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 BRANDIS FREEMAN.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PARYOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT GO CITY LEADERS PROVIDES A NEW WARD MAP BUT NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY.

WE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT HAS CHANGED AND WHAT HASN'T IN A SPECIAL VOICE CROSSOVERS DECISION.

>>> CHICAGO TEENS CAN GET THEIR GAME ON AT THE FIRST EVER GAMERS CONVENTION HOSTED BY THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

>>> OUR CORRESPONDENT ANGEL IDOWU INTRODUCES US TO A LOCAL ARTIST WHO TURNS TRASH INTO ART HISTORY.

>>> THE MAYOR BANGED THE GAVEL ON A NEW ROADMAP OF 2023.

>> ON THE QUESTION OF THE REDISTRICTING THE A'S ARE READY THREE THE NAMES ARE 47 AND THE MATTER PASSES.

>> THE MAP GARNERED ENOUGH VOTES TO DODGE A REFERENDUM BUT SOME COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SAY THE NEW MAP REFLECTS THE SAME PROBLEM.

NO INPUT FROM RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORHOODS CARVED UP AROUND THE BOUNDARIES AND BORDERS DRAWN TO PUNISH POLITICAL RIVALS.

JOINING US NOW AS PART OF A SPECIAL CROSSOVER WITH LATINO VOICES ARE ALMA KREUSER DIRECT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE HERMOSA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

ASIA BUTLER CEO OF THE GREATER WOULD.

CHANDRA VAN DYK OF THE CHICAGO REDISTRICTING COMMISSION AND JUAN MORADO JR.

MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS LATINO AGENDA.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

THIS GO AROUND THE ROOM QUICKLY.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE PROCESS OF THE MAP APPROVAL.

ALMA LET'S START WITH YOU PLEASE.

>> I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED.

VERY DISAPPOINTED THEY DID THIS AFTER I WAS HOPEFUL THAT THE COALITION WOULD MAKE IT HAPPEN.

WOULD GET THE RESIDENCE VOICES HEARD.

>> ASIA BUTLER?

>> I AM DISAPPOINTED WITH THE PROCESS.

I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY WITH THE REMAPPING AND TO ME IT WAS THE SAME OLD SAME OLD, UNFORTUNATELY.

JUAN MORADO JR.?

>> I THINK IT IS A LOST OPPORTUNITY AND HOW THINGS ENDED UP WITH THE MEASURE BEING PASSED.

>> CHANDRA VAN DYK?

>> EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT HAVE RESIDENCE AT THE TABLE FOR CHICAGO VISITORS.

>> YOU ENGAGED WITH THE ALDERMAN ON THE REMAPPING AND THEY LEFT THE COALITION TO APPROVE THIS MAP.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS BEHIND THE DECISION TO LEAVE THE COALITION?

>> HONESTLY, I HAVE NO CLUE.

I THINK IT IS THE GOLDEN QUESTION IS NOT A MATTER OF REPRESENTATION.

THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AND SO, IT DOES LEAVE ONE TO WONDER AT WHAT COST IS IT BEING DECIDED IN REGARDS TO TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE MAPPING PROCESS.

IT WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING.

>> DO YOU A SENSE THAT THERE WAS SOME BACK HEALING PROCESSES?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOME BACKROOM DEALS.

OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS NOT ABOUT COMMUNITY.

PUTTING THE COMMUNITIES IN THE WAY THAT THIS MAP DOES DOES NOT PUT RESIDENCE IN A PROGRESS TO PUSH FORWARD.

WE SEE THIS WHERE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED WITH THE COMMISSION IS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING AND THIS HAS TO BE ABOUT SELF INTEREST AND SELF-PRESERVATION.

>> OMA, HOW DO YOU THINK THE PROCESS SHOULD ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ON THE REMAPPING PROCESS?

>> I ECHO WHAT CHANDRA SAID.

THE ALDERMAN AND CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE LISTENING TO THE RESIDENCE.

TO THE RESIDENT'S CONCERNS.

IN MY CASE, I AM A RESIDENT OF HER MOST THAT.

I, FOR YEARS, SINCE MY FAMILY MOVED IN 1980 NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFER.

AS CHANDRA SAID, IT IS ALL CHICAGO POLITICS.

NOTHING WILL CHANGE.

>> ASIA BUTLER, MAYOR OF LORI LIGHTFOOT DECLINED TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AS IT WAS PLAYING OUT.

DO YOU THINK SHE HAD ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO INTERVENE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AS THE MAYOR OF OUR CITY WHO ALSO STOOD ON TRANSPARENCY AND REALLY LISTENED TO THE CITIZENS OF CHICAGO'S VOICES.

I DEFINITELY THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE INTERVENED IN THIS CONVERSATION AND SIMILARLY, TO BE ENGAGED IN THAT OR ANY OTHER PROJECT THEY WANT COMMUNITY INPUT ON, THE MAP WAS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT PROCESS DONE.

IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT SHE DID NOT TAKE THAT LEADERSHIP ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAME OLD SAME OLD DID NOT HAPPEN.IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE.

>> JUAN MORADO JR., THIS WAS ABOUT GETTING MORE MINORITY WARDS ON THE MAP AND IT DID NOT HAPPEN IN THIS CASE.

HOW DO LATINO SEEKING REPRESENTATION IN CITY COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS?

>> OBVIOUSLY THIS MAP HAS PASSED AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME LITIGATION ON THIS MATTER THAT IS TO BE SEEN.

WHAT I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD IS A ROBUST EDUCATION EFFORT.

YOU HAVE 14 MAJORITY LATINO SEATS ARE IN THIS NEW MAP THAT HAS BEEN PASSED AND NOT ALL OF THOSE ARE REPRESENTED BY LATINOS.

IF WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY GOING TO EXERCISE OUR POLITICAL MUSCLE IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE ENGAGEMENT, REGISTRATION AND IT'S GOING TO GET PEOPLE TO THE POLLS SO, THAT WE CAN PUT PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE US PUT THEM IN POWER TO REPRESENT US.

>>,, HOW IS THIS MAP GOING TO REPRESENT YOUR COMMUNITY?

>> TO BE HONEST I DON'T SEE A DIFFERENCE.

IT IS THE SAME OLD SAME OLD.

I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED.

VERY DISAPPOINTED.

>> ASIA BUTLER SAME QUESTION TO YOU THERE'S BEEN THIS IS DISCUSSION FOR QUITE SOME TIME ABOUT HOW MANY DIFFERENT WARDS INGLEWOOD IS ACTUALLY SPLIT UP TO AND HOW WILL THIS IMPACT YOUR COMMUNITY?

>> WHEN WE FIRST STARTED IT WAS THE 5TH WARD AND THEN RECENTLY IT WAS ABOUT 5 1/4 AND NOW IT IS EXACTLY 5.

THE ONLY UPSIDE WE SAW IS THAT TWO OF THE WARDS SIGNIFICANTLY HAVE A LARGER PORTION OF INGLEWOOD SO, WE ARE HOPING THAT WITH THOSE TWO WARDS THERE WILL BE MORE ADVOCACY BUT STILL BEING SPLIT UP TO FIVE WARDS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD IN COMMUNITIES WHERE WE'VE WITNESSED IT, WE SEEN IT AND WERE GOING TO HAVE TO STILL MUDDLE THROUGH THIS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

>> CHANDRA VAN DYK, WHAT IS NEXT?

IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A DONE DEAL OR IS IT?

WHAT IS NEXT?

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT ALLOW THIS AS A DONE DEAL AND CHICAGO BUSINESS AS USUAL.

NEED TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS TO GET THEM REGISTERED TO VOTE, TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS PROCESS AND NOT CONTINUE TO ALLOW OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO HINDER US FROM HAVING THOSE VOICES IN OUR COMMUNITY TO REALLY CREATE A CAMPAIGN AROUND EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY AND KEEP THEM ENGAGED FOR THE NEXT REDISTRICTING CYCLE SO, WE CAN KEEP PUSHING.

THERE'S ALSO THE WORK TO BE DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL TO CHANGE THE PROCESS AND WHAT HAPPENS AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IT'S THOSE POLICIES THAT ALLOW FOR WHAT WE KEEP DEFENDING.

WE HAVE TO DO THE WORK TO DO LONG-TERM REFORM AT THE STATEWIDE LEVEL.

THAT IS WHAT WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO IS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND IN A LONG TERM STATEWIDE REFORM.

>> ONE, WHAT DO YOU WANT THE ALDERMAN TO KNOW OR PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT HOW THIS PLAYED OUT AND TO HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE FOR 10 YEARS FROM NOW ORG JUST GOING FORWARD?

>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL TO KNOW THAT THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO BE SEEN AS PEOPLE OF THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES OF CHICAGO WILL NEED THE ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

WHETHER IT IS FROM AN INDEPENDENT PROCESS OR A MORE DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH RESIDENTS AND THEIR ALDERMAN REGARDLESS OF WHAT ORGANIZATION THEY COME FROM OR WHAT PART OF THEIR WARD THAT THEY LIVE IN, HAVE TO GET EVERYONE INVOLVED.

I THINK MY MESSAGE TO THEM WOULD BE THE ENGAGEMENT NEEDS TO START EARLIER AND IT NEEDS TO BE OFTEN AND WHAT IT REALLY NEEDS TO DO IS MAKE SURE IT IS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE NEEDS OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES SO, THAT THEY CAN GET EQUAL SERVICES AND REPRESENTATION AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL CAN IN FACT BE EQUITABLE.

>> ASIA DO YOU SEE ANYTHING CHANGING IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR JUST BEFORE THE NEXT MAPPING PROCESS?

>> I CAN'T SAY I DO RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THERE'S MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DOING THIS WORK PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED AND THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE MORE INVOLVED BECAUSE THERE IS AN AVENUE FOR THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD.

I AM HOPING, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT THE TWO MAJORITY WARDS THAT HAVE INGLEWOOD WOULD BE A STRONGER ADVOCATE THAN WHAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

THAT IS WHAT I WOULD HOPE TO HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.>> THAT'S WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANKS TO MY GUESTS FOR JOINING US.

ASIA BUTLER, CHANDRA VAN DYK, JUAN MORADO JR. AND ALMA KREUSER FOR JOINING US.

FOR MORE ON THE CONTROVERSIAL NEW CITY WARD MAP BE SURE TO CHECK OUT CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES.

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

[MUSIC] MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS ASKING ALTARPIECE TO CHANGE AN ORDINANCE TO EXPAND THE CURFEW FOR TEENS TO EXTEND FROM FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY NIGHT.

IT IS IN AN ADDITION TO A NEW ROLE THAT MINORS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THAT WAS ANNOUNCED AFTER THE FATAL SHOOTING OF CHANTEL HOLLIDAY IN THE HEART OF THE TOURIST PARK DID JOINING US TO SHOW US HOW THESE ROLES COULD AFFECT THE CHICAGO TEENAGERS THIS SUMMER ARMOPASTOR COREY BROOKS PROJECT OF H.O.O.D.

AND ESSENCE-JADE GATHERIGHT OF CHICAGO FREEDON SCHOOL.

ASIA DO YOU THINK THIS NEW CURFEW WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN CURBING VIOLENCE?

I THANK YOU ARE MUTED, PASTOR.

IT'S OKAY IT HAPPENS TO ALL OF US.

>> I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN CURBING VIOLENCE.

WE STILL HAVE ALL THESE HOURS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND DO ALL THESE THINGS THEY NORMALLY DO.

IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE CERTAIN LIBERTIES ARE TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE OF VIOLENCE.

I DO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES AND I BELIEVE HAVING SENSORS LIKE WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO IS SO, IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY DO NEED OUTLETS AND PLACES TO GO.

IT IS HARD TO GET INTO THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T HAVE PLACES TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THE SAME WAY.

>> ESSENCE-JADE GATHERIGHT SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

DO YOU THINK THE CURFEW WILL CURB VIOLENCE?

>> I DON'T THINK SO, AT ALL BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE.

IF YOU LOOK AT UNEMPLOYMENT OR UNDERFUNDED SCHOOLS AND HOW WELL-FUNDED LIKE THE POLICE IS, IT NEGLECTS THE REAL CAUSE.

IT DOESN'T ADDRESS WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT SCHOOLS AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS AND YOU LOOK AT JOBS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, NONE OF THAT IS BEING FUNDED IN THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

TELLING THEM TO GO HOME EARLY AND SENDING THEM BACK TO THESE UNDERFUNDED COMMUNITIES DOES NOTHING TO CURB ANY OF THE VIOLENCE.

>> PASTOR COREY BROOKS SHOULD THIS CURFEW GO INTO EFFECT?

IT WENT BEFORE THE LUBBOCK SAFETY COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY AND PAST.

SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL AGREE ON IT AS WELL?

DO YOU TRUST THAT THE POLICE WILL ENFORCE IT EQUITABLY?

>> I WOULD ONLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT THEY WOULD.

YOU NEVER CAN TELL PAIRED WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED IN TAKING AWAY PEOPLE'S LIBERTIES IT IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE.

I AM CONCERNED THAT THINGS WILL BE LOOKED AT DIFFERENTLY.

I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT IT WILL LEAD TO MORE CHILDREN MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARRESTED PUTTING THINGS ON THEIR RECORD AND THEREFORE EVENTUALLY NOT ALLOWING THEM TO GET THE JOBS THAT THEY WILL NEED, THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY WILL NEED TO GET TO.

IT IS A VERY TOUCHY SUBJECT AND AGAIN I THINK THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO CURB THE VIOLENCE OTHER THAN PUTTING A CURFEW IN PLACE.

I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED BECAUSE THINGS ARE SO, BAD BUT I DO AGREE WITH ESSENCE THAT YOU HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT AND NOT JUST A CURFEW.

>> ESSENCE-JADE GATHERIGHT, YOU WORK WITH CHILDREN AT CHICAGO FREEDON SCHOOL.

ARE THERE MANY PEOPLE AWARE OF THE CURFEW AND WAS A SOMETHING THEY WERE OBSERVING IN THE FIRST PLACE?

>> HONESTLY, NUMBER EVEN MYSELF BEING A YOUNG PERSON, IT WAS NOT A THING THAT WE WERE OBSERVANT OF OR MINDFUL OF AT ALL.

WE ENJOYED OURSELVES, [INDISCERNABLE] AND ALL THE COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO.

I LEARNED HOW TO SKATEBOARD LAST SUMMER AT GRANT PARK CONSISTENTLY LATE AT NIGHT SOMETIMES UNTIL ONE IN THE MORNING.

THOSE ARE LIBERTIES THAT WE ENJOY, THINGS WE ENJOY AND IT BUILDS COMMUNITY AND WE FELT SAFE DOWN THERE.

>> PASTOR COREY BROOKS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A BIT.

WHAT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOU TALKED ABOUT BUILDING A CENTER BUT WHAT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE DOES WORK TO STOPPING THE VIOLENCE OR LIMITING IT?

>> ONE WE HAVE TO START EARLIER.

WE HAVE TO START WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE GIVING THEM THE MENTORS THEY DESPERATELY NEED.

AND SECOND WE NEED TO HAVE PLACES THEY CAN GO.

IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO, YOU DON'T HAVE PLACES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GO AND HAVE SAFE SPACES TO BE CREATIVE, TO BE YOUNG AND TO HAVE FUN WITH THEIR FRIENDS TO BUILD COMMUNITY.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CREATE THESE SPACES AND WHEN WE DO IT WILL BE ONE OF THE WAYS TO CURB THE VIOLENCE ESPECIALLY IF THE CENTERS HAVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT ARE SO, DESPERATELY NEEDED.

>> ESSENCE-JADE GATHERIGHT, THE MAYOR'S RESTRICTIONS CALLED FOR ONE RESPONSIBLE ADULT AND THAT IS A DIRECT QUOTE TO BE WITH MINORS AFTER 6 PM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR REQUIREMENT OF HAVING ONE ADULT?

>> I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY VAGUE.

FOR ME, THAT LOCK OF CLARITY ALSO IS INNOCENCE IT FEELS INTENTIONAL BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE YOUTH WHO ARE TRYING TO MANEUVER THESE NEW POLICIES AND RULES, IF I AM 16 AND HANGING OUT WITH MY 18-YEAR-OLD FRIENDS ARE THEY LEGALLY AN ADULT?

WHO IS TO SAY THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE AND HOW ARE YOU GAUGING THE RESPONSIBILITY?

ARE WE CHECKING REPORT CARDS?

HOW ARE WE GAUGING THE SUBTLE?

I THINK THAT'S PART OF MY QUESTION, WHAT DOES A RESPONSIBLE ADULT LOOK LIKE?

AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE INTERACTIONS?

YOU TALK ABOUT POLICE ENFORCING THESE AND HOW WILL THAT WORK?

AGAIN YOU MIGHT HAVE A YOUTH WHO IS 16 AND IS 16 TO 18 IN NORMAL FRIEND GROUP TO YOU?

AND IS THAT GOING TO BE THE STANDARD OR WILL WE BE ARRESTED OR KICKED OUT?

I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THAT MEANS.

I THINK THERE IS A LOCK OF CLARITY AROUND THAT WHOLE LINE, HONESTLY.

>> PASTOR COREY BROOKS SAME QUESTION TO YOU WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT REQUIREMENT IN PARENTS, I WE DON'T KNOW IF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THE CURFEW AND DO PARENTS KNOW ABOUT THE CURFEW NO MATTER WHAT TIME IT STARTS?

>> NUMBER 1 PARENTS NEED TO TAKE A BIGGER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

THERE'S NO WAY WE SHOULD EXPERIENCE ALL THE THINGS WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO AS FAR AS THE VIOLENCE IS CONCERNED AND CHILDREN BEING OUT OF ORDER, THE PARENT SHOULD DEFINITELY TAKE MORE OF A ROLE IN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY IS, AT WHAT AGE DO THEY DECLARE A PERSON IS AN ADULT?

IS IT A 16-YEAR-OLD WITH A 19-YEAR-OLD OR A 16-YEAR-OLD WITH A 20-YEAR-OLD?

AT WHAT AGE IS THE ADULT AND AT WHAT AGE DO THEY FEEL IS APPROPRIATE?

I THINK WITH THIS POLICY DEFINITELY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IT A LOT MORE CLEAR BECAUSE IF NOT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE POSSIBLY BEING ARRESTED AND I THINK THAT CAUSES A WHOLE NEW ISSUE.

>> MENO THAT SUMMER HAS NOT STARTED YET BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT IS A TIME WHEN WE SEE AN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE.

ESSENCE-JADE GATHERIGHT, WHAT SHORT-TERM CHANGES COULD BE MADE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO LIMIT VIOLENCE?

>> I DEFINITELY THINK INVESTING IN THESE FUNDAMENTAL PILLARS OF SUPPORT, COMMUNITY CENTERS, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPING A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY AND FUNDING THEM.

WE LOOK AT HOW THE COVID RELIEF MONEY OVER 50 PERCENT IS GIVEN TO POLICE, HOW DOES THAT SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY OR THE YOUTH?

AGAIN WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW POLICING IS IN THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, THAT HAS PERPETUATED THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND HARM ARE BEING UPHELD.

WAX NO EASY FIXES AND THAT'S WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

MY THANKS TO PASTOR COREY BROOKS AND ESSENCE-JADE GATHERIGHT FOR JOINING US.

>>> CHICAGO TEENS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN, SAFE AND GEEKY TO DO THEY CAN HEAD DOWNTOWN TO THE HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY FOR GAMERS UNIVERSE.

IT IS A FREE OF CHARGE AIMING CONVENTION DESIGNED BY THE CHICAGO GAMING GUILD.

THE ASSOCIATE JUSTIN SHANNON SAYS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING AT THE CONVENTION FOR EVERY LEVEL OF GAMER.

>> WE ARE HOSTING THE FIRST EVER CONVENTION OF GAMERS UNIVERSE WHICH IS A TEEN CREATED CONVENTION FOR ALL AGES AND IS GET DEDICATED TO GAMING OF ALL FORMS.

THERE IS GOING TO BE VIDEOGAMES, BOARDGAMES, A SCAVENGER HUNT, SOMEONE FROM AN ESCAPE FROM CHICAGO IS COMING IN TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY DO IMMERSIVE DESIGN AND A PROFESSIONAL COSTUME DESIGNER IS COMING IN TO LEAD A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN COSPLAY SO, YOU CAN GO INTO A COSPLAY CONTEST AFTER.

GAMING OF ALL TYPES FOR ALL DIFFERENT AGES.

WE ALSO HAVE A WEBSITE THAT THE TEENS HAVE CREATED WHICH HAS A LINK TO THE SIGN-UPS AND A SCHEDULE OF ALL THE VARIOUS EVENTS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AT THE CONVENTION.

>> GET YOUR GAME ON.

THE 1 DAY CONVENTION TAKES PL., SATURDAY MAY 28 AND YOU WILL FIND MORE ON THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> UP NEXT A LOCAL ARTIST CREATING EXCITEMENT WITH DISCARDED MATERIALS.

[MUSIC] >> WHAT IT WAS, WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT SHALL BE!

THAT IS HOW ARTIST NICK CAVE DESCRIBES THREE PART EXHIBIT AS CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO AS HE RECLAIMS IDENTITY WITH HELP FROM DISCARDED OBJECTS.

OUR ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU TAKES US TO FOREVERMORE.

[MUSIC] >> IT IS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT, LITERALLY FOR NICK CAVE AS HE LOOKS AT HIS CAREER UNFOLD WITH HIS EVENT ENTITLED FOREVERMORE.

>> YOU WILL SEE SOME OLD AND CURRENT ONES THAT ARE REALLY BASED ON GEORGE FLOYD AND THEN YOU WILL SEE A NUMBER OF OTHER SCULPTURAL WORKS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.

ASKED IF IT IS IN REPURPOSED OBJECTS OF ALL TYPES THAT KADE WORKS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE NEW LIFE HE HAS FOUND IN THE OBJECTS THAT WERE ONCE DISCARDED.

THIS COMES AFTER DECADES OF TRAVELING AS AN EMERGING ARTIST CREATING ART WITH NOTHING MORE THAN WHAT SURROUNDED HIM.

>> THE MATERIAL ALSO PROVIDES A WAY IN.

FOR A LOT OF THE AUDIENCE.

THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THAT IS FAMILIAR.

>> RECLAIMING DISCARDED OBJECTS IS NOT THE ONLY NARRATIVE THAT NICK CAVE WANTS TO SUBJECT.

>> THIS BRINGS NOTICE TO INEQUALITY AND INJUSTICE.

AT THE SAME TIME I HAVE TO RESOLVE THAT WITHIN MYSELF.

EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS I HAVE GOT TO RESOLVE IT.

OTHERWISE, IT COULD DESTROY ME.

I AM SORT OF INTERESTED IN HITTING THE NARRATIVE AND SORT OF OWNING OUR HISTORY.

OWNING OUR PAST AND BEING RESILIENT IN THAT PROCESS AND HOW DO YOU SORT OF PSYCHOLOGICALLY WORK THROUGH MANIPULATIVE WAYS OF CALCULATING HOW WE SORT OF EXIST?

AND SAYING NO TO THAT?

AND SO, IT IS MY WAY OF RECOGNIZING AND PUTTING IT IN YOUR FACE BUT AT THE SAME TIME ELEVATING IT AND EMPOWERING IT.

[MUSIC] NO MATTER THE MEDIUM, NICK CAVE SAID HE HOPES HIS WORK SERVES AS A VEHICLE FOR CHANGE AS HE CONTINUES WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS HIS CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY TO.

>> Guest: THE VOICES WHO ARE NOT HEARD.

>> I WANT TO TAKE YOU ON THIS JOURNEY.

I WANT TO TAKE YOU ON A MOVEMENT OF SILENCE AND STILLNESS AND I WANT YOU TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN COME TO THE WORK AND BE OPEN TO SOMETHING THAT IS UNFAMILIAR THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT AND HOW DO WE STEP UP TO THAT?

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES, I AM ANGEL IDOWU.

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>> FOREVERMORE IS ON DISPLAY AT THE MCA UNTIL OCTOBER 2.

THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEKEND.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.com/NEWS FOR THE VERY LATEST FROM WTTW NEWS.

IF YOU ARE WATCHING US ON SATURDAY NIGHT KNOW THAT YOU CAN FIND BLACK VOICES AND LATINO VOICES ON SUNDAY AT 10 PM AND JOIN ME AND PARIS SCHUTZ TO LEE ON SUNDAY AT 7:00 OR CHICAGO TONIGHT.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES, I AM BRANDIS FREEMAN.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.