JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

VOICES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

I PRESENT TO YOU THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET.

MAYOR JOHNSON PROPOSES A 16 BILLION DOLLAR SPENDING PLAN.

WHAT IT MEANS FOR POLICING AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

PRIVATE SCHOOL LEADERS FIGHT TO SAVE THE STATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

AND EFFORTS TO RENAME A CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD WITH CLOSE TIES TO THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY.

>> AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

REPUBLICANS ARE NOMINATING LOUISIANA CONGRESSMAN STEVE SCALISE TO BE THE NEXT U.S. HOUSE SPEAKER.

BUT IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR WHEN THE CHAMBER WILL VOTE ON IT.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO NOT JUST IN THE HOUSE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY, BUT WE SEE HOW DANGEROUS OF A WORLD IT IS AND HOW THINGS CAN CHANGE SO QUICKLY.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SENDING A MESSAGE TO PEOPLE ALL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THAT THE HOUSE IS OPEN AND DOING THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS MAKING SURE THAT WERE UNEQUIVOCALLY STANDING AND OUR FIRST RESOLUTION THAT WE PASS UNDER SPEAKER STEVE SCALISE WILL BE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE STAND WITH ISRAEL.

>> IN PRIVATE BALLOTING IN THE CAPITOL HOUSE REPUBLICANS CHOSE OVER OHIO CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN, WHO CHAIRS THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND IS BACKED BY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SCULLY'S WHO IS BATTLING BLOOD CANCER IS ALSO A SURVIVOR OF A SHOOTING THAT TARGETED LAWMAKERS AT A CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME PRACTICE IN 2017, DEMOCRATS INTEND TO NOMINATE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES OF NEW YORK.

SKOKIE MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY PHONED IN MORE THAN A DOZEN FAKE BOMB THREATS TO SEVERAL CHICAGO SUBURBS.

SKOKIE POLICE ANNOUNCE 23 YEAR-OLD JACOB SPIRO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 2 COUNTS FALSELY MAKING A TERRORIST THREAT.

AND ONE COUNT OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

POLICE SAY THEY'VE RECEIVED 16 REPORTS OF BOMB AND VIOLENCE THREATS SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.

POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN MORTON GROVE, NILES, WILMETTE GLENVIEW AND NORTHBROOK ALSO RECEIVED SIMILAR REPORTS DURING THAT TIME.

NONE OF THE THREATS WERE FOUND TO BE CREDIBLE.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TESTING FOR THE DISTRICT'S SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT.

HIGH SCHOOLS HAD TO STOP TAKING THE TEST TODAY OVER TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE TESTING PLATFORM.

THE HIGH SCHOOL ADMISSIONS TEST FOR 8TH GRADE STUDENTS IS AN HOUR LONG WITH 30 MINUTES FROM OUT IN 30 MINUTES FOR READING.

THE DISTRICT SAYS IT'S WORKING WITH THE VENDOR TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AND PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE TESTING DATE.

NO.

CPS STUDENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE THE TEST AS EARLY AS THIS WEEKEND.

ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY?

YOU MIGHT NEED TO IF YOU HOPE TO WIN TONIGHT'S POWERBALL JACKPOT, THE PRICE STANDS AT 1.7 BILLION WITH A B DOLLARS.

THAT'S THE SECOND-LARGEST IN U.S. HISTORY.

IF YOU WIN THE JACKPOT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WIN, YOU CAN CHOOSE AN ANNUITIZED PRIZE WORTH 1.7 BILLION DOLLARS OR LUMP SUM PAYMENT AROUND 756 MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S, OF COURSE.

BEFORE UNCLE SAM'S CUT POWERBALL SAYS THE ODDS OF WINNING THE GRAND PRIZE ARE ONE IN 292 MILLION.

WORTH A SHOT.

TONIGHT'S DRAWING HAPPENS JUST BEFORE 10.

UP NEXT, WE DIG INTO MAYOR JOHNSON'S FIRST BUDGET PROPOSAL HAD OWN JOINS US RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY 5TH 3005TH BANK AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> 3RD, WE BELIEVE WOULD DIVERSE VOICES ARE HEARD AND EMPOWERED.

COMMUNITIES ARE MADE STRONGER A BETTER FUTURE HOLDS GREAT PROMISE FOR ALL.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROUD TO SUPPORT CHICAGO.

TONIGHT.

BLACK VOICES TOGETHER.

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER.

WE CAN DRIVE CHANGE.

>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON UNVEILS HIS FIRST BUDGET PROPOSAL TODAY.

A 16.6 BILLION DOLLAR SPENDING PLAN FOR 2024.

THE PLAN ELIMINATES 538 MILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL.

AND PRIORITIZES NEW INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WITHOUT RAISING TAXES OR FEES.

>> I WAS ELECTED TO END THIS GOVERNMENT'S ADDICTION TO THE REGRESSIVE TAXATION THAT IS PUSHED WORKING FAMILIES TO THE BRINK.

>> AND THAT BEGINS TODAY.

>> WTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON JOHNSON'S FIRST BUDGET.

SO AS WE MENTIONED, HEATHER, HE HAD TO CLOSE A 538 MILLION DOLLARS GAP TO MAKE GOOD ON PROMISES TO INVEST IN WORKING CLASS CHICAGOANS.

DID HE PULL THIS OFF?

WELL, HE HAD SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS SEEKING TO TAMP DOWN EXPECTATIONS THAT HE COULD MEET THOSE SKY-HIGH PROMISES.

AND TODAY HE CAST THIS BUDGET AS A DOWN PAYMENT ON THOSE PROMISES US SAYING THERE'D BE ENOUGH MONEY TO OPEN 2 NEW MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS IN EXISTING CITY FACILITY AND TO EXPAND THE CITY'S ALTERNATE 9-1-1.

RESPONSE WHICH SENDS COUNSELORS AND ADDICTION SPECIALIST TO THOSE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

HE THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO DO AND THE CITY'S RESOURCES ARE LIMITED BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS, INCLUDING THE PENSION CRISIS NOW, HE ALSO PROPOSED RESTRUCTURING THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WHAT DOES HE WANT TO CHANGE?

WELL, HE WANTS TO TAKE NEARLY 400 OF THE DEPARTMENT'S NEARLY 11,700 SWORN POSITIONS AND TURN THEM INTO CIVILIAN POSITIONS.

SO THOSE PEOPLE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE POLICE POWERS.

THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A BADGE OR BE ABLE TO ARREST PEOPLE.

HE SAYS THAT WILL FREE UP OFFICERS TO GET ON THE STREET, NOT HAVE TO DO IT MINISTRY DO MOST OR OTHER THINGS AND GIVE TAXPAYERS MORE BANG FOR THEIR BUCK.

KNOW WHAT HE DIDN'T DO TODAY WAS ELIMINATED ANY OF DEPARTMENT'S MORE THAN 1700 CAN SEE IS AND THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET SET TO RISE TO 1.9 9 BILLION DOLLARS IN 2024.

UP FROM 1.0, 9, 4 BILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR TO NEARLY 2 BILLION DOLLARS.

HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS ADDRESS TODAY SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO BLACK CHICAGOANS.

TELL US WHY.

WELL, IT'S CLEAR THAT HE SEES THE DECISIONS MADE BY HIS PREDECESSORS GOING BACK A GENERATION IS FALLING HARDEST ON BLACK CHICAGOANS.

AND HE SAYS THAT THATS THE REASON THAT THERE'S BEEN AN EXODUS OF BLACK CHICAGOANS AND WHY THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO UNHOUSED ARE UNEMPLOYED OR TO SUFFER FROM ILLNESS OR EVEN MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL ILLNESS.

AND HE SAYS THAT HIS JOB IS TO START REVERSING THAT.

IT ALSO COMES AT A TIME WHEN THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ANGER AND FRUSTRATION IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE ARRIVED IN CHICAGO.

THE CITY A SCRAMBLE TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE AND FOOD FOR NEARLY 18,000 PEOPLE.

ALL HERE IN CHICAGO LEGALLY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY CHICAGOANS.

AND THAT HAS RANKLED MEMBERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY SEEN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS SUFFER UNDER DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT AND THEY WANT TO WHERE'S OURS.

JOHNSON TODAY ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL TO ENDORSE A SPENDING PLAN THAT ESSENTIALLY ASKS THE CITY TO GET BEHIND HIM AND BELIEVE THAT THE CITY CAN DO BOTH.

JUST NOT ALL AT ONCE.

AND THAT DIVISION IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST SPOKE LAST WEEK HERE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAD A SHARON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS.

BRANDIS.

AND YOU CAN HIS FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S WTW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

>> STUDENTS AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS ACROSS ILLINOIS ARE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS.

THAT IS IF STATE LAWMAKERS DON'T EXTEND THE INVEST IN KIDS ACT, WHICH IS SLATED TO END DECEMBER 31ST.

THE LAW GIVES TAX CREDITS TO RESIDENTS WHO MAKE AUTHORIZE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCHOLARSHIP GRANTING ORGANIZATIONS.

THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS IN TURN, PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES TO ATTEND QUALIFIED NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS.

JOINING US NOW WITH THEIR THOUGHTS ON WHETHER THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE EXTENDED ARE G 2 BROWN NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE ALLIANCE, NOBLE, A PARENT OF A CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT.

SHAKUR RAWLS PRINCIPLE OF RIO HIGH SCHOOL, A PRIVATE ALL-MALE CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN AUBURN GRESHAM AND ZION.

CORNELL STRICKLAND, A SENIOR AT LEO HIGH SCHOOL.

THANKS ALL 4 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

PRINCIPAL WERE ALSO START WITH YOU.

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS PROGRAM SHOULD BE EXTENDED?

>> WHAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FOR IS A GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF SAYS THEY WERE ABLE TO SERVE AT LEON HIGH SCHOOL.

I SEE STUDENTS LIKE ZION IN A NUMBER OF OTHER STUDENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM FROM PROGRAM.

IT'S HELP THEIR FAMILIES OUT FINANCIALLY.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND PROGRAMMING INSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS, EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, EXPAND AFTER-SCHOOL OFFERINGS.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

FIRST, A LOOK AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT METHODS THAT WE EDUCATE BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS IN CHICAGO, PARTICULARLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY BLACK MALES.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING THE SCHOLARSHIPS IF THE PROGRAM IS THAT EXTENDED?

SO WE HAVE ABOUT 37 STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING A SCHOLARSHIP RIGHT NOW.

AND AND UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, 37 STUDENTS WILL BE FORCED THE BURDEN THAT'S READY I SCHOOL.

EXACTLY.

OKAY.

>> YOUR YOUR 4TH YEAR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT OF THIS PROGRAM, SENIOR.

WHAT IMPACT DOES IT HAVE ON YOUR EDUCATION?

>> IT'S ALLOWED ME TO DO TO A GREAT SCHOOL AND BE ABLE DO THE THINGS THAT I WISH TO ACHIEVE IN LIFE.

AND IT'S ALSO ALLOWED ME TO MAKE FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIPS MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IF I DIDN'T GO TO LEO AND IT'S ALSO LESSEN THE BURDEN THAT MY MOM HAS HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PAYMENT.

STILL REMEMBER THE DAY SHE WAS EXCITED.

SHE WAS LIKE GOT THE SCHOLARSHIP I'M BEYOND THAT.

THEY REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS OUTSIDE BECAUSE SHE WAS IT IT.

>> G 2.

YOU'VE BEEN ADVOCATING AGAINST THIS PROGRAM FROM BOTH A PARENT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS AN EDUCATION ORGANIZER.

TELL US WHY.

FIRST OF I WANT TO GREAT RESPECT.

WE WORKED TOGETHER BERKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MANY YEARS AGO.

>> AND I KNOW HE'S AN AMAZING EDUCATE AND HE DOES AMAZING WORK.

SO I WANT TO START THERE.

I THINK THE ISSUE WITH USING PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

DISSUADE THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT WHAT IS SPEAKS TO IS A TACTIC EDUCATION THAT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE INEQUITY, THE EXISTING PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THE VOUCHER, THE VOUCHERS AND 2 CREATED BY MILTON FRIEDMAN.

AND WHEN WHEN THEY TOOK OVER CHILE ANY WITH THE CHILLY WITH WHAT THEY CALL, THE CHICAGO BOY SAYS STUDENTS AND THEY CREATED THE WORLD'S FIRST CHARTER SYSTEM WHICH EXIST.

TODAY IS ONE OF THE MOST INEQUITABLE SCHOOL SYSTEMS ON THE PLANET WHERE LOW INCOME STUDENTS GET VOUCHERS TO GO POOR SCHOOLS, MIDDLE-CLASS STUDENTS GET VOUCHERS TO GO TO WHAT CHARTERS AND WEALTHY STUDENTS GET VOUCHERS TO GO TO FABOLOUS SCHOOLS.

I THINK THE AND I THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM CAN BE EXTENDED JUST WITHOUT PUBLIC MONEY.

WELL, IS IT IS IT CONSIDERED PUBLIC MONEY THE WAY THE DONATIONS ARE MADE IF A TAXPAYER DO NEEDS TO ONE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP GRANTING ORGANIZATIONS THEY RECEIVE A TAX BREAK OF 75%.

>> I THINK THE FRAMERS OF BILL AT THE TIME FELT LIKE THAT WAS A WAY TO WORK AROUND USING TAX DOLLARS STILL SEE THIS AS USING TAX TAX DOLLARS.

YES, MAN.

AND BUT I THINK IT'S A BIG ISSUE TO THAT OUTSIDE OF LILLE >> THIS SCHOOL ON THE WEST I USED DO A PROGRAM.

THEY CALL KEY.

WHEN KEY WAS CLOSING HAD 95% BLACK ENROLLMENT.

TODAY.

SCHOOL THAT RUNS AFOUL VOUCHER PROGRAM OUT OF ON HIS 27%.

BLACK AND GOLD.

SO WHAT WE SEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS THAT FALCONS AS A TOOL HAVE BEEN USED TO ACTUALLY EXACERBATE INEQUITIES, ITS STEAD OF MAKING SCHOOLS MORE EQUITABLE.

WHAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE SOUL OF THE VOUCHER PROGRAMS WHO FUNDS AND IT'S IT'S FRONT OVERALL FUNDED BY THE KOCH BROTHERS.

THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE ALSO FUNDED THE MASK, CHARTERING SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL CLOSINGS THROUGHOUT UNITED STATES AS WELL AS BETSY DEVICE.

POSSIBLE.

OF FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION UNDER UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

I WANT TO GET YOU HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE A CPS PARENT.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

DO YOU DO YOU THINK THIS TYPE OF SCHOLARSHIP IS BENEFICIAL TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES?

I-2 G TO HIS POINT.

YOU KNOW, I JUST HONOR ZION AND >> YOU KNOW, HIS POTENTIAL.

HE'S JUST JUST LOVELY GOING PLACES GOING PLACES RIGHT?

BUT AS 2 SHARED, MY CONCERN IS THE CPS PARENT THAT WE'RE ON THE PRECIPICE AS FAR AS BUDGETS ARE CONCERNED, THAT CPS, THERE'S BUDGET SHORTFALL OF 600 MILLION DOLLARS.

THE VOUCHER PROGRAM IS SIPHONING APPROXIMATELY WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO BE 75 MILLION DOLLARS TO FURTHER EXACERBATE, YOU KNOW, AN ALREADY DISTRESSED SYSTEM AND ALLOWING THOSE FUNDS BE FUNNELED TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS DO.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

SO THAT IS A PROBLEM.

AND ALSO IT'S AN ASSAULT ON OUR DEMOCRACY, QUITE FRANKLY, BECAUSE THIS IS A PART OF THE BROADER PLAN OF MISTER VOSS, THE COKES, SO ON AND SO FORTH TO DESTABILIZE AND CITED AS MUCH RESOURCES OUT OF CPS SAYS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A WHOLE.

PRINCIPAL ROLES.

WOULD HE SAY TO TO WHAT SOME OF SOME OF WHAT WE JUST HEARD FROM NATION NOBLE?

I THINK THAT THEY MAKE VALID POINT.

AND I THINK THE IDEA OF US TRYING TO USE PROGRAM TO SOLVE IN EQUITIES PROBABLY IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.

>> THINK THIS IS ONE OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU CAN SEE YEAH, THERE'S THINGS LIKE ZION ALL OVER HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE 37 TONS ON SCHOLARSHIP AND IT THEY'RE THEY'RE BENEFITING FROM THE PROGRAM.

SO WHAT I WHAT CAN'T BE DENIED IS THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A SENSE OF BROTHERHOOD SINCE THE SAFETY, A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AT ARE THERE PLACES WHERE THE APPLICATION MAY NOT BE THE SAME?

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

BUT I THINK LEGISLATION IS ALWAYS THE OUTCOME OF THE INTERNET OUTCOMES IN THE UNINTENDED OUTCOMES.

I THINK THAT WHEN CHICAGO MOVED TO THE SMALL SCHOOLS MODEL IN 2000, ALTHOUGH THE THAT IT THE IDEA OF HAVING SMALL AMOUNT SCHOOLS WAS WAS SMART IDEA.

BUT CLOSING DOZENS OF SCHOOLS IN CHICAGO HAD SOME UNINTENDED OUTCOMES THAT ARE REALLY BAD.

SO I THINK THAT WITH ALL LEGISLATION, WE CAN WORK TO RETOOL IT SO THAT IT'S ACTUALLY HOPING SCHOOLS BUT NOT DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS, REGULAR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN CHICAGO.

>> SO OF THE I WANT TO GET TO SOME A LITTLE BIT MORE IN OBVIOUS.

WELCOME BACK TO BOTH OF, YOU KNOW, OF THE STUDENTS WHO IT 2021.

22 SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOL ABOUT 57% WERE WHITE.

ALMOST 30% LATINO IN JUST UNDER 18% BLACK.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO OUR COLLEAGUES AT CHALK BEAT CHICAGO.

AND OF COURSE, THESE ARE STATEWIDE NUMBERS.

NOT CHICAGO.

SPECIFIC A SHOCKER.

DO YOU THINK THIS PROGRAM IS MEETING DEMOGRAPHIC GOALS BUT THOSE NUMBERS?

TALK ABOUT STATEWIDE NUMBERS THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ALLOCATE MONEY TO PARTICULAR SCHOOLS.

RIGHT?

AND SO THAT MEANS THAT.

>> THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SERVING PARTICULAR POPULATIONS, RIGHT?

WE'LL GET WE'LL GET MONEY.

SO IT DOESN'T.

IT WON'T ITS STATEWIDE JUST BECAUSE OF THE DISPARITY RIGHT TO THE DOWNSTATE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE LARGE.

YOU HAVE RULES.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ALSO TAKING TO THE PROGRAM.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT 20% OF THAT, BUT NUMBER THE 17.9% OF THAT NUMBER THAT DO BENEFIT SHOULDN'T BE DAMAGED IN THE PROCESS OF US TRYING TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE SYSTEM.

SO I THINK THAT THIS IS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO AT LEAST RETOOL A PROGRAM THAT'S HELPING AT LEAST 25% OF POPULATION ASIA.

WHAT ARE THE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROGRAM'S IMPACT?

YOU MY UNDERSTANDING IS I WANT TO SEE THE RECEIPTS AS THE CPS PARENT RIGHT?

WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT AND I YOU KNOW, I WAS RAISED BY SHARECROPPER.

OKAY.

MY MOM WITH DUSABLE.

>> I WENT TO CPS ALL THIS IS GOING CPS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THIS REALLY THROUGH MY MOTHER, WHAT GROWING UP IN POVERTY LOOKS LIKE.

BUT WHAT THIS VOUCHER SYSTEM IS DOING IS DEEPENING THE SEGREGATION THAT'S HAPPENING.

I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO THOSE NUMBERS RIGHT?

AND TAKING US BACK IN MY OPINION TO THAT, JIM GROBE, JIM CROW SOUTH, WHO IS BENEFITING FROM THIS?

THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE NUMBERS.

AND I THINK IN THE 6 YEARS THAT THE VOUCHERS HAVE BEEN AROUND ILLINOIS STATE BOARD THAT'S SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF REPORTING.

WHERE IS WHERE IS IT DESIGN?

YOU MENTION THAT THE SCHOLARSHIP HALF MEN A LOT TO YOUR IN PARTICULAR THAT REALLY TOOK OFF A FOR HER OBVIOUSLY.

BUT THE TIME THAT >> THAT YOU RECEIVED THE SCHOLARSHIP, YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS COMING IT DID.

BUT TELL US MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THIS BURDEN THAT RELIEVED FOR HER.

WHAT WAS THE ALTERNATIVE FOR YOU?

IF IF NOT FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP?

SO THIS BURDEN WHEN IT GOT RELEASED, IT HAD HELPED ME GO TO A COLLEGE TOUR OVER THE SUMMER.

>> AND ON A COLLEGE.

SO I ENDED UP SEEING THE BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY AND IT'S I THINK I HAD A WHOLE WEEK IN CALIFORNIA AND I WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AND ALSO PICK MY FUTURE COLLEGE OUT FOR MYSELF AND FINALIZE MY DECISION.

SO THIS TOP CREDITS IT.

GETTING RID OF THE BURDEN HAS LIKE REALLY HELPED MY MOM AND HELPED ME CONNECT WITH MORE PEOPLE LIKE HIM BETTER.

MY FUTURE.

JUST THINK THAT THIS THAT THIS IS DON, NOT OTHER KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE AND LEARN AS MUCH AS I JT, WE'VE GOT A FEW SECONDS LEFT.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROGRAM GIVES PARENTS CHOICES FOR WHERE THEIR STUDENTS CAN GO TO SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO CANNOT A FORD, THE HIGH PRICE OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

SOMETIMES SHOULDN'T PARENTS HAVE CHOICE?

>> I THINK THAT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE AN EQUITABLE SCHOOL SYSTEM, YOU DON'T HAVE CHOICE.

>> BECAUSE THAT MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE THE CHOICE OF A WORLD CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL WITH THE SAFE WALKING DISTANCE OF YOUR HOME LIKE OTHER FOLKS HAVE IN COMMUNITIES.

AND SO I THINK YOU HAVE THE ILLUSION OF CHOICE.

BUT IF SCHOOL DISTRICT TO AN EQUITY THROWS A GRENADE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, PARENTS GRANT THAT YOU DIDN'T TAKE THEM WHEREVER IT IS.

YOU KNOW, I AM.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SEVERAL OF THOSE TYPES OF FIGHTS.

WE WE KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOL WAS NOT A FAILING SCHOOL, BUT AS A PUBLIC, WE'VE BEEN FAILED.

SO I THINK THAT THE THE FIGHT FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS TO FINALLY MAKE CHICAGO AND EQUITABLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I THINK THAT IS THE WORK.

BUT THAT IS THE WORK.

AND I KNOW YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS.

A GOOD BIT REALLY QUICK ZION.

WE'VE GOT 5 SECONDS.

WHAT WE STUDY WHEN WE GO TO UC BERKELEY, A VIDEO GAME PROGRAMMING.

OKAY.

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING ALL RIGHT.

THANK UP NEXT, A PUSH TO RENAME A NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE CITY'S SOUTH SIDE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> A LOCAL ALDERPERSON IS PROPOSING A NAME CHANGE FOR HIS SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.

DOUGLAS IS CURRENTLY NAMED AFTER STEPHEN DOUGLAS 19TH CENTURY POLITICAL FIGURE IN ILLINOIS WHOSE BELIEFS AND ACTIONS WE'RE DEEPLY INTERTWINED WITH THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY.

NOW THE 4TH WARD ALDERMAN IS LOOKING TO ADD AN S AT THE END OF THAT NAME TO REPRESENT FAMED ABOLITIONIST, FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

TO THIS FOLLOWS A SIMILAR MOVEMENT, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL IN CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE IN THE RENAMING OF DOUGLAS PARK IN 2020.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE ALDERMAN LAMONT ROBINSON OF THE 4TH WARD, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF THE DOUGLASS COMMUNITY AND LEYLA JOHNSON, AN 8TH GRADE STUDENT AT VILLAGE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

HER SCHOOL LED THE YOUTH GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF DOUGLAS PARK ON THE WEST SIDE.

THANKS YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

ALDERMAN STARTING WITH YOU.

WHY PUSH FOR THIS NAME CHANGE?

THE PROMISE OF A COMMUNITY IS A HISTORIC COMMUNITY.

MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE COME THROUGH THIS JAZZ BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS AND SO TO CHANGE THE TO FREDERICK DOUGLASS, SOMEONE THAT WAS AN ABOLITIONIST, SOMEONE THEY GAVE SO MUCH TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

WHY NOT?

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE LYLA NEXT TO ME UNDERSTAND ITS HISTORY AND BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS.

THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THAT HISTORY.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE SO AS WE KNOW, AND AS WE'VE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SIMILAR MOVEMENT LED BY STUDENTS AT THE VILLAGE LEADERSHIP TO RENAME DOUGLAS PARK ON THE WEST SIDE AFTER ABOLITIONIST, FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND ANNA MURRAY DOUGLASS YOU ALSO STATED THE STUDENT SUCCEEDED.

WHAT WOULD YOUR SCHOOL TAKE AWAY FROM OR OR LEARN FROM THAT MOVEMENT?

I BELIEVE OUR SCHOOL TOOK AWAY CHANGE IS POSSIBLE.

AND THE KEY IS TO BE PERSISTENT BECAUSE THIS PROJECT TOOK SEVERAL YEARS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT INSPIRED US TO DO MORE >> SEVERAL OF OUR OTHER GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN MORE GET GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS GO ON ONE OF OUR GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN, FOR EXAMPLE, IS SMOKING A FEW YEARS AGO THAT WELL, NOT CHANGE THE LAW, BUT WE CHANGE CERTAIN POLICIES AROUND SMOKING IN LEGAL AGE THAT YOU HAVE TO BEAT US MOAT AND SEVERAL OTHER GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS INCLUDE BOUNCING MEDIA HUNGER.

ONE TIME WE ORGANIZED A MEETING WHERE WE GAVE FOOD TO THE HOMELESS, ETCETERA, AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS.

SO LEARNING HOW TO HOW TO ORGANIZE DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS AND DIFFERENT TOPICS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE INCLUDING THIS ONE ALDERMAN WHY ISN'T NAME WHETHER BE, YOU KNOW, THE NAME OF THE PARK OR A NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THE NAME IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE NAME IS BECAUSE IT SHOWS US THAT WE NEED A SENSE OF COMMUNITY ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR HISTORY.

AND SO WHEN I'M LONG GONE THAT HISTORY WILL BE THERE.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, KNOW, OUR HISTORY AND CHANGED THE NAME FROM DOUGLAS TO FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

>> LAYLA.

HOW IMPORTANT WOULD YOU SAY IT IS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF, YOUR CLASSMATES TO SORT OF TAKE CHARGE IN A GRASSROOTS EFFORT THAT THE STUDENTS ARE DOING IT VERSUS THE GROWN-UPS.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE LA WE SAY TOMORROW BELONGS TO THOSE WHO ARE PREPARED TODAY AND TOMORROW OR THE FUTURE IS THE YOUTH.

AND AS THE ALDERMAN SAID, HE WILL BE LONG GONE AND THE YOUTH WILL BE HERE WALLOWING AND WHATEVER THE FUTURE GENERATION HAVE SET FOR THEM.

AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BETTER THE COMMUNITIES AND INSPIRE OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD TO TAKE CHARGE AND FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS RIGHT.

HOW DO YOU THINK IT HELPS YOU AS A STUDENT?

I THINK IT'S HELPED ME BY INSPIRING ME TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE AND NOT A BUT POSITIVE AND WORKING TO MAKE A CHANGE TOWARDS OUR COMMUNITIES AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND RIGHT.

ALDERMAN WHY FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WHAT WAS HIS RELATIONSHIP OR CONNECTION TO CHICAGO?

SO MANY PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW BRAND IS THAT FREDERICK DOUGLASS SPENT A YEAR IN CHICAGO.

AND SO HE HAD TIES TO CHICAGO.

>> HE ALSO HAD TIES TO IDA B WELLS.

HE CONNECTED IDA B WELLS TO HER HUSBAND.

AND SO THERE'S CERTAINLY A HISTORY WITH NOT ONLY IDA B WELLS, BUT AGAIN LIVING IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

AND SO IT GOES BACK TO WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW THE HISTORY AND THAT'S A DIRECT CONNECT TO WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THIS NAME CHANGE.

AND THEN ALSO LOOKING TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I SECURED 150 MILLION $150,000.

EXCUSE IT WOULD BE GREAT.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT PERSON.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR AN HVAC SYSTEM.

AND SO AGAIN, NOT ONLY IS A NAME CHANGE THERE, BUT WE ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.

HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM RESIDENTS SO FAR?

NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY MEETING, BUT I'M TO RECEIVING CALLS AND WITH POSITIVE TO THIS NAME CHANGE IN MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THE HISTORY.

MANY PEOPLE JUST THINK ABOUT BRONZEVILLE.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF DOUGLAS AND HIM HIS CONNECTION TO SLAVERY, UNFORTUNATELY.

BUT A LOT OF POSITIVE RESPONSES FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT IS WHY WE BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY.

AND BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD INPUT AND THIS NAME CHANGE, WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS PROPOSAL?

THE NEXT STEPS IS TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

AND ONCE GO THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AND WE WILL GET THAT APPROVAL, I'M SURE THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WILL HAVE A NEW OK, THAT WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THERE WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS.

OBVIOUSLY, ALDERMAN LAMONT ROBINSON, LEYLA JOHNSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

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