>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... [♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES".

I'M MARISSA PARRA REPORTER WITH CBS2 CHICAGO.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

TONIGHT MORE THAN FIVE MILLION LATINOS LIVE WITH A DISABILITY NATION WIDE.

WE TALK WITH ADVOCATES TO WHAT THEY FEEL IS NEEDED TO CREATE EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENTS FOR EVERYONE.

HOW A LOCAL PHARMACIST IS OFFERING PRESCRIPTIONS WITH A DOSE OF CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING.

AND MINNIE MINOSO JOINED BASEBALL'S HALL OF FAME AND WE TALK WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT SEEING THIS LONG AWAITED HONOR.

>> BICYCLES CAN BE MORE IF YOU LET IT.

>> THE A LOCAL CYCLIST ON LA ULTIMA PALABRA HOW LEARNING TO SPEAK UP FOR YOURSELF IS LIKE RIDING A BIKE.

>> FIRST OFF TONIGHT, ACCORDING TO ANALYSIS 9% OF AMERICA'S LATINOS LIVE WITH A DISABILITY RANGING FROM PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS TO MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS.

AND WHILE IT IS A LOWER RATE THAN OTHER GROUPS, LATINOS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE UNEMPLOYED OR DROPOUT OF SCHOOL DUE TO A DISABILITY AND MORE LIKELY TO HAVE WORSE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND WITH LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND CONCERNS ABOUT DOCUMENTATION PREVENTING LATINOS FROM SEEKING CARE WE MAY NOT HAVE AN ACCURATE PICTURE HOW MANY LATINOS ARE LIVING WITH A DISABILITY.

JOINING US WE HAVE MICHELLE GARCIA MANAGER OF ORGANIZING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ACCESS LIVING.

AND Dr. LEONOR VANIK, BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL COALITION OF LATINXS WITH DISABILITIES.

MICHELLE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A DISABILITY.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE RANGE OF CONDITIONS THAT QUALIFY AS A DISABILITY?

>> YES.

HI.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I'M MICHELLE GARCIA WITH THE ORGANIZATION WITH ACCESS LIVING IN CHICAGO.

AND HAVING A DISABILITY CAN RANGE FROM HAVING LIMITED USE OF YOUR LIMBS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S CEREBRAL PALSY I HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY AND LIMITS MY MOTOR SKILLS SUCH AS WALKING AND ALSO USE MY RIGHT HAND FOR EXAMPLE.

BUT THERE'S OTHER DISABILITIES LIKE LIMITATIONS IN THE ABILITY TO SPEAK OR SEE OR SOMEBODY WHO HAS LIMITED VISION OR IS BLIND.

SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES ARE ALSO HARD OF HEARING OR DEAF.

AND THEN THERE'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE COGNITIVE DISABILITIES OR LEARNING DISABILITIES.

THOSE ARE MORE SOME OF THEM ARE MORE INVISIBLE DISABILITIES.

THERE'S ALSO FOLKS MIGHT HAVE DISABILITIES WHO ARE HAVE MELODIESABILITIES.

SO, AGAIN MORE INVISIBLE DISABILITIES AND LIKE BIPOLAR DISABILITIES.

AND MANY OTHERS SUCH AS -- SO THERE IS AN ARRAY OF DISABILITIES.

THERE'S AUTISM AS WELL.

AND THAT CAN RANGE.

EVERY DISABILITY HAS A RANGE OF LIKE SEVERITY I GUESS YOU COULD SAY IT.

I COULD -- I'M IN THE RANGE OF A MIDDLE SEVERITY OF CEREBRAL PALSY.

OTHERS WHO HAVE LESS SEVERITY AND OTHERS HAVE MORE SEVERITY.

SO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISABILITYS.

MICHELLE I WILL SAY THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY WITH US.

Dr. VARNIC, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR LATINOS WITH DISABILITIES ARE THERE STATES AND CITIES MORE SUPPORTIVE THAN OTHERS.

>> FIRST THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

WHEN IT COMES TO DISABILITY I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MICHELLE SAID AND HAVE EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT JUST LIKE LATINOS WE COME IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT FROM DARK SKIN ALL THE WAY TO WHITE SKIN AND WE ARE INTERSECTION WITH BEING FEMALE AND MALE ET CETERA.

THAT IS THE SAME THING WITH DISABILITY.

THERE IS THE ABILITY TO BE INTERSECTIONAL.

I CAN HAVE A NEURODIVERGENT AND CAN BE DEAF.

OTHERS ARE IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT.

AS IT RELATES TO DISABILITIES WE WANTED TO PUT OUT THE FACT THAT WE KNOW THAT COVID RIGHT NOW IS ALSO INCREASING LONG-HAUL.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE JOINING THE DISABILITY.

AND WE KNOW THAT DISABILITY IS AN UNDER COUNT AS IT RELATES TO WHERE DIFFERENT PATTERNS IN DISABILITIES AND WHAT STATES ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS.

ILLINOIS IS FANTASTIC WITH THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES BASED ON ALL OF THE NONPROFITS THAT WE HAVE.

SAME THING WITH OTHER SPECIFIC DISABILITIES WHERE YOU HAVE THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DOWN'S SYNDROME OR THE ARC OF ILLINOIS OR THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES OR U.S. CEREBRAL PALSY.

AGAIN, EVERY SINGLE ORGANIZATION HAS A SPECIFIC IDENTITY THAT THEY GO TO.

WHEN IT GOES TO NATIONAL PATTERNS WE KNOW THAT WE'RE UNDER COUNTED.

AND MANY LATINOS DO NOT KNOW THEY HAVE A DISABILITY.

I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

YOU ASK PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE DIABETES AND MANY PEOPLE WILL SAY YES, THEY WILL RAISE THEIR HAND AND IF YOU ASK THEM DO THEY HAVE A DISABILITY AND THEY SAY NO.

AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THEY ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE ADA FOR WORK.

WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY ON WHAT A DISABILITY IS.

BECAUSE IT DOES RANGE.

IT COMES AND GOES.

IT CAN FLARE-UP.

AND THERE'S ALSO AGING ACROSS THE LIFESPAN WE HAVE TO INCREASE.

DISABILITY IS NOT SOMETHING TO ALSO BE ASHAMED OF AND WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF FUNDING ATTACHED TO HOW NATIONAL PATTERNS ARE PROVIDED.

>> WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE MINUTES I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME TO GET TO THE OTHER QUESTIONS.

YOU MENTIONED THE ILLINOIS YOU SAID DOES A GOOD JOB.

HOW WOULD YOU RATE CHICAGO SPECIFICALLY THE LIGHTFOOT SEPARATION WHEN IT COMES TO -- ADMINISTRATION WHEN IT COMES TO IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE AND EQUITIES WITHIN THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY SPECIFICALLY?

>> I THINK HER SPAN AS MAYOR IS SHORT-TERM.

I THINK IF WE LOOK AT THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT WE ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR ACCESS TO RIGHTS.

WE ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR AFFORDABLE ACCESSIBLE INTEGRATED HOUSE.

WE ARE STILL FIGHTING TRYING TO GET RESOURCES AND SERVICES FOR MANY OF OUR INDIVIDUALS.

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT LATINOS WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND WHAT HAPPENS TO CHILDREN AT THE AGE OF 22 WHEN THEY AGE OUT AND THERE ARE NO SERVICES?

I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF DFERS R CONVERSATIONS INCLUDED AND THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITHIN THE LAST WEEK IS ANNOUNCING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO HIRE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND PASS THEM THROUGH OR THE DIFFERENT COLLEGES ARE STARTING TO ACCEPT LATINOS WITH DISABILITIES.

BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO NOT ONLY WITH EDUCATION WITH THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL AND TRANSPORTATION.

>> A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

WE HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT, MICHELLE, WITH JUST 45 SECONDS HOW WOULD YOU SAY WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE IN CHICAGO FOR LATINOS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES?

>> THERE'S SOME RESOURCES FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW IN THE HOSPITAL SETTINGS WE HAVE SUPPORTS AND THAT IS LIKE FOR SOMEBODY WHO WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.

THEY HAVE THE VIDEOS AVAILABLE FOR SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS INTERPRETING.

THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO FOR THAT.

BUT THEY ARE AVAILABLE.

THE CHA IS INCREASING THEIR SPANISH SPEAKING BOOKLETS AND OTHER SUPPORTS THEY HAVE FOR THAT.

THE TRANSPORTATION AS YOU MENTIONED THEY HAVE INCREASED THEIR INFORMATION IN SPANISH.

FOR LATINO COMMUNITIES -- >> THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.

MICHELLE GARCIA AND Dr. LEONOR VANIK THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> >> WELCOME BACK.

WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHCARE, CLEAR COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL DO GOOD OUTCOMES.

NOWHERE IS THAT TRUEER IN AMERICA WHERE THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM CAN BE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE AND DIFFERENT FROM THE SYSTEMS IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

IN THE WEST LAWN COMMUNITY A FIRST GENERATION MEXICAN AMERICAN PHARMACIST IS TRYING TO BRIDGE THAT COMMUNICATION GAP BY ADDING TRUST AND ADDING TO THE PATIENT'S PRESCRIPTIONS.

ERICA GUNDERSON HAS THAT STORY.

>> I TRY TO GET HERE EARLY BECAUSE IT IS A BUSY STORE.

PRESCRIPTIONS START ROLLING IN ON-LINE OR ON THE PHONE.

>> AT THE 63rd AND PULASKI CVS PATIENTS ARRIVE FROM OPEN TO CLOSE.

>> MOST OF THEM ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS.

WE WILL FILL 600 PRESCRIPTIONS A DAY.

I WILL WORK WITH THEM TO FILL THE PRESCRIPTION, VERIFY THE PRESCRIPTION AND SERVE OUR PATIENTS WHEN THEY COME HERE.

OFTEN ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME IN AND START TRYING TO SPEAK WITH US AND HEAR WE CAN SPEAK SPANISH WITH THEM.

I HEAR RELIEF.

>> TO CRISTOBAL ALVAREZ, PHARMACISTS ARE MORE THAN PEOPLE WHO DISPENSE YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS THEY ARE HEALTHCARE'S MOST ACCESSIBLE AMBASSADORS.

>> IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION DURING THE DAY YOU CAN WALK INTO THE PHARMACY AND ASK TO SPEAK TO THE PHARMACIST.

YOU CANNOT WALK INTO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND ASK TO SPEAK WITH A NURSE OR A DOCTOR WE CAN EXPLAIN AND SPEAK WITH THEM IN WAYS THAT MANY A DOCTOR AT A CLINIC MIGHT NOT HAVE THE TIME TO.

>> ALVAREZ SAYS THE PATH TO THE PHARMACY BEGAN AS A CHILD WHEN HE WAS CALLED UPON TO ACT AS A TRANSLATOR BETWEEN SPANISH SPEAKING FAMILY MEMBERS AND ENGLISH SPEAKING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

>> MY GRANDMA, DIABETIC NOT A WORD THEY COULD SHARE WITH THE DOCTOR.

IT WAS MY JOB EVEN AS A CHILD TO TRY TO TRANSLATE THAT.

>> IN COMMUNITIES LIKE WEST LAWN, ALVAREZ SAYS COMMUNICATING WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS OFTEN MEANS SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE BUT ALSO THE SAME CULTURE.

>> I SEE A LOT OF MEXICAN AMERICANS OR RECENT IMMIGRANTS THAT COULD USE THAT SUPPORT TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE.

HOW DO I BUY A PRESCRIPTION IN MEXICO?

YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE GETTING A COUGH YOU ASK THEM FOR A ANTIBIOTIC AND THEY HAND IT TO YOU AND YOU CANNOT DO AT THAT TIME HERE.

THAT HAPPENED WITH AN ANTISEIZURE MEDICATION.

HERE IN THE UNITED STATES THEY CANNOT COME IN AND GRAB A SEIZURE MEDICATION OFF THE SHELF.

>> CVS'S Dr. STEPHANIE WHYTE SAYS ALVAREZ'S EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE COUNTER REFLECT THE DRUGSTORE GIANTS RESEARCH INTO HOW LATINOS PREFER TO INTERACT WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

>> IF WE LOOK AT HOW COMMUNITIES OF COLOR RESPONDED AMONG OUR NONWHITE CHICAGOANS WHEN THEY ARE SELECTING THEIR MOST TRUSTED HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, 31% SELECT PROVIDERS WHO UNDERSTAND AND RELATE TO THEIR CULTURE.

AND 39% WERE SELECTING PROVIDERS WHO UNDERSTAND THEIR LIFESTYLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT IMPACT THEIR HEALTH.

AND WHEN IT PERTAINED TO THINGS LIKE ROUTINE CARE FOR ILLNESSES OR INJURIES, MORE THAN A QUARTER OF OUR NONWHITE CHICAGO RESPONDENTS RELY ON LOCAL PHARMACIES MORE THAN TWICE THAT OF WHITE RESPONDENTS.

>> ALVAREZ SAYS EVEN WHEN THEY CAN'T BE OF DIRECT HELP, THE PHARMACY TEAM TRIES TO BE A RESOURCE FOR THEIR PATIENTS.

>> SOMEONE COMES IN WITH AN OPEN WOUND I CANNOT STITCH THEM UP BUT I CAN SAY THAT NEEDS YOU TO GO TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

I'M LIKE WELL WE'LL HAVE TO FIND YOU.

>> AND WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHCARE CONVERSATIONS, A STRONG DOSE OF TRUST IS OFTEN JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED.

>> MEDICATIONS AND DISEASE ARE COMPLICATED.

IT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SPEAK WITH PEOPLE IN A WAY THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH.

AND THAT CULTURALLY AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE IS SO VITAL.

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

>> CVS IS OFFERING FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGO AREA.

YOU WILL FIND MORE ON THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> ON JULY 23, WHITE SOX LEGEND MINNIE MINOSO MADE THE ULTIMATE HOME RUN OF FOREVER HOME IN THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME.

KNOWN TO MANY AS THE LATINO JACKIE ROBINSON HE PLAYED 12 OF THE 20 SEASONS HERE IN CHICAGO FOR GENERATIONS OF WHITE SOX FANS HE WAS A FAVORITE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ON THE ON THE FIELD AND HIS SPIRIT OFF OF IT.

MINNIE MINOSO'S WIDOW GAVE THE INDUCTION SPEECH AT THE COOPERSTOWN CEREMONY.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>> MINNIE WAS NEVER BITTER DESPITE THE INJUSTICES AND HARDSHIPS HE FACED.

TODAY'S HONOR BESTOWED UPON MINNIE IS MOST APPROPRIATE NOT ONLY AS A HALL OF FAME PLAYER BUT MINNIE WAS A GENTLEMAN AND HALL OF FAME PERSON OFF THE FIELD AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> JOINING US NOW TO CHAIR A LITTLE BIT MORE, MINNIE MINOSO'S SON, CHARLIE RICE-MINOSO AND BASEBALL HISTORIAN AND UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HISTORY PROFESSOR, ADRIAN BURGOS.

CHARLIE TO YOU FIRST WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SEEING THAT MOMENT FINALLY COME?

>> IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR AND IT WAS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL.

IT WAS I LOVED SEEING THE HUGE DISPLAY OF BLACK AND LATINO REPRESENTATION IN COOPERSTOWN.

I FELT SO PROUD OF THE JOB MY MOTHER DID DELIVERING THAT SPEECH ON DAD'S BEHALF.

BUT SHE REALLY WAS RIGHT IN SAYING THAT THE WHOLE WEEKEND WAS BITTERSWEET.

IT WAS SWEET KNOWING THAT DAD'S HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS WILL LIVE ON.

BUT IT WAS BITTER BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO THE HONOR NOT HAPPENING IN OUR DAD'S LIFETIME, IT ALSO MISSED OUR BROTHER'S LIFETIME AS WELL WHO WE LOST TO ALS IN MARCH.

THEY PLAYED SIDE-BY-SIDE TOGETHER AS FATHER IN SON IN THE MEXICAN PROFESSIONAL LEAGUES AND THE ONLY PERSON THAT WOVEN JOYED THE FESTIVITIES MORE THAN DAD.

>> THAT IS SO SPECIAL.

AND LISTEN, YOU WERE THERE FOR THE CEREMONY, TOO.

AND HAVE LONG BEEN ADVOCATING FOR MINNIE MINOSO'S INDUCTION.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO SEE THE EFFORTS COME TO FRUITION?

>> WELL, IT WAS ACTUALLY SPECIAL FOR ME BECAUSE I SEE SHARON, CHARLIE, SEE SYLVIA AND MARYLAND AND FAMILY MEMBERS.

I WAS SITTING A COUPLE ROWS BEHIND THEM TO SEE THEIR JOY.

THIS IS REALLY WHAT HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONIES ARE ABOUT, ABOUT THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

IT'S SAD THAT MINNIE WHO LOVED HIS FANS, LOVED HIS FAMILY WAS NOT THERE FOR THIS.

BUT THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE FOR MINNIE AND HIS COUNTRYMEN, THEY WERE SO HAPPY TO SHARE THIS DAY TOGETHER WITH THE MINNIE MINOSO FAMILY AND THAT MADE IT SPECIAL.

>> CHARLIE, YOU ACTUALLY MENTIONED THIS A MOMENT AGO.

YOU SAID YOUR DAD WASN'T THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER IN YOUR FAMILY.

YOUR BROTHER FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS IN THE MEXICAN LEAGUES.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HIM.

>> WELL, DAD'S MINNIE ME BUT IT'S HARD TO SAY SOMEONE WHO WAS 6'4" A MINNIE ME.

HE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON.

HE WAS AS MUCH OF A GENTLEMAN THAT OUR DAD WAS.

I JUST LOVED TO SEE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT HE HAD WITH HIS WIFE.

HE WAS JUST A GREAT PERSON AND PASSIONATE ABOUT BASEBALL AND PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS COMMUNITY AND FAITH.

AND HE JUST ADORED OUR DAD AND THE TWO WERE AS THICK AS THIEVES.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THEY ARE WITH US IN COOPERSTOWN TOGETHER.

BUT, AGAIN, THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT BETTER IF THEY WERE BOTH THERE.

AND IF DAD WENT ON THE STAGE THEY BOTH EARNED BEING THERE THEMSELVES IT'S WHATNOT ONLY OUR FAMILY WOULD HAVE WANTED FOR DAD TO HAVE ACCEPTED THAT HIMSELF.

BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT HE DESERVED AND ALSO I'M SURE ALL THE FANS IN ATTENDANCE AND WHO SUPPORTED OUR FAMILY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN THAT.

BUT, STILL, WE FIND COMFORT KNOWING THAT HIS LEGACY AND CONTRIBUTIONS WILL LIVE ON.

>> ADRIAN BURGOS WE KNOW THAT MINNIE WAS INDUCTED WITH BUCK O'NEAL WHO HAD LONG CAREERS.

HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT TO THE HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THESE INDUCTIONS.

>> .

>> IT STARTED WITH THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL BALL PLAYER TO MAKE A NATIONAL NAME FOR HIMSELF.

GREW UP IN COOPERSTOWN.

IN THE 1870s.

TO MINNIE MINOSO THE FIRST AFRO CUBAN TO STAR IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MOVING FROM THE NEGRO LEAGUES INTO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HE INSPIRED SO MANY AND I THINK FINALLY COOPERSTOWN AND OTHER PEOPLE AROUND BASEBALL ARE GETTING A SENSE OF WHAT MINNIE MEANT TO OTHERS.

THEY ALL LOOKED UP TO MINNIE BECAUSE HE WAS AND HE WAS OUR JACKIE ROBINSON.

HE DID IT WITH STYLE AND GRACE AND ENTHUSIASM.

AND EXCELLENCE ON THE FIELD.

AND THAT HE MADE HIMSELF SUCH A PART OF CHICAGO THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, OF THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY WAS WHY WE SO WANT TO REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE WHO AND WHAT HE DID AND COULD HAVE IT LIVE ON.

>> CHARLIE, TO SAY THE LEAST YOUR FATHER WAS SUCH A BELOVED FIGURE IN CHICAGO.

WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HIS FANS ABOUT THIS INDUCTION THIS WEEK?

>> JUST THAT, AGAIN, WAS LONG OVERDUE.

IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO HEAR THESE AMAZING STORIES HOW DAD HAS CONNECTED WITH INDIVIDUALS NOT JUST ACROSS CHICAGO BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ACROSS THE WORLD IN LATIN AMERICA AND WITH HIS COUNTRYMEN.

IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO JUST HEAR HOW HE'S CONNECTED WITH SO MANY AND THAT HE'S STILL YEARS AFTER HE PASSED THAT HE'S STILL LOVED.

AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO EVEN ALL WEEKEND, THERE IS LIKE A RUNNING JOKE WITH ALIVE VA THAT THERE WAS A SONG OF WRITTEN ABOUT DAD IN CUBA.

IN ENGLISH IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT ANYTIME MINNIE MINOSO WOULD BE AT BAT THE BALL WOULD HIT THE CHAKENA PERRIES.

TO SEE, CA CAS.

>> TO SEE HIM IN THAT SPEECH AND SEE HIM ALL WEEKEND ANYTIME HE WOULD SEE MY MOM, MYSELF OR SISTER AND HE WOULD DO THE CHA-CHA ABOUT DAD BECAUSE HE LOVED HIM THAT MUCH.

IT WAS SURREAL BUT I'M STILL JUST -- IT'S COMFORTING THOUGH.

BUT I JUST WISH THAT PEOPLE WERE HERE TO SHARE THIS LOVE OF DAD IN-PERSON.

I DO HOPE MOVING FORWARD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE OTHER PIONEERS AND FIGURES IN BASEBALL FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE LUIS DIONNE WHO ADRIAN MENTIONED OR OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO SPORTS AND SOCIETY WHO ARE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN RECEIVE THEIR LAURELS WHILE THEY ARE STILL WITH US AND WHILE THEY ARE STILL AROUND TO ENJOY THEM.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BOTH SHARING A LOT OF WHAT YOU REMEMBER AND WHAT YOU KNOW OF HIS LIFE AND LEGACY.

AND CONGRATULATIONS ON WHAT IS A BIG HONOR.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING MORE PHOTOS LATER IN OUR PROGRAM.

FIRST, OUR THANKS TO CHARLIE RICE-MINOSO AND ADRIAN BURGOS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, LA ULTIMA PALABRA ON CYCLING.

STAY WITH US.

FOR BICYCLISTS STAYING SAFE ON CHICAGO'S LOUD AND CHAOTIC ROADS CAN BE A TALL ORDER.

AND IT OFTEN REQUIRES BEING YOUR OWN BEST ADVOCATE.

HERE LOCAL CYCLIST EXAVIER POPE OFFERS LA ULTIMA PALABRA ON WHAT CLAIMING A LANE DID FOR HER HEALTH AND SPIRIT AND WHAT SHE SAYS IT CAN DO FOR YOURS, TOO.

>> .

>> A CURRENTLY THE COMMUNITY [INAUDIBLE] OR YOU NEED A BRAKE ADJUSTMENT OR SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU ON YOUR BIKE, I GOT YOU.

BICYCLE RIDING HAS BEEN A LOT FOR ME.

I GREW UP WITH THE SENSE OF BEING TOLD.

AND YOU KNOW IT WASN'T JUST ME IT WAS MY MOTHER ALL THE WOMEN IN MY FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS BEING TOLD BE QUIET YOU THE BETTER.

THE PRETTIER.

THE MORE YOU WILL SUCCEED.

AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I WAS WAITING AT A BUS STOP IN ARIZONA IN 120° PLUS WEATHER.

I WAS LIKE I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE BUS NOT RELIABLE AND I FOUND A BICYCLE AND I USE MILD SISTER'S BICYCLE AND I REMEMBER RIDING WHEN I WAS AN UNDERGRAD FROM THE U OF A TO MY HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

I JUST FELT SO EMPOWERED.

I WAS LIKE OH, LIKE I CAN DO THIS.

EVER SINCE THEN THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO I HAVE NOT STOPPED RIDING MY BICYCLE.

I WAS SHY.

I TRIED TO BE OUT OF THE WAY.

I WAS RAISED THAT WAY.

I WAS JUST LITTLE BY LITTLE LEARNING HOW TO TAKE SPACE AS A WOMAN AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TO BE VOCAL AND TAKING AND OWNING LIKE THIS IS MY BIKE LANE AND HAVING TO BE NOT AGGRESSIVE BUT VERY LOUD AND DIRECT AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE VOCAL TO BE HEARD, TO BE SEEN IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

TO BE HEARD WITH YOUR ACCENT AND YOUR SPANISH WORDS SO YOU THROW IN BECAUSE YOU FORGOT YOUR ENGLISH WORD.

AND WHATEVER YOU FIGURE IT OUT.

YOU KNOW, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BICYCLES COULD DO THAT.

BICYCLE RIDING IS MORE THAN JUST IMPROVE MY HEALTH AND MY EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING BUT IT REALLY MADE ME FEEL NO I WILL STAND MY GROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU LISTEN AND YOU HEAR ME.

I'M TRYING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT BICYCLES CAN BE MORE FOR YOU IF YOU LET IT.

TAKE YOUR TIME, PRACTICE AT HOME.

BUILD YOUR SKILLS.

AND THEN ALSO COME SHARE THEM IN THE COMMUNITY BIKE RIDES.

START OWNING AND TAKEOVER ONE BLOCK AT A TIME.

BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR STREETS, TOO.

JUST KEEP PEDALING.

>> YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON WORKING BIKES AND WATCH MORE ON OUR LA ULTIMA PALABRA SERIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEKEND.

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AND YOU CAN CATCH MY REPORTING ON CBS2 CHICAGO.

NOW FROM ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES".

I'M MARISSA PARRA.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND BUENOS NOCHES.