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>> GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES."

I'M ALEX HERNANDEZ OF EUROPEAN UNION VISION CHICAGO AND WE CHERISH EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING AT 5:00 AND 6:00 AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

A NEW INITIATIVE IN CITY COLLEGES AIMS TO HELP CHICAGO RESIDENTS RESTART OF EDUCATION WITHOUT THE FINANCIAL BARRIERS.

WE TALKED TO THE CHANCELLOR ABOUT THIS AND MORE.

NEW ANALYSIS FROM WTTW NEWS FINDS THAT THE MAYOR'S APPOINTEES DON'T KEEP UP WITH THE NUMBER OF GROWING LATINO CHICAGOANS AND SERVING AS A CRITICAL LIFELINE FOR FAMILIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, A LOOK AT WHAT THE MONEY TRANSFERS PLAYED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> LATIN VINTAGE SOUNDS THAT TRIGGER OUR MEMORIES, OUR CHILDHOOD.

>> A LITTLE VILLAGE BUSINESS WHERE YOU CAN GET A HAIRCUT WITH A SIDE OF VINTAGE MUSIC.

FIRST OFF, NEW INITIATIVES FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IS PROVIDING MORE THAN 60 CAREER READINESS PROGRAMS STARTING THIS FALL TO START CHICAGOANS START THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION DURING THIS POST PANDEMIC RECOVERY AND IT'S CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO CHANCELLOR JUAN SALGADO.

CHANCELLOR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT FUTURE READY, WHAT SPARKED THIS INITIATIVE?

>> WELL, FIRST OFF, ALEX, FOR HAVING ME, AND WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT FUTURE READY BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT OPPORTUNITY, IT'S ABOUT OPENING THE DOORS TO EDUCATION AND SKILL BUILDING.

WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS ECONOMY FOR OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE IN DEMAND, COMPANIES THAT ARE PAYING WELL BUT REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE A SKILL, AND SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING TO CHICAGOANS, BY IDENTIFYING THE 60 HIGH DEMAND PROGRAMS AND YOU NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH FUTURE READY TO COME AND GET THE SKILL BUILDING, GET THIS CREDENTIAL, GET THIS DEGREE AND GO ON AND DO THIS FOR FREE, DO THIS FOR FREE FOR ANY CHICAGOAN THAT WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WHETHER YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED OR EMPLOYEDED OR MAKE A CAREER CHANGE, THESE ARE THE SKILLS IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GROWTH, AND THERE ARE JOBS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.

THEY'RE THERE FOR YOU AND FUTURE READY IS THE WAY FOR YOU TO TAP INTO THEM.

>> NO DOUBT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT WHO IS THIS PROGRAM DESIGNED TO REACH?

>> WELL, LOOK, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, THERE'S A POPULATION IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT HAS BEEN THE HARDEST HIT BY THE PANDEMIC, AND BY THE WAY, THEY WERE HIT HARD EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

IT'S LIKE THAT POPULATION HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN THE STUDENTS, LATINO AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS BY ENLARGE THAT ARE FACING DEEP ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.

YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS ARE 54% HOUSING INSECURE AND NARROWLY 60% FOOD INSECURE SO FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS HAVING A HARD TIME MANAGING THE ECONOMICS OF LIFE, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

THESE ARE SHORT-TERM PROGRAMS.

THEY CAN BE AS SHORT AS FOUR DAYS TO TRAINING THAT IS A FEW WEEKS TO SOMETHING THAT IS SIX MONTHS, BUT IT'S NOT A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT, THEY ARE HIGH DEMAND JOBS MEANING YOU'LL FIND GOOD OPPORTUNITY IN THE MARKETPLACE.

>> WE ACTUALLY SPOKE TO A FUTURE READY STUDENT RETURNING TO CLASSES THIS FALL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE COVID-19 HIT.

THIS IS WHAT HE SAID.

>> TWO YEARS AGO, THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I ATTENDED SCHOOL.

I WASN'T MAKING ENOUGH AT MY JOB, SO I HAD TO PAUSE MY EDUCATION TO SAVE UP MONEY TO PAY MY DEBT, TO HAVE MONEY FOR BOOKS AND MY CLASSES, SO IT WAS TOUGH ON ME TWO YEARS AGO, AND NOW WITH THE FUTURE READY PROGRAM, I CAN HAPPILY GO BACK TO SCHOOL WITHOUT STRESSING HOW I WILL PAY FOR CLASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> ERIC DESCRIBED HAVING TO PUT A PAUSE ON HIS EDUCATION DUE TO FINANCIAL BARRIERS.

HOW HAVE YOU SEEN THE PANDEMIC AFFECT THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT?

>> IT DEFINITELY AFFECTS THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE WAS A VERY SHARP DECLINE IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND AT CITY COLLEGES CHICAGO, IT WAS NO DIFFERENT.

WE SAW A NATIONAL DECLINE NEAR 10 PERCENT AND CITY COLLEGES DECLINE BY 10% AND STORIES LIKE THAT YOU JUST HEARD.

THERE ARE THE PARENTS, THEY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME AND THE ADDED RESPONSIBILITY OF ANOTHER FAMILY'S LOSS IN INCOME, RIGHT AND JUST THE REALITY THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS EDUCATION.

THAT IS WHY WE'RE DOING FUTURE READY, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT YOU TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY AND TO ADVANCE WITH THE GROWTH OF THE MARKETPLACE AND WE DON'T WANT THE COST OF THE EDUCATION TO BE THAT IMPEDIMENT, SO WE'RE TAKING THAT AWAY IN ORDER FOR FOLKS TO MAKE THE AFFIRMATIVE DECISION THEY'LL CONTINUE WITH THEIR EDUCATION OR START WITH THEIR EDUCATION.

>> THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE START OF A SECOND FULL SCHOOL YEAR SINCE COVID-19 HIT, WHAT IS POST PANDEMIC RECOVERY LOOK LIKE IN CITY COLLEGES?

>> THE POST PANDEMIC IS MORE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS.

WHEN WE BEGAN THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD TO SHIFT VERY QUICKLY, SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE TAKEN US YEARS TO DO BUT TOOK LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO DO, WE SET IT UP IN ONE WEEK.

WE SET UP STUDENT VIRTUAL SERVICE, SO ANY SERVICE, WHETHER TUTORING, BUSINESS OFFICE, THE WELLNESS CENTER, IT'S ALL VIRTUAL NOW, SO THE STUDENTS NOW HAVE MORE CHOICE.

WHEN THEY WANT A SERVICE, THEY CAN COME DO IT VIRTUALLY OR THEY CAN COME TO OUR OFFICES.

SIMILARLY FOR OUR CLASSROOM EDUCATION ING -- EDUCATION, YOU HAVE MORE OPTIONS THAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

WE'RE DOUBLING UP ON THE SUPPORT FOR WELLNESS AND TUTORING, AND YOU WILL SEE AS FAR AS FINANCIAL, THE STUDENTS WILL NEED MORE SUPPORT ALONG WITH THE PROGRAMING AND THE FINANCIAL SUPPORTS, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND I THINK THAT POST PANDEMIC WILL BE ABOUT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITY.

>> OKAY, AND HOW ARE YOU GUYS PREPARING FOR START OF SCHOOL IN REGARDS TO COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOL.

>> LOOK, WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE OF CBCH FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

WE HAD A MASK MANDATE THAT HAS CONTINUED TO AND THROUGH.

WE NEVER PUT PAUSE ON THE MASK MANDATE.

WE DO HAVE A CHOICE FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH REGARDS TO THE KIND OF CLASSES THAT THEY TAKE, SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WANT TO COME IN OR NOT, SO WE HAVE CHOICE THERE, AND AS IT SORT OF RELATES TO OUR DAY-TO-DAY VIGILANCE, THE PRESIDENT IS AT EVERY CAMPUS AND PROTOCOLS ARE IN PLACE.

>> CHANCELLOR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, AGAIN.

>> THANKS SO MUCH, ALEX.

>> ALTHOUGH SHE HERSELF REPRESENTS DIFFERENT IDENTITIES, AS CHICAGO'S FIRST BLACK WOMAN AND OPENLY GAY MARRY, SHE HAS FAILED TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWING POPULATION OF THE LATINO FROM OUR WTTW AND YOU EXAMINED LIGHTFOOT'S 90 APPOINTMENTS AND WHAT DID YOU FIND?

>> I FOUND 37% OF THEM ARE WHITE EVEN IF THE CITY'S POPULATION AND IT'S 31% AND EVEN IF LATINOS MAKE UP 29% OF THE CITY'S POPULATION, THEY ACCOUNT FOR ONLY 25% OF THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS TO LEAD CITY DEPARTMENT AND TO SERVE ON BOARD AND COMMISSIONS WITH DECISION MAKING POWER AND THE ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT POLICY.

>> THERE ARE SOME LATINOS CURRENTLY IN KEY POSTS, AS YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THEY, AND DID YOU INCLUDE THEM IN YOUR ANALYSIS?

>> WELL, ONE OF THEM YOU JUST SPOKE WITH, THE CITY COLLEGE CHANCELLOR JUAN SALGADO STILL IN HIS POSITION UNDER MAYOR LIGHT EVEN IF HE WAS APPOINTED BY RAHM EMANUEL, AND THEY ARE ATTAINED BY LIGHTFOOT AND [INDISCERNABLE].

>> SO CITY COUNCIL ALSO HAS A LATINO CAUCUS, DID YOU REACH OUT TO THEM FOR A RESPONSE?

>> I SURE DID.

I SPOKE WITH ALDERMAN VIEGAS AND HE SAID IT'S PASTIME FOR THE MAYOR TO REACH OUT TO THE LATINO COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THERE IS PARODY IN THE TOP JOBS TO MAKE SURE THE LATINO COMMUNITY IS WELL REPRESENTED IN CITY HALL.

>> AND YOU REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR A RESPONSE, WHAT DID THEY SAY?

>> THEY'RE PROUD OF THE MAYOR'S RECORD IN EMPLOYING BLACK AND LATINO AND 60% ARE WOMEN BUT ACKNOWLEDGES THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE AND PART OF THE WAY SHE'S DONE THAT IS TO REALLY RELY ON ADVISORY COUNCILS TO ADVISE ON WOMEN, LBGTQ ISSUES, HOWEVER, THOSE COUNCILS DON'T HAVE DECISION MAKING AUTHORITIES SO I DIDN'T INCLUDE THEM IN THIS ANALYSIS.

>> HEATHER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, ALEX.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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>> HIRING AND KEEPING LATINO REPRESENTATION IN CITY ADMINISTRATIONS HAS A NEW PROBLEM.

IN 1990, PROTESTS ERUPTED OVER THE CHICAGO FIRING OF THE HIGHEST RANKING OFFICIAL.

HERE'S ARROYO KENNEDY WITH A LOOK AT THE SCANDAL IN TONIGHT'S THROWBACK.

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>> LAST WEEK, A GROUP OF HISPANICS CREATED IN FRONT OF MAYOR DALY'S OFFICE AND IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING WHERE CTA WHERE THEY'RE NOT PROTESTING THE FIRING OF CHERORAY AND HER JOB WAS ELIMINATED IN A REORGANIZATION.

>> THIS IS MY BEST JOB TO HAVE THE BEST PEOPLE AROUND ME, AND I'M NOT SAYING SHE'S NOT THE BEST IF WE HAD A JOB THAT SUIT SUITED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SHE WAS NOT SUITED.

>> THE TOPPINGS TO [INDISCERNABLE].

>> DANIEL RAMMAS IS STILL FIGHTING TO GET HER JOB BACK AND HE SAYS THE CTA EXPERIENCE AND PURCHASING IN CONTRACTS HELPED OTHER HISPANICS.

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>> UP NEXT, [INDISCERNABLE] AND HOW IT AFFECTED THEIR FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES.

STAY WITH US.

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>> MORE THAN $540 BILLION FLOW FROM WORKERS IN DEVELOPED NATIONS LIKE THE U.S. TO LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES IN THE FORM OF REMITTANCES AND THIS PROVIDES A CRITICAL LINE OF SUPPORT AND WITH A LARGE IMMIGRATION POPULATION, CHICAGO HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF THESE MONEY TRANSFERS.

AT ONE GLANCE ING ONE MAY HAVE THOUGHT THE PANDEMIC WOULD CAUSE THE REMITTANCES DOWN, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE, AND TO TALK TO US ON THE ROLE THIS PLAYS IN COVID-19 OR MORE, THE AMBASSADOR [INDISCERNABLE] AND ELIZABETH MOLINA.

ELIZABETH, FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT, THE MIGRANT WORKERS HAVE TAKEN A PORTION OF THE PAYCHECK AND SEND IT HOME TO PERHAPS THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN WHERE THEY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, SO HOW DID COVID-19 IMPACT THAT?

>> YES, OF COURSE -- THIS IS AFFECTING THE WHOLE WORLD AND THE CUSTOMERS ARE SENDING THINGS TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES THE HOSPITAL AND IN GENERAL PURPOSES.

>> AND MORE WORKERS OUT OF A JOB WOULD BE LESS MONEY TO SEND BACK IN REMITTANCES, ESPECIALLY THE PLACES IN CENTRAL AMERICA?

>> IT'S A TRADITION FOR THE MIGRANT FAMILIES TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES IN MEXICO, MOST LIKELY PERHAPS THE CHILDREN FOR ELDERLY REMAIN IN MEXICO, SO AS THEY'VE BEEN HIT BY THE PANDEMIC IN MEXICO, THE FAMILIES HERE, THE RELATIVES HERE MADE AN EXTRA EFFORT TO SEND EXTRA EFFORTS TO SEND MONEY BACK HOME.

>> ELIZABETH MOLINA, HOW MANY WORKERS SEND REMITTANCE BACK TO THE FAMILY AND HOW MUCH OF A PAYCHECK MIGHT THAT BE?

>> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE AMOUNT BUT IT CAN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM $100 TO $3,000 AT ONCE, SO THERE'S DEFINITELY IT CAN BE FROM SMALLER TO BIGGER AMOUNTS, SO EVEN IF IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT, THEY'RE STILL SENDING MONEY.

>> AND THE $40 BILLION IN REMITTANCE IN THE U.S.

BUT BECAUSE THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA, WE ASSUME A LOT GOES TO THAT REGION AND MEXICO, SO HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT MONEY NOT ONLY TO THE FAMILIES BUT THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRIES?

>> THAT WAS SENT FROM THE U.S. TO MEXICO REPORTED BY THE MEXICAN FINANCIAL AUTHORITY, AND THERE WAS AN 11% INCREASE IN 2020 COMPARED TO 2019.

WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR FOR 2021, WE WILL HAVE A REGARD NUMBER OF REMITTANCES WITH A HIGHER INCREASE ADDING UP TO $29 BILLION SENT TO MEXICO IN 2021.

>> I'M SORRY, I HAD THAT INCORRECT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ECONOMY OF MEXICO, AMBASSADOR?

>> THAT REPRESENTS 3.8% OF OUR GDP, A HUGE AMOUNT SENT TO THE FAMILIES AND IT REPRESENTS A LOT IN THE ECONOMY, AND THE AMOUNT OF THE REMITTANCE JUST COMES AFTER MANUFACTURES EXPORT TO THE WORLD AND ACTUALLY COMES FIRST BEFORE TOURISM AND OIL EXPERTS.

>> SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PORTION.

ELIZABETH MOLINA, WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS HERE IN TERMS OF SENDING MONEY BACK TO A COUNTRY LIKE MEXICO.

>> TO START, CUSTOMERS CAN'T SEND MONEY OVER BECAUSE THEIR ID EXPIRED OR NOT A VALID ID AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, THEY HAVE SEEN THE BARRIER OF LOSING A JOB SO THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO SEND THE USUAL AMOUNT, SO INSTEAD OF SENDING THE NORMAL $2,000, THEY'RE NOW SENDING $1,000, IT DEPENDS PER PERSON, BUT THOSE ARE THE BARRIERS I'VE BEEN SEEING RECENTLY.

>> AND AMBASSADOR, WHAT CAN AMERICAN CONSULATE DO TO HELP GET THAT MONEY GOING BACK TO MEXICO?

>> WE HAVE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT DEDICATED TO THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AND ONE OF THE ISSUES ON THIS SIDE IS PERHAPS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW THE NAVIGATE THE BANKING SYSTEM OR HOW THE MAKE THE TRANSFER OR THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO, YOU KNOW, USE ALL THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES IN MEXICO, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE ON THE MEXICAN SIDE, IT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE EVEN REMOTE PLACES PERHAPS, THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH BRANCHES OF THE BANKS OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO SEND THE MONEY TO, SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE.

PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE BANKING SYSTEM AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PROVIDED FOR THEM HERE, AND WE PARTNER WITH THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION SO ANYBODY THAT GOES TO THE CONSULATE, CAN TALK TO OUR GOOD FRIENDS AND ALLIES FROM THE PROJECT AND RECEIVE INFORMATION ON THIS ISSUE.

>> THE RESURRECTION PROJECT, A LOCAL NON-PROFIT AND, OF COURSE, AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND OUR THANKS TO AMBASSADOR REYNA TORRES MENDEVIEW AND ELIZABETH MOLINA.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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>> NEARLY 700,000 OF CHICAGO'S RESIDENTS CLAIM MEXICAN HERITAGE, AND OVER THE YEARS, MEXICAN CULTURE FROM FOOD TO MUSIC HAS BECOME WOVEN INTO THE CITY'S TAPESTRY, AND A NEW BUSINESS IN THE VIGIL WHERE WESTERN MEETS MEXICAN BY COMBINING HAIRCUTS AND WE HAVE MORE IN THIS STORY.

>> THE SOUND OF A NEIGHBORHOOD BARBER SHOP, SCISSORS SNAPPING AND CLIPPERS BUZZING, BUT FOLKS GETTING A TRIM IN DE PUEBLO BARBER ARE HEARING THE SOUND TRACK OF A MIDWESTERN CHILDHOOD AND THE CHICAGO HOP.

>> I REMEMBER THERE WAS A BAR ON RACINE SO THINGS THIRD PERIOD WHAT THEY CALLED CANTINA MUSIC, I JUST REMEMBER GETTING MY AUNTS SO TELL YOUR UNCLE TO GET READY FOR DINNER, AND I KNEW WHERE TO GET THEM AND GO UP TO A BAR SCHOOL -- [ SPEAKING SPANISH [.

>> FOR THE BARBER CO-OWNER, THAT WAS PART OF GROWING UP CHICANO IN CHICAGO.

>> THERE'S A CHICAGO MEXICAN THAT STANDSES ALONE AND WE'RE ONE OF A -- STANDS ALONE AND WE'RE ONE OF A KIND AND MAINTAIN OUR IDENTITY, BUT WHEN WE SPEAK ENGLISH, WE SOUND LIKE WE'RE FROM THE WESTSIDE.

WE'RE VERY CHICAGO, VERY AMERICAN, VERY URBAN.

>> CHICAGO SAYS HIS SKILLS ALSO STEMS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD.

>> I STARTED PLAYING HERE OUT OF NECESSITY.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GO TO A SHOP EVERY TWO WEEKS, SO MY MOM HAD A PAIR OF CLIPPERS AND SHEARS AND WOULD CUT MY DAD'S HAIR AND BROTHER'S HAIR AND MY HAIR BUT NOT THE WAY I WANT IT CUT SO I LEARNED TO CUT MY OWN.

AND THE FRIENDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DECIDED I WOULD BE THE GUY TO CUT THEIR HAIR.

>> WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY AROSE TO OPEN A SHOP IN THE HEART OF LITTLE VILLAGE IN 2020, JONATHAN AND HIS PARTNER LEO GUZMAN, NO RELATION, JUMPED AT THIS OPPORTUNITY.

>> WE DO THINGS DIFFERENT HERE THAN OTHER CITIES.

I THINK WE'RE PROUD TO BE FROM CHICAGO, AND THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE ABOUT, MAKING OTHER PEOPLE FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ONE OF THEM, AND I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE THAT HERE.

I MAY NOT LOOK 100 MEXICAN, BUT IT FEELS LIKE HOME.

>> AROUND THE SHOP ARE THE SOUND AND SIGNIFIERS OF CHICAGO CHICANO WITH ARTS FOR SALE AND THE VINYL RECORDS THEY SELL AND PLAY ON THE TURN ABLE.

AND LEO GUZMAN, WHO ALSO DEEJAYS, MANAGES THE MUSIC COLLECTION.

>> THE COLLECTION IS MADE UP OF LATIN AMERICA MUSIC, FOCUS ON MARIACHIS TO CUMBIAS AND SALSAS AND THEY MENTION CHICAGO THE LITTLE VILLAGE, AND THAT'S WHAT I REALLY LIKE, I LIKE TO TELL A STORY THROUGH MUSIC.

A LOT OF THE MUSIC WE PLAY HERE IS ALSO NEW, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO PROMOTE NEW BANDS.

>> EVERYTHING IS DONE HERE, EVERYTHING IS DONE LOCALLY SXR FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END, OTHER THAN THE T-SHIRTS, WHICH ARE PROBABLY MADE IN CHINA -- I'M SORRY.

IT'S PROVIDING INCOME FOR EVERYBODY DOWN THE LINE.

>> JONATHAN AND LEO HOPE DE PUEBLO WILL BE FOR CHICAGOANS CHICANO OR NOT TO CELEBRATE THE UNIQUE LITTLE VILLAGE.

>> I SEE KIDS LOOKING FOR A SPACE, A PLACE TO IDENTIFY, AND IF YOU OFFER THEM SOME TURNTABLES, THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT CHICAGO HOUSE TABLE OR FREESTYLE MUSIC AND LEARN HOW CHICAGO AND LITTLE VILLAGE INFLUENCES THE WORLD'S SOUND.

>> IT'S A SAFE SPACE TO SOCIALIZE AND GET CREATIVE ULTIMATELY.

>> I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME BY, SHARE THEIR MUSIC WITH US, TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S ULTIMATELY IS WHAT THE SPACE IS FOR, TO KEEP THAT CULTURE FLOWING, YOU KNOW, AND KEEPING THE NEXT GENERATION INTERESTED.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES," THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> YOU CAN FIND MORE ON DE PUEBLO BARBER AND RECORDSES ON OUR WEB SITE.

WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.

JOIN ANGEL EDO FOR TOMORROW CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICE AND TUNE IN YUN VISION AND THANK YOU FOR SPENDING PART OF YOUR PANCREATIC WITH US.

I'M ALEX HERNANDEZ: