>> [ MUSIC ] > >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO O TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES .

I'M ANGEL IDOWU .

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS THE EVENING OFF.

THANK YOU YOU FOR SHARING A PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

> >> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, COOK COUNTY IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE NATION'S LARGEST PUBLICLY FUNDED GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT.

FIND OUT WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS PROMIS.

IS PROMISING.

> >> OCTOBER MARKS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

WE TALK MAMMOGRAM MISCONCEPTIONS AND EARLY DETECTION IN THE BLACK CO. BLACK COMMUNITY.

> >> EXAMINING THE IMPACT MASS INCARCERATION HAS ON YOUNG PEOPLE IN A NEW THREE-PART EXHIBITION.

> >> GRASSROOTS ORGANIZERS BROWN GIVES THE LAST WORD ON ELEVATING COMMUNITY VOICES TO SOLVE DEEP SOCIAL INEQUITIES.

ALL THAT COMING UP.

> >> OUR FIRST STORY TONIGHT, APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR COOK COUNTY'S GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT.

FIND OUT IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> >> CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY FIFTH THIRD BANK AND BY BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> [ MUSIC ] > >> AT FIFTH THIRD, WE BELIEVE EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES ARE STRONGER, LIVES ARE MADE BETTER AND FUTURE HOLDS GREATER PROMISE FOR ALL.

THAT IS WHY WE WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT CHICAGO CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES.

TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE .

TOGETHER, WE CAN DE CAN DRIVE CHANGE.

> >> ACCORDING TO THE 2020 CENSUS, NEARLY 13% OF COOK COUNTY RESIDENTS LIVE IN POVERTY.

THAT IS NEARLY 700,000E 700,000 PEOPLE.

NOW, THERE IS A A NEW GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT AIMED AT HELPING SOME OF THEM STABILIZE THEIR FINANCIAL LIVES.

FINANCIAL LIVES.

THE PROGRAM, KNOWN AS COOK COUNTY PROMISE, IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THROUH OCTOBER 21.

RECIPIENTS WILL RECEIVE $500 A MONTH IN CASH SUPPORT FOR TWO YEARS.

IT IS THE LARGEST PUBLICLY FUNDED GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT IN THE UNITED STATES AND COOK COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR THE PROGRAM.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE OUR COOK COUNTY DIRECTOR OF EQUITY AND IN AND INCLUSION, DENNIS PERITO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US IN THE STUDIO TODAY.

SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU.

>> SO GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS NEW PROGRAM AND HOW FOLKS CAN GET THEIR MONEY.

FIRST, LET'S WALK THROUGH THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

>> FIRST OF ALL, THEY HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF COOK COUNTY AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN EITHER EITHER THE CHICAGO OR EVERY FOOD GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT.

OR THAN THAT, YOU'VE GOT TO BE IN COOK COUNTY.

YOU HAVE TO BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HOUSEHOLD INCOME BELOW 2% BELOW 250% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE WHICH IS ABOUT $58,000 FOR A FAMILY OF THREE.

>> THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW.

WHAT INFORMATION DOES THE PATIENT ASK FOR SPECIFICALLY WITH THOSE THOSE PERSONAL DETAILS?

>> IT IS VERY SIMPLE.

IT IS GOING TO BE ONLINE.

THAT IS WHY IS WHY WE HAVE OUTREACH CENTERS CENTERS ALL OVER AND WE ARE HOSTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS HAVE ACCESS.

IT IS VERY SIMPLE.

SIMPLE.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR IN STATUS.

I WILL START WITH THAT.

.

WE ARE ASKING FOR A WAY TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AND BE ABLE TO VERIFY THAT INCOME AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WITH THIS BEING N ONLINE ONLY APPLICATION, ARE THERE WAYS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO APPLY TO GET HELP SUBMITTING SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATIONS AND TROUBLESHOOTING WITH THEM?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE AN OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT HAS PARTNERS ALL OVER THE CITY.

FOR FOR EXAMPLE, MOST NOTABLY, THE SPANISH COALITION FOR HOUSING.

THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS, THE INDO-AMERICAN CENTER, LOTS OF IT SERVING BUT THERE IS ALSO A LOT A LOT OF HUD CERTIFIED NONPROFIS THAT ARE ALSO PARTICIPATING.

AGAIN, THE OUTREACH IS -- WE KNW THAT NOT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS.

THERE ARE FOLKS SET UP THROUGHOT THE COUNTY IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES TO TROUBLESHOOT WITH PEOPLE ANDE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.

>> LET'S GET INTO THIS SELECTION PROCESS.

OUR PEOPLE CHOSEN AND HOW WILL THEY RECEIVE THEIR MONEY?

>> IT IS RANDOM.

IT IS A LOTTER.

A LOTTERY.

I'VE GOT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.

LET'S BE REAL.

36% OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN COOK COUNTY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS.

THAT IS A BIG NUMBER.

TO DATE, WE HAVE ALREADY HAD OVER 160,000 APPLICANTS.

WE ARE TALKG ARE TALKING, THIS WILL BE FOR 3.

FOR 3250.

WE HAVE TO DO IT AS A AS A LOTTERY.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN, WE RANDOMLY HAVE A PARTNER THAT WILL HELP US RANDOMLY SELECT THOSE 3000 FAMI.

3000 FAMILIES.

>> BEYOND 3000 PEOPLE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THEIR FINANCIAL STANDING, WHAT WOULD A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME LOOK LOOK LIKE FOR COOK COUNTY AND THIS PROGRAM?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

WHT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO WITHG WITH BEING THE LARGEST PUBLICLYD -- WE ARE TRYING TO PUSH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

LET'S BE RE, RIGHT?

THIS HAS BEEN DONE ON A LOCAL LEVEL IN STOCKTON, CALIFO, PARTS OF OHIO, SOUTHERN CALIFORA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

ALL PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

ASE SECOND LARGEST COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY, THIS IS -- WE ARE BASICALLY SAYING, FOR US, SUCCESS WOULD BE THAT WE ALREADY KNOW -- THE DATA HAS TOLD US.

WE WANT THE DATA TO BE TO BE ON A WIDER SCALE.

WHEN PEE HAVE ACCESS TO CASH, THIS WILL SAVE FAMILIES THAT SECOND JOB TT GETS EATEN UP WITH CHILDCARE AND TRANSPORTATION.

WHEN SOMEONE HAS THAT EXTRA CUSHION, WE KNOW KNOW FOR A FACT PEOPLE WILL BUILD A NEST EGGS.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MORE STABLE.

THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE -- THIS IS THE THE LARGEST THAT WE ARE HAVING.

HAVING.

WE ARE HOPING IT WILL CALL ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

GOVERNMENT.

I JUST TOLD YOU, 36% OF THE COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE.

FOR US TO GET THIS IN OUR BUDGET LONG-TERM, THAT IS A TOUGH OPPOSITION BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT WITH OUR DATA, WE WILL HELP A, BRING OTHER COUNTIES LIKE HARRIS COUNTY IN , L.A. COUNTY -- YES, I AM CALLING OUT.

THE MORE OF US THAT DO THIS, IT WILL DRIVE -- JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, IT WILL BE THIS GROUNDSWELL AND IT IT WILL FORCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO LOOK AT THIS.

>> AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS AN AMBITIOUS PILOT.

$42 $42 MILLION ARE BEING FUNDED BY BY THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

ANY FUTURE PLANS TO GROW AND FUND THE PROGRAM BEYOND THIS INITIAL PILOT?

>> ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

I AM HAPPY TO PLUG ANOTHER THING WE HAVE WHICH IS OUR EQUITY FUND.

THAT IS A SPECIAL PURPOSE FUND DESIGNED FOR EQUITABLE SPENDING.

THIS IS BEING PAID FOR THROUGH OUR DOLLARS.

WE THINK OF IT AS A DOWN PAYMENT.

THE IDEA IS, IF WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS AND KEEP IT THERE PART F OUR BUDGET, WE KNOW WE HAVE A SPECIAL PURPOSE FUND EVERY YEAR YEAR THAT WE CAN LOOK FOR LONGITUDINAL EQUITABLE INVESTMENTS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE THE PLACES THE MONEY COULD COME COME FROM.

>> LAST QUESTION.

WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW, WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM IS THE RIGHT APPROACH?

>> BECAUSE CASH IS KING.

THE REALITY IS, WE HAD BAND-AIDS AND INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE .

THE YEAR.

NOTHING IS WRONG WITH WITH PROGRAMS BUT FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING IN POVERTY ARE SOME OF THE MOST RESOURCEFUL PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.

RIGHT?

WHAT BETTER WAY TO INVEST IN THEM THAN TO DIRECTLY INVEST IN THEM.

RIGHT?

GIVE THEM THE MONEY AND LET THEM DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ENRICH THEIR FAMILIES AND THIS WILL MAKE COMMUNITIES BETTER.

RIGHT?

ANY FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD THAT IS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, IT WILL NOT JUST BE FOR THEM, IT WILL BE FOR THE FOLKS AROUND THEM, THE PLACES THAT THEY PATRONIZE.E ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS WILL LIFT THE COUNTY AS A .

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE TIDBITS.

OUR THANKS TO DENISE PERITO.

> >> UP NEXT, ADDRESSING DISPARITY IN BREAST CANCER DETECTION AND TREATMENT.

STAY WITH US.

> >> BREAST CANCER IS ONE OF THE T TREATABLE TYPES OF CANCER WHEN DETECTED EARLY.

DESPITE THAT, IT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS AMONG BLACK WOMEN.

ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, BLACK WOMEN ARE ARE 41% MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROMT CANCER COMPARED TO WHITE WOMEN.

WHITE WOMEN.

THEY ARE ALSO LESS ALSO LESS LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED AND LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE TREATMENT.

JOINING US NOW TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THOSE DS DURING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS H ARE ANNIE JONES, PRESIDENT OF TE SISTERS NETWORK, CHICAGO CHAPTER CHICAGO CHAPTER, TINA FRANCE WHILE BLUE, PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT AT FRANCE WHILE BLUEG BLUE CONSULTING AND DR. JUNE McCOY, PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE ATN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

LADIES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

ANNIE, LET'S START WITH YOU.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE BEAT HAVE BEAT BREAST CANCER TWICE IN THE LAST 23 YEARS.

KNOWING WHAT YOU DO NOW, CAN YOU BELIEVE WHY EARLY DETECTION IS THE BEST PREVENTION?

>> YES.

I WAS DIAGNOSED IN 1999 THE FIRST TIME.

THE TUMOR WAS L WAS SMALL.

I HAD A LUMPECTOMY DE LUMPECTOMY DONE.

15 YEARS AFTERT AFTER THAT DIAGNOSIS, I WAS DIAGNOSED AGAIN IN THE SAME BRET SAME BREAST.

BECAUSE IT HAD COME BACK IN THE SAME BREAST, I I OPTED TO HAVE A MASTECTOMY.

I I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANS ANY CHANCES AND I WAS AFRAID THT AFRAID THAT MAYBE IF IT CAME BACK AND THAT BREAST, IT COULD TRAVEL SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THE GOING, HAVING MY MAMMOGRAMS YEAY MAMMOGRAMS YEARLY, GAVE ME THE BENEFIT OF CATCHING THE TUMOR EARLY SO THAT IT COULD BE TREATED AND TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY THE SECOND TIME.

NO RADIATION BECAUSE IT WAS THE THE SAME BREAST.

IT WAS BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THAT THAT I FEEL THAT I AM HERE TODAY.

>> WOW.

TINA, THIS BRINGS ME TO TO MY NEXT QUESTION WITH YOU.

YOU SAY THAT THE COST OF PREVENTATIVE MEASURES MEANS WE ARE ASKING WOMEN TO ESSENTIALLY TO ESSENTIALLY PAY FOR THEIR OWN LIVES.

WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT?

>> I MEAN THAT, FOR BLACK WOMEN, BLACK WOMEN, IN TERMS OF HOW AND WHEN WOMEN ARE BEING RECOMMD TO GO, THAT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST LITTLE WHILE.

FOR A VERY LONG TIME, IT WAS, AT 40 YOU GOING GET YOUR MAMMOGRAM.

PARTICULARLY FOR BLACK WOMEN, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

ALL OF S WHO ARE IN THIS SPACE, TALKING TO WOMEN EVERY DAY ON THE BUS, IN THE GROCERY STORES, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REPEATING A CONSISTENT MESSAGE WHICH IS VERY KEY.

SHORTLY, THE RECOMMENDATIONS CHANGED THOSE GUIDELINES TO POTENTIALLY 45 OR OR EVEN 50.

THAT TOOK ALL OF THAT WORK AND PUT IT ON A TAB.

WOMEN WHO WERE NOT WANTING TO GO IN THE FIRST PLACE WERE NOW N NOW GIVEN AN EXCUSE -- A REASON, I WOULD NOT CIANCI EXCUSE BUT A REASON TO DELAY CARE BECAUSE THE DOCTORS WERE NOT ADVISING THEM.

TO CANNOLI FOR BLACK WOMEN, YOUNG BLACK WO, -- THERE ARE SOME BLACK WOMEN WO WOMEN WHO HAVE NOT BEEN RECOMMED TO GO, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT 40.

SOME ARE IN THEIR 20s AND 3.

AND 30s.

WHEN THEY ARE FINDING , THEIR DOCTORS ARE NOT ADVISING M ADVISING THEM TO GO THROUGH THED PROCESS.

THEY ARE NOT ADVISING THEM TO GO AND GET MAMMOGRAMS.

THEY ARE ADVISING THEM TO WAIT AND SEE.

IF IT IS AN AGGRESSIVE AN AGGRESSIVE FORM, THAT AGGRESSIVE FORM COULD HAVE METASTASIZED BY THE TIME THEY WOULD THEN GO THE TYPICAL ROUTE.

SOME OF THE WOMEN THAT I I HAVE MET HAVE PAID FOR THEIR N MAMMOGRAMS, WHICH HAS COST OF TM AND THAT IS HOW THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.

THAT IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ALL WOMEN, TO TO BE ABLE TO PAY OUT-OF-POCKETR A SERVICE THAT IS A PREVENTATIVE SERVICE.

THERE IS A LOT OF COST OF COST ISSUES AT PLAY THAT WE NEED TO STILL BE MINDFUL OF IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY TO BLACK WOMEN THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO SAVE OUR LIVES.

>> DR. McCOY, JUMPING TO YOU, THINKING MORE ABOUT MAMMOGRAMS,I KNOW THAT THERE IS A MYTH, A STIGMA THAT MAMMOGRAMS CAN CAUSE BREAST CANCER.

CAN YOU TEL US ABOUT WHY THAT IS WRONG AND WHY THESE EARLY PREVENTATIVE MES LIKE TINA JUST MENTIONED ARE SO ARE SO IMPORTANT?

>> I THINK I WILL START OFF WITH THE FACT THAT IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE.

IT IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE PROCEDURE AND I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT IF MEN WERE THE ONES PRIMARILY GETTING PRIMARILY GETTING BREAST CANCER, THEY WOULD COME UP WITH A BETTER TOOL.

WITH THE NEW TREATMENT MACHINES, IT IS NOT AS BAD.

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, IT TO MYSELF, IT WAS NOT SO BAD THAT TIME.

IT IS SOMEWHAT OF AN OF AN URBAN MYTH.

I THINK IT CAME OUT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE OVERTIME EFFECT OF RADIATION TO TO THE BREAST.

IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAME UP WITH JUST WILLY-NILLY.

IT WAS GN SOME THOUGHT.

THE STUDIES HAVE NOT WORN THAT OUT.

MAMMOGRAMS REMAIN IMPORTANT.

WE WANT WOMENO HAVE THAT.

I AM GOING TO GO WITH WHAT FRANCOIS BLUE SAID E, SAID EARLIER, AWARENESS AND EARY DETECTION IS INCLUSION.

IF WE THOUGHT THERE WAS A RISK THAT IT WOULD LEAD TO BREAST CANCER,E WILL LOSE MORE WOMEN TO BREAST .

CERTAINLY, THEY ARE BOTH ELUTEDO -- WE CAN GET BREAST CANCER MOST OFTEN OR MUCH MORE AGGRESSE TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER LIKE BLACK WOMEN LIKE US.

EARLYN EARLY DETECTION, ESPECIALLY IN BLACK WOMEN, MAKING SURE THEY GET TO MAMMOGRAPHY AND CHANGES TO -- WE NEED TO CATCH CANCER EY CANCER EARLY TO MAKE SURE THAT E THAT COVERAGE IS AVAILABLE.

WE NEED TO COVER WOMEN EVEN WHEN THE SO-CALLED AGE IS NOT MET OR MET OR THE SERVICES TASK FORCE S FORCE STATES.

TAKE US AS INDIVIS AS INDIVIDUALS.

BREAST CANCER IS A REALLY BAD THING IN OUR PO.

OUR POPULATION.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT EARLY DETECTION BUT NOW LET'S GET INTO SUPPORT.

ANNIE, I KNOW YOUE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SISTERS NETWORK, CHICAGO CHAPTER.

CAN YU TELL US ABOUT THE WORK YOU ALL O TO ENSURE THAT YOUR MEMBERS AREG SUPPORTED, WHETHER THAT BE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OR MAYBE EVEN EVEN FINANCIAL SUPPORT IF THAT IS AN OPTION AS WELL?

>> YES.

WE FOCUS -- WE GIVE SUP.

SUPPORT MEANING A SHOULDER TO CRY ON, A WARM HAND TO HOLD.

WEO WE DO OUTREACH.

WE GO INTO COMM.

INTO COMMUNITIES.

WE MEET THE WOMEN AND MEN WHERE THEY ARE.

WE TAKE INFORMATION OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THE WOMEN THE WOMEN CAN BE EDUCATED.

THEY THEY CAN'T ALWAYS GO TO DIFFERENT FACILITIES TO GET THE GET THE INFORMATION.

THEY DON'T THEY DON'T ALWAYS LOOK AT TV.

WE GO TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND PASS OUT THE .

THE INFORMATION.

ADVOCACY.

WHENT WHEN IT ARISES, WE ARE IN BAILAE IN BAILABLE -- WE ADVOCATE FOR S FOR BILLS THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS.

ALSO, WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER FINANCIAL ASSISTAE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER THAT MAY NEED MAMMOGRAMS.

THEY MAY NEED SUPPORT WITH THEIR UTILITY BILLS.

WE HAVE GIVEN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN WHO NEED BRAS AND WE ALSO HAVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH WOMEN WOMEN WHO NEED COMPRESSION SLEE.

COMPRESSION SLEEVES.

>> SO MANY RESOURCES, I DID NOT DID NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT WOMEND WOMEN NEEDED THE GOING THROUGH THE RECOVERY PERIODS.

THAT IS SO INTERESTING.

I WANT TO JUMP BACK TO YOU, TINA.

I KNOW YOU DO A LOT OF WORK WITH BREAST CANCER ORGANIZATIONS.

ANNIE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY DO SUPPORT WOMEN BUT WHAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THESE WOMEN ARE THESE ORGANIZATIONS NEED THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING?

>> IMPORTANTLY, PARTICULARLY FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ANNIE'S, , IT IS A PLEASURE TO KNOW THEM KNOW THEM AND SEE THEM WORK.

THINK ABOUT THE CANCER COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

EVERYONE S A ROLE THEY ARE PLAYING IN PROVIDING SERVICES AND GETTING CARE BUT THE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS -- I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GETTING THE FULL APPRECN FULL APPRECIATION THEY PLAY UNIQUE ROLES IN ACADEMIC INSTITS ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS.

THERE IS IS AN APPRECIATION FOR THE WAY IN WHICH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIOS GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH WOMEN IN A VERY REAL AND PERSONAL WAY.

IN TERMS OF HOW THAT TRANSLATES WITH DOLLARS, HOW THAT TRANSLATES TO OTHER TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE A MUCH MORE BROADER IMPACT IMPACT THAT CAN ALLOW THE NETWORK TO BE WORKING IT OUT TO TO THEN MULTIPLY HOW MANY WOMEN WOMEN THEY ARE ABLE TO REACH, THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS THEY DO FOR MANY OTHERS.

THAT IS A MISSED OPPORTY MISSED OPPORTUNITY.

IF WE ARE LOOKING TO ADVANCE EQUITY, LET'S ADVANCE ECONOMIC EQUITY FOR BLACK LED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OUT HERE.

THE WOMEN WHO ARE AT RISK WHO ARE WORKING WORKING ON BEHALF OF THEIR SISTERS AND THEIR AND SEND THEIR DAUGHTERS AND THEIR MOTHERS, HELP THEM TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE SURE THAT THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE IS SOLID SO THEY CAN GROW SUSTAINABLY.

>> WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE 30 S LEFT BUT DR. McCOY, I WANT TO RD IT WITH YOU.

IF YOU COULD SHARE SHARE ANY TIDBITS ON THE BEST WAYS THAT WE CAN PRACTICE AND LIVE THE BEST LIFESTYLE, I GUESS I GUESS, TO PREVENT THIS FROM EVEN HAPPENING TO US.

ARE THEREY TIDBITS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SHARE OR WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS ALSO ON HOW YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE D LIFESTYLE CHOICES?

>> LIFESTYLE CHOICES ARE CERTAINLY IMPORTANT.

DIET IS IMPORTANT.

A LOW-FAT DIET -- I AM NOT SAYING EAT FOOD YOU DON'T LIKE BUT CUT BACK ON THE .

THE FATS.

EXERCISING, YOU ARE HEALTHY AND READY TO FIGHT THE DISEASES THAT COME YOUR WAY ANDY STAYING CONNECTED WITH YOUR DOCTOR.

I KNOW THAT TIME IS RUNG SHORT BUT THERE IS AN INEQUITY AND MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO POSITIONS.

TRY YOUR BEST TO REACH OUT TO ASSOCIATIONS LIKE THE ONES THAT THAT ARE BEING RUN BY THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN HERE AND TRY TO TO FIND A WAY TO GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS, GET YOUR BREAST EXAMINATIONS AND TO GET REFERRED GET REFERRED IF YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME PROCEDURE DONE BECAUSE OF AN ABNORMAL FINDING.

FINDING.

>> THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY SAID.

OUR THANKS TO ANNIE JONES, NINA NINA FRANCOIS BLUE AND DR. JEAN McCOY.

> >> SKY ART AND ARTS AND PUBLIC LIFE ARE PARTNERING FOR A THREET EXHIBITION SERIES EXPLORING THE THE IMPACT INCARCERATION HAS ON ON YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEBUTING ARTK CREATED BY INCARCERATED YOUTH.

ONE OF THE MISSIONS OF THIS COLN IS TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUTH THEY WORK WITH TO FOCUS ON WHERE THEY ARE GOING, NOT WHERE THEY .

THEY STARTED.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO RESCUE SOME SOME OF THE INNOCENCE THAT WAS NEVER AFFORDED TO THESE KIDS.

WE KNOW THAT OUR POOR BLACK AND AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ARE OVER D AND THROUGH THE FOSTER SYSTEM, THROUGH POORLY FUNDED EDUCATION, THESE YOUTH ARE NEVER AFFORDED THE INNOCENT CHILDHOOD THEY ALL THEY ALL DESERVE.

IN SOME WAYS, WAYS, WE ARE TRYING TO EXAMINE THAT AND CREATE A SPACE FOR THAT FOR THAT, NOT ONLY IN THE EXHIBITION BUT WHEN WE GO INTO THESE FACILITIES AND WORK WITH E YOUTH.

>> THE EXHIBITION KICKED OFF THS WEEKEND FEATURES WORK FROM CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS WHO CREATE CREATE ARTWORK SURROUNDING ISSUES OF INCARCERATION.

PART TWO WILL DEBUT AT THE PUBLIC WAY ON OCTOBER 21 WITH THE FINAL EXHIBIT INSTALLATION AT SKY ART ON OCTOBER 28.

> >> THOUGH NOW IT IS NEARLY A DECADE LATER, THE CLOSING OF 50R 50 UNDER CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOLS IN 2013 STILL FEELS LIKE AN OPEN WOUND TOO MANY CHICAGO COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY TO THE N WHO SAY THEIR EDUCATION AND LIVES WERE OFFENDED.

COMMUNITY S COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS G2 BROWN SAYS THAT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING THE REPARATIONS OF THE TRAUMA IN THE CITY.

HERE, BROWN BROWN GIVES THE LAST WORD ON HOW HE SAYS THESE INEQUITIES OF SCHOOLS ARE JUST ONE PART OF THE DECADES LONG PATTERN OF DISINVESTMENT AND HOW IT WILL TE EVERYONE TO REVERSE THAT PATTERN.

>> I AM G2 BROWN, THE NATIONAL R NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE ALLIANCE.

WE ARE A NATIONAL ALLIANCE WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION AND 38 CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THEY USE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS WHEN EQUITY WHEN EQUITY -- I SAT ON THE LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCIL HERE FOR 10 YEARS.

WHEN I WAS AN EDUCATIN AN EDUCATION ORGANIZER, WE FOUGHT AND SAVED THIS SCHOOL A FOUR-YEAR CAMPAIGN.

IT RESULTEDN RESULTED IN A 34 DAY HUNGER STR.

HUNGER STRIKE.

BLACK PARENTS WHO WERE DEEPLY ENGAGED IN THE N OF OUR CHILDREN HAD TO GO TO THOSE LENGTHS IN ORDER TO BE HEARD, TO STARVE OUR BODIES, PUT OUR BODIES AT RISK FOR 34 DAYS BUT WE DID THAT.

WE WON.

THE FIGHT FOR DIET SHOWED THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A LOCAL ISSUE, LOCAL ISSUE, THIS IS A NATIONAL.

PEOPLE ARE IGNORING THE EDUCATION INEQUITY THAT EXISTS WITHIN AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND SAYS WE HAVE FAILING SCHOOLS.

TE TRUTH IS, AS A PUBLIC, WE HAVE BEEN FAILED.

WE HAVE THIS SAYING, FOUNDATIONS ARE -- YOU PAY TAXES, WHETHER YOU HAVE A ME OR YOU BY THAT POTATO CHIP YOU.

.

YOU HAVE A RIDE FOR REASONABLE RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT WHICHS THAT AS PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS THIS COUNTRY, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE GOOD SCHOOLS, GOOD HOUSES, HEALTHCARE, FOOD DELIVERY SYSTEMS.

WHILE WE ANSWER TO THE LENS OF PUBLIC ED, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE CANNOT WAIVE SINGLE ISSUE STRUGGLES BECAUSE WE DON'T LIVE SINGLE ISSUE LIVES.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE CHICAGO WE ARE LOOKING AT.

THE CRIME WE ARE SEEING, THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF THE CARS, WHO ARE THEY?

THE FACT IS, THESE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE SCHOOL CLOSING A CLOSING ERA.

THESE ARE THE CHILDREN WHOSE SCHOOL SHUTDOWN, SHUTDOWN, STARVED OF RESOURCES.

RESOURCES.

THEY WENT TO TWO OR THREE SCHOOLS IN EIGHT YEARS AND NEVER RECEIVED THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THEY DESERVED.

THE THE CHICKENS HAVE COME HOME TO T TO ROOST.

WE HAVE TO HAVE POLICY AND PRACTICE IN PLACE THT LIFT UP THE VOICES OF THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BECAUSE THE HARM THAT HAS BEEN DONE THROUGHP THROUGH DEEP MUNICIPAL DEEP INVT DEEP INVESTMENT, SOMEBODY HAS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.

PEOPLE PEOPLE CAN TALK RACIAL JUSTICE K JUSTICE TALK BUT WHITE SUPREMACIST WALK IS OVER.

WE ARE PULLING TOGETHER A COALITION IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW TO MOVIE QUALITY-OF-LIFE AGENDA.

THAT IS IS HOW WE BUILD IN CHICAGO.

WE HAVE TO LIFT THOSE GRASSROOT VOICES UP IN LITTLE VILLAGE, IN IN INGLEWOOD, IN UPTOWN.

THIS WEEKEND.

JOIN BRANDIS FRIEDMAN AND PARIS SCHUTZ NEXT WEEK AT 7:00 ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

ARE ALL OF US HERE IN, IN CHICAGO, I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING A PART OFR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY HEALTHY D SAFE AND GOOD NIGHT.