>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, "Latino Voices" MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY CIBC AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> GOOD EVENING, TO CHICAGO TONIGHT "Latino Voices," I'M HUGO BALTA, WTTW NEWS DIRECTOR AND YOUR HOST.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

NOW, ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, WHY POVERTY CAN MAKE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FEEL TRAPPED IN THEIR OWN HOME.

EXPLORING THE RACIAL DISPARITIES THAT EXIST WITH THE ORGAN AND TRANSPLANT SYSTEM.

A PORTRAIT OF A RETIRED CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER WHO NOW DEDICATES HIMSELF TO THE ART OF PRINT MAKING.

AND THE FOUNDER OF AN ART'S ORGANIZATION IN LITTLE VILLAGE, GIVES US, HOW SHE THINKS TOUGH TIMES CAN SPARK INSPIRATION.

>> FIRST OFF TO WANT, THE U.S. CENSUS ESTIMATES, THAT 1 THIRD OF LATINOS, AND THE MAJORITY ARE WOMEN.

POVERTY CAN TRAP WOMEN IN AN ABUSIVE HOME.

AND IN A LATINO COMMUNITY, LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND IMMIGRATION STATUS CAN MAKE MATTERS WORSE; JOINING US NOW IS LETICIA.

THE METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES, HOW DO YOU SEE POVERTY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ENTER SECTION, ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YES.

SO I WANT TO JUST, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I SAY THIS OUT LOUD.

THAT POVERTY DEFINITELY IT'S A HUGE FACTER AS FAR AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GOES.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS, TOO, THAT POVERTY DOESN'T CAUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT POVERTY ON VICTIMS OF ABUSE, I THINK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND THE LACK OF THOSE RESOURCES TO SURVIVORS.

SO, OFTEN TIMES WE SEE THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE INCOME IN THE FAMILY, WE SO THAT SURVIVORS DEPEND COMPLETELY ON FINANCIALLY ON THEIR PARTNER.

WE SEE PERHAPS THERE'S A HUGE WEIGHT OF UNEMPLOYMENT.

WHERE THERE'S NO JOB SKILLS OR WE SEE THAT THERE'S NO WORK EXPERIENCE ON SURVIVORS.

AND.

>> LETICIA, LET'S TALK ABOUT RELIGIOUS, MANY LATINO HAVES RELIGIOUS UP BRINGING AND YOU COULD AABUSERS CAN USE THAT FOR CONTROL.

>> RELIGION IS A HUGE FACTOR.

SOMETHING WRONG, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IN THE FAMILY.

ALSO, IN LATINOS, PARTICULARLY.

I HEAR CLIENTS WHO SHARE HOW THE RELIGIOUS TELLS THEM THE SITUATION AT HOME, IS PRETTY MUCH IS THE CROSS THEY HAVE TO CARRY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MAKE THINGS WORK IN THE FAMILY.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, ARE THEY MORE AT RISK OF ABUSE BY FAMILY MEMBERS?

>> THERE'S DEFINITELY AN IMPACT OR A GREATER RISK FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED.

SO THINKING ABOUT OUR CLIENTS, SO, ONE THING THAT WE SEE IS HOW THE LEGAL STATUS IS ACTUALLY USED TO FURTHER PERPETRATE THE ABUSE BECAUSE IT'S USED AS A TACK TICK TO CONTROL AND MANIPULATE THE PARTNER BY MAKING THREATS THAT ICE IS GOING TO BE CALLED ON THEM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEPORTED OR LOSE THEIR KIDS.

AND OR, WHEN THREATS THAT THE POLICE WILL BE CALLED AND THEY WILL BE INCARCERATED.

AND SURVIVORS WILL BE INCARCERATED BECAUSE OF THE LEGAL STATUS.

>> BE IT DOCUMENTED STATUS, BE IT CULTURAL ISSUES, ECONOMIC ISSUES, HOW CAN PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY AND EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GET HELP?

>> INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN POVERTY AND EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THEY CAN ACTUALLY RECEIVE HELP BY REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES.

I KNOW THAT OFTEN TIMES IT'S THE LACK OF KNOWING WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

OR WHO HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES.

BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD AND EDUCATE THOSE AND TRY TO REACH OUT TO THOSE IN POVERTY TO LET THEM KNOW RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN SUPPORT THEM IN THE PROCESS OF EITHER LEAVING THE ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP OR TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO INCREASE THEIR SAFETY.

>> MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY, IMMIGRANTS, LANGUAGE IS A BARRIER, ARE THERE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I CAN SPEAK FOR METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES, WE DO PROVIDE SERVICES IN SPANISH.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFIES DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ACTUALLY CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICE IN SPANISH, TO SPEAKING OF METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES, WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SERVICES IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE MIDWAY CENTER WHICH IS THE CENTER THAT I WORK IN, WE DO SERVE ABOUT 80% OF OUR CLIENTS IN SPANISH.

DEFINITELY THE CARE IS OFFERED IN SPANISH TO BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

BASED ON THEIR PREFERENCE.

>> LETICIA GUITRON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND INSIGHTS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

>> JOIN US ON MONDAY FOR A NEWS SPECIAL FOCUSED ON POVERTY IN AROUND CHICAGO.

A MULTIPLATFORM INITIATIVE EXPLORES ENTER GENERATIONAL POVERTY IN A DOCUMENTARY SIR RYES, EXPERT TALKS AND COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS.

TOUGH OFFICIALS PUSHED FOR A 2018 IMMIGRATION POLICY, EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW IT WOULD LEAD TO FAMILY SEPARATIONS.

THE REPORT RELEASED THURSDAY READS IN PART WE CONCLUDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S SINGLE MINDED FOCUS ON INCREASING PROSECUTIONS CAME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPACT OF FAMILY UNIT.

AND CHILD SEPARATIONS.

A DRIVING FORCE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ZERO TOLERANCE POLL SAY CHANGE.

IT CALLED FOR ALL ADULTS CROSSING THE SOUTHERN BORDER UNLAWFULLY TO BE PROSECUTED REGARDLESS IF THEY HAD CHILDREN.

SEVERAL HUNDRED OF THOSE CHILDREN STILL REMAIN APART FROM THEIR PARENTS TODAY.

SOME IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES SAY THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE COUNTRY'S IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

>> I THINK IT AFFIRMS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

BUT ALSO, IT JUST GOES TO THE HEART OF WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

AND HOW IT HAS JUST BEEN USED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES TO REALLY CRIMINALIZE IMMIGRANTS, IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND HARM OUR COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING PROTECTION HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND THAT STRUCTURE ALL REMAINS IN PLACE AND WE HAVE SAW SO BLATANTLY HOW HARMFUL IT IS.

THOSE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WILL HAVE PERMANENT SCARRING.

AND I APPLAUD THE BIDEN/HARRIS COMMITMENT TO A MORATORIUM AND TO CREATE AGO TASK FORCE TO ENSURE THE REUNIFICATION OF FAMILY SEPARATION.

>> PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN ALSO PLEDGES TO HAVE A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LED INVESTIGATION INTO WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE AND IF ANY CHARGES SHOULD BE MADE.

>>> UP NEXT, A TRANSPLANT SURGE ON ON PROVIDING CARE FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY IN A CONVERSATION WE RECORDED EARLIER.

>> ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION HAS GROWN THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT DISPARITIES IMPACTING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR REMAIN MUCH.

STUDIES SHOW LATINO AND BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE NOT ONLY DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY DIABETES AND ORGAN FAILURE T. SOME LATINO PATIENTS ALSO FACE SIGNIFICANT LANGUAGE BARRIERS THROUGH THE CRITICAL PROCESS.

WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR NEXT GUEST FOUNDED THE TRANSPLANT PROGRAM AT NORTHWEST HOSPITAL IN 2006.

THE WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.

TELL US WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO START THE HIS PANIC TRANSPLANT RAM AND WHAT DISTINGUISHES IT FROM OTHER PROGRAMS.

>> BASICALLY IN 2006 WE STARTED THE FIRST TRANSPLANT PROGRAM TARGETING HISPANICS, AND HELPING HISPANICS.

THAT WAS THE FIRST THING.

HISPANICS ARE THE LARGEST MINORITY IN THE U.S. TODAY AND THEY HAVE THE FASTEST GROWTH AND NOBODY WAS SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE STARTED IN 2006.

NOW, WE HAVE THE LARGEST KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PROGRAM IN THE NATION.

WE HAVE 50,000 PEOPLE WORKING WITH ME SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

WE WERE THE FIRST ONE AND WE HAVE THE LARGEST TEAM SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, KNOWING THEIR CULTURE.

REMOVING THE LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND CULTURE BARRIERS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE THEM IN A POSITIVE WAY.

WE HAVE TRANSFORMED THE WAY THAT THEIR LOOKING AT ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION.

OR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.

AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE ORGAN DONATION IN THE COMMUNITY.

MORE TRANSPLANTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BARRIERS.

THERE IS DISPARITIES IN THE ORGAN TRANSPLANT SYSTEM, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, IN 2019, 20% OF HISPANICS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR A TRANSPLANT.

THE NUMBER OF TRANSPLANT MADE AN WHITE AMERICANS.

WHY ARE HISPANIC PEOPLE IN SOME CASES MORE LIKELY TO WAIT LONGER AND HAVE A HIGHER MORTALITY RATE THAN OTHER GROUPS?

>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

EVEN THOUGH MINORITIES ARE THE MAJORITY, THEY HAVE NO ACCESS TO TRANSPLANT CARE.

WHY, BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS FOR THEM TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO GET THE SURGERIES.

AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

FIRST OF ALL IMPROVE ACCESS TO TRANSPLANT CARE AND AS SOON AS THEY ARRIVE TO THE CENTERS, THE OTHER THING IS IMPORTANT IS UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE, THE HISPANICS, THEY HAVE BIG FAMILIES, THAT IS A HUGE ADVANTAGE, BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE MORE POTENTIAL OF LIVING DONORS.

IF YOU EDUCATE THEM AND REMOVE THE MISCONCEPTION ABOUT ORGAN DONATION ABOUT ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION.

THEY MOVE FORWARD AND THUS WE HAVE INCREASED.

YOU'RE SAYING THE NATION MAYBE ONLY 29%.

I CAN TELL YOU MY HOSPITAL, THERE'S YEARS WHERE 80% OF HISPANICS ARE RECEIVING A LIVING DONOR TRANSPLANT.

EVEN ABOVE WHITES.

AND THAT IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR PROGRAM ALSO THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC, WHERE WHILE YOU ARE DONATING MORE, NOW HISPANICS HAVE THE LARGEST DONATION.

>> LET'S TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT DONATIONS.

I'M A DONOR, MY WIFE IS A LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT.

A 20 YEAR STUDY FROM 1988 TO 2008 SAYS HISPANIC AMERICANS ARE LESS LIKE LIE TO DONATE THEIR ORGANS COMPARED TO OTHER GROUPS.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT DISPARITY?

>> YOU CAN DONATE ORGANS AFTER YOU DIE.

OR YOU CAN DO IT WHEN YOU ARE ALIVE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS IS DONATION.

MANY TIMES, HISPANICS DON'T WANT TO DONATE ORGANS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IF THEY DONATE THE ORGANS, WHEN THEY DIE, THEY SIGN ON THE DRIVERS LICENSE, IF THEY SIGN TO BECOME A DONOR THEN THEY WILL NOT BE TAKEN CARE OF THEM IN THE E.R.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

ALL THE PHYSICIANS WILL TRY TO SAVE LIVES.

EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE SAVED CAN BE SAVED.

BUT IF SOMEBODY DIED, GOD KNOWS THE ORGANS ARE HERE ON EARTH, NOW, YOU KNOW WITH THAT PATIENT.

FOR MEETING DONATION, MANY TIMES, PEOPLE ARE THINKING IF THEY DONATE ORGANS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE BABIES, THAT IS NOT TRUE.

OR THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SEXUAL PERFORMANCE ISSUES, THAT IS NOT TRUE.

OR IF THEY WILL BE ABLE TO WORK, EXERCISE, NONE OF THESE ARE TRUE.

>> ONE LAST QUESTION.

ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS MY WIFE AND I ARE HAVING IS ABOUT THE VACCINATION FOR COVID-19.

SHE IS ON A SHORTER LIST IN COMPARISON TO A PERSON LIKE MYSELF IN REGARDS TO GETTING IMMUNIZATION.

PEOPLE WHO ARE ORGAN RECIPIENTS, ANY ADVICE IN REGARDS TO WHEN THEY SHOULD BE GETTING THE VACCINE?

>> RIGHT.

THEY HAVE HIGH PRIORITY OR THEY ARE IN A HIGHER TIER TO GET THE VACCINE.

THEY SHOULD RECEIVE IT.

THIS IS NOT A LIVE VACCINE.

THIS IS MADE FOR PEOPLE TO RECEIVE IT.

AND THEY CAN HAVE A BIG BENEFIT RECEIVING THE VACCINE.

THAT WILL DECREASE THE CHANCES OF DEVELOPING COVID AND IF THEY DEVELOP COVID, THEY WILL HAVE LESS SEVERE ILLNESS FROM COVID-19.

COMPARED TO FLU THAT IS SOMETIMES 40 TO 60% DEPENDING ON THE YEAR.

THIS IS A VERY -- IT'S A GREAT VACCINE.

ALL THE POPULATION SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE.

>> DOCTOR JUAN CARLOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND INSIGHTS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN WHAT'S ON TOP TOMORROW.

>> A DAY AHEAD OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WE'LL REMEMBER HIS TIME IN NORTH LAWNDALE AND LOOK AT THOSE.

HONORING THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

THAT'S TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:00.

ON CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES.

>> A CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER TOOK AN EARLY RETIREMENT TO PURSUE HIS DREAM TO CONTINUE IN THE LONG LINE OF MEXICAN ARTISTS WHO EXCEL AT PRINT MAKING.

CELEBRATIONS TO PURSUING THEMES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, RENE ARCEO IS THE AIR APPARENT.

A PORTRAIT OF CHICAGOAN WHO RECOMMITTED HIMSELF TO HIS ART AND HIS CULTURE.

>> WHEN WE VISITED HIS STUDIO IN PRE-PANDEMIC DAYS, WE WAS WORKING ALONE.

>> I'M RENE ARCEO, I'M A PRINT MAKER, I HAVE COLLABORATIVE PLACE WHICH IS CALLED PART PRESS, I PUBLISHED PRINTS WITH ARTIST FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.

CANADA, PUERTO RICO, SPAIN, AND FRANCE.

THERE IS SEVERAL SOUTH AMERICAN ARTISTS THAT LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE COLLABORATED.

SOME VENEZUELAN, PURR ROVEIAN.

>> PRINT MAKERS NEED A WIDE RANGE OF SKILL SETS.

WE FIRSTED LEARNED ABOUT CHICAGO'S PRESS, WHEN BRIDGEPORT POSTED A ART SHOW WITH RENE ARCEO.

HE GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN HE TOLD US THE STORY OF HIS OWN BORDER CROSSING IN 1979, HIS FAMILY HIRED A COYOTE.

>> 2 OR 3:00 IN THE MORNING, WE CROSSED THE BORDER, WE SAW SOME OF THE HELICOPTERS FLYING OVER HEAD, AND DOWN THE HILL WE SAW SEVERAL GROUPS THAT HAD BEEN CAUGHT, WE STAYED PUT FOR A FEW HOURS UNTIL THERE WERE NO MORE HELICOPTERS FLYING AROUND AND THEN OUR GROUP LEADER TOOK US AND WE WERE WALKING UNTIL SUNRISE, AND THEN AFTER THAT, THAT AFTERNOON THEY PUT US IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR, A BIG CAR, I THINK THERE WERE FIVE OR SIX OF US.

FROM THERE THEY TOOK US OUT AND PASSED US THROUGH THE CHECK POINT AND FROM THERE WE WENT TO THE OUT SKIRTS OF L.A. >> RENE ARCEO CAME TO CHICAGO, MARRIED AND BECAME A U.S. CITIZEN.

HE STUDIED AT THE THE SCHOOL OF ARTMENT AND HE TAUGHT AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR 20 YEARS THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> WE DID VIRTUAL TEACHING, IT WAS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE MOST OF THE KIDS WERE NOT GETTING CONNECTED.

A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T HAVE THE DEVICES, ACCESS TO THE INTERNET SO IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

>> FOR YEARS HE HAD BEEN PLAN TO GO RETIRE TO FOCUS ON HIS ART.

HIS WORK IS PART OF THE HERITAGE OF MEXICAN PRINTMAKER INCLUDING WORKS THAT FEATURE.

>> AND ALSO THE USE OF THE SKELETONS THAT ARE DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, NOT IN THE BLOODY SPOOKY WAY, BUT THEY'RE DOING REGULAR ACTIVITIES AS IF THEY WERE ALIVE BECAUSE TO US IT'S AN EXTENSION OF LIFE AND IT IS WHAT REMAINS OF THIS BODY ONCE WE DIE.

>> RENE ARCEO ARTISTIC OUT PUT IS VERY MUCH ALIVE.

HIS LATEST ART WORK CONCENTRATES ON PEOPLE.

ONE IS OF FIRST RESPONDERS IN COVID-19 AND INCLUDES A BAT TAKING FLIGHT.

>> AT THE SAME TIME I CONTINUE TO PRODUCE EVERYDAY, I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO ESSENTIALLY JUST GETTING READY UNTIL THE PANDEMIC IS OVER SO I CAN DO MORE DISPERSING OF MY WORK THROUGH EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER ARTISTS AS WELL.

>> RENE ARCEO RECENTLY SET UP AN ETSY SHOP.

FIND OUT MORE AND SEE MORE OF HIS WORK ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> UP NEXT, THE FOUNDER OF AN ART'S ORGANIZATION, HOW TOUGH TIMES CAN SPARK CREATIVITY.

STAY WITH US.

>> ELIZABETH MORALES SAW THAT CHILDREN IN OUR OPPORTUNITY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ART'S LEARNING AS IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, SHE MADE A SPACE CREATED FOR THEM.

HER NEIGHBORHOOD, SHE APPLIED THAT SAME CREATIVITY TO SOLVING A NEW PROBLEM.

SHE SAYS ADVERSITY CAN SPARK CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.

>> HELLO, I'M THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR HERE AT DELDIA CHICAGO.

WE DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE NEEDED TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP THE YOUTH ININVOLVED.

FOR THEM TO REALIZE THEY'RE JUST AS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CITY.

UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC WE WEREN'T ABLE TO OFFER ALL OF OUR CLASSES AND TUTORING AND EVERYTHING WE OFFER IN OUR CREATIVE SPACE.

WITH THIS FEED THE CONTRIBUTE INITIATIVE, WE DECIDED TO BRING PRODUCE TO OUR FINGER TIPS.

WE'RE CONNECTED TO OVER 200 FARMS.

WHAT OUR PROGRAM INITIATES IS FOOD LACK OF PRODUCE, LACK OF AVAILABILITY TO FRESH INGREDIENTS.

THERE'S A MISCONCEPT THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT A FOOD DESERT IS A WORD WE WANT TO USE.

THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO FRESH INGREDIENTS.

PRODUCE IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE EVERYONE DESERVES A HEALTHY MEAL.

WE HAVE ALSO SET UP COMMUNITY FRIDGES SO THAT WAY THERE'S ACCESSIBILITY TO FRESH PRODUCE AT ALL TIMES 24 HOUR AS DAY.

WE LOVE TO HE WILL TELL OUR JUTE, CREATIVITY.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IN ORDER TO DO SO, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE VOLUNTEERS COMING IN AND HELPING US TO DOOR TO DOOR DELIVERS.

NO MATTER WHAT WE GO THROUGH, WE'LL GO THROUGH IT TOGETHER.

IF WE DON'T LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, WHO ELSE WILL.

AND WE LOVE TO SAY IT IN SPANISH, RIGHT?

>> YOU COULD READ MORE ABOUT MORALES'S FEED THE CONTRIBUTE ON OUR WEBSITE.

WHILE YOU'RE THERE YOU COULD CHECK OUT MORE ON OUR SERIES.

THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.

BE SURE TO CHECK THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING WAYS IS CELEBRATE MLK DAY SAFELY.

A SPECIAL EDITION CHICAGO TONIGHT ON FIRST HAND LIVING IN POVERTY.

FOR ALL OF US HERE, ON CHICAGO TONIGHT "Latino Voices," I'M HUGO BALTA, THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY INFORMED, STAY SAFE.

GOODNIGHT.

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