETWORK.

THANKS TO ALL 4 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

PROFESSOR HAMILTON, LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

WHY FOCUS ON WEALTH?

WHAT DIDN'T WE KNOW THAT YOU NEEDED TO INVESTIGATE?

WELL, WEALTH, IT'S PROBABLY THE PARAMOUNT INDICATOR OF ECONOMIC SECURITY.

WE THINK ABOUT IT AS AN OUTCOME.

BUT HIS ACTIONS IS FUNCTIONAL.

WHAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO YOUR KIDS TO COLLEGE, IF YOU'RE FACED WITH A LEGAL CHALLENGE OF MEDICAL CONDITION, A LOT OF THOSE BIG TICKET ITEMS AREN'T FINANCED OUT OF YOUR INCOME.

I MEAN, WE RECENTLY HAD THE PANDEMIC EXPERIENCE IN THIS STUDY WAS COLLECTED TOWARDS THE TAIL END OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU'RE A WORKER WITH A PREEXISTING CONDITION AND YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

WELL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE WEALTH, YOU DON'T HAVE AGENCY AND MAKING AN ALTERNATIVE DECISION.

BUT TO HAVE TO GO IN FOR SUBSISTENCE AND CLARIFY FOR US.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WEALTH AND INCOME, YOU KNOW, INCOME IS A FLOW.

GOOD INCOME IS GENERALLY A NEST, THE TECHNICAL FRAMING, BUT INCOME IS GENERALLY USED FOR SUBSISTENCE USUALLY TO PAY YOUR BILLS.

YOUR EXPENSES.

SADLY, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE WEALTH, FUND IS VOLATILITY INTO AMOUNT OF HOURS YOU HAVE IN A WEEK OR 2 OR YOUR WAGE AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT SO ISOLATED.

SOME PEOPLE EXPERIENCE VOLATILITY IN THE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION.

WELL, AND THAT SCENARIO, IF YOUR INCOME GETS IT GETS A STIFLED.

RELY ON YOUR SAVINGS IN YOUR WEALTH.

JUST QUICK SUMMARY INCOME IS THE FLOW GENERALLY USED FOR EXPENSES.

WELL, FACE A CAPITAL, IT AND WELL OFTEN HAS THE ATTRIBUTES PAYING DIVIDENDS IN PERPETUITY.

SO IF YOU OWN PROPERTY AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S THAT'S A SOURCE OF INCOME.

SO THAT WILL CREATE MORE WEALTH FOR I'M ANDREA SCIENCE.

HOW COMMISSIONING THE STUDY?

HOW DOES IT REFLECT ON SORT OF THE GOALS OF THE MISSION OF THE TRUST?

SO WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE WEALTH GAP IN CHICAGO FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS NOW.

AND THIS STUDY GIVES US ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS INTO THE WAY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY ARE EXPERIENCING OUR ECONOMY.

THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE MIGHT ADVOCATE FOR DIFFERENT SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE BARRIERS TO BUILDING WEALTH THAT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE EXPERIENCING.

SO HOW MIGHT WE CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES OF COLOR TO OWN HOMES.

FOR EXAMPLE, AND HOW MIGHT WE CREATE THE CONDITIONS WHERE THOSE HOMES ARE LIKELY TO APPRECIATE IN VALUE AND BECOME AN ASSET VERSUS A LIABILITY FOR A FAMILY.

THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND EXPLORING WITH MANY PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS.

THESE NEW DATA GIVE US A MORE DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO A LITTLE BIT THAT'S IN THE RESEARCH BLACK FAMILIES HAD THE LOWEST ESTIMATED RATE OF HOMEOWNERSHIP AT 34% COMPARED TO WHITE FAMILIES AT 72%, BLACK FAMILIES WERE MOST LIKELY TO USE PAYDAY LENDING AT 18% COMPARED TO US BORN MEXICAN FAMILIES AND PUERTO RICAN AT 13 11% RESPECTIVELY.

WHITE FAMILIES MUCH, MUCH LOWER THAN THAT.

6% BLACK FAMILIES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE MEDICAL DEBT THAT THE 29% COMPARED TO WHITE FAMILIES AT 18%.

AGAIN, PUERTO RICAN AND MEXICAN FAMILIES FALLING IN BETWEEN THOSE 2 FIGURES BUT MEDICAL BEING THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF BANKRUPTCY IN THE U.S.

PROFESSOR HAMILTON, WHAT DOES ALL THIS TELL AND IT ALSO SPEAKS A NEED TO HAVE BOTH INCOME AND WEALTH AS A RESULT OF HAVING LOW INCOME PEOPLE END UP IN THESE DEBT TRAPS, YOU KNOW SOMETHING LIKE MEDICAL DEBT, STUDENT LOAN DEBT, EVEN IF WE THINK ABOUT THAT, SOMEBODY TRYING TO BETTER THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE POTENTIALLY MORE ADVANTAGEOUS LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCES.

WELL, IT'S ROUGH IF YOU GET SADDLED WITH AN ALBATROSS OF DEBT CON.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU HAVE TO START STARTED FROM A POSITION OF WEALTH.

YOU'RE ABLE TO ACQUIRE EDUCATION AT A LOW COST WITHOUT OF ACQUIRING THAT DEBT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT A COMPLETE PICTURE OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, BUT WE CAN EVEN GO FURTHER AND SAY OFFENSIVE LEE, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE WEALTH, IT'S GENERATIVE.

IT'S PRODUCTIVE.

GIVES YOU CAPACITY GIVES YOU AGENCY NOT ONLY MEET YOUR SUBSISTENCE AND DEAL WITH A RAINY DAY, BUT INVEST WHICH, YOU KNOW, SAY THIS LAST POINT.

I IT ALLOWS NOT ONLY INDIVIDUALS TO THRIVE, BUT IT CREATES MULTIPLIER EFFECT IN WAYS THAT WE OTHERWISE PROBABLY CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE INNOVATION OF HAVING SOME CAPITAL FOUNDATION TO EXERCISE ONE'S IDEA COULD COULD BENEFIT IN THE WAYS.

BRENDA HOW WOULD YOU SAY THESE RESULTS ARE REFLECTED IN THE NORTH LAWNDALE COMMUNITIES THAT USER?

WHAT'S INTERESTING AS I WAS LISTENING, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST EXPENSIVE TO BE POOR, ISN'T IT?

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS REPORT HELPS TO ELEVATE IS NO ONE CHOOSES TO BE POOR.

I THINK WE LOOKED AT THE SYSTEMS THAT THIS REPORT, LET'S STOP THAT WERE VERY INTENTIONAL.

AND SO YOU GROW UP AND YOU HOPES OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

BUT THERE SO MANY BARRIERS TO ACTUALLY ACHIEVING THAT THAT DREAM AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL WILL.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR DESIRE, BUT THAT THERE ARE INTENTIONAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN PLACE.

SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR US IN NORTH LAWNDALE SAID WE DO HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED LEAST 3 TIMES HIGHER THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

WE UNFORTUNATELY, A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED TIME AND JUST BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS WORSE THAN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY IS THAT THE RESOURCES AND OPTIONS AND CHOICES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVEN'T BEEN IN PLACE.

AND SO PEOPLE DO MAKE POOR CHOICES.

AND WE KNOW THAT JUST SPENDING TIME IN PRISON, HE'S GOING TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON YOUR EARNINGS POTENTIAL OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE.

SO THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT ON THE GOOD SIDE IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE GROWTH THAT IS TAKING PLACE.

WE'VE JUST OPENED UP A BEAUTIFUL, BE LOVE CAFE.

PEOPLE CAN COME AND SIT ON A OUTDOOR PATIO AND SIP ON SOMETHING SWEET AND AND THERE AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES.

SO THERE'S TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S BEING CREATED.

TRUE ACCESS THAT PEOPLE CAN PURCHASE HOMES WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, WITH FAIR AND JUST LONG PRODUCTS WORK HAPPENING IN MORGAN TURN SOME OF THIS AROUND.

SAME QUESTION TO ANDREAS SEPPI.

YOU KNOW HOW IT SOME OF THIS RESEARCH HOUSE THAT REFLECTED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO CHANGE IT?

YES, OFTEN IS ONE OF THE LARGEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO.

WE HAVE OVER 95,000 RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I WORK IN NORTH AUSTIN HAS 1 MILLION RESIDENTS WITHIN 5 MILES, WHICH IS REALLY DENSELY POPULATED.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE EXPRESSED IN THIS REPORT.

BUT WHAT YOU SEE ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC IS A LOT OF CREATIVITY.

SO BY THE HAND CLUB FOR KIDS, WE'RE A FAITH-BASED AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM.

WE WERE REALLY FORMED 20 YEARS AGO TO ADDRESS BARRIERS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE PICK KIDS UP ON THE SCHOOL BUS.

THEY GET DINNER AT BY THE HAND CLUB ACADEMIC, TUTORING AND ENRICHMENT.

AND THEN WE DROP THEM SAFELY AT NIGHT.

AND ALL THIS HAS LED TO OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

86 1% OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, BUT COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, WE KNEW WE HAD TO DO EVEN MORE THAN THAT.

SO WE WORKED WITH PARTNERS IN WE HAVE 2 OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND TENSILE SPORTS IN THE GAP PROVIDE CENTER TO TRANSFORM.

SO THINK ABOUT THIS.

ONE OF THE LARGEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO HAD A 10 ACRE BROWNFIELD ENVIRONMENTALLY POLLUTED AND WE BUILT 150,000 SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY FOR SPORTS, EDUCATION AND WELLNESS.

AND JUST IN OUR FIRST YEAR OPEN, WE HAD OVER 60,000 VIEWS AND 12,000 ADULTS COME INTO OUR CENTER FOR HEALTH AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

AND I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND I GOT TO MEET MY LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE AT THE FACILITY.

AND WHEN YOU SEE ALL THAT THAT SO MUCH MORE THAN YEAR IN A SOCCER PROGRAM, YOU'RE IN A BASKETBALL PROGRAM OR URINE BY THE HIM CLUB AFTER SCHOOL.

THAT'S HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THANK.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE MY SOCCER TEAM AT HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THEN I CAN BE A COAT.

AND THEN IF I COACH, YOU KNOW, LITTLE SECOND GRADERS ON SATURDAY MORNING OF MAY GET SOME MONEY IN MY POCKET SPEND THAT MONEY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT WE SEE ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH YOU IS THAT WEALTH GAP STARTS REALLY YOUNG.

YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT BUILT ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE'RE BRINGING INCREDIBLE RESOURCES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO MUCH CHANGING WERE JUST SO THANKFUL FOR THE CREATIVE PHILANTHROPY OF THE TRUST.

IT'S IT'S CHANGING THE NARRATIVE AND WELL.

TO THAT TO THAT POINT, BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME.

ANDREA SCIENCE.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW PROFESSOR HAMILTON MAKES SOME SORT OF GET A RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARDS BABY BARNS AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL POLITICAL ARE NOT POLITICAL, BUT POTENTIAL PROGRAMMING THAT CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, START TO SORT OF LIKE BRIDGE THAT WEALTH GAP AT AN EARLY AGE.

HOW DOES THIS RESEARCH HELP YOU SORT OF, YOU KNOW?

CREATE THE ARGUMENT WITH POLICYMAKERS ARE GOING TO PLUMMET.

SOME OF THOSE CHANGES LIKE GUARANTEED INCOME REPARATIONS.

IT ABSOLUTELY HELPS US PUT THE PIECES IN PLACE, RIGHT?

THESE DATA HELP US IMAGINE WHAT CAN BE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE GOT HERE BECAUSE OF POLICIES THAT WERE DECIDED BY FOLKS IN POWER DECADES AGO.

IT'S OUR TURN TO DECIDE WHAT POLICIES WE WANT TO SHAPE OUR FUTURE.

SO WE'RE NOT HERE AGAIN.

WE THINK THAT THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM TO DEVELOP POLICIES FOR MAKING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, AFFORDABLE WITHOUT BURDENSOME DEBT.

I'M MAKING THAT A NORM RIGHT?

WE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM HERE TO TALK ABOUT WAYS CREATIVE WAYS TO CREATE BANK ACCOUNTS, INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS FOR PEOPLE AT A YOUNG AGE.

SO WHEN THE TIME WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO BE ADULTS, THEY HAVE SOME RESOURCES WITH WHICH TO MAKE DECISIONS, LIFE DECISIONS.

WE THINK THERE'S ROOM TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE KEEP PEOPLE FROM FALLING OUT?

THE BOTTOM?

SO THESE IDEAS ABOUT GUARANTEED INCOME, WHICH ARE BEING PILOTED HERE IN COOK COUNTY CHICAGO ARE ONES WE SHOULD REALLY TAKE SERIOUSLY SO IDEAS.

A LOT OF WORK.

SOME WORK ALREADY BEING UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO END THIS DISCUSSION OF.

BUT I THANK ALL 4 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

TERRY PENDLETON, ANDREA SCIENCE AND FEE AND BRING THE PALMS.

AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

A FORMER SECOND BASEMAN FOR THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX TURNED ARTIST IS PARTNERING WITH WHITE SOX CHARITIES.

AMATEUR CITY ELITE PROGRAM ALSO KNOWN AS ACE FOR A ONE OF A KIND JUNETEENTH COLLABORATION.

MICAH JOHNSON WORKED WITH STUDENT ATHLETES TO DESIGN CUSTOM JUNETEENTH ARTWORK THAT THE BOYS WILL WEAR ON THEIR JERSEYS THIS WEEKEND.

THE ALL BLACK T-SHIRT FEATURES A PATCH IN THE MIDDLE SURROUNDED BY DESIGNS CREATED BY THE STUDENTS WITH BLACK BASEBALL PLAYERS MAKING UP ONLY 6% OF MAJOR LEAGUE ROSTERS.

WE SPOKE WITH JOHNSON AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS COLLABORATION.

YOU MIGHT GET PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FANS, BASEBALL.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ACTUALLY COOL.

THE WHITE SOX GOING TO TUNE INTO A GAME TRANSVERSE YOU MIGHT BE PEOPLE IN THE STADIUM SAY, WELL, THAT'S ACTUALLY A COOL WAY, TOO HONOR THIS HOLIDAY.

I DIDN'T GO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I LOOK AT.

MY JOB IS TO RAISE AWARENESS A LOT FROM THE ACTUALLY I LET THIS FIRE BECAUSE THEY PROVED THEY WERE OUT PUTTING CREATE CREATIVELY FROM THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVES.

MADE THESE KIDS, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T HAVE A FRAME OF REFERENCE ON.

OTHER ART IS DOOR WHAT THEY SHOULD DRAW.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY PURE TO MICHAEL VERSE ON THOSE ONCE HE STARTED TALKING STUFF AND LIKE GOT GOT COMFORTABLE AND LIKE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

THEY GOT REALLY, REALLY YOU GOT TO BE TRACKED THE SO I JUST GOT TO GREAT.

MY IMAGE OF WHAT I'VE DONE THE LIKE BABIES BY DO MATTER FOR THAT I PUT IT ON AIR IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I LIKE FOR A GENERATION THAT THEY MAY BE MORE LIKE.

BUT YOUNGER PEOPLE PLAYING THE GAME OF BASEBALL.

WHY CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH IMPORTANT.

IT'S JUST THE PEOPLE THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR US AND THE FUTURE OF BUT BASEBALL.

AND THE T-SHIRTS ARE FOR A STUDENT'S ONLY, HOWEVER, PATCHES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE TO SOX FANS WITH A PORTION OF PROCEEDS GOING TO ASSIST THE BUDDING BASEBALL PLAYERS IN THE PROGRAM.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS FOR THE VERY LATEST FROM W T TW NEWS AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

PRESIDENT BIDEN CELEBRATES THE 12TH ANNIVERSARY OF DHAKA WHILE ANNOUNCING A NEW POLICY SHIELDING SOME UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS FROM DEPORTATION AND WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST ON THE RECORD-BREAKING EXTREME HEAT GRIPPING THE CHICAGO AREA 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 AND PICKFORD WHICH IS PROUD TO HONOR FOUNDER AND SENIOR PARTNER ROBERT, WHO WAS MAIMED IN