WELCOME TO CHICAGO BOY SAYS I'M JOINED THAT MEME.

THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD APPROVES A BALANCED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

WHAT FUTURE WORRIES REMAIN.

ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE CALLING FOR ACTION AFTER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEATHS IN ILLINOIS SPIKE LAST YEAR.

THEY'VE MADE THIS.

VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS.

A LOT EASIER.

A LOCAL ORGANIZATION IS HELPING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE.

THE PUBLIC ART EXHIBIT UNCOVERING THE HISTORY OF AN H IN MEXICAN.

SO LOOK, CIVILIZATION.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

THE SECRET SERVICE ALONG WITH TOP CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE FULLY PREPARED FOR NEXT MONTH.

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO TODAY THEY MADE PUBLIC THE SECURITY MAPS OUTLINING THE PERIMETERS OF BOTH THE UNITED CENTER IN MCCORMICK PLACE.

OFFICIALS SAY THESE MAPS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES DETAILING THE RESTRICTED AREAS AND CHECKPOINTS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.

A SECRET SERVICE OFFICIAL SAYS THE DNC SAFETY PLAN HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY 17 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOLLOWING THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

ADDITIONALLY, CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING SAYS THEIR PLANS ALSO INCLUDE ENSURING THERE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO PATROL THE CITY.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR MANPOWER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR ALLOCATIONS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO NEED US THE MOST.

WE WILL BE THERE.

AND FOR MORE SECURITY PLANS FOR THE DNC, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

IN A VACANT SITE ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A MASSIVE HELP FOR ADVANCED COMPUTING.

YOU HEARD RIGHT STATE AND CITY OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THEY ARE PARTNERING WITH CALIFORNIA-BASED COMPANY SITE QUANTUM THAT PLANS TO BUILD THE LARGEST QUANTUM COMPUTING FACILITY ON THE FORMER SOUTH WORK STEEL SITE QUANTUM COMPUTERS CAN SOLVE MORE COMPLEX PROBLEMS AND SUPERCOMPUTERS AND MUCH FASTER.

ACCORDING TO THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM.

TODAY, WE BRING OURSELVES A STEP CLOSER TO OUR QUANTUM FUTURE.

OPENING UP A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES AND EVERYTHING FROM CLIMATE SOLUTIONS TO NATIONAL SECURITY, TO HEALTH CARE AND BEYOND AND IN DOING SO.

WE ARE BRINGING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY AND ARE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK.

THE FOUNDATION FOR A LONG TERM, BROAD-BASED ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

THE COMPANY SAYS IT EXPECTS A FACILITY TO CREATE AT LEAST 150 JOBS THE NEXT 5 YEARS.

UP NEXT, A LOOK AT CPS BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES HE'S MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

CHICAGO'S BOARD OF EDUCATION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE DISTRICT'S NEARLY 10 BILLION DOLLAR SPENDING PLAN TODAY.

BUT CRITICS OF THE BUDGET SAY THE DISTRICT IS RELYING ON STATE STAFF VACANCIES TO PLUG ITS 505 MILLION DOLLARS FUNDING GAP.

WBTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE NOW.

MATT, GIVE GIVE US ALL THE DETAILS.

TELL US WHAT CHALLENGES CPS WAS FACED WITH WHILE ORGANIZING THE BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR AND HOW THEY DECIDED TO HANDLE SO CPS ALREADY FACED A NEARLY 400 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT BECAUSE COVID FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS SET TO RUN OUT THIS YEAR OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND WEEKS.

THEY'VE RUN INTO ADDITIONAL COST ISSUES FROM HEALTH CARE, SPECIAL EDUCATION COSTS THAT BROUGHT ANOTHER 100 MILLION DOLLARS ON TO THAT HAVE BRING IT UP TO.

AS YOU SAID, 505 MILLION DOLLARS.

CPS CEO PEDRO MARTINEZ TODAY SAID THE GOAL WAS TO KEEP THOSE CUTS THAT THEY NEEDED TO BALANCE ITS BUDGET OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

SO THEY TRIED TO RELY INSTEAD ON REDUCTIONS TO CENTRAL ACADEMIC IN OPERATIONAL BUDGETS, GRANT FUNDING AND THEY RELIED ON INCREASED VACANCY SAVINGS WHICH IS PART OF THE WITH THAT HAS BEEN RAISED BY CHICAGO TEACHERS, UNION AND OTHER GROUPS THE DISTRICT SAYS THIS IS A BALANCED BUDGET, BUT THERE WERE CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES.

IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FIND OTHER FINANCIAL REVENUE STREAMS IN YEARS COMING.

SO THE CUTS WERE ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH THIS YEAR, BUT THERE COULD BE BIGGER PROBLEMS ON THE HORIZON FUTURE YEARS.

AS WE KNOW, THERE'S BEEN MANY OPINIONS OUTSIDE GROUPS HAVE WEIGHED IN ON THE BUDGET, INCLUDING THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION WHO FOCUS MUCH OF THE CONCERN ON THE STAFF VACANCIES IN THE DISTRICT.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.

BUDGET CBS SHOWS AND OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIND CREATIVE FUNDING SOLUTIONS TO GET US CLOSER TO BEING A TRANSFORMATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE BOARD HAS ITS OWN EQUITABLE FUNDING FORMULA RIGHT?

THEY'VE STOPPED STUDENT BASE BUDGETING.

THEY SAY THEY WANT TO GIVE MORE INTO THE CLASSROOM.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

IF YOU'RE CUTTING PARA PROFESSIONALS, HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

IF YOU'RE CUTTING OR START OF JUSTICE PERSONNEL?

MATT, WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS OUT THERE?

SO UNION LAW AS THEY SAID, THEY WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CAN SEE.

CPS SAYS IT'S ACTUALLY BRINGING IN MORE EMPLOYEES FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT THE PROBLEM THAT THE UNION HAS THAT CUTTING AIDES AND PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO COULD ASSIST IN IN CLASSROOM SETTINGS, EDUCATION EDUCATORS AND STAFFERS WHO SPOKE TODAY.

THEY SAID THAT THIS BUDGET IS BALANCED ON THE BACK OF INDICATORS WERE LOSING THEIR JOBS, HAVING THEIR POSITIONS CUT.

AS I SAID, THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT REMAIN ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CPS, HIS FINANCES.

THE DISTRICT SAYS THAT THEY'RE OWED MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS IN STATE FUNDING FROM EQUITABLE FUNDING FORMULA.

AND CBS ALSO HAS TO COVER HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TEACHER PENSION COSTS THAT ARE TYPICALLY COVERED BY THE STATE FOR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND ILLINOIS.

BOTH THE DISTRICT AND THE TEACHERS UNION KNOW THAT MORE FUNDING IS NECESSARY FOR CHICAGO WITHOUT IT.

DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAID TODAY THAT BUDGETARY DEFICITS COULD EXCEED 1 BILLION DOLLARS IN THE NEXT 5, 6 YEARS.

THAT SOLEIMANI WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE?

YEAH, I'M SO THEY NEED TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THAT.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING IN SPRINGFIELD TRYING TO GET THAT FUNDING FROM THE STATE.

BUT IT HASN'T BEEN AN EASY PROCESS.

BOTH THE UNION AND CPS OFFICIALS HAVE GONE THERE TOGETHER AND TRY TO PUT UP A UNIFIED FRONT.

BUT THEY HAVEN'T GOT THAT MONEY.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A CONTINUED PROCESS TO TRY TO TO GET ANY OTHER FUNDING THEY CAN FROM THE STATE OR OTHERWISE.

WELL, THANK YOU, MATT, FOR THAT UPDATE.

THANKS WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

VIOLENCE IS AN ONGOING THREAT IN CHICAGO'S NEIGHBORHOODS SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS 321 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED.

MANY VICTIMS SLEEP BEHIND LOVED ONES WHO ARE LEFT TO COPE WITH THE AFTERMATH.

BUT A LOCAL ORGANIZATION IS HELPING FAMILIES THROUGH THE GRIEVING PROCESS.

WE WE'LL SEE NIGHT WHEN TOLD THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, I LOVE ENOUGH AND ALSO KNOW THAT TIME.

THIS IS JOB OR HERNANDEZ BREAK DANCING BREAKING SAYING PUT BUT BUT ON ON PULSE OF NBA'S THE IF THE WHEN YOU KNOW THAT IT A SIMPLE PIECE WITH YOU.

GILBERT WAS 21 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED HIS SISTER, IRIS OF NON.

THIS SAYS IT'S A HEARTBREAK.

YOU NEVER GET OVER.

NOT BE ABLE TO COME INTO HIS ROOM AND SHARING THE NEWS WITH HIM MORE.

HAVE A GOOD CRY WITH HIM AND IT'S MORE SO JUST FEELING THAT ABSENCE NOW IN THE HOUSE AND THAT QUIET, THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY.

THE FAMILY HAS BEEN RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM CHICAGO SURVIVORS FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS.

THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS A RANGE OF FREE SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE FROM COUNSELING TO LEGAL AID.

WHEN THE ARE GOING GUEST, LOCAL MUSCLE GROWTH.

I'VE BEEN THAT.

SIESTA ON THE COMEAUX JOE BIRDS, PARENTS AND PROSECUTORS SAY HE WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES BY 2 MEN WHO STOLE HIS CAR.

IRIS AS THE ORGANIZATION'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNIT IS HELPING THEM THROUGH THE COURT CASE.

S 2 MEN HAVE NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH HIS DEATH.

THERE WASN'T FOR THEM.

WE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH OTHER MOTHERS AND FAMILIES THAT RECOGNIZE THE PAIN AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS PROCESS IS LIKE AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY CONFUSING, HAS A LOT TO GO THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS OF WHAT THE COURTS ARE.

WHAT'S GOING CHICAGO SURVIVORS WAS FOUNDED IN 2010, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SHAUN HILL BEGAN AS A SOCIAL WORKER DRIVEN BY THE LOSS OF HER BROTHER TO GUN VIOLENCE.

IT'S REALLY A FIRE FROM WITHIN ME BECAUSE MY BROTHER AND HIS LIFE WAS WORTH WHAT I SEE TODAY AND I GET TO OF THE GOOD TIMES AND I GET TO REALLY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ABOUT A RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE WHEN IT WASN'T THERE FOR ME.

HILL SAYS THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT BY RESPONDING TO A HOMICIDE SCENES AND PROVIDING IMMEDIATE SUPPORT.

GROSS I LOVE IS ALSO RECEIVING SERVICES.

HER SON WAS KILLED LAST YEAR.

HE HAD JUST LEFT THE HOUSE BECAME COPS AND STUFF IMMEDIATELY.

I HEARD THE ON 11/26/2023, 19 YEAR-OLD ANTHONY BUT I DO WAS FATALLY SHOT JUST A BLOCK AWAY FROM HIS MOTHER'S HOME HILL IS MAKING A HOME VISIT.

TELL ME ABOUT HIM AS A PERSON AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU WANT US TO KNOW IN THE WORLD SATURDAY'S OF THE STORY BY KUZ.

HE'S BEING GIVEN THAT STORY.

MY SON WAS OR AND I HAD TO TOP OF BUT HE WAS ONE WHO GATHER HELPING FAMILY MEMBERS FEEL HEARD IS WHAT HILL SAYS.

CHICAGO SURVIVORS IS PROVIDING.

HE STARTED BEFORE HE WAS 18.

WHY DID TELL YOU WANT TO TIME?

HE LIKES HELPING PEOPLE FOR SOME OF US SAYS HER SON WAS EMBRACING A NEW LIFE WORKING TO BETTER HIMSELF WHEN HE WAS KILLED LEAVING BEHIND A DAUGHTER.

HE NEVER GOT TO MEET.

IT'S HARD SUPPLE SMITH STRONG AS PRESIDENT.

I'M ALWAYS THINKING, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE OTHER 6 KHAN SAYS JUST LIKE HOW CAN YOU TAKE THAT PAIN AWAY FROM YOUR KIDS?

THE SIDELINE, HER CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY IN THERAPY THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION.

WE CAN PROVIDE SOME PRACTICES IDEAS, BUT REALLY THE CREATIVITY OF HEALING IS INDIVIDUAL LIKE.

AND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU.

AND WE'RE HERE IS A BREACH CHICAGO SURVIVORS TO HELP YOU FIGURE THAT OUT.

FIND YOUR WAY AND LET YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALONE.

THE HERNANDEZ FAMILY SAY THEY FOUND HEALING BY CREATING AN ORGANIZATION IN HONOR.

GILBERT.

I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT MY BROTHER WAS TRULY THE LIGHT IN OUR WHICH IS WHY WE DECIDED TO NAME THE NONPROFIT.

BUT LOU SAID THAT JOB AND IN ENGLISH, WE COLLEGE LIGHT.

HE'S DANCING.

NAME IS JULES.

AND IT WAS GIVEN TO HIM REFLECTED THE WAY THAT HE WAS A TOOL TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT KNEW HIM THROUGH CHICAGO SURVIVORS.

THEY HAVE COLLABORATED WITH OTHER GROUPS TO ORGANIZE EVENTS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT BREAK DANCING NO, YOU THEN WILL IT'S COME ON THAT DATE YEAH.

MORE THAN A BBA.

I OR D A. I SAID, OK, I SEEN A LOOK AT 8 OF THE CICADAS, THE 50'S.

GOOD IDEA.

I WANT TO THANK THESE FAMILIES FOR SHARING THEIR STORIES FROM OR CHICAGO SURVIVORS.

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

UP NEXT, A NEW REPORT SHOWS A DISTURBING TREND IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

CHICAGO.

TONIGHT'S COVERAGE OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS SUPPORTED BY THE SULEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INITIATIVE FOR REDUCING VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM ON THE SPIKE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES.

THE NEW REPORT FROM THE ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEATHS IN ILLINOIS ROSE BY 110% LAST YEAR.

THE COALITION SAYS THERE WERE 94 INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT LED TO 120 DEATHS IN 2023.

THAT'S UP FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR WHEN THERE WAS 45 INCIDENTS IN 57 DEATHS.

THE SPIKE HAS ADVOCATES ONCE AGAIN PUSHING FOR THE PASSAGE OF A BILL IN SPRINGFIELD CALLED KAREEN U.S. BILL.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE.

GODMAN OF AUTO EXECUTIVE CLERK OF COURT OPERATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION.

AND IF ARE NO FARES AT THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY.

AND BUT THE SIDE THE BIGGEST DIRECTOR OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND JOINING US VIA ZOOM, VICKI SMITH, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CONSULTANT FOR THE ILLINOIS COALITION AGAIN TO TO SOME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US NOW.

THESE VACANT WANT TO START WITH YOU.

THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY ALARMING.

AS WE KNOW, USUALLY THE ANNUAL REPORT IS OUT IN OCTOBER.

WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT TO RELEASE IT EARLY?

I THINK IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT AS SOON AS WE COULD, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SUCH A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS ACROSS THE STATE THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, PREVIOUS YEARS, WE'VE SEEN THE NUMBERS GO UP AND DOWN A LITTLE BIT OVER OVER THE MANY YEARS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS REPORT, BUT NEVER SUCH A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN ONE YEAR.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN YOU READ THE REPORT, A LOT OF MOST OF HOMICIDES COMMITTED BY GUNS.

AND SO WE REALLY FEEL LIKE I'M WE NEED TO SPEND SOME TIME THIS SUMMER GOING INTO OCTOBER, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF HOW DANGEROUS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN BE AND THAT WE HAVE RESOURCES AND SOLUTIONS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

AND BUT THE SITE, AS I JUST MENTIONED, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, 68% OF THOSE DEATHS WERE CAUSED BY FIREARMS, INCLUDING THE FATAL SHOOTING OF CATALINA GONZALEZ AND HER 15 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.

THEN YEAH, I LOVE HIS LAST YEAR.

NOW THESE MURDERS TOOK PLACE IN THE LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WAS THAT FEELING LIKE IN THE COMMUNITY?

WHAT HAS BEEN THE COMMUNITY REACTION?

SO GETTING ON THE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FOR OFFICE AND WHAT HAPPENED.

RAN DOWN TO THE HOUSE AND WE SO, YOU KNOW, THE RED TAPE.

WE QUESTION.

WHERE THE WORK THAT WE FEEL RIGHT OUR ADVOCACY GROUP LESS VIOLENT STARTED IN 2022.

WHEN THEY FOUND THE BODY.

SO CUSTOM NIKON, WHAT THE MANA?

20 YEARS OLD.

AND THEN 2 WEEKS LATER, WE FIND SUCH A CALM.

SO FROM THERE WE WHEN ASKING THE STATE FOR FROM A SITE CHARGES.

I MEAN, YOU FROM SIGHT.

WE'RE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD OF THE SENATE, FROM THE STATE CHARGES.

SO WE'RE ASKING ATTACHMENT.

TOO, THE MURDER.

IF YOU ARE A WOMAN, YOU WILL HAVE AN ATTACHMENT FROM THE SITE RIGHT?

AND WHEN GOING ON.

AND ALREADY OBTAIN ORDER OF PROTECTION.

THE LOSS ALREADY THERE.

THIS IS THAT WHEN THEY OF TENURE PROTECTIONS, THE STATE POLICE IS SUPPOSED TO PICK UP THAT GONE.

IF THE STATE POLICE CAN DO IT.

THE COOK COUNTY SHERIFF, COUNTY SHERIFF CAN DO THE DOMESTIC UNIT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO LA FAILED HER.

YES, THEY WERE THERE TO PRIOR.

COULD RETRIEVE THE TIME.

THEY DIDN'T.

AND THAT'S WHY IS NOT HERE.

BUT WHAT SHE WAS STILL ALIVE.

AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT NOBODY HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

AND CARMEN, I WANT TO BRING YOU IN.

KARINA IS BILL NAMED AS WE KNOW IN HONOR OF KARINA GONZALEZ WOULD ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REMOVE GUNS FROM ACCUSED ABUSERS WHILE SERVING ORDERS OF PROTECTION.

NOW YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE JUST KARINA BILL.

WHERE DOES THE BILL STAND NOW?

WHERE IT STANDS RIGHT NOW IS HALTED.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO ADD AT THE END.

I KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE SAYING THERE'S A LOT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT KIND OF PUSHING BACK ON SOME THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE STATING THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES.

BUT I THINK ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT WE DON'T WANT VICTIMS OUT THERE TO FEEL THAT LIKE THERE'S NOTHING IN PLACE RIGHT NOW AS BALTAZAR STATED, THERE ARE LAWS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS THAT REMOVE FIREARMS FROM THE HANDS OF DOMESTIC ABUSERS ON THE ISSUE, I THINK LIES AND AND THE SIMPLE THING LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY, WHICH IS EDUCATING PEOPLE ON WHAT EVERYONE'S ROLE IS WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS FAILING ITS NOT JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT JUST THE ADVOCATES.

IT IS NOT JUST THE LEGISLATURE IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT ALL SITTING TOGETHER IN THE SAME SPACE.

UNDERSTANDING ALL OF OUR ROLES SO THAT WE CAN SAVE THESE WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES WOULD JUST SAY THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO PASS THIS LAW.

THAT'S WHY THEY NEED TO PASS THIS LAW.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND THE GOING BACK TO YOU.

THERE'S ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF COUNTIES ACROSS ILLINOIS WHERE DOMESTIC DEATHS WERE REPORTED WITH COULD COUNTY SHOWING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WISE ALSO ALARMING TO YOU.

WELL, COOK OF COURSE, HAS THE HIGHEST POPULATION OF ILLINOIS AND BUT WE WANT TO SHOW THAT THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO LARGE URBAN AREAS.

THIS IS ACROSS THE STATE IN OUR RULE, AREAS IN OUR SUBURBAN AREAS.

IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.

STATEWIDE COLLECTIVELY WITH ALL THE VARIOUS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER JUST MENTIONED, ALL OUR SYSTEMS ARE NOT WORKING TOGETHER.

AND WE HAVE GOT TO SHOW THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A BIG CITY PROBLEM.

IT'S A STATEWIDE PROBLEM.

AND WE AND AND WE'RE COUNTIES THIS YEAR THAN EVER.

27 COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS EXPERIENCED AT LEAST ONE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDE.

SO WE NEED WE NEED TO NOT LOOK AT THIS AS SOME KIND OF LOCALIZED ISSUE.

THIS IS A STATEWIDE PROBLEM WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND THAT'S WHY THE STATE LEGISLATION IS SO IMPORTANT.

CARMEN, TALK TO ME ABOUT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR CENTER IN MARCHAND.

THIS WAS OPEN LAST OCTOBER.

WAS OPENED LAST OCTOBER FROM OCTOBER TELL PRESIDENT WE'VE HELPED OVER 1500 PEOPLE WITH FINAL ORDERS OF PROTECTION.

IT'S A SAFE IRIS MARTINEZ, THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT WHEN SHE CAME IN, SHE WANTED US TO IDENTIFY SPACES WITHIN OUR CURRENT FACILITIES THAT WOULDN'T COST ANY MONEY.

WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANY RED TAPE BECAUSE SHE WAS VISITING A COURTHOUSE AND AS SHE WAS WALKING THROUGH, THERE WAS A VICTIM IN THE HALL BRUISED AND BATTERED AND SHE WAS SPEAKING TO THE ADVOCATE IN THE HALLWAY AND SHE FOUND THAT UNACCEPTABLE.

SO SHE CHARGED US WITH FINDING SPACE SO THAT ADVOCATES CAN HAVE A SPACE THAT CHILDREN CAN HAVE A QUIET SPACE.

WATCH.

SOME TV PLAY HAVE SNAPPED AND THEY'RE BE RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

THEY CAN ZOOM INTO THEIR COURT HEARING EVEN IF THE COURT HEARING IS NOT AT THE MARKHAM COURTHOUSE.

IT'S IN SKOKIE.

ROLLING MEADOWS, WE HAVE A ZOOM ROOM SET UP IN THAT SPACE WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL.

WE HAVE OUR STAFF THERE, PROVIDE THEM THE FORMS, HELP THEM COMPLETE THE FORMS.

WHAT HAS THE FEEDBACK BEEN LIKE FOR THE VICTIMS?

WELL, IT'S IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT.

AGAIN, GOING BACK TO COMMUNICATION.

EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER, EVERYONE GETS COMFORTABLE DOING THINGS THE WAY THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.

THERE ARE SOME ADVOCATES WHO HAVE BEEN GREAT ABOUT UTILIZING THE SPACE.

THERE'S A THE ADVOCATES WHO WANT TO CONTINUE USING THE SPACE.

THEY'RE IN.

AND SO WE CAN CREATE THE SPACE WE CAN MAKE SPACE AVAILABLE.

THE VICTIMS UTILIZE THE SPACE.

WE DON'T ALWAYS GET ALL THE INTO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND EVERYONE TOGETHER IN BUTLER SAID LAST YEAR WHEN ATION HELD A MARCH AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, A LITTLE VILLAGE.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE EVENT AND AS A MAN, WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO STAND UP FOR THAT LIKE FOR THIS?

WELL, YOU I'M A BIG MAMA SO MY MOM ALWAYS SO THAT IN MY LIFE DISPLAYED A ROLE.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAYED A ROLE.

MY PARENTS SEPARATED WHEN I 14, I THEN BECAME THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD.

YOU KNOW, THE BREAD MAKER IN.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS HERE RIGHT?

FROM BREAKS UP AND THE KIDS BECOME VICTIM SO I'VE BECOME TOO.

AND, YOU KNOW, I SKIPPED MY YOUTH.

I BECAME TO WORK TO BECOME A DAUGHTER.

14.

AND SO THOSE ARE 2 THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY FACES CHILDREN GOING ON THE COMMUNITY.

AND HOW DO WE BREAK THIS CYCLE RIGHT?

NOT BECAUSE OF ME NOT BECOMING ABUSER.

SO I THINK MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME THAT WOMAN ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CARING FOR YOU.

REASON YOU AND I THINK THE LOVE THAT SHE GAVE ME IS WHAT IS MAKING ME FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS, FIGHTING FOR THEM TO HAVE SURPRISE WITH THE SPIKE IN DEATHS.

IT'S SHOCKING.

YOU KNOW, SEE THIS NUMBER GO SO HIGH.

SO WE HAVE TO SEE THAT THERE MISSION WITH AGGRESSION AND THAT THE PRESSURE ALSO NEEDS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INSTEAD OF BEING INCARCERATED.

INSTEAD OF JUST PUT IN JAIL AND THEY COME UP WANT COME MORNING JURY MORE AGGRESSIVE TRYING TO BREAK THE SYSTEM.

IN COMMON.

LAST QUESTION HERE, YOU DEDICATE MUCH OF YOUR CAREER TO PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

WHAT WOULD YOU TELL SOMEONE WHO'S FACING, YOU KNOW, THESE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHO IS A VICTIM NOW?

WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM?

THE THE SYSTEM ITSELF HAS TO DRIVEN AND I WOULD TELL FIRST OFF ALL WE ALL NEED TO ADMIT THAT WE WE ARE FAILING VICTIMS EVERY DAY.

AND BY WE IT'S THE SYSTEM.

AND SO PLEASE DON'T LOSE HOPE SOMEONE SOMEWHERE MAY HAVE FAILED.

BUT THERE'S THERE'S ALWAYS HELP SPEAK UP.

LET US KNOW WHO FAILED YOU WHERE YOU WERE FAILED SO THAT WE CAN SHORE THAT UP AND REALLY PROTECT YOU AND HELP YOU AND THERE ARE SPACES.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING THIS WORK PICKING CONNECTICUT GOING TO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.

BUT THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR INPUT.

ABSOLUTELY.

BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

LONG BEFORE THEY CAME CIVILIZATIONS OF THE PAST 6 OF THE MIAS.

THERE WERE MIX.

THEY'RE PEOPLE ONCE LIVED ALONG THE SOUTHEAST BORDER OF MEXICO.

AND WHAT IS NOW THAT COULD USE AND ARE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CIVILIZATIONS OF METAL AMERICA NOW A SYMBOL OF THEIR LEGACY.

THE ONLY KID IS AT THE CENTER OF A PUBLIC ART PROJECT ON DISPLAY ACROSS THE CHICAGO AREA.

SEAL MAKE PART OF PERSONALIZATION A MOTHER WOULD DO THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE FINDING OUT THAT THE PUBLIC JUST IN THE KNOW THEY FIND OUT THAT CIVILIZATION IS KIND OF WHAT INSPIRED A LOT THE AZTECS MAYANS.

YOU KNOW, THE THING AROUND AFTER THEY STARTED MOVING MIGRATING FROM THE AREAS THAT THEY DID.

AND THEN THEY, YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE WERE 5, FIND OUT ABOUT ABOUT THAT WAS BECAUSE OF GIGANTIC STONE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BROTHERS TO KORVER, YOU THEY GAVE US A LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT WE START NOW TO LOOK AT 2 OF STATE.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST VERY COMMON DAY FOR SO THAT'S PRETTY FOR MEANS QUITE A BIT.

YOU KNOW, IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, I WAS MADE LOOK BACK IN 2, YOU KNOW, A CHIP CULTURE.

SO MAKE IT GO INTO MY CULTURE TO GROWING UP IN MEXICO AND KIND OF LOOKING BACK AT IT.

YOU REMEMBER SOME OF THE STORIES THAT I MY BESIDE ON TRAIL, AS YOU KNOW, LOOKS AT THE, YOU KNOW, CYCLES LIVE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEY PAINTED DRIPS.

PAIN SO TO ME, THAT'S ASPECT OF RAIN A GRAY NISSAN ASPECT.

IN THIS CYCLE OF THE YEAR, THE DRYDEN OR THE AGE OF CULTURES AND THAT THAT CYCLES, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY WOULD RULES AND THEY WEAR YOU KNOW, ALL ABOUT THE CYPRUS OF THE AIR, YOU KNOW, THE CYCLISTS OF THEM, ONE OF THE STARS 30 THOSE THINGS.

AND THAT FOR ME AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY WHAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL LINE THAT YOU CAN FIND OR AROUND THE HEAD, WHICH HE STARS IN THE BACK THE HEAD IN THE OF MEXICO PARTICULARLY IN THAT REGION WHERE THEY ALL MAKE KIDS WHAT AND HE DID ENDS AT THE TOP OF THE HIT IN FRONT, AREA WHERE THE FORT PITT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE HEAD OF THE ON MAKE HEAD.

SO THE TRAIL BEGINS IN THE PAST AND IT IS WITH DEPRESSING.

ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE PARTY THAT REALLY ATTRACTED ME WAS ALSO MISS, YOU KNOW, MOST OF ARTIST WHO WOULD INVITED TO GOAL AND WARWICK ON SITE WITH ALL THEIR ARTERIES.

AND YOU KNOW THAT AND REACH ME ARTIST, YOU KNOW, IT'S I WORKED ON MY MEANING COMMUNITY OR OTHERS.

AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE BREAK.

I FEEL IS THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WAS CREATED, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WHAT DID YOU KNOW, SOME IN MEXICO, SOME HERE IN THE UNITED STATES?

AND THAT WAS WHEN, YOU KNOW, I'D REALLY FASCINATING AND MAKE AN EXCITING THING FOR SIDE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REMEMBERED, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WERE MADE THAT IT'S A GREAT ENTRY POINT FOR THE CULTURE, THE ARTS AND EVEN WHERE IT'S PLACE.

YOU IT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT SOMEBODY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, GET TRAVEL BY THERE FOR A LONG TIME IN THEIR LIFE OR MAYBE THEIR NEW PLACE.

AND JUST THOUGHT, YOU BUT IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT, A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

SO WE TRY TO FIND THESE LITTLE WINDOWS FIND WAYS TO KIND CONNECT TODAY.

WE WANT THEM TO LEARN ABOUT MAKING CUTS.

YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT THE HISTORY OF MAKES EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY AT THE COLLEGE OF DUPAGE.

FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

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