Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, March 25, 2023 - Full Show
3/25/2023 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Brandis Friedman hosts the March 25, 2023, episode of "Black Voices."
Two wrongfully convicted brothers fight for justice. Residents push for the reopening of a closed "L" stop. Lyric Opera tackles emotional stories. And in the ring with Golden Gloves winners.
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Chicago Tonight: Black Voices is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, March 25, 2023 - Full Show
3/25/2023 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Two wrongfully convicted brothers fight for justice. Residents push for the reopening of a closed "L" stop. Lyric Opera tackles emotional stories. And in the ring with Golden Gloves winners.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US.
ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, SERVED 25 YEARS FOR MURDER AND LITTER THEY WERE EXONERATED AND STILL WAITING.
>> WHAT CHICAGO HAS DONE TO THE AREA.
>> THE IMPACT OF A TRAIN STOP ON INGLEWOOD AND HOW RESIDENTS ARE ORGANIZING TO REOPEN IT.
>>> A TRIO IS TACKLING LYRICS.
SUMMER IS ON THE WAY, AND WHY NOT LEARN TO WORK WHERE YOU PLAY?
APPLY FOR A JOB WITH THE PARK DISTRICT.
>> BOCKING SAVED MY LIFE.
>> Anchor: TWO RETIRED BOCKING CHAMPIONS, CELEBRATE 100 YEARS.
AND THE FIRST STORY TONIGHT, TWO BROTHERS WHO SAY THAT THEY'RE STILL WAITING FOR JUSTICE.
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> TWO BROTHERS SAY THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR JUSTICE AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A CRIME THEY DIDN'T COMMIT.
IN 1994, THE BROTHERS WERE CONVICTED OF MURDER AND THEY WERE EXONERATED IN 2021.
TYLER HENDERSON SAID LAST WEEK THEY WERE TRYING TO CLOSE THIS, BUT INSTEAD, THEY WERE TOLD THEY NEEDED TO PROVE THEIR INNOCENCE IN A HEARING.
JOINING US NOW, THE BROTHERS, SHAWN, TYLER, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS.
THEY CONTACTED THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SAID THAT THEY CANNOT COMMENT ON THE LITIGATION.
WE THANK YOU FOR JOINS US.
REGINALD HENDERSON, YOU SAID THAT HAVING TO RETURN TO THE COURTHOUSE SO MANY TIMES, IT WAS TRAUMATIZING.
>> JUST GOING BACK, WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS ONCE, TO RELIVE IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT'S TRAUMATIZING.
NOW, HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF IT, THAT IS OPENING UP THE SAME STEPS.
THE SAME STEPS THAT WE HAD TO WALK THROUGH TO JUSTIFY WHO WE ARE.
>> SHAWN, HOW ARE YOU PREPARING YOURSELF FOR THE NEXT HEARING?
>> Guest: THE PROCESS, REALLY TRYING TO GET IT IN MY HEAD THAT ALTHOUGH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WANTS TO HAVE THE HEARING, I'M TRYING TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO AGAIN.
I COULD BE FOOLING MYSELF.
BUT I WANT TO HAVE FAITH IN THE SYSTEM.
>> I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO TRUST THE PROCESS THAT YOU BELIEVE HAS WRONGED YOU A GREAT DEAL SINCE YOU WERE A TEENAGER.
>> IT'S HARD, NOT THAT IT'S GOING TO -- BUT YOU WANT TO BELIEVE IN IT.
AND THE STATE ATTORNEY LET US CONTINUE.
AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST 25, 27 YEARS.
>> JENNIFER, EXPLAIN TO US THE LEGAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS.
>> TYPICALLY, THE STATE SAYS YOU ARE INNOCENT OF THESE CRIMES, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT IT GIVES SOME MEASURE OF JUSTICE IN A SENSE OF GIVING COMPENSATION, IT'S PALTRY BY COMPARISON TO WHAT THESE INDIVIDUALS LOST.
BUT IT IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND IT IS IMPORTANT.
AND IT ALSO GIVES THEM SOME MONEY GET ON THEIR FEET.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN PEOPLE GET OUT OF PRISON.
THEY DON'T GET THE SAME SERVICES THAT PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN FOR CRIMES THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE COMMITTED AND COME OUT WHILE ON PAROLE.
AND THEREFORE THEY REALLY STRUGGLE BECAUSE GETTING JOBS, STILL, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE THE CONVICTION IN THE BACKGROUND, TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
AND IT GIVES THEM AFFIRMATIVE DECLARATION FROM THE STATE.
AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S AN OBSTACLE THAT COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT AND SHOULD BE PREVENTABLE.
LEGALLY, TO LET THEM GO, THEY SHOULD BE DECLARED INNOCENT MORE ROUTINELY.
WE STILL HAVE A HEARING TO GO TO, AND IT'S NOT OVER BY ANY STRETCH, BUT IT IS LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
>> Anchor: WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE HEARING AND PAUL LEONARD, WHAT ARE THE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR INNOCENCE, EVERYONE BEING AN AUTOMATIC OUTCOME OF EXONERATION?
>> Guest: WELL, I THINK THE LAWS SAYS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN VACATED.
AND IT SHOULD BE.
OF AND THE STATE, THE STANDARD APPLIES HERE.
SO THEY HAVE TO PROVE THESE GUYS INNOCENT AGAIN.
NORMALLY, THE STATE HAVING TO PROVE YOU GUILTY AND THIS TIME, INNOCENT.
>> CARL, IS THIS TYPICAL TO HAVE TO HAVE THE CERTIFICATE OF INNOCENCE?
>> IT'S NOT UNCOMMON.
IN OTHER INSTANCE, THAT PROCESS, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DECIDE WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO DEPOSE OR NOT, AND I DEFINITELY DON'T UNDERSTAND TO DEPOSE THE CERTIFICATE OF INNOCENCE AFTER AGREEING THAT THEY SHOULD BE EXONERATED AFTER SPENDING FIVE YEARS LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE BEFORE THEY DECIDED TO, ON THEIR OWN MOTION, EXONERATE THEM.
HOW THEY DECIDED TO GO FROM THAT POINT, I DO NOT KNOW.
>> REGINALD, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE LAST WEEK, YOU SHOWED A PHOTO OF YOUR MOTHER WHO YOU LOST SHORTLY AFTER THAT EXONERATION IN 2021.
SO EXPLAIN HOW THIS WAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?
>> WELL, EARLIER, WE TRIED TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HAVING BOTH OF OUR CHILDREN TAKEN AWAY FROM US.
SHE LITERALLY TOLD MY YOUNGER BROTHER, GO TO THE POLICE STATION AND SEE WHAT THE POLICE WANT, NOT KNOWING THAT 25 YEARS LATER, WE WOULD BE IN PRISON FOR THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T DO.
SO HER MENTALITY AND THE BURDEN THAT IT PUT ON JUST ONE WOMAN WHO LATER SUFFERED FROM A HEART ATTACK, BUT I LOST HER, AND IT HAS BEEN ROUGH.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE OUR WAY.
AND EVERYTHING THAT I CAN, AND WE CONTINUE TO TRUST IN THE PROCESS AND HOPE THAT THE CHANGES COME ABOUT, SO WE HAVE THE NECESSARY.
COMING TO YOUR HOME AT 46 AND 45, LITTLE OR NOTHING.
OUR MOTHER, SO IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE AND WE CONTINUE.
SO WE JUST ARE LOOKING FOR CHANGE.
IT'S SIMPLY THIS.
JUST IN THIS WILL ALLOW US TO FINALLY GO TO OUR MOTHER'S GRAVESITE.
A THING THAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED HER TO HAVE.
TWO THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO.
THIS ONE, YOU WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
>> SHAWN, I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU IN A MINUTE, AND JENNIFER, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS?
>> WE DO HAVE A HEARING SCHEDULED.
AND THERE WILL BE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED MUCH LIKE ANY OTHER HEARING.
AND THE STATE WILL LIKELY, OR MAYBE NOT, WE'LL FIND OUT, TRY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW THIS LAW SHAKES OUT.
OUR CLIENTS ARE INNOCENT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVIDENCE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT ON TO SHOW OTHERWISE.
IT MAY JUST -- IT'S HARD TO KNOW AS CHARL POINTED OUT.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY THEY DO WHAT THEY DO.
SOMETIMES THEY OBJECT AND SOMETIMES THEY WANT A HEARING, AND SOMETIMES IF THEY DON'T OBJECT AND THEY AGREE.
SO IT'S NOT A LOT OF PREDICTABILITY.
BUT WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW THEY'RE INNOCENT AS WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN IT, AND SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY PROVEN AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE HEARING NEXT MONTH, AND EVENTUALLY, WE BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS.
>> WE REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY AND STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BECAUSE IT'S IN LITIGATION.
BUT CARL, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING AT THIS HEARING IN MAY?
>> I'M EXPECTING TO PROVE, EXCITED TO PUT ON EVIDENCE OF THE ABUSE THAT HE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF POLICE OFFICERS.
AND PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FROM BACK THEN HOW HE WAS SPITTING UP BLOOD AND HE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY.
AND I EXPECT TO PUT ALL OF THAT EVIDENCE ON.
AND YORE HOW THE STATE PLANS TO PUT THESE OFFICERS ON THAT THEY DID THIS, AND THAT'S THE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE AND THAT'S THE PLAN >> REGINALD, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THIS, WHAT ARE YOU HOPING?
>> AGAIN, IT GIVES YOU A -- WHAT TOOK PLACE, BUT IT WILL GIVE YOU A START.
KIND OF PLUG IN THE HOLES.
LIKE I SAID, 46 NOW, AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING AN ONGOING FIGHT SINCE 1994, IT'S ALMOST 30 YEARS, SO IT CAN'T DO NOTHING BUT HELP.
IT WILL JUST MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE EASIER.
MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S T >> Anchor: SOME OF THE THINGS, LIKE GETTING A JOB.
>> Guest: ALL OF THE ABOVE.
TO BE ABLE TO AGAIN, JUST TO -- THERE ARE TWO LEVELS OF FREEDOM.
IT'S MIND BLOWING.
WHEN YOU'RE EXONERATED YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE FREE, THEY'RE TELLING ME THAT'S FOR FREE PEOPLE.
[ AUDIO DIFFICULTIES ] YOU WANT THE OTHER THREE.
I WANT TO BE FULLY FREE.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT I'M FREE.
IF I'M INNOCENT, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
IT'S NOT JUST [ UNINTELLIGIBLE ] YOU WERE JUST FREE, YOU'RE FREE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS THINKING WHEN THEY GO OUT THEY HAVE TO LOCK UP.
>> THAT'S WHAT, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> A MILE LONG GAP BETWEEN GREEN LINE STATIONS.
NEARLY 30 YEARS SINCE THE GREEN LINE STATION MOVED DOWN.
AFTER YEARS OF EFFORTS TO REOPEN, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MOMENTUM, INCLUDING AN OUTPOURING LAST MONTH.
>> DEFINING WHAT IT HAS DONE TO THE AREA.
>> WHEN THEY CLOSED THE RACINE STOP ON THE GREEN LINE IN 1984, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TEMPORARY COLORATION FOR REPAIR AND THE STATION NEVER REOPENED.
>> WE HAD TO SPEND EXTRA MONEY TO TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH.
>> FOR YEARS, LOCAL LEADERS HAVE PUSHED TO GET THE STATION REOPENED.
THEY HAVE GOT THE REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT IN THE ELECTION, ASKING VOTERS IF THEY WANTED TO SEE RACINE BACK UP AND RUNNING.
>> NOT ONLY IN THE STATION AND THE SURROUNDING STATIONS BUT ALL STATIONS.
DEMANDING THAT THE STATIONS REOPEN.
>> Reporter: IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, THEY TOLD US THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO REOPEN THE STATION.
BY A 2017 RIDERSHIP STUDY SHOWED THAT THE STATION WITH THE FEWER WEEKDAY RIDES WHEN IT WAS POSTED IN THE 1990s, BUT THE PRESIDENT SAID THE CITY ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO OPENING THE STATION, AND BEING A VITAL COMPONENT FOR THE STATION.
AND IN JANUARY, THE PTA GOT $5 MILLION FOR REOPENING THE STOP.
>> CONTINUED SUPPORT, TTA SUPPORT, AND THERE'S ALREADY SOME INVESTMENTS GOING O.
AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
>> METROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL'S AUDREY WINNING SAID THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT APPROVING THE TRAVEL TIME.
BUT ONGOING MOMENTUM AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
>> OPENING THE STATION HELPS AND CREATES A MUCH MORE VIBRANT COMMUNITY >> IT'S STIM IN THE EARLY STAGES.
THEY TELL US THAT "AS WITH ALL OF THE TTA PLANNING PROCESSES, COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION WILL BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT.
TTA LOOKS FORWARD TO DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
>> FOR RESIDENTS, THIS IS A NO-BRAINER FOR A LOT OF THE DECISION MAKERS.
IT SHOULD BE A NO-BRAINER, ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN CLOSED.
AND TO PUT A CONCENTRATED EFFORT IN SUPPORTING THE CORRIDOR.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT," BLACK VOICES.
>> Anchor: THE CTA ESTIMATES THAT THE PRICE COULD BE $100 BILLION TO RECONSTRUCT THE PLATFORM AND DO SOME SORT OF INNOVATION.
THE FIRST STEPS ARE PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND ENGINEERING WORK, AND IS WITH THAT DONE, WHAT THE LOCAL AND FEDERAL MONIES WILL FUND THE PROJECT.
>>> UP NEXT, A TRIO OF OPERAS AND LYRICS.
[ MUSIC ] THE LYRIC OPERA IS PREMIERING A TRIO OF NEW OPERAS THAT TAKE ON MODERN TOPICS LIKE GUN VIOLENCE.
THEY WORKED WITH THE ORGANIZATION TO HELP PEOPLE IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE.
HERE'S SEVERE SMITH ON WHY SHE SAYS THAT OPERA IS THE PERFECT MEDIUM TO TELL AN EMOTIONAL STORY.
>> THAT WAS PART OF NAMING IT THAT, HOW PROXIMATE ARE WE TO THE THINGS THAT WE THINK HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US?
WHAT'S OUR PROXIMITY TO IT?
WE KNOW WE CAN'T BE IT, AND WE CAN'T LIVE IN SOME OF THESE, BUT IF WE UNDERSTAND OUR PROXIMITY, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE.
PLACES WHERE PEOPLE PERFORM ARE PLACES WHERE OUR IDENTITIES ARE MUTED, AND OUR ABILITY FOR EMPATHY BECOMES SEDUCED.
EXPECT, EMBRACE, AND DELIVERS ON A HEIGHTENED EMOTION.
AND IT IS VERY ATTRACTIVE, EVEN WHEN THE SUBJECT IS NOT ATTRACTIVE.
THERE'S A LOT OF BEAUTY UP ON THAT STAGE.
BEAUTY THAT HAS CREATED.
THE SINGER'S VOICES ARE JUST IN TRANSIT.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT MEETS AN AUDIENCE DIFFERENTLY.
AND I HOPE WHAT IT DOES, ANNUAL ISSUE THAT'S HAUNTED CHICAGO FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AT LEAST SINCE THE 6s 09.
I HOPE THAT IT BRINGS PEOPLE -- OUR OPERA IS CALLED THE WALKERS, AND WE'RE DEDICATING IT TO ARNIE AND OTHERS WHO I SEE AS WALKING WITH FOLKS AS THEY TRY TO MAKE AN IMPORTANT TRANSFORMATION IN THEIR LIVES, AND THEY DON'T GIVE UP ON THEM.
>> IT WILL BE AT THE LYRIC OPRA.
THE CHICAGO GOLDEN GLOVE AMATEUR BOXING TOURNAMENT IS CELEBRATING IT'S CENTENNIAL THIS YEAR.
THE BOXERS HAVE DUKED IT OUT FOR THE GOLDEN GLOVE, NAMES LIKE JOE LOUIS AND MUHAMMAD ALI.
BUT THEY HAVE HAD THEIR LIVES FOREVER CHANGED WHEN THEY WERE CROWNED GOLDEN GLOVE CHAMPIONS.
THE STORIES FROM THE RING SINCE 197 ON.
>> THEY KNEW ABOUT IT, THE FIRST, HE WAS THE GOLDEN GLOVE CHAMPION >> KIM ADAMS SAID THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS THE CHAMPION UNTIL HE BEGAN TELLING STORIES.
>> SO MANY THINGS TO SAY ABOUT MY FATHER, IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
AND I'M SITTING THERE SUCKING ALL OF THIS IN.
I WANT TO BE THE GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPION.
>> Reporter: ADAM SAID THAT LEARNING THAT HIS FATHER, GEORGE, WAS THE 1943 GOLDEN GLOVE CHAMPION INSPIRED HIM TO TAKE A SWING AT BOXING HIMSELF.
>> ME AND MY FATHER, THAT IS WHERE I STARTED TRAINING AT.
>> Reporter: ADAMS ANSWERED THE CHICAGO GOLDEN GLOVE TOURNAMENT IN 1970 AS A NOVICE WHERE HE FINISHED SECOND.
>> THE GOLDEN GLOVE CHAMPIONSHIP, SO I ACHIEVED THAT.
AND THE LORD SAID WAIT, YOU HAVE TWO HANDS, SO I WON MY SECOND GOLDEN GLOVE CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> Reporter: ADAMS WON THE TITLE AND THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP THE SAME YEAR, AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT HE WAS BECOMING A KING IN THE RING, FRANK SMITH WAS MAKING HIS OWN HISTORY.
HE WON THE FLY WEIGHT TITLE.
AND IN $1.74, AND IN 1975, >> BY THE NAME OF JESSE MARTIN, HE WAS A KID WITH -- I WAS JUST A LITTLE SKINNY KID, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TAKE OFF MY ROBE, EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU CAN HEAR THEM, OH, THERE'S THE SKINNY KID, HE'S GOING TO GET HIS BUTT WHOOPED.
>> THAT SKINNY KID WOUND UP WINNING THE WHOLE THING, BECOMING THE FIRST FIGHTER TO WIN THREE TITLES IN THREE YEARS.
AND THIS YEAR, ADAMS AND SMITH WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME AS THE TOURNAMENT MARKS 100 YEARS, THE FIRST COMPETITION SINCE 1923.
ADAMS SAID WHAT HE WAS A KID HIMSELF, BOXING WAS A BIG DEAL >> THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I TALKED TO FRIENDS ABOUT THAT.
I CAN'T DO THIS.
JUST TO HEAR, HEY, DID YOU SEE THE FIGHT?
THAT'S BIG TIME STUFF.
>> HE CREDITS BOXING AND THE MAN WHO COACHED HIM FOR KEEPING HIM ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW.
>> MY MOM SAID OH, BOY, SHE SAID I NEEDED TO GO FIND SOME EXTRA-CURRICULAR INSTEAD OF GETTING IN TROUBLE, SO SHE TOOK ME UP TO MR. FERGUSON, WHICH WAS THE BOXING COACH AT THE FACILITY.
AND TRUST ME, IT COULD HAVE GONE THE OTHER WAY.
SO BOXING SAVED MY LIFE.
>> HE WENT ON TO DO THE SAME FOR THOUSANDS OF KIDS AND TEENAGERS, IN AS A CHICAGO DISTRICT BOXING COACH.
>> I LOVE THE TRAINING.
>> ADAMS BUILT A SECOND CAREER AS A BOXING REFEREE.
>> TRAVELING TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, AND GETTING TO THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO SEE ON TV.
JUST ALL OF THOSE.
>> AND THOUGH THEY BOTH HUNG UP THEIR GLOVES LONG AGO, THEY STILL LOOK AT THEIR BOXING DAYS AS A GOLDEN TIME.
>> HE WAS IT A CHAMPION, AND PEOPLE RECOGNIZED HIM.
IT WAS HUMBLING, BUT IT'S IN MY BLOOD.
>> Reporter: FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" BLACK VOICES, THIS IS ERICA DEMING.
>> THE 100th GOLDEN GLOVE TOURNAMENT IS ALREADY IN FULL SWING, AND YOU'LL FIND MORE ON THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.
>>> AS THE WEATHER FINALLY WARMS UP, THE CHICAGO DISTRICT IS OFFERING TEENAGERS A CHANCE TO WORK WHERE THEY PLAY THIS SUMMER.
>> SUMMER JOBS AT THE PARKS DISTRICT ARE HERE FOR JOBS.
THEY'RE OUTDOORS, THEY'RE FUN, IT'S A REC LEADER AND A LIFEGUARD.
OUTDOORS, IN THE LAKE OR IN THE POOL, WORKING WITH KIDS AND NATURE, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE LOCATED IN ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF CHICAGO, AND WE LOVE TO HELP THE YOUTH, IF THERE'S AN OPENING, TRYING TO WORK NEAR YOUR HOME OR THE COMMUNITY OR THE APARTMENT THAT YOU LIVE IN, THERE ARE DEFINITELY POSITIONS.
AND WE'RE ALSO HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY FAIR NEXT SATURDAY.
ALL OF THE STAFF AND PARK DISTRICT WHO HAVE THE JOBS WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITH MORE DETAIL.
A LOT OF AGENCIES AND IF THEY HAVE JOBS ON THE SPOT AND THE STAFF.
TO WALK THROUGH AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> AND YOU'LL FIND MORE ON THAT JOB FAIR AND HOW TO BRING ON OUR WEBSITE.
THAT'S IT FOR US THIS WEEKEND.
FOR ALL OF US, THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND PUT.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
-- CAPTIONS BY VITAC -- WWW.VITAC.COM
Retired Boxing Champions Reflect on Their Days in the Ring
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Clip: 3/25/2023 | 4m 57s | The Chicago Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament celebrates 100 years. (4m 57s)
Summer Job With Park District Lets You Work Where You Play
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Clip: 3/25/2023 | 1m 20s | The Chicago Park District is offering seasonal positions like rec leaders and lifeguards. (1m 20s)
Trio of Operas Tackles Modern Topics at the Lyric Opera
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Clip: 3/25/2023 | 2m 9s | Playwright Anna Deavere Smith spoke to people impacted by gun violence. (2m 9s)
Wrongfully Convicted Brothers Fight for Justice
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Clip: 3/25/2023 | 12m 4s | Two brothers are still waiting for a certificate of innocence after serving 25 years. (12m 4s)
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