CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY CIBC.

[MUSIC] GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES.

I AM ALEX HERNANDEZ.

WE ERR WEEKDAY MORNINGS ON UNIVISION CHICAGO.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT CALL TO CHANGE THE LEAST DEPARTMENTS FOOD POLICY FOLLOWING THE FATAL SHOOTING DELAY SHOOTING OF A 13-YEAR-OLD.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZERS HIT THE STREET TO GET COMMITTEE MEMBERS VACCINATED.AND, HOW A PILSON MURAL DOCUMENTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY WITH 15 COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

>> I THINK WE ARE CAPABLE OF A LOT MORE THAN WE OFTEN REALIZE.

>> AND, IN ENTREPRENEUR, WITH WOMEN AND CHANGES.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS ENACTING A FOOD POLICY BEFORE SUMMER FOLLOWING COMMUNITY OUTCRY AFTER A SHOOTING OF A 13-YEAR-OLD BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE HAS YET TO BE RELEASED AS FOR THE RECORDING TIME.

SOME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE SHOOTING AND FOOD CHASE ARE STILL UNKNOWN.

RIGHT NOW THE DEPARTMENT ONLY HAS A TRAINING BULLETIN ON FOOT PURSUITS RATHER THAN A FORMAL POLICY WHICH SOME SAY COULD HAVE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY.

EDIT OF THE LEGAL CENTER, CARE HENDERSON SAID COMMUNITY INPUT SHOULD BE GATHERED ON THE POLICY.

>> IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS AREA AND ALL AREAS THAT THERE BE SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN DECIDING WHAT SHOULD GO IN A POLICY.

YOU DON'T JUST NEED PEOPLE UP HERE LIKE ME TELLING YOU WHAT'S IN A POLICY.

THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE SAFE AND ENGAGED IN POLICYMAKING.

>> JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE SHOOTING AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A FOOT PURSUE POLICY IS JACQUELINE HERRERA DIRECTOR OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ PRESIDENT OF LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY COUNCIL WE ALSO INVITED THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT THEY TOLD US NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE SITUATION IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

FIRST, JACQUELINE HERRERA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

YOU'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE FAMILY.

HOW IS HIS MOM DOING?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FAMILY IT IS GOING THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT TIME RIGHT NOW.

LOSING A CHILD IS NOT A EASY TASK TO OVERCOME ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KNOW IT'S AT THE HANDS OF A POLICE OFFICER.

THAT CAN ADD AN EXTRA LAYER.

NOT JUST FOR THE FAMILY BUT THE COMMUNITY.

WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE FAMILY.

AND, WE ARE HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO AS A PROCESS THE INVESTIGATION.

>> BALTAZAR, HOW IS THE LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY RESPONDING AFTER THIS?

>> WE ARE VERY UPSET.

REALLY UPSET.

I WOULD LIKE TO USE ANOTHER WORD BUT WE ARE ON T.V.. WE ARE REALLY TICKED OFF.

WE HAVE BEEN IGNORED FOR YEARS.

WE HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED AND THE MAYOR IS THE PROBLEM.

SHE KEEPS IGNORING THE COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEN WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A TIP FOR OVER A WEEK AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, WHY NOT SHOW THE TAPE?

THEY WOULD RATHER DISPLAY THAT WE MEXICANS, WE BROWN PEOPLE ARE NOT IMPORTANT.

THEY WOULD RATHER GO SERVE OTHER FOLKS AND SERVE THEM PAID WHEN YOU GO TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

WHEN WE COME TO LITTLE VILLAGE WE HAVE TO FIGHT TO GET A PARK OR A SCHOOL AND THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT TAKES THE MOST TAXES AND REVENUE.

WE GET CRUMBS.

WE DON'T GET A PIECE OF THE PIE.

ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS DO EXCEPT FOR US.

>> HERE IS WHAT CARA HENDERSON SAID SHE WOULD SEE IN A FOOD POLICY.

>> INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDANCE FOR OFFICERS TO DECIDE WHEN AND WHEN NOT TO ENGAGE IN A FOOT PURSUIT POLICY AND WHEN A FOOT PURSUIT SHOULD AND.

WHEN SHOULD THEY STOP THE CHASE?

THAT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT.

>> A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.

CONCEPCION RODRIGUEZ WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE DEPARTMENT HAVING A TRAINING BULLETIN BUT NOT A FOOT PURSUIT POLICY AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN A FOOT PURSUIT POLICY?

>> IT'S OBVIOUS IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

WE ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHO IS INVOLVED IN MAKING THESE POLICY CHANGES.

TOO MANY TIMES THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT MAKE THESE POLICIES THAT IMPACT THE COMMUNITIES ARE NOT FROM THE COMMUNITY.RIGHT?

WE WANT TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE A PART OF THOSE INITIATIVES AND POLICY CHANGE.

AND, THE BIG PICTURE HERE IS THAT THIS POLICY CHANGE IS A MINOR PORTION OF THE BIGGER PICTURE.

RIGHT?

THAT, UNFORTUNATELY ADAM IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A POLICE SHOOTING IN LITTLE VILLAGE AND ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES.

THIS IS ALL IN THEORY, RIGHT?

NOTHING HAS BEEN CONCRETE OR PUT IN PLACE HERE SO, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THESE CHANGES, THE FOOT PURSUIT POLICY IS GOING TO BE A RECOMMENDATION THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR OVER FOUR YEARS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING THIS WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

>> EARLIER THIS WEEK CHICAGO TONIGHT SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF CHICAGO FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE .

HE SAID A POLICY WITH COMPLEX GUIDELINES WOULD BE INEFFECTIVE IN THE FIELD WHEN OFFICERS ARE MAKING SPLIT SECOND DECISIONS.

HERE IS A CLIP HERE.

>> YOU PULL UP ON A SUBJECTS.

BY THE TIME YOU RIFLE THROUGH THE DO'S AND DON'TS OF THE POLICY, THE DEFENDER WILL BE LONG GONE.

IT'S A JOKE.

IT MAKES NO SENSE.

>> AND I WANT TO HEAR BOTH OF YOUR OPINIONS ON THIS BUT, TREND 27, WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU FIRST.

>> I WOULD LIKE THEM TO EXPLORE WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE WHEN THEY ARE IN THESE SITUATIONS.

IF THEY KEEP US SAFE AND IN LINE OR IS IT TO ELIMINATE THE THREAT AT ANY COST?

TAKING SURE THAT WE ARE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR MISSION IS WHEN THEY ARE WORKING ON THE GROUNDS.

BECAUSE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS, WE KEEP ARM MISSION AND VISION BASED ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR.

>> AND, PABLO SERRANO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR REACTION.

>> THIS GUY SOUNDS LIKE HE IS MAD FOR NO REASON.

IN OUR COUNSEL, WE HOSTED AN EVENT TO RECRUIT PLEASE OFFICERS THAT ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS.

WE ARE PROMOTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT REFLECT THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES.

ONLY 8 PERCENT OF THOSE OFFICERS ARE SPANISH-SPEAKING LATINOS.

WE ARE ASKING THAT THOSE NUMBERS GO UP.

HOW ABOUT WE CREATE OUR OWN POLICE OFFICERS?

WE SHOWED DURING THE LOOTING THAT THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND PROTECTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE KNOW HOW TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND POLICE OURSELVES.

THEY DON'T PROMOTE AND ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITIES ON GETTING THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED.

SO THE POLICE NEED TO CHANGE THIS OLD-FASHIONED WAY OF DOING THINGS.

THERE IS NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS.

>> WE HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE AND I WANT TO GET THE ANSWER FROM BOTH OF YOU.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW?

>> WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS THAT THE MAYOR NEEDS TO COME TO TALK TO LITTLE VILLAGE.

TO THE RESIDENTS AND BRING US RESOURCES AND MONEY.

RING S PROGRAMS.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO US LIKE A FAMILY INSTEAD OF BEING SO MEAN AND NEGATIVE.

WE ARE NOT A BAD COMMUNITY.

>> AND, CONCEPCION RODRIGUEZ WE HAVE LESS THAN 30 SECONDS.

>> I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND HIGHLIGHT THE RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY .

WE ARE FULL OF POWER AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE GOOD WORK THAT IS DONE BY THE COMMITTEE RESIDENTS IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

>> JACQUELINE HERRERA AND BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>>> THE HISTORY OF SCHOOL SEGREGATION IN AMERICA IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEPARATION OF LACK AND WHITE STUDENTS.

THE CHILDREN OF ASIAN, NATIVE AMERICAN AND LATINO ORIGINS ARE OFTEN SEGREGATED FROM THEIR WHITE PEERS IN SCHOOL AS WELL.

HERE'S A LOOK AT A CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT THAT OPEN THE DOOR TO ENDING SCHOOL SEGREGATION.

>>.

[MUSIC] THE COVID-19 VACCINE AVAILABILITY.

THIS JANUARY THE CITY RESPONDED TO A CALL FOR A PROGRAM WHICH PRIORITIZES VACCINES TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS HIT HARDEST BY THE VIRUS.

NOW, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS ARE LEADING THE CHARGE TO GET THE RESIDENTS VACCINATED.

IN NEIGHBORHOODS, OUTREACH WORKERS ARE TAKING A ROUND UP APPROACH TO REGISTERING RESIDENTS FOR VACCINATIONS BY MEETING THEM IN GROCERY STORES AND TALK AREAS AND THROUGH TEXT MESSAGES AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

JOINING US HOW THEY ARE SPREADING THE WORD, ARE TESTING, TESTING CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES SENIOR MANAGER OF COMMITTEE HEALTH AND MAYRA MARTINEZ A YOUTH LEADER WITH INCREASE THE PIECE AND LEGAL ORGANIZER WITH JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE ALLIANCE.

MAYRA I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE INCREASE THE PIECE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

WHAT KIND OF OUTREACH HAVE YOU'VE BEEN DOING?

>> YES, KIND OF OUTREACH WE HAVE BEEN DOING, IT'S SO AMAZING.

WE HAVE BEEN MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT.

WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN BACK OF THE ART ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHSIDE OF CHICAGO WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET WHO MIGHT NOT GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO RECEIVE THEIR VACCINE.

WE'VE BEEN GOING TO GROCERY STORES .

WALKING DOWN 47TH STREET.

AND, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING DOWN CERTAIN STREETS TO MEET PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES AND ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND GIVE THEM THE NEEDS AND REGISTER THEM TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE IN THERE LOCAL AREAS OR EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT FROM AROUND THE SPECIFIC CLINIC WE ARE AT, WE ARE STILL GIVING THEM AS MUCH RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN THERE AREA CODE>> WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

>>> WHAT HAS MADE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY OUT IN THIS WAY?

>> SO, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCES AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN SO FAR AS AN AMBASSADOR WITH INCREASE THE PIECE I HAVE SEEN A NEED IN MY COMMUNITY AND A NEED IN SPECIFICALLY BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS WHO BEEN HIT THE HARDEST BY COVID.

I SEE HOW SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO EMAILS.

THEY DON'T HAVE A PHONE NUMBER TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION FOR THEIR APPOINTMENT.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO OR WHAT CLINIC TO GO TWO FOR THEIR AREA CODE.

AS AN AMBASSADOR ALONG WITH THE OTHER AVENGERS OF THE HOOD IS WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL OURSELVES, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT.

WE GO TO THE GROCERY STORES, WE GO TO THE HEALTH CLINICS AND WHERE PEOPLE GO TO GET THE VACCINE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WILL GO THERE TO REGISTER.

WE HAVE ALSO BEEN MAKING CALLS TO STREET VENDORS.

MAKING CALLS TO OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY LETTING THEM KNOW TO CONTACT THE PEOPLE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO SPREAD THE NEWS AND THE RESOURCES FOR THE VACCINE.

>> JADHIRA, YOUR PANDEMIC RESPONSE TEAM HAS BEEN GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

HOW ARE YOU HELPING PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED?

>> GOOD MORNING.

YES.OUR PANDEMIC RESPONSE TEAM WAS A TEAM THAT WAS HIRED FULL-TIME TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE AND PANDEMIC.

WE EDUCATED OUR STAFF TO KNOW WHAT COVID-19 LOOK LIKE, WHAT IT MEANT AND HOW IT COULD APPEAR IN INDIVIDUALS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.

SIMILAR TO WHAT MAYRA SAID, WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING, GOING TO THE TAQUERIA'S AND THE GROCERY STORES DID ANY OF THE COMMUNITY PLACES OR TO YOUR LOCAL AREAS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE EDUCATION.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A GREAT PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY TO HELP INDIVIDUALS GET VACCINATED.

ONE THING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS WE HAVE A STATIC LOCATION THAT PROVIDES VACCINES AT OUR HARDING LOCATION WHICH IS OUR MAIN BUILDING AS WELL AS THE CLINIC CENTER SO THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDING VACCINATIONS THERE.

TYPICALLY MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ALL OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE RESIDENTS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ARE HOSTING EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WHO COULDN'T GET AN APPOINTMENT AT ONE OF THOSE CLINICS TO COME OUT ON A SATURDAY TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO WORK ALL WEEK LONG TO COME AND GET THE VACCINE.

>> I'M SORRY, SPEAKING OF HOW HARD IT'S BEEN FOR THE COMMUNITY GET THOSE APPOINTMENTS, HOW IMPORTANT HAS LANGUAGE BEEN TO GET THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY IN THIS OUTREACH?

JADHIRA?

>> EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

USUALLY THE LANGUAGE THAT'S PUT UP IN THE CITY OR WITH ANY ENTITY THAT COMES OUT IN ENGLISH.

WE HAVE THE BENEFIT THAT WE HAVE A RESOURCE NAVIGATORS AND COMMITTEE HEALTH WORKERS.

THEY ARE BILINGUAL AND THEY SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.OR, THEY MIGHT BE WANT TO SPEAK SPANISH AND CAN RELATE TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE FAMILIES AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE EDUCATION PORTION THE VACCINE PORTION WE ALSO COLLABORATE WITH DOCTORS AND THEY COME INTO COMMUNITY TRANSLATIONS TO US COMPLETELY IN SPANISH TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE ON WHAT THE VACCINE IS AND WHAT IT MEANS.

>> MAYRA WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM PEOPLE ON THE STREETS?

ARE THEY EAGER TO GET THE VACCINE?

>> YES.

PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED TO EVEN TALK ABOUT THE VACCINE AND EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT WHAT IT IS, HOW THEY CAN GET IT AND FROM WHERE.

THE ASSET AMBASSADORS WITH INCREASE THE PIECE ARE AT THE CLINIC AT TIMES OR PEOPLE RECEIVE THEIR VACCINE PAID EVEN WHEN THEY'RE IN LINE ABOUT TO GET IT, THEY ALWAYS ASK ME, I WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE VACCINE?

I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS?

WHAT CAN I TAKE TO ALLEVIATE THEM IF I GET THEM?

SOME PEOPLE EVEN GET EMOTIONAL WHEN THEY HEAR ABOUT THE VACCINE.

SOME FAMILIES HAVE BEEN HIT SO HARD.

SOME HAVE HAD FAMILY PASSED AWAY DUE TO COVID AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED AND SOMETIMES GET EMOTIONAL AT THE THOUGHT OF FINALLY GETTING THEIR VACCINE.

>> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE.

MAYRA MARTINEZ AND JADHIRA SANCHEZ, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

>>> UP NEXT, RECOUNTING A NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORY WITH THE HELP OF A MURAL.

STAY WITH US.

>> PUBLIC ART HAS BEEN SYNONYMOUS WITH CHICAGO'S PILSON NEIGHBORHOOD.

A NEW MURAL ON 18TH STREET IS USING A MEDIUM TO COMMEMORATE THE HISTORY AND TO MEMORIZE 15 OF IT'S RESIDENTS.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS A STORY.

>> WAS THAT KARZAI HAS LIVED IN PILSON FOR THREE GENERATIONS AND IS ONE OF 46 RESIDENTS FEATURED ON A NEW MURAL.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT SIGNIFICANCE TO PUT DOWN HISTORICAL ROOTS.

WHAT IT MEANS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE.

>> ARTISTS PABLO SERRANO AND MATEO ZAPATA CREATED THE PAINTING.

IT IS NAMED SO MOST PILSON WHICH MEANS WE ARE PILSEN.

>> THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF A COMMUNITY IN MOTION.

PART OF THIS MOTION IS AN AFFIRMATION OF THE THINGS THAT BRING US TOGETHER.

>> THE MURAL IS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF PILSON'S 18TH STREET A COMMITTEE STAPLE.

THE LATE DON PEDRO OPENED THIS RESTAURANT IN 1981 TO THE DUARTE FAMILY COMMISSION THE MURAL WHICH IS ALSO IN HONOR OF PEDRO.

THE ARTISTS SAY THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO THE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> BEING SOMEONE WHO GREW UP HERE FOR 30+ YEARS I RECOGNIZE EVERYONE ON THERE AND I UNDERSTAND THE ROLES THEY PLAYED.

>> MARCUS IS MARION SIMS SON.

THEY WERE THE 1ST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE EARLY 60S.

>> THEY SAID THAT MURAL IS A WAY TO SOLIDIFY THE AREAS HISTORY IN THE FACE OF GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT.

>> THE MURAL IS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HISTORY FROM ALL OF THE WORK THAT OLDER GENERATIONS HAVE PUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOUNGER GENERATIONS ARE STARTING TO STEP UP TO PUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT ERASED.

>> IT FEATURES ESSENTIAL WORKERS, MUSICIANS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.

ONE COMMUNITY LEADER FEATURED ON THE MURAL IS CONCEPCION RODRIGUEZ KNOWN TO MANY AS CONCHA.

RODRIGUEZ HAS CONTINUED TO WORK OF HER BROTHERS WORK OF DISCOURAGING KIDS FROM ENTERING GAINS.

>> I'VE MANY LETTERS FROM PEOPLE THINKING ME BECAUSE THEY WE'RE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE GANG BECAUSE OF MY BROTHER AND MYSELF.

>> RODRIGUEZ IS KNOWN TO SOME RESIDENTS AS THE DEATH LADY PEER TO VISIT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS OF THE DANGER OF JOINING GANGS.

SHE BRINGS ARTICLES ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF GANG VIOLENCE AND A COFFIN WITH A MIRROR INSIDE.

>> FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO LOOK IN THERE AND SEE THE REFLECTION THAT IS YOURS.

YOU ARE IN A GANG, THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL END UP.

IF YOU ARE THINKING OF JOINING A GANG, DON'T DO IT.

>> IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW PEOPLE A POSITIVE REPRESENTATION OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> THERE IS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF POWER OF CONTROLLING YOUR OWN NEGATIVE.

IT IS TOO OFTEN THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE REPRESENTED AS CRIMINALS WHETHER IT BE IN THE MEDIA OR BY CONSERVATIVE POLITICS.

IT IS UP TO US TO CHANGE THAT.

>> SEEING ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

SEEING ANGELA MILLER.

SEEING DON PEDRO UP THERE KINETIC, I AM PROUD OF IT BECAUSE THESE ARE THE LATINOS THAT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

NOT JUST IN THIS COMMUNITY BUT AS A SOCIETY.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINO VOICES I IMPAIR SHOTS.

>> THEY SAY THAT THEY HOPE MURAL INSPIRES OTHER COMMUNITIES TO LEVERAGE OUR TO EMPOWER RESIDENTS.

>>> WHILE THE PANDEMIC HAS SHATTERED THE LABOR MARKET IN THE LAST YEAR, IT WAS WOMEN WHO SUFFERED THE MOST JOB LOSSES.

THEY SAY PERHAPS THIS TIME IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN TO GO INTO BUSINESS FOR THEMSELVES.

HERE, THEY BELIEVE SHE GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHY WE SHOULD TAKE JOBS OFF THE BACK BURNER AND HAVE JOBS THAT WORK FOR THEIR LIVES.

>> WE ARE A RESIDENTIAL MOVING COMPANY BASED OUT OF CHICAGO.

I HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS A RELUCTANT BUSINESS OWNER DESPITE HAVING OVER 20 YEARS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE IN ABOUT SIX OF THOSE BEING IN THE MOVING INDUSTRY.

IF SUCH A MALE DOMINATED INDUSTRY.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERY DAY AND WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU DON'T SEE YOUR SELF REFLECTED IN THOSE ROLES IS OFTEN HARD TO IMAGINE YOURSELF DOING THEM.

AT THE END OF DECEMBER OF 2013 I FINALLY DECIDED THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD TO DO.

I NEEDED TO MAKE AN ENVIRONMENT AND WORK ENVIRONMENT THE BETTER REFLECTED MY VALUES.

IN 2019 I GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER THROUGH THAT ORGANIZATION I MET SOME INCREDIBLE WOMEN WHO WERE SO GENEROUS TO SHARE WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED THEIR EXPERIENCES.

IT HELPS ME REALIZE THAT A LOT OF THE STRUGGLES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHARE.

IT WAS WHAT I NEEDED TO CARRY ME THROUGH THOSE REALLY DIFFICULT YEARS WHEN YOU ARE STARTING A BUSINESS.

OF COURSE 2020 HAPPENS AND THE ECONOMIC DEVASTATION.

I READ AN ARTICLE THAT IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR ALMOST 900,000 WOMEN HAD LOST IN THE WORKFORCE.

I KEPT REMEMBERING WHAT A CRUSHING NUMBER THAT WAS.

THAT'S JUST A FRACTION OF WHAT HAS BEEN LOST.

AS WE GO FORWARD AND WE REFLECT ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN OUR LIVES NOW, I THINK IT IS A BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF WOMEN TO TAKE THEIR IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE, SHARE THEM WITH OTHER WOMEN, ALLOW THEM TO GROW AND DEVELOP IN A WAY THAT WORKS WITH THEIR LIFESTYLE.

IT MAY NOT BE OUT THERE BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUT THERE DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF.

YOU CAN REIMAGINE A NEW PLACE WHERE WE CAN HAVE OUR BUSINESSES AND WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILIES AND WE CAN MEET ALL OF OUR OBLIGATIONS IN A WAY THAT BETTER WORKS FOR US WOMEN.

>> WE LEARNED ABOUT HER STORY WHEN SHE CONTACT THE DUST AFTER ONE OF OUR MONTHLY COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.

WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE HER MESSAGE HERE ON LATINO VOICES.

WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU, TOO.

IF YOU HAVE A STORY TO SHARE IT LET US KNOW ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN ALSO WATCH MORE ON OUR SERIES.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THE SATURDAY NIGHT HERE AND BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.com/ NEWS FOR THE VERY LATEST FROM WT TW NEWS.

JOIN BRANDIS FRIEDMAN FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES.

A LOCAL ORGANIZATION AIMS TO HELP BLACK AND LATINO WORKERS LEVEL UP IN THE CITIES ESTATE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIES.

AND WHY BIG OTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CHICAGO IS LOOKING FOR MORE BIG BROTHERS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN ALSO TUNE IN WEEKDAY MORNINGS AT 5:00 AND 6:00 I WILL BE THERE FOR YOU.

I WILL SEE RIGHT BACK HERE ON LATINO VOICES NEXT WEEK.

ALL OF US AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES I AM ALEX HERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

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