>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

I'M JOINED OF NON THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

WHY TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS ACROSS CHICAGO ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND CONSISTENT WORK.

MANY OF THESE PIECES, IDA SAYS, OH, YOU'RE FOUND IN THE FIELD.

>> AS THEY'RE WORKING THE LAND.

>> GOT A SAYS WARRIORS AND GOVERNORS MEET THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF AN ANCIENT, ANCIENT CIVILIZATION IN MEXICO.

>> AND SWING IS MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BRINGING THAT THEY DON'T AND LATINO ARTISTS TO GRAND PARK.

>> AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, THE STUDENT CENTER ON DEPAUL UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS IS ONCE AGAIN OPEN, BUT THE QUAD REMAINS CLOSED.

THIS AFTER CHICAGO POLICE BEGAN BREAKING DOWN THE PRO-PALESTINIAN ENCAMPMENT ON CAMPUS 5.30, THIS MORNING.

STUDENTS CONTINUE TO PROTEST ACROSS THE CAMPUS AS POLICE CLEARED OUT THE AREA RESTRICTING PEOPLE FROM ENTERING THE QUOT UNIVERSITY.

PRESIDENT ROBERT MANUAL RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THE SITUATION WITH WITH ENCAMPMENT ON CAMPUS HAVE BEEN ESCALATING WITH PHYSICAL ALTERCATIONS AND THREATS OF VIOLENCE.

THE UNIVERSITY SHARED A WEBSITE DETAILING MORE THAN 1000 COMPLAINTS SUBMITTED BY STUDENTS, FACULTY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE PAST 17 DAYS.

POLICE SAY NO ONE WAS ARRESTED RELATION TO THE ENCAMPMENT DISPERSAL BUT ADDS 2 INDIVIDUALS WERE LATER PLACED IN CUSTODY FOR OBSTRUCTING A ROADWAY.

THE POLLS ENCAMPMENT WAS THE LAST REMAINING IN CHICAGO.

AND MEANWHILE, ORGANIZATIONS LEADING DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOLIDARITY WITH GAZA SAY THEY WILL HOLD MULTIPLE MARCHES DURING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WITH OR WITHOUT A PERMIT FROM THE CITY.

WE WILL HAVE 10'S.

>> OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE STREETS OF CHICAGO THAT WEEK.

IT WILL BE THE LARGEST MOBILIZATION FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS IN THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY.

>> COOK COUNTY SHERIFF TOM DART IS CALLING ON STATE LAWMAKERS FOR MORE FUNDING TO GET GUNS FROM THOSE REVOKED FIREARM OWNER'S ID CARDS.

DART SAYS OF THE MORE THAN 39,000 PEOPLE IN COOK COUNTY WHO HAVE THEIR FOID CARD REVOKED.

68% HAVE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR THEIR GUNS OR TURN THEIR FOID CARDS AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND STATEWIDE.

THERE ARE ABOUT 112,000 REWARD CARDHOLDERS WITH 74% NONCOMPLIANT DART SAYS MORE FUNDING IS NEEDED TO HELP LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS THE STATE RETRIEVE THE GUNS AND FOID CARDS FROM RESIDENTS.

HOMES.

THE MOST COMMON REASONS FOR FLOYD, OF FREE CONE OF ASIANS ARE FINALLY CONVICTIONS, MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS AND ORDERS OF PROTECTIONS.

ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

IF YOU'RE DOWNTOWN TOMORROW, WHEN YOU FORGET YOUR LUNCH AT HOME, YOU MAY BE IN LUCK.

THE CHICAGO FOOD TRUCK FEST KICKS OFF TOMORROW.

AND DALEY PLAZA.

>> THE FESTIVAL FEATURES A ROTATING SELECTION OF FOOD TRUCKS FROM AROUND THE CITY.

AND IF YOU MISS OUT ON IT TOMORROW, DON'T WORRY.

THE FOOD TRUCKS WILL BE BACK EVERY FRIDAY THROUGH OCTOBER.

4TH FROM 11:00PM TO 03:00PM.

THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION WILL RELEASE THE LIST OF TRUCKS PARTICIPATING TOMORROW MORNING ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

UP NEXT, YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS CHICAGO ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND CONSISTENT WORK.

A LOOK AT WHAT'S BEHIND THE LAG RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> CHICAGO'S TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF COLOR ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND CONSISTENT WORK.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY FROM UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO.

IT FOUND 4 BLACK CHICAGOANS AGES 20 TO 24.

THE JOBLESS RATE IS AROUND 15%, FOR LATINO RESIDENTS AND 8% FOR WHITE CHICAGOANS.

THOSE BEHIND THE STUDY.

ARE YOU THESE FINDINGS HIGHLIGHT THE NEED FOR TARGETED PROGRAMS TO CREATE MORE EQUITABLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE OUR JACK WEST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS NETWORK WHO COMMISSIONED THE REPORT, JOE AND OREL BIGGEST A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH THE SOUTHWEST OR GOING ORGANIZING PROJECT AND BRANDY CAN OZZY, THE COMMISSIONER OF CHICAGO'S DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING JACK, I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

YOUR WORK FOCUSES ON GETTING YOUTH INTO THE WORKFORCE.

WHAT REPORT TELL YOU ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO BE EMPLOYED?

>> THE KIDS WANT JOBS ARE WAY TOO MANY KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE JUST IN THE CITY THERE ARE OVER 25,016 TO 24 YEAR-OLDS WHO ARE NOT ONLY IN SCHOOL BUT ARE OUT OF WORK.

THAT'S A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

THEY WOULD HAVE JOBS, BUT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH JOBS FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDES.

HISTORICALLY, THAT USED TO BE A LARGE FEDERAL COMMITMENT UP TO UNTIL 2000 WHEN BILL CLINTON DID IT AND THEY WERE EMPLOYED UP TO 4,400 1000 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE LOW-INCOME ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SINCE THEN THEY'VE ALL UNEMPLOYED.

THERE'S NO FEDERAL COMMITMENT.

THE CITY DONE WHAT THEY CAN WITH ONE SUMMER, CHICAGO ABOUT 24,000.

PLUS, KIDS.

BUT THE KIDS WANT A JOB.

THEY WANT TO HAND OUT THERE WANT TO WORK.

THEY WANT TO GET TO SOME WORK HOW TO GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE, HOW TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.

AND AND I WANT TO BRING COMMISSIONER IN HERE.

YOU MENTIONED ONE SUMMER, CHICAGO AND >> YOUR OFFICE AND THE MAYOR HAVE BEEN HAVE MADE THE ONE SUMMER TO CALL PROGRAM A PRIORITY.

CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE CITY'S APPROACH TO CREATING MORE JOBS FOR DEFINITELY SO FROM 2022.

2023.

>> MAYOR JOHNSON REALLY DOUBLED DOWN ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH ONE SUMMER, CHICAGO.

SO WE SEEN A 20% INCREASE LAST YEAR BRINGING THAT TO THE 24,000 JOBS THIS SUMMER.

WE WANT TO BRING ON ANOTHER 4,000 JOBS SUPPORTING ALMOST 28,000 YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY BETWEEN AT ONLY DFS S BUT ALSO OUR PARTNERS AT THE CTA PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE PARK DISTRICT SO REALLY BRINGING THE FULL FORCE OF GOVERNMENT.

PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHO AND HOW WE OUTREACH WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND SO WE WORK WITH ABOUT 51 PARTNERS ACROSS THE INCLUDING THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SCHOOL NETWORK AND SWAP.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS REALLY DOUBLE DOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT 50% OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED THESE JOBS ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE JUSTICE INVOLVED, WHO MAY HOMELESS OR ON HOUSE AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DISABILITIES.

AND SO REALLY MAKING SURE THAT UPPER TUNA TEAS ARE GOING TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM THE MOST.

>> AND YOU WILL WANT TO GO TO YOU ALSO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY'S YOUNG PEOPLE.

WOULD DO YOU THINK HASN'T WORKED IN THE PAST THAT COULD BE DRIVING THIS?

YEAH.

AND IT COME DOWN INVESTMENT RIGHT?

>> WHEN WHEN THERE IS INVESTMENT, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT WE NEED MORE INVESTMENT FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

WE ARE CONSISTENTLY ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE CANNOT DISCOUNT THE PARENTS ENGAGING THE FAMILY AS A WHOLE LISTENING TO THEM AND WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US IS SIMPLY THERE IS A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

NUMBER ONE.

AND THEN NUMBER 2, THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE JUST NOT THERE ENOUGH THERE.

THEY'RE ONLY THERE FOR THE SUMMIT IS NOT LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE CAN WORSHIP THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

START FROM WHERE SHOULD THEY START TALKING ABOUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES?

WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT, I THINK ABOUT THE SCHOOL'S RIGHT THAT THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE THE ONE PLACE WHERE >> PARENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CLEAR ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND HOW TO ACCESS THEM.

AND THEN ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THEIR BOOTS ON THE GROUND LIKE SWAP THAT THAT ARE DOING THE WORK THAT I'M DOING, THE HARD WORK OF CONNECTING WITH WITH WITH PARENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND ENSURING THAT THEY NOT ONLY KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT THEY'RE BEING CLEVER THERE'S DISCONNECT BETWEEN CPS, SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

I MEAN, MY BROTHER GOES TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND HE'S TAKES AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLASS.

>> I NEVER TOOK ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLASS WHEN I WAS, YOU KNOW, IN HIGH SCHOOL.

DO YOU SEE THAT?

WELL, IT AT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT, THERE'S A DISCONNECT WHEN THERE'S A LACK OF RESOURCES, RIGHT?

SO WE'RE SEEING SCHOOLS THAT.

>> HAVE ONE COUNSELOR FOR FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL.

SO HOW HOW CAN THERE NOT BE A DISCONNECT RIGHT?

WHEN YOU CANNOT MEET THE BASIC NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES.

THERE'S A DISCONNECT.

SO IT'S THERE'S THERE'S A NECESSITY TO ENSURE THAT THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE PROPERLY FUNDED, THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT STAFF THAT THAT UNDERSTAND THAT YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES AND ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS.

AND, JACK, YOU'RE CALLING FOR 3RD 300 MILLION TO GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT EFFORTS.

>> WHICH COULD CREATE 80,000 JOBS.

HOW WOULD HOW WOULD YOU DO THIS?

>> THEY WOULD GO THROUGH DIFFERENT CITY AND STATE AGENCIES PROBABLY DO.

THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND STATE MAKING SOME CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF COOK COUNTY AND OTHER GROUPS, OTHER GOVERNMENT GROUPS WHO IN TURN WOULD CONTRACT WITH SMALL COMMUNITY GROUPS.

CHURCH IS IN THAT WHO HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH THE YOUTH AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE THEY CAN SUPPORT THE STUDENTS FOR THEIR FIRST JOBS AND THEY LEARN WHAT IT IS.

THE SHOW UP ON TIME.

GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE AND THEN THEY CAN GO OUT INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND GET THE JOBS THAT ARE THERE.

SO IT HELPS THEM DEPARTMENT HUMAN SERVICES 2017 UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO DID A STUDY ABOUT 1700 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE WERE SUPPORTED WITH OF MENTORING AND OTHER SUPPORT.

AND A 7 WEEK SUMMER THEY FOLLOW THOSE KIDS FOR 17 MONTHS.

THE VIOLENT CRIME WENT DOWN ALMOST HALF 43%.

SO GETTING THE KIDS A JOB HELPS THEM MOVE FORWARD.

MAKES THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFER AND IT HELPS BUILD WORKERS THAT WE NEED FOR THE WORKER SHORTAGE.

>> COMMISSIONER, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT HE'S SAYING?

SO SAY A COUPLE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR IMPACT REPORT FROM LAST YEAR, HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW.

86% OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY LEARNED A NEW SKILL, RIGHT?

THEY LEARNED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

93% OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THOUGHT SAID THEY FELT SAFE WHEN THEY WERE IN OUR PROGRAMS.

95% SAID THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THAT PROGRAMS TO OTHERS.

AND SO THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE CREATING SAFE SPACES AS PART OF OUR PROGRAMS.

WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSING A JOB FOR TODAY FOR THE SUMMER.

WE'RE THINKING ABOUT CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT THAT MEANS.

AND SO TEACHING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT THEIR CAREERS.

SO THEY DO AN ASSESSMENT AND THEY'RE PAIRED WITH TO WHAT ARE 3 CAREERS THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY GOING TO.

AND FROM THERE THEIR TASK WITH ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND MEETING PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THOSE JOBS SO THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE THE SUMMER, IT'S NOT JUST A JOB, BUT THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR 3 MONTHS, 6 MONTHS AND HEAR.

HOW ARE THEY GOING TO PUT THAT PLAN INTO ACTION?

THE OTHER LIKE GUIDING THEM IN TRYING TO CHANGE HER MIND.

THIS IS REALLY ABOUT CAREERS EXPLORATION.

THIS IS ABOUT CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN CREATING PATHWAY AS A TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE.

WHAT IS POSSIBLE THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE THE OTHER PIECE IS ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY OF MAKING SURE THAT WHEN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVE, THEY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR.

HOW TO SAY RATHER THEY ARE SAVING FOR COLLEGE.

MAYBE THEY'RE SAVING FOR AN APARTMENT OR WHATEVER TAKING CARE OF THEIR FAMILY.

THEY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE YOU CAN SPEND ALL OF YOUR DOLLARS.

YOU ALSO HAVE TO SAVE YOUR DOLLARS AND INTO WELL, WHAT ABOUT YOU?

HOW DOES THE SOUTHWEST ORGANIZING PROJECT WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE TO HELP FIND THEIR PATH FORWARD?

YES, THE FIRST THING IS JUST LISTENING, LISTENING TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES.

WHAT IS IT THAT THEY DESIRE?

WE HAVE A GOAL OF CONNECTING 100 YOUNG PEOPLE EVERY YEAR TO FREE CLEAR PATHWAY TRAINING PROGRAMS.

>> AND ENSURING THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES?

WHAT DOES IT TAKE, RIGHT?

WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS IN THAT CLEAR?

CAN THAT COME INTO THE TRAINING PROVIDERS AND ENSURING THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL ALONG THE WAY, GIVING THEM WRAP AROUND SERVICES BUT ALSO BE A TRAITOR, A SKILL WITHOUT A DOUBT, WITHOUT A DOUBT MANY AND THERE'S MANY YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE TRADES.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN THERE VERY MUCH IN SCHOOL, SAID THE 4 YEAR UNIVERSITY IS IS THE ROUTE TO GO RIGHT.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE TRADES AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE AND AT A VERY LOW COST, ALMOST NO CALLS OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR AND, JACK, I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS WAS WHY CHICAGO IN THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES AND PARTICULARLY FALLING BEHIND.

>> WHAT'S HAPPENED IN SINCE THE EARLY 70'S IS THAT THERE'S BEEN A HUGE TRANSFER INDUSTRIAL JOBS TO THE FAR EAST AND WHAT'S LEFT LOWERED A PAIN, JOBS SERVICES.

AND THAT WAS A BIG TRANSITION.

A STUDY WE DID SHOWED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS GREAT SPENT MAN WITH NO DIPLOMA IN THE 60'S COULD MAKE ENOUGH MONEY KEEP, KNOW, HELP THEIR FAMILY BY HOME.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE ANYMORE.

AS A SORT OF THE OLD JOKE IS THAT THEY HEAR THAT.

WELL, THERE ARE 200,000 JOBS LAST YEAR OR LAST MONTH THAN THE GUY SAYS, YEAH, I GOT 3 HOME BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY IN SUMMER JOB IN SERVICE JOBS.

IT'S A LACK OF OPPORTUNITY THAT AND THE OTHER STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, I GOT MY JOBS OR MY DAD AND RELATIVES AND ALL THAT LOWER INCOME KIDS.

THERE AREN'T AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE CONNECTION TO THE LABOR MARKET MAY HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT.

ESPECIALLY FIRST GENERATION THAT WILL.

THAT'S WHY HAVING THESE JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE.

>> HELPS THEM GET THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING A JOB.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY I'M NOT WORKING FOR NOTHING AND THE KIDS GET PAID.

AND THAT'S A BIG EXPERIENCE SOLAR FROM.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE THINK.

>> UP NEXT, WONDER WOMEN OF THE ANCIENT TAKE OVER THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ANCIENT SCULPTURES OFTEN DEPICT SYMBOLS OF BEAUTY.

INFERTILITY.

BUT A NEW EXHIBIT AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART GIVES VISITORS A GLIMPSE OF A SOCIETY, MEXICO WHERE WOMEN HELD HIGH POWER POSITIONS.

THE EXHIBITION IS CALLED H AND WOMEN GODDESSES WARRIORS AND GOVERNORS.

>> LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A CIVILIZATION KNOWN AS THE WEST, A CA.

>> THAT ARE FROM THAT REGION OF MAKE EQUAL AND THE WEST PICK UP.

PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE HAVE THEIR OWN TRADITIONS.

THEY EXISTED FOR ABOUT 3,000 YEARS.

I THINK THE PART THAT IS MOST SURPRISING ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION AND THE WEST CIVILIZATION IS THAT WOMEN DID HAVE A PLACE OF POWER IN THEIR SOCIETY WASN'T FREQUENT.

WASN'T ALL THE TIME.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE THERE.

WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE OF THE SCULPTURES, LIKE AS SHE'S KNOWN IN MAY, HE CALL, THOUGH SOME OF FOLKS HERE AT THE MUSEUM NICKNAMED HER LUCHAN OR WE JUST LIKE THAT AS A BADASS.

SHE'S A VERY UNIQUE PIECE THAT WAS FOUND ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO.

SHE'S NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED.

THE THING THAT'S SO UNIQUE ABOUT HER IS THAT SHE'S A WOMAN.

SHE HAS THE HEARING.

SHE HAS THE TRADITIONAL WANTS THAT HAVE THAT THAT WOMEN WOULD WEAR.

SHE'S GOT A NECKLACE, BUT SHE ALSO HAS KNEE PADS AND SHE HAS THE HIP GUARDS.

THAT WAS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORN BY BALLPLAYERS.

WHAT SHE'S TELLS US ABOUT THAT TIME PERIOD IS THAT WERE A PART OF DIFFERENT.

RULES AND A PART OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF SOCIETY.

IT WASN'T AS SEGREGATED PERHAPS AS WE THINK IT WAS RIGHT.

WE OFTEN TIMES IMAGINE THE WOMEN STAYING AT HOME DOING DOMESTIC CHORES?

WELL, HERE WE CLEARLY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS OUT THERE KEEPING THE WORLD SAFE, KEEPING THE WORLD GOING AND APPEASING THE GODS.

>> MUSEUM OFFICIALS TELL US MOST OF THE BIG SCULPTURES WERE DISCOVERED BY FARMERS WORKING IN THE FIELDS.

I MEAN, THAT 6 DURING A CAVE.

IMAGINE HOW THEY FELT.

STILL HAVE TIME TO CHECK OUT THE STORIES BEHIND THE CARVE STATUES.

THE FREE EXHIBIT RUNS UNTIL JULY.

21ST AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART.

>> AND GET YOUR FESTIVAL.

GEAR AND OUTFITS READY NOW IN ITS 3RD YEAR, THE SWING IS MUSIC FESTIVAL WILL TURN UP THE VOLUME OF LATINO MUSIC AND CULTURE ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AT GRAND PARK.

THE EVENT BRING SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE INDUSTRY LIKE MY LUMA PISTOL THROUGH MAJORITIES ON THE THE LIST GOES ON.

JOINING US NOW VIA ZOOM TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL IN THE IMPACT LATINO MUSIC IS HAVING IN CHICAGO ARE AARON UP WITH THE A CO-FOUNDER OF THE SWING THOSE MUSIC FESTIVAL, MIRIAM BOSS, A SWING WAS RESIDENT DJ, WHO PERFORMS UNDER HER STAGE.

NAME DJ.

MIRIAM AND SOME.

BUT AT THE RAIN, YOU'LL A MUSIC JOURNALIST AND THE FOUNDER OF LATIN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC WEBSITE.

NOW, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

AARON.

I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE FESTIVAL THE FIRST YEAR.

IT WAS SO AWESOME.

I HAVE TO ASK.

DID THE IDEA COME FROM TO CREATE SWING?

MUSIC FESTIVAL?

>> I MEAN, IT'S CAME FROM WHAT WE DO.

OTHER MEXICO.

SO SAW THAT LATINO MARKET WAS IN NEED OF FOR REAL LATINO FESTIVAL THAT CAN REPRESENT AND CELEBRATE LATIN CULTURE IN CHICAGO.

THAT'S WHERE CAME >> I MEAN, CHICAGO HAS A MEXICAN, A POPULATION.

WHY?

OUT OF EVERY WHERE DO YOU CHOOSE TO BE HERE IN CHICAGO?

>> CHOSE A GREAT WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS IN CHICAGO.

SEE 3 AND AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A HUGE MEXICAN AND LATINO POPULATION.

LOTS OF PUERTO WELL ITS CENTER AND CETERA.

SO THAT'S WHY.

>> LET'S ALSO MIRIAM, YOU'VE BEEN A HOUSE DJ FOR THE FESTIVAL SINCE ITS LAUNCH 3 YEARS AGO.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR TEACHING BACKGROUND AND HOW YOU BECAME AND HOW YOU PARTNERED WITH WIND CHILLS?

>> STORY SHORT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR QUITE A WHILE.

BUT AS DJ, I STARTED TEACHING A LITTLE BIT BEFORE COVID BACK IN 2019 AND THEN LET DOWN HAPPENED.

THE WAY I CAME ACROSS WHEN YOU KNOW, LIKE AARON SAID, THEY HAVE A LOT PARTNERS THEY WORK WITH CHICAGO.

AND I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST THEY WERE THEY WERE DOING THEIR RESEARCH AND LOOKING FOR LOCAL TALENT.

AND I'M I'M ASSUMING YOU GUYS SPOKE WITH SOME OF PARTNERS AND AND I WAS MENTIONED HERE AND >> THANK YOU LIKE IT TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> YES, >> AND WANT THAT.

THAT'S REALLY AWESOME IN AND THAT I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

WHAT WAS YOUR LIKE INTO 2020?

22, WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS, A SWING IS MUSIC FESTIVAL.

WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FESTIVAL LIKE THIS IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO, CELEBRATING LATINO CULTURE MUSIC.

>> WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT, I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE I IT'S THE BIGGEST OF THE FESTIVAL TO COME TO THE CITY AND TO HAVE IT GRANT PARK IS SO IMPORTANT, TOO.

THE JOGGERS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED PLATFORMS IT'S BRINGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS AS WELL HIGHLIGHTS COURTESY CURRENT.

LET TO MUSIC TRANS AN EMERGENT TALENT AS WELL.

SO I IS AS THE YEARS KEEP GOING AND IT KEEPS GROWING ITS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE DEW ARTIST AND NEW TALENT THAT'S OUT THERE AS WELL AS THE CLASSICS.

THAT'S WHY I THINK THE INTERGENERATIONAL IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY'RE DOING ANY GRAND PART AND I HOPE IT ENCOURAGES OTHER FOR LATIN AMERICA.

AND THE LET ME DIASPORA COME CELEBRATE WITH US CHICAGO.

SHARE YOUR MUSIC.

OF COURSE.

>> AND HAIR IN AN ERA.

NOW, HOW TO SWING THOSE GO BEYOND BEING JUST A MUSIC FESTIVAL.

>> TRY STAY RELEVANT PRESTON THAT CHICAGO GET AROUND.

WE SUPPORTED LOT.

A LOT OF NON CHARITIES, A NON-PROFIT SARIS CHARITIES THAT THAT WORK WITH THE LATINO COMMUNITY WE'VE DONATED OVER $200,000 LAST YEAR TO TO THOSE NONPROFITS AND TRYING POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY?

APART FROM THAT, WE WORK ALL LOCAL LATINO RESTAURANTS THAT COME AND PARTICIPATE.

>> AND IT'S BASICALLY A FOOD FESTIVAL AS HAVE ALL THE BEST FOR EVERY KID, MEXICAN, ALL TYPES OF STUDENTS OVER 40 VENDORS.

SO IT'S IT'S A WHOLE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE.

YOU PROBABLY A RESULT WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE CREATIVE.

I FEEL HONORED TO BE IN THIS POSITION AND HEAR THE FEEDBACK FROM FROM CHICAGO.

BUT HE THAT IT MAKES HIM FEEL SO PROUD THAT THEY COULD BE A LATINO FESTIVAL CELEBRATING THEIR CULTURE GRANT PARK.

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

AND MIRIAM, I'M SURE IT HAS TO BE NOSTALGIC TO DJ IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE FESTIVAL.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT?

WHAT'S THE VIVE?

WHAT'S THE FEELING?

>> IT'S HONESTLY THAT.

>> AND INDESCRIBABLE FEELING.

I MEAN, IF YOU'RE A PARTYGOER, IF YOU GO TO CONCERTS, EVEN A FESTIVALS.

YOU.

YOU'RE MOSTLY SURROUNDED BY THE BUT THE SAME KIND OF PEOPLE.

AND IT'S MUSIC FESTIVAL.

IT'S IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE PEOPLE WHO SHARE THE SAME CULTURE DO THE SAME BACKGROUND YOU WHO SPEAK MAY BE THE SAME, WHETHER IT'S YOUR FIRST OR SECOND LEAGUE, WHICH IS YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO I THINK REALLY SPECIAL PLAYING AS HAS BEEN DOING IS WELL.

BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS RIGHT FOR ALL OF THE NOSE.

THAT'S HELP EACH OTHER GIVE EACH OTHER A PLATFORM THEY'RE DOING THAT AMAZINGLY AND I'M AGAIN, LIKE AARON SAID, SUPER HONORED TO BE IN THIS POSITION AND TO BE REPRESENTING CHICAGO NATIVES.

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

IN SOMETHING A HOUSE, A FESTIVAL LIKE SWING IS A SIGN THAT LATIN MUSIC IS EVOLVING INTO MAINSTREAM.

I MEAN, NOW WE ALSO SEE IT A LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS WHERE ARTISTS LIKE YOUNG LEGAL ARE COMING TO SING THEIR MUSIC IN SPANISH.

I MEAN, YOU WOULDN'T EVER SEE THAT BEFORE.

>> I KNOW.

IT'S EXCITING.

IT'S AN EXCITING TIME AGAIN, IF I COULD READ YOU SOMETHING FROM PUBLISHING VARIETY COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IT SAYS THAT LATIN MUSIC REVENUE HITS 1.4 BILLION IN THE SECOND YEAR AS THE FASTEST GROWING U.S. MARKET REPRESENTING A 16% GROWTH OVER 2022.

SO IT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR ALL ARTISTS AND SHOWCASE AND A PLATFORM LIKE SWINGERS I THINK BRINGING TOGETHER NOT ONLY DON'T AND THE TRAPPING 40 THOSE AND MOSTLY GOT TO NYLA NEW MEXICAN MUSIC IS IT'S A GREAT IT'S A GREAT THING.

IT SHOWCASING ALL THIS NEW MUSIC THAT'S OUT THERE THAT STILL WITHIN THE MUSIC >> AND SAME QUESTION FOR YOU, MAYOR.

AND WHY DO YOU THINK LATINO MUSIC HAS I MEAN, MADE GLOBALLY?

>> I MEAN, I THINK IT JUST HAS TO DO WITH A LOT OF ELEMENTS.

BUT GOING BACK TO WHAT WE ALL GREW UP WITH, RIGHT, WHICH IS A SINGING AND DANCING, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST KIND OF BEEN EMBEDDED IN OUR BLOOD AND IN OUR CULTURE BEFORE EVEN UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT JUST MAKES YOU MOVE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

BUT MUSIC IS A FEELING, YOU KNOW, AND I FEEL WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING AND ALL THESE OTHER PLATFORMS GIVING US A VOICE.

I THINK IT'S JUST.

WE'RE LIVING IN AND FAST TIMES PEOPLE ARE WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THE RECOGNITION WE DESERVE.

AND PEOPLE.

ARE IN DON'T, YOU IN OUR CULTURE AND I LOVE TO SEE IT.

>> AND MIRIAM, I I DO ALSO WANT TO ASK A YEAR YOU'RE HERE FROM CHICAGO.

YOU'RE GREW UP IN THE NORTH SIDE.

YOU'RE FEMALE DJ.

I MEAN, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BREAK INTO THIS INDUSTRY THAT WE KNOW IT'S CAN BE VERY MALE DOMINATED INTO JUST PLAY IN SUCH A BIG STAGE LIKE SWING YELLS.

>> IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A JOURNEY.

>> YOU DEFINITELY A LOT LIKE ANYTHING.

YOU KNOW, YOU GO THROUGH OBSTACLES.

HE PREFERRED TO DOUBTS.

>> BUT THEN YOU COME ACROSS PEOPLE BELIEVE IN YOU, YOU KNOW, AND THEY PAST.

>> MALE, FEMALE.

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