>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANKS FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... QUEEN ELIZABETH'S DEATH LED TO WIDESPREAD MOURNING AND SPARKED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE LEGACY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

THE MOTHER OF A TEEN KILLED IN A SHOOTING IS 250E78ING UP WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS IN HOPING OF ENDING GUN VIOLENCE.

>> YOU SHOULD WAKE UP ONE DAY AND GET THAT PHONE CALL THAT SAYS YOU NEED TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM YOUR KID NEEDS OUR FAMILY.

>> A LOCAL WOMAN RAISING AWARENESS ON KIDNEY DISEASE.

AND ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU INTRODUCES US TO A LOCAL ARTIST TURNING DISCARDED MATERIAL INTO ART HONORING BLACK HISTORY.

FIRST OFF TONIGHT, QUEEN ELIZABETH'S DEATH PROMPTED AN OUTPOURING OF GRIEF AMONG MANY PEOPLE IN BRITAIN AND BEYOND.

TO MANY HER 70-YEAR REIGN WAS A SYMBOL OF TRADITION.

HOWEVER MANY PEOPLE PUSHED BACK ON THE GLORIFICATION OF THE MONARCHY AND EMPIRE.

WE SPOKE WITH NORTHWESTERN'S HISTORY PROFESSOR SCOTT SOURBY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AND HER FAMILY'S LIFE UNDER BRITISH RULE IN JA MACAW.

I ASKED GREAVES ABOUT THE MIXED EMOTIONS SHE FELT UPON HEARING THE QUEEN'S DEATH.

>> I -- I THOUGHT A LOT OF THINGS HEARING THAT MORNING OF THE QUEEN'S DECLINING HEALTH AND THEN HER PASSING.

I WAS TAKEN ABACK THAT MY OFFICIAL NOTES WERE WITH MY MOTHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER.

I FELT VERY CLOSE TO THEM AT THAT TIME.

HAVING LOST MY MOM AT 17 AND YOU KNOW, NOW BEING IN MY 40s, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I REALLY KIND OF SAT AND UNDERSTOOD REALLY THE CONDITIONS AND THE STRUGGLES OF HER LIFE.

AND WHAT IT MEANT FOR HER TO BE YOU KNOW, A CHILD OF EMPIRE.

AND WHAT SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO THIS COUNTRY.

AND IT WAS A LOT TO THINK.

THERE WAS SADNESS FOR THE QUEEN, BUT ALSO SADNESS FOR MY OWN FAMILY.

>> YOU KNOW TO THAT END YOU WROTE THE BRITISH MONARCHY WILL WHEN YOU LEARNED OF HER DEATH YOU AND HAPPENED TO BE IN THE U.K. ON A PLANNED TRIP.

YOU LAID A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS AT THE PALACE GATES.

WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO THAT?

>> I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER WOULD HAVE WANTED.

THEY ALWAYS HAD AN AFFECTION FOR THE QUEEN AND THE ROYAL FAMILY.

THEY WERE NEVER IGNORANT OF THEIR OWN SITUATIONS.

THEY OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTOOD THEIR OWN HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF THEIR NATION AND WHY THEY WERE IN THESE SITUATION AND INEQUALITY AND JUSTICE AROUND THEM.

BUT YOU KNOW, VERY MUCH LIKE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP YOU KNOW.

AMERICA IS MY HOME.

I DO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF INJUSTICE AND THE HISTORY OF INEQUALITY THAT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO FACE IN THIS COUNTRY.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID IN THE PIECE, SHE NEVER MADE IT TO ENGLAND.

SHE NEVER MADE IT TO SEE THE QUEEN'S PALACE.

SOMETHING I COULD DO FOR HER IN THAT MOMENT.

>> ALVIN, THE BRITISH EMPIRE WAS FOUNDED ON THE NOTION OF CHRISTIAN WHITE SEE PREMSY GROWING RICH OFF THE SLAVE TRADE.

WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EUROPEAN COLONIALISM, BRITISH COLONIALISM PARTICULARLY AND THE AMERICAN INEQUALITY WE SEE HERE AND THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE?

>> THERE IS A BRIGHT LINE CONNECTION YOU ARTICULATED IT.

THE ENTERPRISE OF INDIGENOUS AND GENOCIDE AND THE SLAVE TRADE PROPAGATED BY THE ROYAL AFRICA COMPANY THAT SORT OF IMPORTED 3.1 MILLION SLAVES DIRECTLY FROM AFRICA TO THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE IS REALLY SORT OF THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN STORY.

THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN RACE MONSTER THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY LIVING WITH TODAY.

THE FINGERPRINTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE ARE ALL OVER THAT STORY.

>> ALAN, DO YOU THINK THE QUEEN'S DEATH WILL LEAD TO A THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF THE LEGACY OF EMPIRE?

>> I THINK YES AND NO.

I THINK THE CONTRADICTIONS, WE ALL LIVE WITH, RIGHT?

THIS IS A MODERN FIGURE WHO OF COURSE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FULLY FOR THE FREIGHT OF THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF BRITISH COLONIALISM.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK WE'VE BEEN REEXAMINING THIS LEGACY SINCE THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT THAT FREED INDIA AND THE AFRICAN COLONIES AND THE CARRIBBEAN NATIONS.

SO IT IS A VERY CLEAR THAT ENGLAND AND FANSNESS THE OTHER COLONIAL POWERS, THE WEALTH OF THESE NATIONS IS PREDICATED UPON UNLAWFUL TAKINGS FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH FROM BLACK AND BROWN AND ASIAN BODIES AND SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE DECADES.

I THINK INSTANCES LIKE THE QUEEN DYING GIVES US A CHANCE TO CRYSTALLIZE THAT CONVERSATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TAUGHT INTENTIONALLY THE WRONG HISTORY.

>> SCOTT, OBVIOUSLY THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE LONG GONE BY THE TIME QUEEN ELIZABETH TOOK THE THRONE HOW MUCH WAS THE BRITISH MONARCH INVOLVED IN THE SLAVE TRADE AND TO THE SAME QUESTION HOW MUCH OF THE BRITISH MONARCHS AND BRITISH WEALTH IS BUILT ON THE SINS OF THE EMPIRE?

>> JUST TO FOLLOW WHAT ALVIN SAID THE EMPIRE REPRESENTED A HUGE TRANSFER OF WEALTH FROM THE WORLD TO BRITAIN.

AND THE MONARCHY WAS AT THE FOREFRONT.

THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF THE AFRICAN COMPANY WAS THE BROTHER TO THE KINGS.

THE FUTURE JINKING JAMES II.

AND THE WEALTH HAS BEEN PASSED ON AND THE QUESTION IS SHOULD SOME OF THAT WEALTH BE GIVEN BACK?

>> LET'S GET INTO THAT.

BEFORE WE DO THAT I WANT TO ASK DO YOU THINK THE QUEEN'S DEATH WILL LEAD TO A LOT OF COUNTRIES IN THE CARRIBBEAN AND BEYOND TO GIVE UP THE BRITISH MONARCHY AS HEAD OF STATE AND BECOME REPUBLICS?

>> SO THERE ARE ONLY 15 COUNTRIES LEFT IN THE WORLD THAT STILL HAVE THE BRITISH MONARCH AS THEIR HEAD OF STATE.

AND I THINK EIGHT OF THEM ARE IN THE CARRIBBEAN.

AND BARBADOS BECAME A REPUBLIC LAST YEAR.

AND SIX OF THEM INDICATED THEY MAY CONSIDER DROPPING NOW CHARLES III AS HEAD OF STATE.

JAMAICA COULD GO THAT WAY.

>> SOUNDS LIKE CHANCES ARE HIGH.

SIENNA, LAST YEAR, PRINCE WILLIAM KATE MIDDLETON HAD WHAT WAS VIEWED AS A DISASTROUS TRIP TO THE CARRIBBEAN BECAUSE OF PROTESTS THEY DID NOT FORMALLY APOLOGIZE FOR SLAVERY.

YOU KNOW AT THIS POINT, WOULD AN APOLOGY BE ENOUGH?

>> IT'S A START.

WE WANT THESE CONVERSATIONS AROUND REPRESENT PARER TO JUSTICE TO CONTINUE.

I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR THAT CONVERSATION WITHIN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, LET ALONE THE ROYAL FAMILY.

INTERESTING WHEN I WAS IN ENGLAND I GOT INTO A BLACK TAXI AND WE WERE SPEAKING TO THE CAB DRIVER ABOUT HOW HE FELT ABOUT THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN AND HE SAID YOU KNOW, SHE WAS OUR MONARCH AND I WILL MISS HER BUT IF YOU ASK MY KIDS OR GRANDKIDS THEY WILL BRING UP CON LONIZATION, ENGLAND WAS INVADED BY FRANCE A THOUSAND YEARS AND YOU HAVE TO GET ON AND MOVE ON THAT IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM DAVE CAMERON WHEN HE VISITED JAMAICA AND THE QUESTION OF REPRESENT OPERATIONS CAME UP IN 2015.

THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING AND EXPRESSING REGRET.

BUT I MEAN STARTING AT A FORMAL APOLOGY WOULD BE A START.

>> A STARTING POINT.

>> ALVIN, WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE BRITISH OR THE BRITISH OR ANY OTHER FORM OF COLONIAL POWERS WILL BE FORCED TO PAY REPARATIONS?

>> AT THIS POINT IT'S UNLIKELY.

I WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHAT SIENNA AND SCOTT ARE SAYING THE CONVERSATION WON'T NECESSARILY BE DRIVEN BY THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND OR THE MONARCH IT WILL BE DRIVEN BY NATIONS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH LIKE JAMAICA WHO IS ALREADY MOVING TO SUE ENGLAND FOR 10.5 BILLION IN REPARATIONS.

AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WITH THE CAB DRIVER SAID IS COMPLETELY FALSE.

THE ENTIRE FUNCTIONING OF THE SOCIETIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH, THE WAY THEIR ECONOMIES WORK AND DO NOT WORK FOR THEIR PEOPLE, IS PREDICATED ON THE STRUCTURES SETUP BY THE COLONIAL POWERS.

THEY ARE MEANT TO BE EXTRACTION POINTS FOR THE MARKETS OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE AND THE OTHER COLONIAL POWERS THEY STILL FUNCTION THAT WAY.

AND SO REPARATIONS WOULD BE FORTHCOMING IF WE COULD FIND A WAY FOR THOSE CONSUMERS AND THOSE SPACES THAT ARE THE COMMONWEALTH TO SEVERE THOSE TIES.

I BELIEVE THAT REPARATIONS WOULD BE A MUCH CHEAPER OPTION THAN LOSING THE MARKETS FRANKLY.

>> AGAIN THAT WAS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITIES PROFESSOR.

AND WBEZ PRODUCER SPEAKING ABOUT THE AFTERMATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S DEATH.

UP NEXT A LOCAL MOM PUSHING TO END GUN VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO IN A CONVERSATION RECORDED EARLIER.

>> IT WAS A STORY THAT SHOOK THE NATION.

A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO HAD JUST PERFORMED DAYS EARLIER AT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SECOND INAUGURATION SHOT AND KILLED IN A PARK BLOCKS FROM HER SCHOOL.

NINE YEARS AFTER HER DEATH, PENDLETON'S MOTHER CLEOPATRA COWLY PENDLETON IS STILL FIGHTING TO END GUN VIOLENCE SHE JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT HER PARTNERSHIP WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS AND MORE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

SO TODAY WE KNOW THAT THE ILLINOIS NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS RELEASED A BRIEF ON THE ROLE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS IN COMBATING GUN VIOLENCE.

YOUR DAUGHTER WAS A CHARTER STUDENT AND GRADUATED FROM WOODLAWN BEFORE KING COLLEGE PREP.

WHAT DO YOU SEE IS THE ROLE OF CHARTERS IN ADDRESSING VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY?

>> I THINK THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE ALWAYS PIONEERING THINGS.

LIKE THEY DEFINITELY WORK WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

THEY ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO PARTNERING WITH OTHER SCHOOLS AND OR OFFICIALS WITH ANYTHING THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE BETTERMENT OF ITS STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> YOU MENTIONED PIONEERING, OF COURSE, ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO TEST OUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT DISTRICT OPERATED?

>> I THINK THEY ARE FUNDED DIFFERENTLY AND THEREFORE THEY HAVE MAYBE SOME FLEXIBILITIES THAT THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE.

BUT IT WAS A PUBLIC CHARTER, MY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.

SO STILL NEIGHBORHOOD STUDENTS AND DEFINITELY ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUT TO BETTER OUR STUDENTS.

LIKE MANY C.P.S.

SCHOOLS, IT SHOULD BE CLARIFIED ALL C.P.S.

SCHOOLS ARE DEALING WITH THIS, BUT THE DISTRICT'S CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS, OVERWHELMINGLY LOW INCOME.

THIS BRIEF FROM THE ILLINOIS NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS SAYS 80 CHARTERS HAVE REPORTED AT LEAST ONE GUNSHOT WITHIN ONE BLOCK OF CAMPUS.

64 CHARTERS REPORTED AT LEAST 100 GUNSHOTS WITHIN FIVE BLOCKS OF CAMPUS.

AS A MOTHER, WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR THAT?

>> EVERYTHING, RIGHT?

AS I SHARED TODAY WHEN I MET WITH THE OTHER ATTENDEES THE THE CONFERENCE TODAY, THAT'S SOME THINGS I HAD TO THINK ABOUT AND I THINK IT'S SO TERRIBLE THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY ARE BEING ROBBED OF THEIR YOUTH AND THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY AND THE CAPACITY OF WHETHER OR NOT I WILL SEE MY CLASSMATE AND OR FRIEND AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE FREQUENCY OF GUN VIOLENCE.

IT'S FRIDAY WILL I SEE YOU ON MONDAY, I THINK IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.

>> WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT YOU THINK STUDENTS YOUNG PEOPLE NEED WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ALREADY?

>> WELL, I MEAN, THERE IS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ALREADY.

HOWEVER, WE ALL HAVE TO STEP UP WITH THE ROLES WE PLAY AS IT RELATES TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN OUR LIVES.

IF WE SEE THEM DOING RIGHT, GREAT, LET'S REACH OUT.

AND TELL THEM GREAT JOB.

SEE THEM DOING WRONG, WE APPROACH THEM DIRECTLY OR MAYBE THEIR FAMILIES AND TALK ABOUT THAT.

WHAT WE CANNOT DO IS ACT LIKE THE ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING ARE NOT AN ISSUE FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD.

IT'S NOT JUST UNIQUE TO BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

AND IF IT IS IN OUR COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT BEFORE LONG BEFORE IT HITS YOUR COMMUNITY.

>> WE HEAR TALK ABOUT POLICING IN AND AROUND SCHOOLS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE ROLE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS?

>> YOU KNOW, WHAT?

LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ITS PLACE.

WHAT I WILL SAY THERE ARE MANY OF THE LEVELS OF INVOLVEMENT THAT CAN BE EXECUTED OR INHERITED BEFORE WE GET TO POLICING.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THE POLICE BRING ABOUT A FEAR FOR OUR YOUTH.

BACK WHEN I WAS COMING UP, WE LOOKED UP TO THE POLICE.

NOWADAYS SO MUCH STUFF HAS HAPPENED AND THERE IS A LACK OF EMPATHY AND MIND YOU I'M NOT SAYING THAT ALL POLICE ARE WRONG BECAUSE BY NO MEANS.

BUT I'M SAYING THAT I HAVE SO MANY RELATIONSHIPS IN A LOT OF CAPACITIES, OUR MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE.

HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT CAN STEP UP AND BECOME MORE INVOLVED AND OR ENGAGED IN OUR YOUTH BEFORE WE REACH OUT TO THE POLICE.

>> WHAT MORE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DONE IN SCHOOLS?

AGAIN WE TALK ABOUT POLICING BUT WE'VE HEARD WE CAN'T POLICE OUR WAY OUT OF THIS OUT OF OUR VIOLENCE PROBLEM.

WHAT OTHER STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN?

>> NOT TO POLICE IS THE PROBLEM BY ANY MEANS.

I THINK AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WE NEED TO DO A MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN THAT WAY BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVESTED IN OUR YOUTH WHO DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE THEM DO BETTER AND WHAT IS BEST FOR THEMSELVES.

HOWEVER, [INAUDIBLE] NOT MANY OPTIONS AVAILABLE OTHER THAN VIOLENCE AND IF WE HELP THEM IDENTIFY THOSE THINGS, WE'LL START TO SEE SOME SORT OF CHANGE OCCUR IN THE VIOLENCE THAT IS HAPPENING HERE.

>> LONG ROAD AHEAD A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

CLEOPATRA COWLY PENDLETON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> KNOWN AS A SILENT ILLNESS, CHRONICLIC KIDNEY DISEASE WITH LEAD TO A LIFE ALTERING CONSEQUENCES.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT" REPORTER JOANNA HERNANDEZ TELLS US MORE ABOUT A WOMAN'S JOURNEY TO RAISE AWARENESS THROUGH HER OWN BATTLE.

>> YOU CAN BE HAPPY ABOUT IT OR TURN IT INTO POSITIVE ENERGY.

>> IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE QUIN TAYLOR RECEIVED A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT SHE WAS IN COLLEGE WHEN HER KIDNEY STARTED TO FAIL.

>> I WAS DIAGNOSED AT THE AGE OF 20.

I WAS AWAY AT SCHOOL AND MY BODY FREAKED OUT.

I HAD BLOOD DRAWN AND GOT A CALL SAYING YOU NEED TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

YOUR KIDNEYS ARE FAILING.

AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST DEFINING MOMENTS OF MY LIFE.

>> IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE TAYLOR'S LIFE CHANGED DIRECTION.

SHE WAS JOINING HER FATHER'S BATTLE WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE.

>> WHEN THE DOCTOR SAID I HAD TO START DIALYSIS, MY DAD WAS GOING BACK TO DIALYSIS FROM HAVING HAD A TRANSPLANT THAT LASTED 12 YEARS.

WE WENT TOGETHER AND SAT ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER AND SHARED THAT EXPERIENCE TOGETHER.

>> HER JOURNEY WAS TOUGH.

BUT QUINN SAYS HER FATHER INSPIRED HER TO KEEP FIGHTING AFTER BEING ON KIDNEY DIALYSIS FOR FIVE YEARS SHE RECEIVED A TRANSPLANT AT 32 YEARS OLD.

HER FATHER DIED SHORTLY AFTER HER TRANSPLANT.

>> IT WAS A VERY HARD TIME TO LOSE HIM.

BUT I ALWAYS FIND PEACE THAT HE KNEW I WAS OK. BECAUSE HE KNEW I HAD A KIDNEY THAT HE COULD LEAVE ME SO I COULD BE GREAT AND DO ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS I GET TO DO.

>> TAYLOR IS MAKING IT HER MISSION TO HELP OTHERS NAVIGATE THROUGH THE CHALLENGES OF HAVING A CHRONIC MEDICAL ILLNESS THROUGH HER BUSINESS TAILORING GRATITUDE.

>> IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND SAY I NEED TO BE SCREENED FOR KIDNEY DISEASE.

I HAVE DIABETES, I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE I WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS.

>> Dr. SUNEEL UDANI IS A SPECIALIST IN KIDNEY CARE AND THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS.

>> KIDNEY DOCTOR YOUR KIDNEYS ARE ESSENTIAL.

YES YOU CAN LIVE WITH ONE KIDNEY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN DONATE A KIDNEY AND LIVE A LONG HEALTHY LIFE AND HAVE NO PROBLEMS.

PEOPLE BORN WITH ONE KIDNEY CAN LIVE WITH NORMAL FUNCTION BUT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF PROTECTING THOSE.

>> LAST YEAR THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION LAUNCHED KIDNEY HEALTH ALLIANCE A CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATING AND TARGETING THE HIGH RATE OF KIDNEY DISEASE AMONG BLACK, ASIAN AND LATINO POPULATIONS.

>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF HEALTH DISPARITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, NEARLY ONE IN FOUR PERSONS ARE BLACK PERSONS ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET KIDNEY DISEASE THAN THE CAUCASIAN POPULAR AND FOR THE LATINO POPULATION IT'S ONE IN THREE.

>> KNOWN AS A SILENT DISEASE, Dr. UDANI SAYS IT'S COMMON FOR PEOPLE TO BE LIVING WITH EARLY STAGES OF KIDNEY DISEASE AND HAVE NO SYMPTOMS.

IN AN EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, THE FOUNDATION SENDS A KIDNEY MOBILE TO PROVIDE TESTING.

>> IT IS COMMON THEY CAN GET A QUICK BLOOD AND URINE TEST AND WE GET THE RESULTS QUICKLY.

AND THERE ARE DOCTORS LIKE MYSELF THAT WILL INTURNPIKE.

>> -- INTERPRET.

>> 3,000 PEOPLE ARE ADDED TO THE KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WAITING LIST EACH MONTH.

>> ALTHOUGH I THRIVE AND HELP OTHER PEOPLE TO IS YOUR ADVISE THIS IS -- SURVIVE THIS IS NOT A LIFE I WOULD GIVE TO ANYONE.

>> AS SHE WORKS AS ADVOCATE, SURVIVORS AND SPEAKER, THERE IS ONE PERSON ALWAYS BY HER SIDE.

>> MY DAD IS VERY PROUD OF THE WORK I AM DOING.

I WEAR THIS NECKLACE IN EVERYTHING I DO AND INSIDE OF IT THERE ARE ASHES OF MY DAD.

SO I KNOW THAT HE'S ALWAYS WITH ME.

I KNOW THAT HE'S PART OF MY MOTIVATION.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES" I'M JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

>> AND ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION KIDNEY DISEASE IS THE 9TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN ILLINOIS.

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORK BEING DONE AT THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS.

>> WHAT IT WAS, WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT IT SHALL BE.

THAT'S OUT ARTIST NICK CAVE DESCRIBES THIS THREE PART EXHIBITION ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO AS HE WORKS TO RECLAIM IDENTITY WITH THE HELP OF DISCARDED OBJECTS.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU TAKES US TO FOROTHERMORE.

[♪♪♪] IT IS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT LITERALLY.

FOR NICK CAVE AS HE TAKES A LOOK BACK AT HIS CAREER IN FULL, IN A NEW EXHIBIT AT THE MCA TITLED FOROTHERMORE.

>> YOU WILL SEE CONDOS, A SERIES OF OLD AND KIND ONES THAT ARE SORT OF BASED ON GEORGE FLOYD.

AND THEN YOU WILL SEE A NUMBER OF SCULPTURE WORKS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.

>> IT IS IN REPURPOSED OBJECTS OF ALL TYPES THAT CAVE WORKS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE NEW LIFE HE FOUND AND THE OBJECTS THAT WERE ONCE DISCARDED.

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

>> MATERIALS ARE TO PROVIDE A WAY IN FOR A LOT OF THE AUDIENCE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THAT, THAT IS FAMILIAR.

>> BUT RECLAIMING DISCARDED OBJECTS IS NOT THE ONLY NARRATIVE CAVE WORKS TO ADDRESS.

>> FOR A DECADES I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BRING LIGHT TO THE SUBJECT OF RACISM AND INEQUALITY AND JUSTICE.

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

EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS I'VE GOT TO RESOLVE IT.

OTHERWISE IT COULD DESTROY ME.

I'M SORT OF INTERESTED IN YOU KNOW SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE AND SORT OF OWNING OUR HISTORY, OWNING OUR PAST AND BEING RESILIENT IN THAT SORT OF PROCESS.

AND HOW DO YOU SORT OF LIKE PSYCHOLOGICALLY WORK THROUGH MANIPULATIVE WAYS OF CALCULATING HOW WE SORT OF EXIST?

AND SAYING NO TO THAT.

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

[♪♪♪] >> NO MATTER THE MEDIUM, CAVE SAYS HE HOPES HIS WORK SERVES AS A VEHICLE FOR CHANGE AS HE CONTINUES WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS HIS CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK FOR THE VOICES THAT ARE NOT HEARD.

>> I WANT TO SORT OF TAKE YOU ON THIS JOURNEY.

I WANT THERE TO BE MOMENTS OF SILENCE.

I WANT THERE TO BE MOMENTS OF STILLNESS.

AND I WANT YOU TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN COME TO THE WORK AND BE OPEN TO SOMETHING THAT IS UNFAMILIAR.

THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT.

AND HOW DO WE SORT OF STEP UP TO THAT?

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES", I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.

FOROTHERMORE IS ON DISPLAY AT THE MCA THROUGH OCTOBER 2.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEKEND.

CHECK OUR OUR WEBSITE WTTW.COM/NEWS FOR THE VERY LATEST FROM WTTW NEWS.

AND IF YOU ARE WATCHING US ON SATURDAY NIGHT KNOW YOU CAN CATCH BLACK VOICES AND LATINO VOICES ON SUNDAYS BEGINNING AT 10:00 P.M. AND JOIN ME AND PARIS SCHUTZ NEXT WEEK AT 7:00 P.M. ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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