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♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> GOOD EVENING MANY WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES MANY I'M ANGEL EDO.

BRENDA HAS THE EVENING OFF.

THANKS FOR SHARING A PART OF YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH US MANY ON THE SHOW, CALLS FOR POLICE REFORM, TWO YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, WE EXAMINE PROGRESS ON BOTH THE FEDERAL AND LOCAL LEVELS.

THE FIGHT TO BRING BLACK HISTORY TO CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE FOCUS OF THE LATEST SELECTION IN OUR BLACK VOICES BOOK CLUB.

A CHICAGO CHEF SERVING CLASSIC COMFORT FOODS WITH A HEALTHY TWIST.

>> IT'S REALLY LIKE AN ESCAPE FROM REALITY.

>> AND WHY A LOCAL GROUP SAYS THE SPORT IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST LEARNING THE ROPES.

FIRST OFF THIS WEEK MARKS TWO YEARS SINCE THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AT THE HANDS OF A MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER.

HIS DEATH REIGNITED A MOVEMENT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND CALLS FOR POLICE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

SINCE THEN SEVERAL STATES INCLUDING MINNESOTA WHERE FLOYD WAS KILLED AND ILLINOIS HAVE PASSED POLICE REFORM LEGISLATION AND THIS WEEK PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TOOK AN EXECUTIVE ACTION.

>> FOR MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MANY FAMILIES SOME ACCOUNTIBILITY IS ALL TOO RARE.

THAT'S WHY I PROMISE AS PRESIDENT I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO ENACT MEANINGFUL POLICE REFORM THAT IS REAL AND LASTING.

THAT'S WHY I CALL ON CONGRESS TO PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE ACT.

[APPLAUSE] >> PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THIS AS THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT STALLS IN THE SENATE.

THE EXECUTIVE OPENED TAKES ELEMENTS OF THE JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT INCLUDING BANNING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM USING CHOKE HOLDS UNLESS AUTHORIZED AND REQUIRING OFFICERS TO INTERVENE IN CASES OF EXCESSIVE FORCE.

IT MANDATES THE CREATION OF A NEW NATIONAL DATABASE OF POLICE MISCONDUCT TO BE USED BY ALL FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL OFFICERS WHO JOIN FEDERAL TASK FORCES.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE ANTHONY DRIVER WITH THE CHICAGO ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND POLITICAL REPRESSION.

TODD VELKOR COFOUNDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL NON-PROFITT SOCIAL CHANGE AND MARIE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE JUSTICE PROJECT OF THE ADVANCEMENT PROJECT WHICH IS A NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION.

MARIE LET'S START WITH YOU.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE DISCOVER -- EXECUTIVE ORDER?

DO YOU THINK IT'S SNUFF.

>> THE RYE ACTION IS WHERE WEIRD HAPPY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DOING WHAT HE CAN TO TAKE ACTION THOUGH WE KNOW IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

WHAT WE NEED IS FOR CONGRESS TO BE LEGISLATING TO PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD ACT AND LAWS THAT WOULD END IMMUNITY AND THAT ALLOWED THE POLICE TO ACT WITH IMPUNITY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

TODD, YOU PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN GETTING A CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND POLICE REFORM BILL SIGNED IN ILLINOIS LAST YEAR.

WHAT IMPACT CAN BE SOCIAL ACTIVISTS HAVE IN INFLUENCING POLICY AND AFFECTING CHANGE ON THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL?

>> SOCIAL ACTIVISM IS EVERYTHING.

END OF THE DAY YOU CAN'T EXPECT WHO ARE BEING TORTURED BY A GIVEN BODY IN THIS CASE THE POLICE THE TRUST UNLESS THERE'S SOME REAL GOOD FAITH EFFORT ON BOTH PARTIES TO ACTUALLY COME TO THE TABLE AND DOING SOMETHING MEANINGFUL TO ADMIT THE WRONG AND DO SOMETHING GOING FORWARD SO WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT SOCIAL CHANGE ADVOCATES ARE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR REFORM.

THAT SPEAKS DIRECTS -- DIRECTLY TO TRANSPARENCY TO INSURE GREATER ACCESSION AND PEOPLE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR LYING ON POLICE REPORTS AND THE LIKE BUT END OF THE DAY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PRESIDENT TO SPEAK OUT.

UNLESS SOMETHING IS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'S WHERE ALL THE CRIMES ARE TAKING PLACE BY POLICE AGAINST COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UNTIL WE FOCUS ON THEM AN ADDRESS THAT THERE WON'T BE CHANGE.

>> ABSOLUTELY, EMPHASIS ON THE LOCAL POLICING LEVEL.

ANTHONY OVER TO YOU, ONE ISSUE THE PRESIDENT WASN'T ABLE TO TAKE EXECUTIVE ACTION ON BUT CONGRESS CAN THROUGH THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT IS THE ELIMINATION OF QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

NOW, THIS IS A PART OF THE BILL THAT'S BEEN AN POINT OF CONTENTION BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.

WHAT IS QUALIFIED IMMUNITY AND WHY IS IT SUCH AN IMPORTANT STICKING POINT?

>> YEAH, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTIFIED QUALIFIED IMMUNITY IS NOT WORKING THROUGH LEGISLATURE OR GOING THROUGH CONGRESS.

THIS WAS A DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT IN 1967.

QUALIFIED IMMUNITY IS USED TO SHIELD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN THIS CASE POLICE OFFICERS FROM LEGALIZE BUILT SO I READ A STAT COMING ON 99.8 PERCENT MISCONDUCT SETTLEMENTS PAID OFF.

IT'S ONLY EXPECTED TO GET HIGHER SO THE REASON WHY GETTING RID OF QUALIFIED IMMUNITY IS SO IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE A BLANKET SLATE TO BREAK THE LAW INCLUDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

EVERYONE HAS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT TO BE JUST.

>> IMPORTANT NUMBERS THERE.

MARIE, WHILE PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS ISSUING HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER HE ACKNOWLEDGED HE TOOK HIS TIME BECAUSE HE WAS WORRIED IT WOULD UNDER CUT EFFORTS IN CONGRESS TOP PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT POWER THE CONGRESS HAS THAT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH DOESN'T?

>> EXECUTIVE BRANCH ONLY CAN, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ORDER I SHOULD SAY ONLY APPLIES TO IS FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

LIKE TODD WAS SAYING POLICING ISSUES ARE MOSTLY ON A LOCAL MATTER.

IT MATTERS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR STATE AND IN OUR CITIES.

SO IT IS LIMITED IN THAT SENSE.

CONGRESS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THEY CAN DO IS LEGISLATE TO END QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.

AS TO THIS DIMENSION IT'S A STOCK PHRASE WE WERE GIVEN BY OUR COURTS SO IF CONGRESS DOESN'T LIKE THE LAW THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND CHANGE IT.

IT IS NOT SET IN STONE AND IT IS YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT IS MONUMENTAL AND IS NECESSARY IF WE ARE GOING TO REALLY TALK ABOUT POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOLDING POLICE TO STANDARDS THAT THEY SHOULD BE HELD TO AND THAT THE REST OF US ARE HELD TO.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

NOW TODD, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YUSHS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR POLICE REFORM AND THAT EFFORT HAS RAMPED UP SINCE MAY 2020.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE PROBLEM HAS BEEN MADE?

>> THERE'S NO QUESTION PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE BY END OF THE DAY POLICE AND BRUTALITY AND TORTURE AND TAKING THE LIVES AT THE HAND OF POLICE HAS BEEN ALMOST A UNIQUELY AMERICAN PROBLEM SO IT'S NOT GOING AWAY OVERNIGHT.

NO PIECE OF LEGISLATION CAN BE CHANGE THE WAY IN WHICH POLICE AND PEOPLE INTERACT OVERNIGHT.

THAT'S WHY CHANGING THE LAWS TO MAKE SURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE IF THE ACTIVISTS WHO WERE PROTESTING WERE PART OF POLICE OR FORM LATE ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING THAT COULD MORE EFFECTIVELY METE OUT CONCERNS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT'S WHERE THE TRUST COMES IN SO AS LONG AS POLICE AND STAKEHOLDERS CONTINUE TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FOUNDATION OF TRUST BUILT SO AFTER CENTURIES MISTREATMENT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPECT TRUST FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN TERROR OF THE PEOPLE WE PAY TO SERVE AND PROTECT US UNLESS THERE'S SOME MEANINGFUL DONE BEYOND LEGISLATION TO INSURE THAT POLICE ON THE GROUND CARE AND WANT TO TAKE STEPS ON BEING HELPED ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY'RE CALLED FOR CRIMES.

>> ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP RELEASED A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE FLOYD FAMILY THAT SAYS IN PART.

NOW, ANTHONY AS A NATION, WHERE WOULD YOU SAY WE ARE IN THAT FIGHT FOR BLISS ACCOUNTABILITY AND RACISM IN POLICE SOMETHING.

>> I WOULD SAY IT'S A FIGHT THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON BEFORE MY TIME, PROBABLY BEFORE MY PARENTS' TIME AND MY GRANDPARENTS' TIME AS WELL AND WE ARE STILL RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THAT FIGHTING.

UNTIL WE HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE CAN I BREAK THE LAW AND BE HELPED ACCOUNTABLE AND SO CAN A POLICE OFFICER OR SO CAN SOMEONE ELSE WHO MAY BE OF ANOTHER RACE WE WILL NEVER TRULY HAVE JUSTICE IN THIS NATION.

I THINK AS TODD OR AS ATTORNEY CRUMP SAID THAT'S AN INCREMENTAL STEP BUT WHEN I LEAVE MY HOUSE AND PULLED OVER BY A POLICE OFFICER THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER WOULD NOT STOP ME FROM FEARING FOR MY LIFE OR DO MUCH TO HOLD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A CITY WHERE I'M LOW KAITSD KAUNLTSABLE.

SO DEFINITELY THANKFUL TO BE PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR TAKING THE INCREMENTAL STEP BUT AGAIN WE ARE TINKERING HERE AT THE MARGINS AND WE NEED ACTUAL CHANGE AS WE SAW WITH THE ROE DECISION THESE THINGS CAN BE OVERTURNED OVERNIGHT AND WE HAD NEED THE CONGRESS TO DO ITS JOB.

>> WELL, I HATE THAT WE HAVE TO END HERE.

THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE BUT A VERY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION OUR THANKS TO TODD ANTHONY AND MARIE FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, THE MOVEMENT TO BRING BLACK HISTORY TO CHICAGO SCHOOLS.

IT'S THE TONIC IN THE LATEST SELECTION OF OUR BLACK VOICES BOOK CLUB SERIES.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> TEACHING BLACK HISTORY ACCURATELY IN SCHOOLS IS A BATTLE WE SEE PLAYING OUT NATIONWIDE BUT THE FIGHT FOR BLACK HISTORY CURRICULUM IS NOTHING NEW AND THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF OUR BLACK VOICES BOOK CLUB SERIES WE SHARE THE FOCUS OF A NEW BOOK AWORTHY WORK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US MICHAEL.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.

>> FIRST, BRIEFLY TELL US ABOUT MADELEINE MORGAN AND HER EFFORTS TO BRING BLACK HISTORY TO CHICAGO SCHOOLS.

>> SO, IT TELLS THE STORY OF A TEACHER IN CHICAGO AND THE FORCE BEHIND THE CITY'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY CURRICULUM IN SOCIAL STUDIES WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN THE MID-1940S AND HER WORK OFFERS A COUNTER POINT AN PUSHES BACK AGAINST ANTI-BLACK RAISISM AND ANTICIPATES THE MOVE FOR MORE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION UP TO THE PRESENT WITH THINGS LIKE MULTI-CULTURALISM.

>> WHY DID YOU THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT HER WORK?

>> SO THIS PROJECT STARTED AS A DISSERTATION FOR MY Ph.D.

I WAS A SOCIAL STUDIES AND ENGLISH TEACHER IN WASH AND CAME TO CHICAGO IN 2011 TO ATTEND LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO BECAUSE AFTER TEACHING A FEW YEARS I BECAME INTERESTED IN WHAT WE COULD LEARN FROM HISTORY THAT MIGHT INFORM CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EDUCATION IN THE PRESENT SO WHEN I GOT TO CHICAGO AND STARTED RESEARCHING MADELEINE MORGAN I REALIZED WHAT SHE WAS FIGHTING FOR THE STRUGGLE FOR MORE TRUTHFUL AND ACCURATE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY WAS MUCH OLDER THAN I HAD IMAGINED AND THAT MADE ME CONNECT WITH HER AND WANT TO GET THIS STORY OUT THERE.

>> SO SHE WAS AN EDUCATOR AND ACTIVIST DURING WORLD WAR II AND YOU WRITE ABOUT AN INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION MOVEMENT HAPPENING AT THAT TIME.

WHAT WAS THAT MOVEMENT AND HOW DO YOU THINK IT INFLUENCED HER WORK?

>> SO BLACK EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN PUSHING BACK RACIST CURRICULA FOR AS LONG AS THEY'VE BEEN IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND EVEN BEFORE.

WE CAN THINK OF THE WORK OF OTHERS AND MADELEINE IS A PART OF THAT MOECHLT MOVEMENT.

THE REASON HER WORK GETS SO ELEVATED IS IT COMES AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHERE ANTI-PREJUDICE EDUCATION WAS CALLED INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION SEEN BY MAINSTREAM WHITE AMERICANS AS NECESSARY TO DIMINNISH WHAT THE U.S. WAS AND WHAT IT WAS FIGHTING FOR AGAINST THE FASCISM THAT WAS SWEEPING OVER EUROPE AT THE TIME.

>> SO PART OF THE TITLE OF THE BOOK IS CALLED THE UNTOLD STORY OF MADELEINE MORGAN AND THE FIGHT FOR BLACK HISTORY IN SCHOOLS.

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS STORY IS UNTOLD?

>> I THINK TWO MAIN FACTORS HAVE KEPT THIS STORY FROM BEING WIDELY KNOWN.

FIRST THE STORIES OF TEACHERS AREN'T USUALLY VIEWED AS BEING HOERKTDLY SIGNIFICANT.

I THINK WE TEND TO FOCUS ON POLITICIANS PHILANTHROPY ISTS AND LEAVE OUT THE MEN AND WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINES AND I WOULD ARGUE HAVE MOST IMPACT.

THE SECOND REASON IS BECAUSE ACTIVISM OF BLACK TEACHERS AND BLACK WOMEN IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED AS WELL SO MOD MADELEINE SITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF THESE GROUPS.

SHE'S A RANK AND FILE TEACHER BLACK WOMAN AND NYPD THEY ARE OF THOSE GROUPS PORTRAYED AS CENTRAL TO HISTORY OF EDUCATION THIS COUNTRY.

>> YOUR BOOK TRACES THE FIGHT FOR ACCURATE IMPORTANT TRAIL OF BLACK HISTORY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS A FIGHT WE ARE ALSO SEEING PLAY OUT TODAY.

WHAT'S THE SIMILARITY WOULD YOU SEE BETWEEN HER FIGHT THEN 100 YEARS AGO AND NOW?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT THE RECENT BATTLES OVER CRITICAL RACE THEORY ARE JUST THE LATEEST INSTANCE OF US DECIDING WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO BE A NATION THAT CAN LOOK HONESTLY AT ITS PAST OR WHETHER WE WANT TO SWEEP THINGS UNDER THE RUG AND PUSH STORIES TO THE MARGIN AND IT'S SAD TO SEE SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS PASSINGS ACTIONS TO STOP TEACHERS FROM TEACHING AN STOP STUDENTS FROM LEARNING THE REALITY OF AMERICAN HISTORY BUT THOSE READ ACTIONARY FORCES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND A WORTHY PIECE OF WORK SWITCHES TO THE CONSERVATISM OF THE COLD WAR ERA.

I SEE A LOT OF PARALLELS TODAY.

>> WHO WOULD YOU SAY YOU'RE AIMING TO REACH WITH YOUR BOOK?

WHO IS IT FOR?

>> ONE OF THE GOALS I HAD IN WRITING IT WAS TO MAKE MADELEINE'S STORY AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE TO BROAD AN AUDIENCE AS POSSIBLE SO I THINK EVERYONE FROM ACADEMICS TO HISTORY BUFFS TO PEOPLE INTERESTED IN EDUCATION AN ACTIVISM TO PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT BLACK CHICAGO AND THE CITY'S HISTORY CAN GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS STORY.

PARTICULARLY THOUGH THIS IS FOR TEACHERS AND TEACHER EDUCATORS WHO ARE CONTINUING TO PRESS FOR THE KINDS OF SOCIAL CHANGE THAT MADELEINE FOUGHT FOR WHETHER THEY'RE WORKING INDIVIDUALLY IN SCHOOLS OR WHETHER THEY'RE PART OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE "BLACK LIVES MATTER" AT SCHOOLS OR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN DIASPORA, TEACHERS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF CHALLENGING THE NARRATIVE OF AMERICAN HISTORY SO I HOPE THIS BOOKLETS THEM KNOW THEY'RE PART OF A LARGER INDIVIDUAL AND GIVES THEM THE FUEL TO DO AMAZING WORK FOR OUR STUDENTS.

>> OUTSIDE THAT SOCIAL IMPACT WHAT DO YOU HOPE THAT READERS WILL LEARN ABOUT MADELEINE MORGAN FIGHTING TO BRING BLACK HISTORY TO SCHOOLS?

>> WHAT I HOPE THAT READERS TAKE AWAY IS EVEN THOUGH PROGRESS IS FRAJ I AM AND NOT GUARANTEED IT IS POSSIBLE.

MADELEINE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS THAT WERE INCREDIBLE FOR HER TIMED AND OUR TIME.

HER CURRICULUM BALKS A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SENSATION AND SHE IMPACTS THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLS TEACHERS PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND EVEN IF HER WORK DOESN'T BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF CHICAGO'S CURRICULUM IT SETS THE STAGE FOR THINGS WE ARE SEEING LIKE THE 1619 PROJECT AN OTHER EFFORTS TO REFRAME AND RETELL A NATION'S HISTORY.

>> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

OUR THANKS TO MICHAEL HINES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AGAIN THE BACK IS CALLED A WORTHY PIECE OF WORK AND WE ARE BACK WITH MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> A SOUTH SIDE CHEF IS ON A MISSION TO MAKE CLASSIC COMFORT FOODS HEALTHY.

DAVID FULLER IS FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF E-EAT TO GO LIVE A VEGAN LINE OF DISHES THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE CHICAGO AREA WHOLE FEEDS.

HIS SPECIALTY IS COLLARD GREENS TURNING THEM INTO DISHES LIKE GREENS AN KALE AND DEBUTED AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION RESTAURANT SHOW A DREAM HE SAID WAS 25 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

>> THE GOAL IS TO TAKE FAMILIAR COMFORT FOODS AND MAKE THEM HEALTHIER.

I THINK COMFORT FOOD APPEALS TO EVERYONE BUT ALSO YOU HAVE HEALTH CONDITIONS LIKE DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HYPERTENSION, ALL THE THINGS COME FROM DIET.

TRADITIONALLY, GREENS ARE EATEN WITH HAM HOKS, CHICKEN STOCK TO BE BE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THAT MEAT FLAVOR IS NOT RADICAL.

IS THIS IS A SLOW PROCESS.

YOU GOT TO FEED A BABY MILK SO GRADUALLY WE GET PEOPLE TO THINKING THAT WAY AND GIVING THEM AN OFFERING LIKE THIS THAT IS HEALTH CONSCIOUS THAT STILL HAS THE FLAVOR OF WHAT GREAT GRANDMA AND OUR ANCESTORS PRODUCED I THINK IS SPOT ON.

>> NOW FULLER IS A CULINARY HEARTS AN HOSPITALITY TEACHER AT SHIKD VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL.

HIS NEXT STEP IS TO TAKE HIS GREENS NATIONWIDE.

WHAT STARTED AS A HOBBY TO KEEP CHILDREN ACTIVE DURING THE PANDEMIC HAS EVOLVED INTO A SPORT THAT'S EMPHASIZING THE ART OF DOUBLE DUTCH.

>> TWICE A WEEK GIRLS GATHER TO EXERCISE BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH WITH DOUBLE DUTCH.

>> IT HELPS GET MY MIND OFF THINGS LIKE AN ESCAPE FROM REALITY.

>> IT'S AN ACTIVITY THAT ORIGINATED IN NEW YORK IN THE 1940S AND DEVELOPED TO A SPORT BEYOND THE SIDEWALK.

IN CHICAGO DOUBLE DUTCH JUMPING JUNIOR SAYS IT'S MORE ABOUT LEARNING THE ROPES.

>> THEY GET INTO EVERYTHING ESPECIALLY SOCIAL MEDIA.

THEY WANT TO BE LIKE THE NEXT PERSON.

THEY SEE SO MUCH GOING ON.

WE WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON JUST BEING A KID.

>> THEY DEVELOP CONFIDENCE, THEY GOT OVER THE FEAR OF FAILURE.

THEY KNOW HOW TO CHEER FOR ONE ANOTHER.

OUR PROGRAM IS A GREAT BENEFIT.

>> WITH MORE THAN 30 GIRLS IN THE PROGRAM, 11 OF THEM ARE PREPARING FOR THEIR FIRST DOUBLE DUTCH COMPETITION IN D.C. >> THE COMPETITION IS YOU HAVE TO KNOW MORE RULES, YOU HAVE TO BE MORE DISCIPLINED.

>> YOU CAN'T PASS NO TOURNAMENT.

YOU CAN'T GET INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

>> 14-YEAR-OLD LAWYER WERE YOU IS ONE OF THE COMPETITORS.

SHE DIDN'T DOUBLE DUTCH UNTIL SHE BEGAN JUMPING JUNIORS IN 2020.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO LET MY NERVES GET THE BEST OF ME.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S REALLY JUST A LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND JUST TRYING TO GET BETTER.

IT'S ALL ABOUT FUN.

>> IT'S DIFFERENT LIKE YOU DON'T SEE A TEAM OF LIKE DOUBLE DUTCHERS ANYMORE.

YOU SEE THE NORM.

>> NOW JUMPING JUNIORS IS MORE THAN JUST A DOUBLE DUTCH GROUP.

IT'S ABOUT MENTORSHIP AS WELL.

>> I JUST WANT TO GO BACK AND HELP GIRLS BECAUSE I APPRECIATE PEOPLE REACHING BACK.

>> IT INSPIRES THEM TO STICK WITH THEM.

>> IF WE ARE NOT PUTTING ANYTHING IN WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING OUT.

IF WE HAVE THE TIME TO REACH YOUNG GIRLS AND LIFT THEM UP WE KEEP THAT FIRE GOING.

AS LONG AS THEY'RE WITH US THEY'RE NOT IN THE WORLD WE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT.

>> NINE-YEAR-OLD KIARA MILLER AGREES.

>> I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE THE DIFFERENCE AND I FEEL LIKE FAMILY HERE AND I FEEL VERY SAFE.

>> EXERCISE MENTORSHIP AND SELF LOVE.

THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE QUALITIES JUMPING JUNIORS HOPES TO INSTILL NOT JUST WITH THIS GENERATION BUT WITH THE GENERATION TO COME.

>> I THINK IT'S CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT.

SOME OF US HAVE GRANDKIDS AND IT'S INVESTMENT IN THE NEXT GENERATION AND GIVING THEM SOMETHING TO ENRICH THE NEXT GENERATION.

>> NOW, SOME OF THOSE JUMPING JUNIORS WILL BE HEAD TO GO D.C.

THIS JUNE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE DUTCH LEAGUE TOURNAMENT.

VISIT OUR WEB SITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ON HOW TO DONATE TO THE TOURNAMENT FUND.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEKEND.

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THANKS FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR HOLIDAY WITH US.

STAY HEALTHY.

GOOD NIGHT.

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