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

>> Host: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES.

I AM BRANDIS FREEMAN.

INCORPORATED YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT WHETHER TO KEEP COPS IN SCHOOLS HAS BEEN A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT FOR SOME TIME.

WITH SCHOOLS BACK IN SESSION WE HEARD HOW SOME HIGH SCHOOLS MADE THE CHOICE WHETHER TO MAINTAIN POLICE PRESENCE IN THEIR HALLWAYS.

>>> EDITION OR SEEK TO CHANGE THE HANSEN HOUSE INTO A HISTORIC LANDMARK AIRED.

>>> TO EDUCATION, HORROR AND ART IN THE NEW CANDYMAN MOVIE IN CHICAGO A LOCAL CREDIT SHARES OR TAKE.

>> THIS HAS PROVIDED AS A PLATFORM TO INCREASE AT PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMITTEE.

>> Host: AND, THERE'S BUSINESS SAVVY FOR FLEDGING ENTREPRENEURS.

>>> FIRST OFFER STUDENTS ENTER THE FIRST WEEK OF PUBLIC CLASSES, CHICAGO PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS WITH ON-CAMPUS POLICE OFFICERS HAVE MADE DECISION TO RETAIN THOSE SROS.

THE DEBATE OF THE INS SCHOOL OFFICER HAS BEEN A LONG-STANDING ONE AND REPORTERS BELIEVE OFFICERS INCREASE SCHOOL SAFETY AND THEIR PRESENCE PREVENT BEHAVIOR AT SCHOOL.

THEY SAY THAT THEY TREAT BLACK STUDENTS MORE HARSHLY THAN WHITE STUDENTS.

JOINING US TO KNOW OUR DEMETRIO JAVIER, AMUNDSEN HIGH SCHOOL AND CHANCE STEGALL, THE STUDENT SPOKESPERSON.

AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YOU VOTED TO RELEASE ONE OFFICER.

IT WASN'T ABOUT THE OFFICER BUT LIMITED RESOURCES.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> Guest: I WOULDN'T SAY WE VOTED TO REMOVE ONE OFFICER PEERED CPS DID A PROCESS FOR US IN WHICH WE WOULD ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE AND CREATE A TEAM IN WHICH WE WOULD ENGAGE IN LOOK IN DEPTH TO THE SRO PROGRAM, HOW IT WOULD FIT INTO OUR SCHOOL AND THEY GAVE US OPTIONS.

IN THE PAST WE ALWAYS HAD TO OFFICERS BUT NOW WE WERE GIVEN THE OPTION OF KEEPING TWO OFFICERS, KEEP NO OFFICERS OR ONE AND A PROGRAM IN OUR CASE WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY HAVE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH ELECT TEAMS AT OUR SCHOOL TO MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT WE COULD HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS IN A SENSE AND IF WE KEPT ONE OFFICER WE COULD HAVE AN ADVERSE COORDINATOR THAT IN A SENSE REPLACE THAT OFFICER AS MORE RESOURCES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

>> Host: AND, CHANCE STEGALL YOU WORKED WITH THIS CHALLENGE AND SURVEYED STUDENTS TO GET THEIR OPINIONS ON SROS.

WHAT DID YOU HEAR FROM OTHER STUDENTS?

>> Guest: WE CONDUCTED THREE MEETINGS WITH YOUTHS THAT ATTEND CPS SCHOOLS AND WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THEM REGARDING HOW THEY FELT ABOUT SROS.

MOST OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED IN MY GROUP THAT I FACILITATED WAS THAT THE KIDS FELT LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG CONNECTION AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SROS AT THEIR SCHOOLS.

THEY THOUGHT BETTER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO GET MORE SCHOOL COUNSELORS, OR A JUSTICE PROGRAM, SOCIAL WORKERS AND POSSIBLY A SECURITY GUARD TO HAVE SOME SAFETY IN SCHOOL.

>> Host: WE ALSO SPOKE WITH A PARENT ACT THIS, DEXTER LEGGIN.

HE HAS TWO CHILDREN IN CPSI SCHOOLS AND IS A PARENT LEADER OF POWERPACK ILLINOIS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZING FAMILY ISSUES.

HE SUPPORTS REMOVING POLICE FROM SCHOOLS.

HERE HE ARGUES IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND POLICE SHOULD START OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS.

>> BLACK AND BROWN KIDS HAVE SUCH A NEGATIVE THOUGHT TOWARDS POLICE.

IF YOU WANT TO BE RESPECTED, CHANGE THE SCENARIO.

AND I'M NOT TALKING EVERY NOW AND THEN IF THERE'S A BASKETBALL GAME, IT'S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS.

IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON POLICE PROBLEMS, DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON STUDENTS, CPS, CPD NEEDS TO LEARN, HOW TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS IN COMMUNITIES AND IN THE SCHOOL.

>> Host: JAVIER, DO YOU THINK SEEING POLICE IN SCHOOLS CAN LEAD TO OVER POLICING IN THE COMMUNITY?

>> Guest: I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT EVERY SCHOOL IS DIFFERENT AND EVERY COMMUNITY OUTSIDE IS DIFFERENT.

I TEND TO SEE POLICE OFFICERS AND SROS IN SCHOOL TO BRIDGE THIS DIVIDE BETWEEN STUDENTS.

THERE SO MUCH RHETORIC OUT THERE AND NEGATIVITY AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS.

WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR KIDS AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE HAND SELECTED SROS TO BE IN THE SCHOOL AND HELP REACH THE DIVIDE AND ALL THE NEGATIVITY THAT NOT ALL COPS ARE BAD PEERED THAT THE NOTION OUT THERE AND A LOT OF US ARE BEING PORTRAYED IN THE MEDIA WITH A SENSE THAT IN SCHOOL WE HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE IN UNIQUE ABILITY TO CHANGE ALL THE NEGATIVITY THAT IS OUT THERE WHEN IT COMES TO SROS AND STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER INNOCENT.

POLICE OFFICERS, SCHOOL MINISTRATIONS, COUNSELORS, STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.

>> WHILE I HAVE YOU ON THAT NOTE, THE AUDIENCE KNOWS THAT YOUR NAME IS DEMETRIO JAVIER BUT YOU GO BY JAVIER AS I AM TOLD.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THAT RELATIONSHIP TO THE STUDENTS AND THE SRO?

>> Guest: FOR US, OUR PROCESS INVOLVES STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATIONS.

IT WAS A DIVERSE TEAM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND NOT ALL OF US ARE ABLE TO SOLVE THINGS UNIVERSALLY THE SAME.

I THINK THAT MADE FOR GREAT DEBATE, GREAT DIALOGUE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY OVERWHELMINGLY IN OUR SCHOOL AND SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY, PARENTS, STAFF MEMBERS, IT WAS OVERWHELMING, THE SUPPORT FOR OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.

>> Host: RIGHT.

DO YOU THINK THE STUDENTS COMMUNICATE WITH THE OFFICERS ON CAMPUS, DO THEY SEE THEM WITH REGULARITY AND CAN THEY GO TALK TO THEM IF THEY HAVE AN ISSUE?

WHAT IS THE INTERACTION LIKE BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES?

>> Guest: ABSOLUTELY.

DURING THIS PRACTICE OUR WHOLE SAFETY TEAM PROCESSES THAT IT WAS SUPPORTED AND THEY FELT CONJUGAL ENOUGH TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS AND I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT.

ALSO, THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE HAVING INTERACTIONS WITH STAFF.

IF STUDENTS ARE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT OFFICERS AND SEE SOMEONE THEY TRUST AND NOT JOKING WITH A POLICE OFFICER OR OTHER STUDENT IT DOES BREAK THE STIGMA AND MAKES PEOPLE WHO ARE ON OUR DAILY SHOWS, IT DOES EASE THE TENSIONS AND OUR STUDENTS DID THEY THEY FELT COMFORTABLE.

NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS WELL.

HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD.

>> Guest: SROS AND THEY WOULD NOT DO THAT NORMALLY?

>> Host: CHANCE, I WANT TO GET BACK TO YOU.

YOU USED TO BE A STUDENT AT KENWOOD ACADEMY WHO RETAINED BOTH OF THEIR OFFICERS BUT FROM A FORMER STUDENT HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE OFFICERS AND THEIR?

>> Guest: WHAT I OBSERVED WAS A LOT OF DISTANCE AND LIKE INTIMIDATION BETWEEN THE STUDENT AND THE SRO.

PERSONALLY, I NEVER FELT ANY INSURRECTION FROM THE SRO, I WOULD SEE THEM IN THE BUILDING BUT IT WOULDN'T BE MUCH OF AN INSURRECTION TO TRY TO GET TO CLASSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT SO FAR FROM THE PEOPLE AROUND ME I HEARD THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD NOT BE THERE OR THEY DON'T SERVE A PURPOSE.

YEAH.

TRYING TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP AND GIVE KIDS A CONNECTION WITH THE SRO IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE AT A SCHOOL.

>> YOU NECESSARILY DID NOT HAVE THAT AGAIN WOULD?

>> NO, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I WAS THERE.

>> HEARS FROM THE CPS PRESIDENT ABOUT HANDLING DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL.

BUT I HAVE NOT HAD THIS.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LAWS ARE AND THAT SHOULD BE BY POLICE.

IN SCHOOL, 99.9 PERCENT OF ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN SCHOOL IS NOT CRIMINAL.

THERE'S A DIFFERENT CLASS RUNNING OUT OF CLASSROOM, WALKING THE HALLS, CURSING, SMOKING CIGARETTE, RUNNING AROUND.

THAT IS NOT A FELONY OFFENSE IS A DISCIPLINE OFFENSE.

>> Host: NOW YOU ARE AT A SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY POLICE OFFICERS, JUST A SECURITY GUARD.

D FEEL LIKE IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE?

>> Guest: SO FAR THE FIRST WEEK HAS BEEN AWESOME.

THE SECURITY GUARD, SHE DOES HER JOB.

I WOULDN'T SAY OVER THE TOP INTERACTIVE GREAT SHE IS NICE.

>> Host: DOES IT FEEL DIFFERENT WITHOUT A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER THERE?

>> Guest: SO FAR - >> Host: IS EARLY?

IT'S BEEN ONE WEEK.

>> Guest: RIGHT!

THE RELATIONSHIP, SO FAR SO GOOD.

>> Host: BEST OF LUCK TO YOU IN THE REST OF YOUR SCHOOL YEAR.

THE INNKEEPER JOINING US, THANK YOU DEMETRIO JAVIER AND CHANCE STEGALL.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

>> Host: ACTIVIST FRED HAMPTON JR. WOULD HAVE TURN 70 YEARS OLD THIS WEEK THAT HIS LEGACY STILL LIVES LARGE IN CHICAGO AND BEYOND.

THE ONLY SURVIVING BUILDING WITH TIES FROM FRED HAMPTON JR.

ACTIVISM IS A CHILDHOOD HOME.

A TWO FLAT BUILDING THAT WAS RESCUED FROM FORECLOSURE.

NOW, HIS SON ALSO KNOWN AS FRED HAMPTON.

MET WITH HIS MOTHER AKUA NJERI EARLIER THIS YEAR AND HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT THEIR AMBITIONS FOR THE HAMPTON HOUSE.

>> Guest: WE SAY THE HAMPTON HOUSE IS BIGGER THAN THE BUILDING AND MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN THE STRUCTURE.

THIS IS THE CHILDHOOD HOME OF RED HAMPTON AND WHERE HE WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SINCE WE BEEN HERE, THE CHILDREN WHO ARE CONTINUING THE LEGACY ARE POLITICIZED TO A POINT THAT ANY PARENTS OF SAID NOW MY SON SAID YES TO GO TO A BIGGER CHURCH SIZE BECAUSE HE WALKS WITH HIS CHEST OUT.

OUR PROGRAM, TRIPLE C IS THE SPIRIT OF THE LACK PANTHER PARTY AND WE DO IT EVERY SATURDAY HERE.

WE HAVE THE BLACK PANTHER NEWS PARTY AND WE HAVE A STUDIO WHERE WE HAVE YOUNG BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO HAVE ISSUES BECAUSE THEY CAME HERE, AND THEY ARE IN THE STUDIO RECORDING SOME SONGS.

AND WE HAVE THE HAMPTON HOUSE COMMITTEE GARDEN WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TO FOR HOURS A DAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND EAT VEGETABLES.

WE ARE ALSO PROCESSING A COMMUNITY REFRIGERATOR THAT WE DONE THIS WEEK RIGHT OUTSIDE WITH COMMUNITY CLOTHING AND ANYTIME YOU WANT TO YOU CAN COME AND IF THESE PROGRAMS AND USE WHAT YOU NEED.

>> Host: YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE HAMPTON HOUSE AS WELL AS OUR INTERVIEW WITH FRED HAMPTON JR. AND AKUA NJERI ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> THE CHICAGO-BASED MOVIE CANDYMAN.

STAY WITH US.

DON'T WORRY WERE ONLY SAYING IT WILL MORE TIME.

THE REMAKE FROM THE CLASSIC BRANDIS FREEMAN ONE MOVIE FROM THE 90S WAS RECENTLY RELEASED IN THE THEATERS.

THE FILM REVISITS THE LORD THE ORIGINAL MOVIE AND MUCH DIFFERENT CABRINI GREENS.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> THE LEGEND IS IF YOU SAY HIS NAME FIVE TIMES WHILE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR HE APPEARS IN THE REFLECTION AND KILLS YOU.

>> WHO WOULD DO THAT?

>> CANDYMAN, CANDYMAN!

>> Host: JOINING US WITH HER TAKE ON THE FILM IS SHERRY FLANDERS A FREELANCE WRITER WHO WROTE ABOUT THE FILM.

SHERRY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WE WILL BE CAREFUL NOT TO SAY HIS NAME TO ME TIMES!

FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN IT, WHAT DID THE ORIGINAL STORY OF CANDYMAN TELL?

>> Guest: THE ORIGINAL CANDYMAN TOLD A STORY OF A WHITE STUDENT WHO GOES TO COULD CABRINI GREEN TO RESEARCH AN URBAN LEGEND.

SHE HAS DIRECT CONFRONTATION WITH THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND SPIRALS QUITE FRANKLY.

>> Host: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS NEW FILM FOR YOU?

>> Guest: THE NEW FILM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IT DOES IS CENTERS THE BLACK EXPERIENCE WHERE THE 1992 FILM WAS A BIT ABOUT WHITE FIGURE IS HIM GOING INTO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND SAVING THEM THIS IS MORE ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE AND BEFORE THE TRAUMA THROUGH OUR ILLNESSES.

>> Host: JUST SO FOLKS KNOW, GIVE US A OUTLINE WITHOUT ANY SPOILERS ON HOW THIS FILM GOES.

WHO DOES WHAT IN THE HIJINKS?

>> Guest: IT STARTS WITH YAYA PLAYING THE LEAD CHARACTER IN IS AN ARTIST STRUGGLING TO GET HIS CAREER GOING AND HE REVISITS CANDYMAN WITH THE URBAN LEGEND TO TRY TO GET INSPIRATION FOR HIS ART.

THEN HIS ART AGAINST TO TAKE ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN AND THAT'S WHEN THE HIJINKS ENSUE.

>> Host: THE MOVIE REVISITS WHERE THE ORIGINAL TOOK PLACE, CABRINI GREEN.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

WHAT'S I FEEL REALLY CONNECTED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

CABRINI GREEN.

>> IS A PROJECT.

>> I JUST MOVED IN AROUND THE CORNER.

LIKE THE OLD CANDY FACTORY.

I'M AN ARTIST.

>> DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CANDYMAN?

>> Host: I CAN'T LIE I'VE ONLY SEEN THE TRAILER AND I'VE ONLY SEEN THE ORIGINAL IN 1992.

THE FILM IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT IS TODAY.

SHERRY, HOW DO THE TWO CABRINI GREENS DIFFER?

>> Guest: I LOVE THAT THE THING THAT THE FILM DOES, IT REVISITS CABRINI GREEN AS IT IS TODAY AND IT GOES THROUGH HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS IN TESTED AND HOW WE HAVE TO USE THE NEW COMMUNITIES AND HOW THEY ARE MOVING IN AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR BLACK INSPIRING ARTISTS AND THAT LEGACY AND HOW PROCEED YOU.

>> Host: THE MAIN CHARACTER IS AN ARTIST, A PAINTER IN THE CREATOR OF THE FILM INCLUDED ART FROM A VARIETY OF GREAT ARTISTS.

ANNUAL REVIEW OF COURSE YOU WRITE ABOUT THE FILM AND YOU USE ART AS PROVOCATION.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> Guest: YES, SOME OF THE SCARY SEQUENCES IN THE MOVIE AND NOT SO SCARY THAT I WOULD WANT TO SCARE YOU, I THINK YOU WILL LOVE IT.

WE ARE TOLD IN THE METHOD OF SHADOW COVENTRY FROM ONE OF OUR LOCAL THEATERS AND IT IS REALLY OUTSTANDING.

AN OUTSTANDING TECHNIQUE THAT REALLY ALLOWS YOU TO TELL THAT STORY THAT IS JUST SO PAINFUL BUT IN A WAY THAT YOU KEEP A CREATIVE DISTANCE.

IT ALSO COULD BE SCARIER THAN IT ACTUALLY WAS.

WITHOUT THE BLOOD AND GORE AND I THINK IT WORKS WELL IS VERY ARTISTIC AND WELL DONE.

>> Host: LET'S TALK ABOUT MANUAL SUMNER BECAUSE THEY TOOK SOME OF THE VIOLENT SCENES VERSUS THE BLOOD AND GORE OF HORROR FILMS AND WHAT THEY'RE KNOWN FOR.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT KIND OF ARTISTRY OF USING PUPPETRY INSTEAD?

>> Guest: I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

I THINK IT ALLOWS US TO TAKE THE ART INTO A PLACE EXCUSE ME THE STORY INTO A PLACE AND USE IT AS A METAPHOR THAT OF LITERAL AND IT GIVES US A MUCH DEEPER STORY AND ALLOWS US TO FIND NEW CONNECTIONS THAT WE WOULDN'T IF WE WERE JUST REACTING.

>> Host: RIGHT.

REACTING TO JUST THE SCARINESS.

IN THE REVIEW YOU SAY THE FILM DOES NOT GET INTO THE DREAD AND HORROR BUT YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT MAYBE SOME OF THE BLACK AUDIENCES WANT TO SEE THAT TRAUMA AS ENTERTAINMENT.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> Guest: YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THAT BLACK AUDIENCES IN CINEMA FROM THIS PLACE OF REFERENCE TO THIS PLACE OF EXQUISITELY TELLING OUR STORY NOT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU WANT TO TELL OUR STORY IN A SPECIFIC WAY WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY A BIG FLASH OF LIGHT SUMMER FILM WITHOUT DELVING INTO THE DEEP DARK HEART OF OUR SOUL.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE THINGS HAPPEN AND THAT IS PART OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE BUT ALSO ABLE TO ELEVATE THAT AND MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE HER OWN NEW EXPERIENCES.

>> Host: SHERRY, IF YOU HAD ANY CRITICISMS OF THE FILM WHAT WOULD THAT BE?

>> Guest: THE ONE CRITICISM THAT I COULD HAVE IS THAT IT ISN'T TRULY SCARY.

FOR MY TASTE.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN SCARIER BUT AT THE FIRSTHAND, IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO JUST EXPERIENCE IT AND ENJOY THE FILM.>> Host: DO YOU THINK THE FILM NEEDED TO BE REMADE?

>> Guest: I DO THINK THIS IS A REMIX THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE.

I THINK THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF IT.

>> Host: THINK I HAD TO SKIP IT.

IT'S BUILT LOOK SCARY BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT.

SHERRY FLANDERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> Guest: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

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

>> Host: STARTING A BUSINESS IS TOUGH FOR ANYONE BUT ESPECIALLY TOUGH FOR BLACK ENTREPRENEURS WHOEVER'S LESS THAN A THIRD OF START UP CAPITAL THEN THERE WHITE COUNTERPART ACCORDING TO A STUDY OF THE STANFORD INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC POLICY RESEARCH.

ENTRE IN OTHER WORDS ARE OFTEN TOLD TO AVOID AXING THEMSELVES IN THAT IN BROWNSVILLE, SMALL BUSINESS STARTUPS ARE GETTING OFF THE GROUND BY PUTTING THEMSELVES IN BOXES AT THE CORNER OF 51ST AND CALUMET.

CHICAGO TONIGHT'S ERICA DONALDSON EXPLAINS WHAT WE MEAN.

[MUSIC] >> FOX VILLE IS FOR EVERY EVERYBODY.

WE HAVE THIS HOTBOX WHICH HAS GOURMET FILET MIGNON HOTDOGS AND WE HAVE SYNERGY FOOD WHO BELIEVES IN PRODUCE AND THEY MAKE GOURMET HAND DIPPED APPLES.

>> MOST SHIPPING CONTAINERS ARE PACKED WITH CONSUMER GOODS BUT THE BRIGHTLY PAINTED SHIPPING CONTAINERS IN BOX VILLE ARE PACKED FULL OF SMALL BUSINESSES WITH BIG AMBITIONS.

NEXT WE HAVE THE WORK SPOT IN THE BACK THAT HAS SILKSCREEN PRINTING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR CLOTHING LINE CALLED PROJECT ESCAPE.

>> JANINE MAYS SAYS BOX VILLE HELPS BLACK ENTRE IN OTHER WORDS LAUNCH THEIR BUSINESSES BY GIVING THEM A LOW COST PHYSICAL LOCATIONS AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

>> THEY HAVE SUBSIDIZED RENT WHICH COMES FROM OPERATING HERE TO HELP THEM ACCELERATE THEIR BUSINESS AND THEY CAN WORK WITH OUR FOUNDATIONS WITH ANYTHING LIKE MARKETING, OPERATION VICES AND OUR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

>> ASKED OF ALL, IT COMES WITH A SIDE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITY.

>> IS SPARKS CREATIVITY.

THERE ARE ON-SCREEN OARS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE DIVERSE IN WHAT THEY OFFER AND WHAT THEY'RE SELLING.

AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR.

>> ONE OF THOSE CREATIVE BUSINESSES IS THE META-HOUSE WHICH OFFERS SELF-CARE AND WELLNESS ITEMS.

>> WE KNOW THERE IS A DISPARITY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AND BOX VILLE IS A PERFECT PLATFORM AND AFFORDABLE PLATFORM TO REALLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE EVERYBODY WIN.

WHETHER THAT IS SHARING BUSINESS ADVICE OR RESOURCES OR JUST CUSTOMER BASE, IT IS THE SYNERGISTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALL OF THE BUSINESSES HERE.

>> TEAM MENTORING ORGANIZATIONS MOSTLY OPERATED OUT OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM UNTIL THE PANDEMIC CLOSE THEM THIS YEAR.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROBERT MS. AND A HALF SAID SETTING UP SHOPS IN KNOXVILLE CREATES NOT ONLY RETAIL SPACE BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND UPON HIS VISION.

>> WE ARE IN THIS INCUBATOR WE SAW THE SPOTS WERE AVAILABLE AND WE THOUGHT WHY DON'T WE PUT SOME LEGS TO WHAT WE BEEN TEACHING THESE KIDS AND TALK ABOUT AND LET THEM LEARN AND TO OWN AND OPERATE A BUSINESS.

THIS SUMMER WE HAD OUR YOUNG MAN IN TURN FOR A LOT OF THE ENTITIES YOU SEE RIGHT HERE IN BOX VILLE.

THERE'S A GREAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, GREAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY GREAT INTERN OPPORTUNITY.

>> I STARTED MY CLOTHING LINE 3 YEARS AGO AND THIS WITH OTHER ENTRE IN OTHER WORDS INSPIRES YOU.

I TRIED TO TAKE IT IN AND LEARN AS MUCH AS I CAN.

>> WE SHOW THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS CAN BE WHAT THEY WANT TO B.

READING A PRODUCT OUT IN THE WORLD AND SHOWING HOW HARD IT IS AND COLLABORATIVE IT IS.

HE PUSHES THEM SO THAT THEY GO.

>> THE COLLEGE CULINARY OPPORTUNITY PROVIDES RECIPES FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS.

>> A LOT OF TIMES AND PEOPLE GO INTO THIS INDUSTRY THEY THINK I KNOW HOW TO COOK AND THAT'S ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN AN ENTIRE BUSINESS AND IT REALLY ISN'T.

THEY NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE THEIR COST ANALYSIS WOULD BE, HOW TO HIRE, HOW TO TRAIN.

ALL OF THESE THE MAKE A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE CAN OFFER TO HELP.

>> TWICE A MONTH, KNOXVILLE RINGS IT ALTOGETHER.

FOOD MOVE MUSIC AND SHOPPING.

>> SOMEONE DESCRIBED THIS AS THE BEST BACKYARD PARTY AND JUST A LOT OF FUN.

>> THEY HAVE THEMES AND POP-UP VENDORS WILL TIE INTO THE CULINARY CONNECTION.

FOR EXAMPLE TODAY IS VINTAGE BEGIN AND THE CULINARY PARTNERS ARE ALL VEGAN AND VENDORS ARE SUSTAINABLE VINTAGE RETAILERS.

>> JUST THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AT BOXVILLE.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> Host: THE MARKET EVENTS AT BOXVILLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OCTOBER AND YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT MORE OF THE VENDORS AT BOXVILLE ON HER WEBSITE.

>>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

JOIN PHIL PONCE FOR A SPECIAL WAY RATIO.

>>> NEW RESEARCH ON THE ANTIBODIES FOR COVID-19 IN THE CITY'S NEW FOOD AND EQUITY POLICY LEAD FOR THE UPDATES ON FOOD INSECURITY IN CHICAGO.

WE LEAVE YOU FROM MORE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM BOXVILLE AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CARED FOR ALL OF US TONIGHT AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES, I AM BRANDIS FREEMAN.

INCORPORATED YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND STAY SAFE.

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