Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, Feb. 13, 2021 - Full Show
2/13/2021 | 26m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Brandis Friedman hosts the 20th episode of "Latino Voices."
We talk vaccine equity with a member of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 task force, visit a small business incubator in Humboldt Park, and learn how to make Mexican drinking chocolate from scratch.
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Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, Feb. 13, 2021 - Full Show
2/13/2021 | 26m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
We talk vaccine equity with a member of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 task force, visit a small business incubator in Humboldt Park, and learn how to make Mexican drinking chocolate from scratch.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES."
I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN FILLING IN FOR HUGO BALTA THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.
ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, RECENT DATA INDICATES LATINO AND BLACK POPULATIONS ARE GETTING VACCINATED AT HALF THE RATE OF WHITE POPULATION SHALL.
DR. DR. JULIE MORITA GIVES US A SHOT IN THE ARM ON VACCINE EQUITY.
A VISIT TO THE IN HUMBOLDT PARK.
A THROW BACK TO A 2002 STORY ON AN AFRO LATINO DANCE STYLE THAT GIVES YOU A BEAT.
>> AND ART HE IS CORRESPONDENT HEADS TO PILSEN TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE MEXICAN DRINKING CHOCOLATE FROM SCRATCH.
>> VACCINATIONS MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE ARMS OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND OLDER ADULTS ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTRY.
BUT DATA HAS INDICATED A TROUBLING TREND.
THE COMMUNITIES MOST AT RISK OF COVID-19 INFECTION ARE NOT THE COMMUNITIES RECEIVING THE VACCINES.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, OUR NEXT GUEST, PUBLISHED AN OP-ED IN U.S. IS TODAY.
AND SHE JOINS US NOW, DR. DR. JULIE MORITA, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION AND A MEMBER OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S COVID-19 TASK FORCE AND SHE SERVED AS COMMISSIONER OF THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
>> WE'VE SEEN IN CHICAGO THE COMMUNITIES WITH THE HIGHEST RATE OF INFECTION WHICH ARE NAMELY BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES, WITH LIMITED SUPPLY OF VACCINE STILL, HOW ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM IN THE SHORT TERM?
>> SO, WE'VE SEEN WHAT THE COVID PANDEMIC DID TO ALL COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN EFFECTED BY COVID, CERTAIN COMMUTE ARE HIT HARDER.
AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS BLACK LATE, NATIVE AMERICANS ARE AT MUCH HIGHER RISK OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATH.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO FOCUS THE VACCINATION EFFORT TOSS MAKE SURE THAT BLACK, LATINO, AND NATIVE AMERICANS HAVE ACCESS AND CAN BE VACCINATED QUICKLY.
WE DON'T WANT THE VERSION TO PLAY OUT EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC TO SEE THAT CONTINUING BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING VACCINATED!
RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THAT STATES AND GOVERNMENT ARE TAKING C.D.C.
'S GUIDANCE AND STARTING WITH HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65.
TO ADD THE EQUITY LENS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF HOW DO YOU IMPLEMENT THAT.
>> IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VACCINES ARE ADMINISTERED IN AN EQUITABLE MANNER IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CERTAIN STEP ARE TAKEN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THE VACCINE.
EYE MYSELF HAVE STRUGGLED TO GET MY PARENTS APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE 86 AND 91 YEARS OF AGE AND I HAVE HIGH SPEED AND MULTIPLE DEVICE SHALL THAT I COULD USE.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF HOUSES THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS.
COMMUNITY WORKERS GO INTO THE COMMUNITIES TO ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE REGISTER AND MAKE APPOINTMENTS.
MAKING SURE THE CLINICS ARE LOCATED IN THE RIGHT PLACES AND THEY'RE ALSO ACCESSIBLE BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND OPEN AFTER HOURS OR ON WEEKENDS BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERYONE CANNOT TAKE OFF TIME AFTER WORK AND NOT EVERYBODY HAS A CAR.
SO PART OF IT IS PRIORITIZING GETTING THE VACCINE.
AND MAKING SURE THE VACCINE ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
>> SOME CLAIM HESITANCY AMONG BLACK AND LATINO AMERICANS FOR FEWER UPTAKE ON THOSE COMMUNITIES.
>> I THINK THERE ARE A LOT ARE MA MANDATE THAN THERE IS HESITANCY.
WE HAVE TWO NEW BRAND NEW VACCINES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE SO PEOPLE WANT TO WAIT AND SEE AND LEARN.
THERE'S ALSO DEEPER SEEDED ISSUES IN TERMS OF PEOPLE KNOT TRUSTING VACCINES IN GENERAL OR NOT TRUSTING GOVERNMENT.
AND THOSE KIND OF ISSUES DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
I THINK IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE THE VACCINE IS ACCESSIBLE EASILY, BECAUSE THERE ARE BAR IERS THERE FOR SURE.
IT HAS TO HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY.
BOTH MAKING THE VACCINE ACCESSIBLE AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS.
>> AND THERE'S ALSO THE CONCERN ABOUT HAVING ENOUGH VACCINE.
HERE IN ILLINOIS, ILLINOIS GOVERNOR RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT PEOPLE WITH COMORBIDITIES.
>> WE HERE IN ILLINOIS ARE MAKING PLANS AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE EXPANSION OF PHASE 1B ELIGIBILITY TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO HAVE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS AS DEFINED BY THE C.D.C.
AS WELL AS THOSE WITH DISABILITIES.
WE WILL BE WORKING WITH ALL THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO FIT THESE HIGHER RISK INDIVIDUALS INTO THE COMMUNITY PLANS IN THE COMING WEEKS.
>> HOW CAN STATE MANAGE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, GETTING VACCINES TO PEOPLE WITH COMORBIDITIES, AND UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES WHEN THE VACCINE SUPPLY IS SO LIMITED?
>> THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES BECAUSE IT IS SO LIMITED.
I THINK IT'S CRITICAL TO GET THE VACCINE OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO THIS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
THERE HAS TO BE HELP IN PLACE TO GET PEOPLE REGISTERED.
THERE ARE PROGRAMS IN PLACE BOTH IN ILLINOIS, AND CHICAGO AND OTHER STATES WHERE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ARE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES TO HELP PEOPLE TO REGISTER TORE THE VACCINE THAT DON'T HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS.
GETTING THE VACCINE INTO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.
PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE VACCINES.
THE PRIORITIZIZATION IS PART OF THE SOLUTION BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THE VACCINE IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE MORE FLOWING TO THE STATES AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO RAMP UP AND SCALE UP THE EFFORTS.
>> WE ALSO SEEM TO HAVE A PATCH WORK OF DIFFERENT POLICIES AND APPROACHES TO THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HOW DOES THAT EFFECT GETTING THE VACCINE OUT AS QUICKLY AS YOU SEE IS NEEDED?
>> SO, I THINK IN MOST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSES THAT I WAS A PART OF WHEN I WAS WITH THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, THE LARGE EFFORTS WERE BEST WHEN COORDINATED AT FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS.
IT REQUIRES FEDERAL OVERSIGHT TO PROVIDE THE COORDINATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STATES AND LOCALS THAT NEED MORE VACCINE GET THE VACCINE.
THOSE WHO NEED HELP IN OTHER WAYS, TECHNICAL, ASSISTANCE OR MAN POWER THAT THEY GET THOSE RESOURCES AS WELL.
IT'S A FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL COORDINATION THAT'S ESSENTIAL.
WHAT I'M SEEING PLAY OUT WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION THAT THERE IS MORE OF THAT COORDINATION HAPPENING.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS STEPPING UP TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO PHARMACIES AND HEALTH CENTERS.
SO THIS COORDINATION IS START TO GO HAPPEN.
>> AND DR. MORITA, WE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO IS GETTING THE VACCINE SO LONG AS PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE VACCINE THAT MEANS MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING VACCINATED AND STARTING TO LOWER OUR RATES.
>> RESOURCES FLOWING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IT COULD HAPPEN QUICKLY AS WELL AS EQUITABLY AND THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
>> DR. DR. JULIE MORITA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> BACK WITH MORE, "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> TELEVISION IS BRIGHTER AND MORE LIFE LIKE THAN EVER TODAY.
SO IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT THOSE SCREENS USED TO BE TINY, GRAY, AND GRAINY AND A ABSOLUTE MARVEL AT THAT TIME.
A PIE NEAR IN THE EARLY TECHNOLOGY.
HERE'S SOME OF HIS STORY.
>> A NEW BUSINESS INCUBATOR LAUNCHING IN HUMBOLDT PARK IS FOCUSED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMY WHILE RETAINING IT'S PUERTO RICAN CULTURE.
WITH MORE WITH MERCADO DELPUEBLO.
>> IN RECENT YEARS AS HIGH RENTS AND LUXURY DEVELOPMENTS HAVE ENCROACHED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S BORDER, SPEARS OF GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT HAVE GROWN AND IN SOME PLACES BECOME A REALITY.
NOW AS A NEW MARKET IN THE COMMUNITY OPENS, THEY ARE HOPING TO HELP CHANGE THAT.
>> A WHOLE PLANTAIN IS TAKEN AND SQUASHED.
>> LUIS COLLAZO HAS BEEN HAND CRAFTING JIBARITO PROCESS.
A PUERTO RICAN SANDWICH INVENTED HERE IN CHICAGO.
>> NOBODY HAD SOMETHING TO MAKE A JIBARITO SANDWICH.
WE ALL HAD TO GO OUT OR BREAK A BUNCH OF PLATES TRYING TO MAKE THEM.
EVENTUALLY MY WIFE ASKED ME TO MAKE HER SOMETHING.
OPERATING OUT OF A NEW SPACE CALLED MERCADO DEL PUEBLO.
DEVELOPED FROM THE PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER, PROVIDING RESOURCES TO FRIENDS TO TRY AND OPERATE.
RIGHT NOW, THE BUSINESSES ARE PART OF THIS PROJECT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AT SOME POINT THAT THEY CAN OPEN IN THE FUTURE, A STORE FRONT FOR EXAMPLE.
>> AS THE BUSINESSES GROW, THEY WILL ALSO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR ADVICE AND GUIDANCE FROM THE PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER AND THEIR PARTNERS.
>> IF WE FEEL THEY'RE COMMITTED TO FORMALIZING THEIR BUSINESS, THEN WE INVITE THEM TO BE PART OF THE INCUBATOR.
THAT'S WHEN WE WORK MORE ONE-ON-ONE TO GIVE THEM ADVICE IN TERMS OF HOW TO DEVELOP AND GROW THEIR BUSINESS.
>> HE HOPES TO EVENTUALLY HAVE HIS OWN SPACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SELL HIS JIBARITO MAKERS AS WELL AS THE COLORING BOOKS AND POSTERS HE ALSO DESIGNS.
>> MERCADO OFFERED A UNIQUE SITUATION TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND I THOUGHT I COULD LEVERAGE THAT AND LEARN MORE.
THERE'S A LOT THAT SMALL POP UPS DON'T KNOW AND I DIDN'T AND THEY HAVE GIVEN ME AN AVENUE TO SEE OTHER THINGS I WAS MISSING.
>> EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO STORE FRONTS ON DIVISION STREET AS A WAY OF PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHILE STALLING JEN GENTRIFICATION.
>> DURING THE COVID WE SAW THE MANY OF OUR BUSINESSES PARTICULARLY, THE INFORMAL BUSINESS SUFFER A GREAT DEAL.
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET ANY SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM STEP BY STEP SO THEY COULD BECOME FORMAL BUSINESSES.
>> AND THE MERCADO HAS A SPECIAL SECTION SELLING PUERTO RICAN PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO FIND IN CHICAGO.
BUT THE SPACE IS ALSO OPEN TO NON-PUERTO RICANS, INCLUDING BUSINESS OWNERS FROM BLACK AND OTHER LATINO COMMUNITIES.
ONE IS CEDRIC SALONE.
HE SAYS HE SEES THE MERCADO IS AS A WAY TO DIVERSIFY HIS PRESENCE.
>> THIS PUTS ME INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S DIFFERENT AND I GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND INTRODUCE MY PRODUCT TO VARIOUS GROUPS.
>> THE OTHERS THEY'RE SUPPORTING ARE A WAY TO KEEP DOLLARS IN THE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM SPENT ELSE WHERE.
>> FOR US THIS MERCADO SPEAKS TO US OF HISTORY AND COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THIS COVID AGE.
>> AND THE MERCADO IS OPEN FRIDAY AFTERNOONS AND SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS AT THE CORNER OF DIVISION AND ROCKWELL IN HUMBOLDT PARK.
>> AND THE MERCADO IS PART ABOUT SERVES BUSINESSES IN HUMBOLDT PARK WHY IS THAT SO IMPORTANT.
>> THE HEAD OF THE PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER SAY IN FORMAL BUSINESSES, PEOPLE SELLING CLOTHING, ARTS, THE JIBARITO PRESS GUY.
THESE BUSINESSES AREN'T ELIGIBLE FOR ANY KIND OF GOVERNMENT AID LIKE MORE ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES.
THE MERCADO IS A CHANCE TO SUSTAIN THEM AND GIVE THEM ADVICE ON HOW TO GROW.
>> AND THIS IS JUST THE LATEST IN PROJECTS IN HUMBOLDT PARK TO SUSTAIN THEIR CULTURES.
>> HUMBOLDT PARK HAS NOT BEEN IMMUNE BUT GROUPS LIKE PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER HAVE REALLY WORKED HARD TO KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO RETAIN THE PUERTO RICAN CULTURE AND THE MERCADO IS THE LATEST EXAMPLE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> THE PUERTO RICAN BUMBA IS THE FIRST.
INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
IN THIS THROW BACK FROM A 2002 ART BEAT EPISODE, MEMBERS FROM THE ORGANIZATION AFRICAN.
>> DRIVE WEST ON DIVISION STREET AND YOU'LL FEEL A DEEP SENSE OF PUERTO RICAN PRIDE THROUGHOUT CHICAGO'S HUMBOLDT PARK COMMUNITY.
STEP INSIDE THE CAFE AND HET THE PERCUSSION SOUNDS TAKE YOU ON A HISTORICICAL TOUR THERE THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND.
>> TIME OF SLAVERY, IT IS A MUSIC BORN OUT OF PAIN OR HOPE.
IT IS MUSIC THAT IS BORN OUT OF PAIN FOR ENTERTAINMENT.
IT IS MUSIC THAT IS BORN OUT OF PAYING FOR FREEDOM.
>> ♪♪ >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TEACHING?
>> WE'VE DONE THIS FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS.
JUST THE COMMUNITY TEACHING.
WHAT WE GET IS A LOT OF YOUNG, YOUNG, YOUNG KIDS AND GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
JUST RECENTLY WE'VE BEGUN TO COME OUT TO THE ADULT CROWD.
A LOT OF THE FIRST TIMERS, LIKE I SAID, IT TAKES 30 SECONDS TO GRAB ON TO THE CHOREOGRAPHY, BUT ONCE YOU GET INTO IT, YOU PUT YOUR OWN FLAVOR INTO IT, YOU MOVE YOUR SKIRT OR ARMS IF YOU'RE A MAN.
>> WHAT WOULD A MAN DO?
>> GENERALLY YOU COME OUT WITH A BASIC STEP WITH YOUR ARMS AND ELBOWS POINTING OUT.
AND THEN YOU WOULD SALUTE THE DRUMMER BY TAKING OFF YOUR HAT.
AND HE WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND THAT'S WHEN YOUR DANCING BEGINS, >> AND THAT'S WHEN YOU STARTMENT >> WITH DRUM RHYTHMS, PEOPLE ARE FREE TO LEARN THE CHOREOGRAPHY AND FREE STYLE AND DO THEIR OWN THINGS.
>> I'M A DANCER FIRST, THAT'S HOW I STARTED.
I BECAME A DRUMMER BY NECESSITY.
YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DO EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHAT A CULTURAL WORKER IS, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF CREATING CULTURAL WORKS.
>> >> AS VALENTINE'S DAY APPROACHES FOR MANY OF US OUR FANCY TURNS TO THOUGHTS OF CHOCOLATE.
THE BITTER SWEET TREAT'S TISTORY CAN BE TRACED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE AN ANCIENT MYIANS.
ARTS CORRESPONDENT TAKES US TO SLEEP WALK IN PILSEN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AN IDEA THAT WAS 10 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
>> TODAY WE'RE MAKING A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROCESS OF MAKING CHOCOLATE.
AND HERE AT SLEEP WALK WE'RE WORKING WITH MEXICAN CAOCAO.
>> REALLY GOOD COFFEE AND REALLY GOOD CHOCOLATE HAVE A LOT OF OVERLAPPING FLAVORS THAT YOU COULD PICK OUT FROM COCOA BEANS TO COFFEE BEANS.
>> PARTNERSHIP WITH LA RIFA CHOCOLATERIA WHICH IS ORIGINALLY BASED IN MEXICO.
>> IT FIRST STARTED WITH OVER THERE TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL, SEE THE PRODUCERS, UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSING, UNDERSTAND THE CHOCOLATE PRODUCTION.
AND WE WERE SO BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THERE, WE WERE INSPIRED TO REALLY BRING IS A LOT OF THESE IDEAS HOME TO CHICAGO.
>> CO-FOUNDERS OF LA RIFA CHOCOLATERIA, MONICA ORTIZ AND DANIEL RAZA HAVE BEEN IN CHICAGO DURING THE PANDEMIC TRAINING SLEEP WALK EMPLOYEES ON HOW TO TRANSFORM THE CACAO.
>> WE ROAST THE BEANS AND WE HUSK IT.
THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL WHEN WE GRIND THE CACAO IN THE TRADITION MILLS THAT BROUGHT FROM MEXICO.
THE STONES WILL BE FRICTIONING ONE ANOTHER TO GET THE CACAO GRINDED.
IT HAS A BIG AMOUNT OF CACAO BUTTER.
ONCE WE HAVE THE PACE READY WE'RE GOING TO ADD SUGAR TO CREATE A REFINED CHOCOLATE.
THE CACAO IS PRODUCED BY MONDAY IT'S BECAUSE THE CACAO IS GROWN AMONG FRUITS FLOWERS AND TREES, SLEEP WALK CAN OFFER 7 DIFFERENT CHOCOLATE FLAVORS.
AFTER WE GRIND AND REFINE OUR CHOCOLATE WE WILL TEMPER IT.
BY TEMPERING IT AND EVENING THE TEMPERATURE, WE'LL GET IT CRYSTALLIZED PROPERLY TO GET THE SHINY AND BEAUTIFUL CHOCOLATE BARS BUT THEY'RE SUPER CRUNCHY WHEN YOU TASTE THEM.
THIS IS HOW WE THEN MOLD THE CHOCOLATE BARS AND THEN WE BACK THEM TO HAVE THIS AMAZING FIRST COLLECTION.
>> THE SAME PROCEEDTURE IS USED TO TURN THE CACAO PACE INTO TABLETS.
ONLY THE INGREDIENTS ARE CACAO AND VANILLA, ZERO ADDITIVES.
>> WE'RE GOING TO PUT 12 OUNCES.
AND WE'RE GOING TO PUSH IT OUT.
I'M GOING TO.
A DISCLAIMER IS I DON'T LIKE CHOCOLATE.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
WOW!
THAT IS STRONG, YES.
WOW, THAT'S SO RICH AND POTENT AND FLAVOR.
>> FOR BOTH DARK MATTER AND LA RIFA CHOCOLATERIA, THIS COLLABORATION IS IMPERATIVE.
>> WE WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL ININCLUDED.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO RECONNECT WITH OUR CULTURAL ROOTS AND CREATING NEW RELATIONSHIPS HERE.
>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M AGEL IDOWU.
>> IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TRYING OUR OWN CUP OF MEXICAN DRINKING CHOCOLATE, VISIT SLEEP WALK IN PILSEN ON BLUE ISLAND AVENUE.
AND WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BAKERIES AND ARTISTS ON OUR WEBSITES.
THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.
WE'LL HAVE DETAILS ON A NEW ONLINE DOCUMENTING YEARS OF POLICE TORTURE.
A MUSEUM HONORING THE FATHER OF MODERN BLEWS, MUDDY WATERS, WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES.
FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES," I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANKS FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.
STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY AND HAVE A IT GOOD NIGHT.
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