GOOD EVENING.

LATINO VOICES.

I AM ALEX HERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, LITTLE VILLAGE RESIDENTS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM AFTER TWO WOMEN ARE FOUND DEAD AND A TEENAGE GIRL IS MISSING.>>> THE TALL OF COVID-19 ON LATINO COMMUNITIES THREE YEARS AFTER IT WAS DECLARED A PANDEMIC.

>>> WE ARE ON THE MOVE FRO LOCAL PARK TO A SUBURBAN MALL.>>> I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER.

I CAN PUT ALL MY TALENTS TO GOOD USE.

>> A CAREER DEFINING MOMENT FOR HUNDREDS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS.

ALL THAT IS COMING OUT.

>>> BUT FIRST, A COMMUNITY ON HIGH ALERT.

WE EXPLAIN WHY, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES, IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF >>> THE LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY IS ON HIGH ALERT.

TWO YOUNG WOMEN HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD IN RECENT WEEKS.

IN FEBRUARY, A 20-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN AN ALLEY.

YOU CAN SEE HER HERE.

IN MARCH, THE BODY OF A 21-YEAR- OLD, WHO HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE JANUARY, WAS ALSO FOUND IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ALLEY.

AND NOW, ANOTHER REPORTED DISAPPEARANCE, A 15-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS LAST SEEN WALKING IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS WEEK, THE SISTER OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION WITH THE POLICE.

>> I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO DID THIS TO HER, WHY THEY LEFT HER THE WAY THEY LEFT HER WORK FOR THE POLICE TO HAVE TOLD ME AND MY FAMILY THAT SHE WAS NOT IN ANY DANGER, SHE WAS NOT A PRIORITY, OUR FAMILY AND EVERY OTHER GIRLS FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN OUT THERE, WE NEED TO HAVE CLOSURE AND JUSTICE.

WHO IS COMING IN AND TAKING THESE LITTLE GIRLS?

SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>> JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS PRESIDENT OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, AND COMMUNITY RESIDENT DOLORES.

I WANT TO WELCOME BOTH OF YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM THEM.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AGAIN.

THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

THE STATEMENT WE JUST HEARD FROM THE SISTER WAS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION CALLED.

WHY DID YOU FEEL THE NEED TO CALL A NEWS CONFERENCE?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

WHEN WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS A MURDER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE BEGAN ORGANIZING A MARCH AND PROTEST BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FAMILY HERE.

CAN YOU IMAGINE SENDING YOUR DAUGHTER OR LOVED ONE TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER THAT AMERICAN DREAM, AND IT TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE?

SHE FLED HER COUNTRY FROM VIOLENCE.

IT IS VERY CONCERNING WHEN THE AUTHORITIES, THE HOMICIDE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DOESN'T REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY OR ORGANIZATIONS AND SAY, HEY, THE COMMUNITY IS FINE, THERE IS NO ALERT.

IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE, WE SAID, IF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED IN LAKEVIEW, THEY WOULD'VE CALLED OUT AN ALERT TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT HAD TO TAKE A PROTEST IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND DEMAND JUSTICE IN ORDER TO GET SOME TYPE OF JUSTICE, AND ALSO ATTENTION FROM THE AUTHORITIES, ATTENTION FROM THE POLICE TO LET US KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

I CONTACTED ROSA'S FATHER .

WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT HER.

I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO STOP EXAGGERATING, THAT I SHOULD NOT BE EXAGGERATING.

TO ME, ONE DEATH IS ENOUGH TO EXAGGERATE.

THERE SHOULD BE NO WOMAN DEAD HERE IN MY COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE WAY THAT REINA WAS KILLED.

>> I AM SURE DOLORES FEELS THE SAME WAY.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM COMMUNITY RESIDENTS ABOUT THE SITUATION?

ARE PEOPLE AFRAID?

ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN?

>> THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT FEEL SAFE.

THEY SAY THEY WANT JUSTICE.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

REYNA, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

THERE IS CONCERN.

NOBODY IS IN THE STREETS.

EVERYBODY IS IN THEIR HOUSE HIDING BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY AFRAID ABOUT THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW.

THE POLICE, THE MAYOR, NOBODY EXPLAINED TO US THE PROBLEM.

WE WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE SITUATION IS RIGHT NOW.

>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL NEED ANSWERS.

YOU ARE IN TOUCH, ACTUALLY, WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE TWO WOMEN THAT WERE KILLED.

WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?

>> THE FAMILY IN GUATEMALA, THEY DON'T SPEAK SPANISH, WE NEED INTERPRETERS FOR THEM.

THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS.

WE WILL CONTINUE ADVOCATING AND GETTING JUSTICE FOR HER PARENTS , FOR REINA, AND FOR ROSA, YESTERDAY WAS HER FUNERAL.

VERY DEVASTATING TO SEE THE FAMILY GO THROUGH WHAT THEY WENT TO .

A CLOSED CASKET.

THAT REALLY BROKE MY HEART.

THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN THEM ANSWERS, THEY JUST GIVE THEM, WE THINK THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

WE WANT REAL CONCRETE ANSWERS AND TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED SO THE COMMUNITY COULD BE ALERT AND AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE TWO YOUNG LADIES.

>> DEFINITELY.

ARE THERE ANY UPDATES ON THE CASE, THE STATUS OF THE MISSING TEENAGER, AZREYA LOMELI?

>> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AND HEARING FROM LATINO COMMUNITIES, IN PARTICULAR, ABOUT THE IMPACT OF COVID?

>> I THINK THIS WAS A VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US.

EARLY ON, IT IS A FEAR OF COVID- 19 THAT WAS PRESENT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.

THE IMPACT WAS DISPROPORTIONATE, AND MANY IN THE LATINO COMMUNITIES WERE ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

THEREFORE, HAD TO WORK EVEN DURING LOCKDOWNS, VERY TENSE FOR SURE.

>> IT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.

WE HAVE LOST -- WE HAVE HAD 212,658 CASES ALONE, LATINO, 30% OF ALL OF THEM.

WE HAVE HAD 2639 DEATHü█, WHICH IS 30% OF THE POPULATION.

THESE HAVE BEEN HORRIBLE TIMES FOR THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, LESS ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, THE WAY WE LIVE, WHICH IS NORMALLY THE PROTECTED FACTOR, THAT EXPOSES US, MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS, AND OVERREPRESENTATION OF CHRONIC DISEASE.

>> DEFINITELY HIGH NUMBERS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T LIKE TO HEAR THAT, BUT THOSE ARE THE FACTS.

THERE IS A COALITION THAT FORMED IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING NEEDS YOU SAW IN LATINO COMMUNITIES AND HOW DID THE COALITION ADDRESS THESE ISSUES?

>> I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE REALLY REALIZE WE NEEDED WAS LANGUAGE ACCESS CULTURAL COMPETENCY AT <íz[█THE HEIGHT O PANDEMIC.

OUR COMMUNITY WAS NOT GETTING COVID-19 INFORMATION.

WE WEREN'T GETTING INFORMATION IN THE RIGHT LANGUAGE.

I AM NOT JUST SPEAKING ABOUT SPANISH.

WE HAVE A VERY LARGE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY AS WELL.

RINGS WERE NOT BEING TRANSLATED.

THINGS WERE NOT BEING SHARED IN A CULTURALLY COMPETENT WAY.

IT REALLY OPENED THE DOOR FOR THIS INFORMATION ON COVID TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH, WHICH THEN BECAME ANOTHER BARRIER WHEN THE VACCINE BECAME AVAILABLE.

FOLKS WERE SCARED.

>> FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS, IT'S HARD ENOUGH, I CAN IMAGINE FOR TRANSLATION.

YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

HOW DID YOU SEE THE PANDEMIC IMPACT THE PEOPLE YOU ARE SERVING?

>> FOR MANY SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WE SAW AN INCREASE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF CASES.

IN FACT, WORLDWIDE, EXPERTS CALLED THE PANDEMIC FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THE DOUBLE PANDEMIC.

THE CASES WERE MORE NUMEROUS AND MORE INTENSIVE IN TERMS OF THE EXPERIENCES SURVIVORS WERE FACING.

THE AGGRAVATION OF HAVING ECONOMIC STRESS BECAUSE ESSENTIAL WORKERS MAKE UP SUCH A LARGE POPULATION AND THE INFECTION RATES, BECAUSE THE MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS REALLY DRASTICALLY IMPACTED THE WELL-BEING OF OUR SURVIVORS THAT WE WERE SEEING.

>> WHAT ARE YOU SEEING WITH THE LACK OF ACCESS TO QUALITY, TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION DURING THE PANDEMIC?

>> THAT WAS A MAJOR ROLE, A MAJOR IMPORTANT THING WE ALL HAD TO OVERCOME.

IT WAS A BARRIER WE HAD TO OVERCOME.

IT DOES OPEN THE DOOR FOR DISINFORMATION.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND AS A SOCIETY, TO DELIVER CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND SENSITIVE INFORMATION.

I THINK LOCAL MEDIA, PARTICULARLY SPANISH-SPEAKING CHANNELS, REALLY DID A GREAT JOB OF DELIVERING IMPORTANT INFORMATION WHEN MOST NEEDED.

>> YOUR ORGANIZATION WAS RECENTLY IN SPRINGFIELD ADVOCATING FOR WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION.

HOW DOES THE PANDEMIC SHED A LIGHT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY?

>> I THINK IT MADE IT VERY CLEAR, FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN THAT SECTOR, SO MANY OF US HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCES WITH PARENTS OR ELDERS WHO WERE IN MANUFACTURING AND MEATPACKING, OUR COMMUNITIES ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THOSE SECTORS, BUT THE PANDEMIC MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO US THAT THAT BECAME THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO WORK.

WHETHER IT WAS MANUFACTURING OR AND HOSPITALITY.

A LOT OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS ALSO WORKING CARE.

THEY COULDN'T PIVOT AND WORK FROM HOME.

THEY HAD TO WORK IN PERSON.

THEY COULDN'T PHYSICALLY REALLY BECAME AN UNSAFE PLACE.

THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR LESSONS LEARNED.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKERS TO IDENTIFY THOSE HAZARDOUS AND UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEFT THOSE UP SO WE DON'T HAVE TO LEARN THESE LESSONS.

WE HAVE PAID WITH OUR LIVES.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WAS THE TOUGHEST PART FOR THE CITY TO HELP IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING PEOPLE HEALTHY AND THE HELP THEY NEEDED, PEOPLE THAT WERE GETTING SICK FROM COVID AND SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITALS?

>> I THINK, FOR US, THE MOST STRIKING REALITY IS MISTRUST WITH THE VACCINES.

STILL TODAY, 15% OF THE LATINO POPULATION HAS TAKEN THE BIVALENT VACCINATION.

IT IS REACHING OUT, APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, STILL WE HAVE TO TRUST .

THERE IS DISINFORMATION.

WE WANT TO REVAMP OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OVERALL, SO PEOPLE SEE US AS THE EXTENSION OF THE HELP THEY NEED TO BRING DOWN THOSE BARRIERS.

THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS.

STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

>> IS A CITY BETTY PREPARED?

NO ONE WANTS ANOTHER PANDEMIC AND OBVIOUSLY.

>> WE BETTER BE PREPARED.

WE ARE INVESTING IN THOSE PLACES WE NEED, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH NOW, TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> COULD YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE DURING THE PANDEMIC?

>> COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WERE A VITAL PIECE.

WE HAVE USED THIS MODEL FOR MANY YEARS.

SO MANY OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE.

THEY HAVE THE TRUST OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THEY KNOW THE COMMUNITIES BEST.

THEY LIVE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND NO WHERE THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THEY CAN MAKE A GREAT IMPACT AND SHARE INFORMATION, BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEY KNOW SOME OF THE DOUBTS AND FEARS AND CONCERNS THAT MAY COME FROM THEIR FAMILY ABOUT TAKING THE COVID VACCINE, ARE FINDING HEALTH ACCESS.

THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US.

ONE THING WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS IS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE COMMUNITY DRIVEN APPROACHES SO WHEN THEY SHARE WITH US, I HAVE MEDICAL DEBT, HOW CAN I KEEP GOING TO A DOCTOR AND SEEKING SERVICES?

THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE LACK OF HEALTH INSURANCE.

ALL THAT NEEIdTO BE GOING BACK TO ALL OF US TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HAVE SOLUTIONS.

VERY IMPORTANT CONCERNS.

>> KNOWING THE IMPORTANCE, THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING THE RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE AS WELL.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO LET THE COVID PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY EXPIRE IN MAY.

WE'RE TALKING LESS THAN TWO MONTHS.

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR LESSONS LEARNED, AND WHAT ARE WE BETTER PREPARED FOR FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES GOING FORWARD?

>> THIS WON'T BE THE LAST PANDEMIC.

THE LESSONS LEARNED WILL CERTAINLY HELP US IN FUTURE PANDEMICS.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIG POSITIVE THINGS THE SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO DO WAS TO LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES INTO HIGH QUALITY CLINICAL STUDIES THAT BROUGHT US VACCINES AND TREATMENTS.

I THINK FROM AN EQUITY STANDPOINT, INCLUDING POPULATIONS AND ALSO DELIVERING THESE VACCINES THROUGH COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS IS KEY.

>> CAN OFFICIALS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND ADDRESS THE LATINOS , THE NEEDS OF LATINOS?

HOW CAN OFFICIALS DO THIS?

>> WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.

WE NEED TO STEP IN AND MAKE SURE THERE IS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND EQUITY SO LATINOS WHO ARE THE DRIVING FORCE OF OUR ECONOMY ARE ABLE TO RECOVER THEMSELVES.

SO OUR CITIES ECONOMIES, ESTATE AND COUNTRY CAN RECOVER.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WE COULD MAKE A WHOLE SHOW OUT OF THIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>>> WE CERTAINLY LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OVER THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

AFTER YEARS OF PREPARATION AND LONG HOURS SPENT STUDYING STUDENTS AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO ARE ON THEIR WAY TO BECOMING DOCTORS.

WE ATTEND A SPECIAL CEREMONY CALLED MATCH DAY.

[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> Reporter: IT'S THE FINAL HURDLE.

HUNDREDS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS ANXIOUSLY OPEN THEIR WHITE ENVELOPES.

>> SAN DIEGO!

[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> Reporter: INSIDE IS THE NAME OF THE INSTITUTION WHERE THEY WILL START THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THEIR CAREERS.

>> IT'S EXCITING.

FIVE YEARS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL.

IT'S EXCITING.

>> Reporter: IS CALLED MATCH DAY WERE MED STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY MATCH WITH A RESIDENCY PROGRAM TO BEGIN TRAINING IN THEIR SPECIALTIES.

DAVID IS PLANNING TO PURSUE FAMILY MEDICINE.

>> I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING THE UNDERSERVED.

WORKING WITH KIDS, WORKING WITH EXPECTING MOTHERS, FAMILY MEDICINE IS THE PLACE TO BE.

>> Reporter: HE IS ONE OF FIVE STUDENTS WHO STUDIED AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY AS A DOCK RECIPIENT.

IT IS A POLICY WHERE CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE TEMPORARILY PROTECTED FROM DEPORTATION.

THE PROFESSOR SAYS 50 DACA STUDENTS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM SINCE 2014.

>> WE DO NOT HAVE THE DIVERSITY WE NEED TO PROPERLY SERVE THE PATIENT POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES.

WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE QUALIFIED GROUP OF APPLICANTS WHO ARE BILINGUAL AND BICULTURAL, AND HAS THIS RESILIENCE, THEY KEPT GOING WHEN PEOPLE TOLD HIM THEY COULDN'T DO IT, THAT IS THE KIND OF THING THAT WILL MAKE SOMEBODY A GREAT DOCTOR.

>> Reporter: IT IS A CAREER DEFINING MOMENT.

THIS IS ALSO A DREAMER HER MATCHED WITH HER FIRST CHOICE, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, TO STUDY FAMILY MEDICINE.

IT IS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR THE MED STUDENT, WHOSE FAMILY MIGRATED TO THE U.S. FROM PAKISTAN WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.

>> IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO GET HEALTHCARE FOR MY PARENTS.

ULTIMATELY, I HAD MY OWN CHALLENGES.

THERE WERE OTHER FAMILIES LIKE MINE.

I THOUGHT, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

MAYBE THROUGH MEDICINE I CAN HELP MY COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE IS DETERMINED TO GIVE BACK TO THOSE WHO STRUGGLED LIKE HER FAMILY.

>> THE MEDICAL FIELD CAN OFTEN BE DISRUPTING.

DEPOT DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN TALK TO THEIR DOCTORS.

WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE YOU, YOU HAVE AN INSTANT CONNECTION.

>> Reporter: SHE IS AMONG 165 LOYOLA SMj%)áUQ( TO BECOMING DO >> DON'T LET ANYONE EVER SAY NO, THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

YOU CAN DO IT.

JUST FIND YOUR PEOPLE, THEY WERE THEY'LL IT WILL HELP YOU.

BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS.

TRUCK NOW AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, SHE HOPES TO ONE DAY HELP PEOPLE ALONG THE BORDER.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THE KID FOR MEXICO?

>> I WOULD TELL HIM YOU COULD OVERCOME SO MANY CHALLENGES.

YOU WILL GET KNOCKED DOWN SO MANY TIMES AND GET BACK UP AND DO IT.

>> AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES TO ACCEPT DACA RECIPIENTS.>>> WE'RE NOT DONE YET.

IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE PARK LAST SUMMER TO SEE THE CREATURES OF DREAMWORLD EXHIBITION, GOOD NEWS.

20 OF THOSE SUPERSIZED SCULPTURES HAVE TRAVELED TO NORTH RIVERSIDE PARK MALL WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEM BEFORE THEY MOVE ONCE MORE.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE MALL ON THE UPPER AND LOWER LEVELS.

SUMMER FINISHED AND SOME ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED.

>> THEY WERE OUTSIDE A CANTEEN HE FOR SIX MONTHS.

NATURE TOOK ITS TOLL.

THEY WERE RESTORED OVER THE WINTER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

THEY GOT EVEN MORE THAT WAY.

THEY ARE GOING TO PERMANENT INSTALLATION.

WE PARTNERED WITH THE MEXICAN CULTURAL CENTER AND BROUGHT IN 20 PIECES.

WE ARE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SEE THE RESTORATION PROCESS.

IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.

THE ARTISTS HAVE COME FOR MEXICO, WHICH IS THE GREATEST THING.

WE GET TO HOST THEM FOR MONTHS AT A TIME.

A LOT OF PEOPLE STOP AND TALK AND ASK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

THERE ARE 12 MILLION ARTISTS IN MEXICO WHO ARE DOING THIS KIND OF ART AND WHO ARE ON SCENE HEROES.

TO BE ABLE TO HOST THREE OF THEM IS A GREAT THING.

TO ACTUALLY SEE THE PAPIER- MBCHI.

AT CANTINI THEY WERE AMAZING.

WHEN YOU SEE THEM COME TOGETHER, IT IS AND EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE.

JUST THE AWARENESS OF A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF ART IS FASCINATING.

>> THREE ARTISTS WILL BE IN RESIDENCE THROUGH APRIL 19.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE AT NORTH RIVERSIDE PARK MALL THROUGH MAY 7.

>>> THAT WILL BE THE SHOW FOR THIS WEEKEND.

THERE WATCHING US ON SATURDAY NIGHT, YOU CAN ALSO CATCH LATINO VOICES AND BLACK VOICES ON SUNDAYS BEGINNING AT 10:00 VIA.

DON'T FORGET ALSO TO TUNE IN EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING.

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NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINO VOICES, THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

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