>> CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINO VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALLSTATE.

>> GOOD EVENING CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINO VOICES.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US I AM JOANNA HERNANDEZ PUT ON HIS HOLIDAY EDITION OF THE PROGRAM WE SHARE RECENT STORIES OF IMPORTANCE.

WHEN ABOUT A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT HELPS TO 36 TO HELP.

WE INTRODUCE YOU TO A FIRST GENERATION MEXICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN WHO FIGHTS FIRE WITH FIRE.

SEE HOW ONE LOCAL ORGANIZATION IS ON A MISSION TO CONSERVE THOUSANDS OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES BUT A CHICAGO ARTIST, ROBLES LOVE TO BASEBALL WITH HER TRIBUTE.

>> IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, IT WILL BE DONE TO US.

AND I WOULD RATHER GO OUT WITH A FIGHT THEN SIT HERE AND ALLOW THINGS TO HAPPEN TO ME.

>> AND THE SAY WHY SUPPORTING IMPORTANT BUSINESSES SAVE COMMUNITY.

FIRST TO A RECENT CONVERSATION FROM ALEX HERNANDEZ RECENTLY HOSTED FOR US ABOUT GETTING MORE PEOPLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY.

HERE'S ALEX.

>> FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, CLOSE BORDERS AND SCHOOLS MADE PEOPLE'S RELIANCE ON THE INTERNET EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.

ACCORDING TO A 2020 CENSUS DATA 20 PERCENT OF ILLINOIS HOT HOUSEHOLDS DO NOT HAVE BROADBAND ACCESS.

CUTTING THEM OFF AND THINGS LIKE PAYING THE BILLS, ASSISTING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND APPLY FOR JOBS.

NATIONWIDE LATINO HOUSEHOLDS ARE NOT ONLY LESS LIKELY TO HAVE BROADBAND AXIS BUT ALSO THE DEVICES NEEDED TO GET CONNECTED.

THAT'S WHY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS, SIX TO CLOSE THAT GAP IN JUNE IS THAT WITH MORE ARE ANGIE COOPER, CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER FOR HEARTLAND FORD AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES AIMED AT BOOSTING THE ECONOMY IN THE REGION.

CAROLINE SANCHEZ, NATIONAL CHAIR FOR THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS.

BOTH OF YOU THINK IF YOU AND LET'S GET STARTED.

CAN YOU EXPAND THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROGRAM AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS NECESSARY?

>> THE BENEFIT OF THE PROGRAMS ACTUALLY BRING US SUPPORT TO FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT CONNECTED IN ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS IS THE COST.

THIS BENEFIT WILL HELP THEM ADDRESS THE COST ISSUES AND ADDRESSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

>> WE A LOOK AT THE GRAPHIC SEEING IT CAN SAVE $50 PER MONTH DISCOUNT FOR BROADBAND SERVICE UP TO $100 ON A ONE-TIME DISCOUNT FOR PURCHASING DEVICE AND CONTINUES UNTIL FUNDING RUNS OUT FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER PANDEMIC ENDS.

THIS IS GREAT.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM?

>> YES.

THE FCC HAS OUTLINED ELIGIBILITY AND TO GO AND FIND IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE YOU CAN EITHER CALL 823541 823-541-0311 AND THE ELIGIBILITY IS BASED ON A FEW DIFFERENT CRITERIA.

IT IS OUTLINED VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS.

THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE ON SNAP AND WEEK.

ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS THAT RECEIVE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH AND OTHER CRITERIA THAT IS OUTLINED FOR WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR EACH COMMUNITY.>> ESPECIALLY WE KNOW THAT LATINOS IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM.

CAROLYN, GOING BACK WITH YOU, WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND HOW DOES THIS PROGRAM ADDRESS IT?>> OKAY.

THE BARRIERS IS LANGUAGE.

LEARNING TO NAVIGATE AND GET ENROLLED IN THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WITH PROVIDERS.

THAT'S ONE AND THE OTHER IS THE LITERATURE AND UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT OFFERINGS IN THE BENEFITS THAT THE INTERNET CAN PROVIDE.

THIS WOULD PROVIDE ACCESS TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE OTHER STEPS THAT IT TAKES TO NOT ONLY GET THE INTERNET BUT TO USE IT ESPECIALLY FOR WORK OR LEARNING OR HELP.

THINGS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC ARE NOT ESSENTIAL.

>> THAT IS A GREAT POINT THAT YOU BRING BECAUSE LITERACY.

DIGITAL LITERACY PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT.

WANT TO ASK YOU INTO, AS WELL, ARE THERE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO WANT TO STAY CONNECTED?

>> ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS BETWEEN HEARTLAND FORD AND WHAT WE LIKE IS REPORTING TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNICATION GETS OUT TO THE LATIN X COMMUNITY ON HOW TO, ONE, ETC.

FOR THE EMERGENCY BROADBAND BENEFITS.

ALSO, ONCE YOU FIND OUT IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE HOW TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO SIGN UP.

IN THE BR LACKING SOME OF THE DIGITAL SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING FROM WHO IS YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER.

HOW DOES THE DEVICE GET CONNECTED IN MY HOME.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE ON THE GROUND PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HEARTLAND FORD AND LULA TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

WE ARE JUST THRILLED TO BE PARTNERING WITH LULAC AS WE BUILD OUT THE PROBLEMATIC EFFORTS TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE BUT EVERYONE DESERVES ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET.

WE KNOW IT'S AN ECONOMIC ISSUE AND IN THE 21ST CENTURY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE LACKING THAT ACCESS.

>> RIGHT.

I KNOW YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ANGIE BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU AGAIN.

CAROLINE IF YOU CAN REPEAT, HOW CAN PEOPLE APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM.

>> WHILE THERE IS A NUMBER TO GO ONLINE.

BUT YOU NOT ONLINE TO CANNOT DO IT THAT WAY.

THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 83351103 THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 833-511-0311.

AND ALSO THE PARTNERSHIP IS TO ASSIST PROVIDE WORKSHOPS.

WE WILL WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS BUT REALLY IT'S AS EASY AS CALLING THE NUMBER AND THEN WILL HAVE OUTREACH MECHANISMS AND THE WORKSHOPS TO WALK INTO THE PROCESS.

>> AND YOU, HOW DO YOU THINK THIS CAN HELP THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR MIDWESTERN LATINO COMMUNITIES?

WE HAVE LESS THAN 30 SECONDS.

>> PI, THIS IS AN ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT IMPACT HOW YOU SEARCH FOR A JOB, TRAIN FOR A JOB AND DO A JOB.

IT IMPACTS HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND TRULY THE OVERALL ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AGAIN WE ARE THRILLED TO BE PARTNERING WITH LULAC AND LOOK FORWARD TO STAYING CONNECTED AND MAKING SURE THAT HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE GET SIGNED U .

>> GREAT AND THANK YOU BOTH OF YOU AND LET'S HOPE THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GET THIS GREAT BENEFIT AND GET CONNECTED.

THANK YOU BOTH.

>> THANK YOU.

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>> OF NEXT WE HAVE MARISSA PARRA.

HERE IS MARISSA.

>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY WESTERN GOVERNMENT REGIONS 547, AND EIGHT MORE COMMON.

RATHER THAN FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTROL FIRES ALSO KNOWN AS PRESCRIBED BURNS CAN HELP KEEP WILDFIRES FROM SPREADING OUT OF CONTROL AND ACTUALLY CREATE MORE RESILIENT AND HEALTHIER ENFORCEMENT JOINING US NOW WITH MORE, A GROUP MEMBER FOR THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INTERAGENCY HABITAT AND FIELD CREW WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY.WE DO CONTROL BURNS TO RESTORE LIFE TO LANDSCAPERS, LAST YEAR HE HAS TRAVELED TO MINNESOTA IN CALIFORNIA TO HELP BATTLE WILDFIRES SHE WANTS MORE WOMEN, ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF COLOR TO JOIN HER.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.I AM SO INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU DO WHAT YOU DO IS PRIMARILY WORK WITH PRESCRIBED FIRES AND THAT IS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT BECAUSE APPROXIMATE PEOPLE THINK OF DESTRUCTION WHEN I THINK OF OURS WITH THIS ACTUALLY CREATES HELP.

TELL US WHAT THAT IS AND WHY IT IS NECESSARY.

>> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT PRESCRIBED FIRES BUT LIKE YOU SAID IN YOUR INTRODUCTION , PRESCRIBED FIRE IS DEFINITELY A CONTROL APPLICATION OF FIRE ON THE GROUND BY FIRE EXPERTS UNDER, WHAT WE CALL, A PRESCRIPTION.

SO AT THE POINT WE HAVE DETERMINED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE MANAGEMENT OF FORCED.

PRESCRIBED FIRE IS A TOOL THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR A LONG TIME BY NATIVES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

WE BRING HIM BACK BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

>> WE SEE A LOT OF NEWS ABOUT WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME SPECTACULAR PHOTOS OF YOU DOING WHAT YOU DO RIGHT NOW BY THE WAY.

WE KNOW THAT WILDFIRES DON'T ONLY HAPPEN IN CALIFORNIA.

CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING THE LAST YEAR?

>> YEAH, THIS YEAR WAS A VERY UNIQUE BECAUSE IN THE CHICAGO AREA YOU SELL A LOT OF SMOKE.

WE HAD SOME BAD SMOKE DAYS AND SPECIFICALLY HERE IN THE MIDWEST, CLOSER TO HOME, I SPENT TIME IN MINNESOTA.

WE HAVE FORCED HERE IN ILLINOIS AND WE HAVE FORCED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

SOME ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BURNING WEATHER IS DUE TO THE TEMPERATURE OR BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN.

WHAT KIND OF TREES THERE ARE.

MINNESOTA SEES A FARMER BECAUSE OF A DROUGHT IS A LOT MORE FIRE THIS YEAR.

>> WE KNOW THAT CONSERVATION WORK TENDS TO BE A WHITE MALE DOMINATED.

WHAT DREW YOU TO THIS WORK AND WHAT IS IT LIKE IS A FIRST GENERATION MEXICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO WORK LIKE THIS?

>> WHAT DREW ME IN WAS WANTING TO SPEND MORE TIME OUTDOORS.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING CONSERVATION WORK.

I DO NOT THINK IT WAS, I DO NOT THINK I WILL DO FOR A LONG TIME.

HOWEVER THERE IS A GREAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY IN THE FAR COMMUNITY IT IS GREAT.

ALL THE WOMEN IN FIVE THAT I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HAVE MADE ME FEEL LIKE IT IS A SAFE SPACE FOR ME AND HELPING ME FEEL LIKE I CAN BE HERE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE HERE.

LIKE YOU SAID THERE'S NOT MUCH DIVERSITY WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN AND ESPECIALLY PEOPLE OF COLOR AND NONWHITE WOMEN.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE MORE DIVERSITY.

WE HAVE A VERY DYNAMIC AND UNIQUE JOB IT COMES TO FIRE BUT WEATHER IS PRESCRIBED FIRE OR THE FIRE PROFESSION.

IT IS NOT JUST GETTING IT WILL PUTTING THE FIRE OUT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROBLEM-SOLVING, COMMUNITY BUILDING AND TEAM BUILDING.

WE NEED A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO SOLVE PHYSICAL AND DYNAMIC PROBLEMS.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE ACTUALLY PART OF THE TEAM THAT EXTENDS A HELPING HAND TO YOUNG WOMEN AND YOU ARE A MENTOR FOR THE WOMEN IN FIRE PROGRAM.

WHAT YOU DO AS A MENTOR.

AND YOU ARE HE TOLD US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT.

>> YES.HERE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS OF THE NATIONAL FORCED WE HAVE A PROGRAM IN THE FORCED SERVICE THAT HIGHER YEARLY A GROUP OF WOMEN.

ORIGINALLY IT CAME AND GRANIK ROLE IN A SORT OF HAPPENED IS BECAUSE I WAS A WOMAN IN FIRE.

WITH SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH THE GROUP TO BE ABLE TO TEACH THEM EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM OTHER PEOPLE.

AND YET, PASSING ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THEM STAY AROUND AS WELL AND IT HELPS TEACH THE NEXT GENERATIO .

>> OUR FINAL QUESTION TO YOU.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO YOUNG LATINOS IN MIGHT BE LISTENING AND WATCHING AND MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DOING WHAT YOU DO.

>> ,DO IT.

YES, IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND PHYSICAL WORK AND IS UNIQUE.

THINK THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT BARRIERS FOR US MAYBE IT'S OUR FAMILY, OUR FRIENDS WERE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?

IT'S A LOT OF HIKING AND CAMPING AND AT TIMES VERY MUCH PHYSICAL AND INTENSIVE WORK.

BUT WE NEED PEOPLE AND IS FUN AND WORTH IT AND YET.

WE JUST NEED MORE OF US.

>> FIRST OF ALL, STAY SAFE OUT THERE AND.

>> BACK WITH MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINO VOICES RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> EVERY YEAR KINDS OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ACROSS THE USE MY GREAT IN THE WINTER.

SEPTEMBER AN ORGANIZATION IN A LITTLE VILLAGE HAS RAISED THOUSANDS OF MONARCHS FOR HIS ANNUAL BUTTERFLY RELEASE.

>> WAS THE MILKWEED USED FOR?

>> THE BUTTERFLIES SO THEY CAN LAY THEIR EGGS.

>> 30-YEAR-OLD SHAMUS CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU KNOW BUT THE LIFECYCLE OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.

>> 100 EGGS IN THE MORNING.

WE SEE THE EGGS THE SPIDERS AND BIRDS EAT THEM OR THE CATERPILLARS.

>> THIS QUICK LIBERTY.

>> HER FATHER TELLS US THAT HER DAUGHTERS CAN IS NOT BEEN EASY AND SHE SUFFERS FROM BAD SEIZURES AND MEMORY LOSS.

>> HE SAYS THAT PROGRAMS LIKE THE BUTTERFLY RELEASE HAVE HELPED HIS DAUGHTER GROW AND FIND A PASSION FOR NURTURING ANIMALS.

>> ARE YOU READY?

>> YES.

>> THERE BEEN PARTNERING TO PRESERVE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES FOR 50 YEARS.

>> FIRST IT IS EDUCATIONAL AND SOOTHING.

BUT SECONDLY IT REPRESENTS MIGRATION AND SO MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE CHALLENGING YEARS WE HAVE HAD ARE FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER AND REPRESENTING THIS FREEDOM IMMIGRATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT SPEAKS TO THE HEART AND SOUL OF US.

>> FROM THE YOUNGEST PARTICIPANT TO ADULTS EVERYONE LEARNS HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THIS DELICATE AND BEAUTIFUL THING.

>> CHILDREN RAISE THEM.

THEY'RE GETTING TO EXPLORE NATURE WHICH IS HARD IN THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES BUT TO GET OUTSIDE AND REALLY BE FREE AND ENJOY IT.

>> THE FRIENDS VINCENT AND IVAN ARE TWO PARTICIPANTS HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF 150 MONARCHS THIS YEAR.

THEY GET A CLOSE LOOK AT CATERPILLARS AS THEY GO INTO BUTTERFLIES AND BURST OUT OF THEIR COCOON TO TRAVEL SOUTH FOR THE WINTER.

>> WE DON'T LET THEM GO HUNGRY AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL BUT.

>> THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES TURN IS A LONG WAY BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH MEXICO IN THE WINTER.

>> DID YOU TRY TO NAME SOME BUTTERFLIES?

WHAT DID YOU NAME IT?

>> ONCE THE WINGS ARE STRONG ENOUGH THE STUDENTS HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE MONARCHS AND HOPE THAT THEY COME BACK TO CHICAGO NEXT YEAR.

>> THE WINGS ARE STARTING TO OPEN AND CLOSE BUT.

>> BELEN CHAVEZ IS TEACHING OTHERS THE PURPOSE OF TAKING CARE OF THE FEDERAL BUTTERFLIES.

>> IS A RIGHT IN MY HAIR?

I CAN FEEL IT.

>> IT FELT TO HAVE A BUTTERFLY HEARING.

THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES HAVE BEEN ARRIVING AT THE DESTINATION IN MEXICO THIS MONTH.

VERY BEAUTIFUL BUT THE FACE OF AMERICA'S PASTIME HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY LATINO OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES.

AS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS STEPPED UP ITS RECRUITMENT FROM CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES.THE RESULT HAS BEEN A DEEP INTERTWINING OF CULTURES.

THIS YEAR THE WHITE SOX AS THREE CHICAGO ARTIST TO CREATE MURALS OF THE WHITE SOX THAT CELEBRATES DIVERSITY IN BASEBALL HERE WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE MURAL.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME TO SHOW THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING TO WHAT IS NOW.

SHOWING CUBA AND WHERE HE WAS BORN ESSENTIALLY THE STREET, MY TRADITION OF A STREET WHERE HE WAS BORN BUT.

>> THIS MIDDLE DONE BY CHICAGO ARTIST BRINGS HIS MIGHTY THAT TO THE STREET LIFE OF A CHILD.

>> LOVE HIS COMMITMENT AND HIS LASER FOCUS.

LOVE IS HUMBLENESS.HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS.

I WANTED TO SHOW HOW THINGS AND THE CARDS AND EVERYTHING THAT SURROUNDED HIM AS A CHILD.

HIS THAT IS WHAT REALLY MOLDED HIM.

>> A DREAMLIKE RENDERING IS ONE OF THREE MURALS COMMISSIONED BY THE WHITE SOX AS PART OF THEIR GAME CHANGERS SERIES.

THE SERIES SHOULD A SPOTLIGHT ON THE UNDER REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES BUT THE MAYOR WAS UNVEILED AT THE FIELD IN SEPTEMBER AND HAS BEEN ON DESPITE THEIR SINCE.

>> WE WANTED TO CREATE A SERIE , A WAY TO REALLY MOVE OUR PLATFORM TO CELEBRATE THE VOICES AND CREATIVITY.

DIVERSITY IS PART OF THE WHITE SOX HISTORY.

>> HE WAS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE WHITE SOX BRAND AND HE WAS A NATIVE FROM CUBA.

HE WAS A MENTOR AND A DEAR FRIEND TO A ALSO PRAYER.

>> WAS BORN INDIVIDUAL AND PAID RESPONSIBLE FOR YEARS.

>> LATINO, ANYBODY MADE THE MAJORS FROM OUR COUNTRY THE NEWER FAN OF THAT TEAM.

IN OUR CASE THE 80S AND 90S THAT WAS A SOX FAN.OVER THERE.

IMMIGRATED TO CHICAGO AND 95 WHEN I WAS 13 AND CONTINUED MY LOVE FOR THE SOX HERE.

>> SINCE THEN BASEBALL AND WAS LIKE I WAS A YOU BITTERLY BLURRED THE LINES BETWEEN AMERICAN CULTURE AND LATINOS.

>> ALLOWED TO SEE THE DIVERSITY EVEN WITH THE LATINO PLAYERS THAT IS GREAT TO SEE ALL TOGETHER ON A BASEBALL FIELD BUT IN THE DOCKET YOU HAVE MORE COMPLEX, CUBA, VENEZUELA AND PUERTO RICANS BUT IT'S A BIG FAMILY AND PART OF THE CULTURE ESPECIALLY FOR LATIN AMERICANS.

TRUST IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO AS KIDS AND WE TAKE IT INTO ADULTS AND WE SHARE GAMES WITH OUR FAMILY.

BASEBALL IS MORE THAN JUST A GAME.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINO VOICES.

>> THEY PLAN TO USE THE MURAL TO RAISE MONEY FOR A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS THE GAMES MISSION.

>>> OPPONENTS OF GENTRIFICATION CAN MAKE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRICED OUT OF THE NUMBERS IS POWERLESS.

THE FOUNDERS OF THIS PROGRAM SAY THAT RESIDENTS HAVE MORE POWER THAN THEY THINK AND.

THIS WE MET TO 12 AND MARISA DIAZ-ARCE THE SUMMER AND WHAT IS IT EVERYONE CAN DO TO INVEST IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> I I AM TO 12.

>> I AM MARISA DIAZ-ARCE.

>> TOGETHER WE ARE.

>> WE GOT THIS.

>> I AM A BRIANNA RAMIREZ-SMITH.

>> I AM MARISA DIAZ-ARCE.

[LAUGHTER] >> WE ARE THE CO-CREATORS OF THIS HERE IN HUMBOLDT PARK.

>> WE ARE BEST FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND SISTERS PRETTY MUCH.

IT IS A LATIN X POP UP BUCKET HERE IN THE HEART OF HUMBOLDT PARK.

WE BEGAN IN 2019 IS A WAY TO SAVE OFF JUSTIFICATION AND PUT MONEY BACK INTO YOUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE VERY PROBABLY PUERTO RICAN AND HUMBLE PARK IS ONE OF THE LAST MAINSTAYS FOR US AND OUR CULTURE.

IT IS SLOWLY BEING GENTRIFIED OUT.

>> YOU GO TO THE PARK AND YOU SEE FAMILIES DOING SPORTS IS THE OLDER PEOPLE PLAYING DOMINOES AND PEOPLE HANGING OUT.

THIS ONE PART THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT LIBERTY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CAN HAVE THAT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

>> WE HAVE MONEY, BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE IN.

IF YOU ARE SPENDING MONEY MINDFULLY IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT IT ALLOWS YOU TO STAVE OFF THAT SMALL BUSINESS FROM HAVING TO LEAVE.

WITH CANDLES, INCENSE, JEWELRY.

MY RING IS FROM WANT.

>> MY EARRINGS FROM AN ARTISAN, A LOCAL ARTISAN.

THIS IS FROM SOMEONE LIVES.

>> UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE WAY THINGS HAVE GONE THEY HAVE HAD TO LEAVE.

WHETHER IT IS THE PREVIOUS GENERATION AND WE BECAME MORE CONSCIOUS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE PUTTING OUR MONEY INTO.

WE CAN DEFINITELY CHANGE THE DIRECTORY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S ONLY WAY THAT WE WILL THRIVE IS IF WE INVEST IN EACH OTHER.

>> BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACTUALLY PUT IN SOME WORK AND HELP OUT THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE STRUGGLING AND WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS RECEIVING THE RESOURCES THAT IT NEEDS.

>> IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT IT WILL BE DONE TO US.

AND I WOULD RATHER GO OUT WITH A FIGHT THEN SIT HERE AND ALLOW THINGS TO HAPPEN TO ME.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF MAGIC HAPPENING IN OUR SPACES.

LOOK FOR THOSE PLACES THAT HAVE MAGIC.

YOU CAN HAVE THINGS THAT WILL BE WORTH SOMETHING A LOT MORE LATER ON BUT FROM OUR HOME COMMUNITY.

>> HOW AWESOME IS THAT IT CAN WATCH MORE FROM OUR SERIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEKEND AND BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE WTTW .COM/NEWS FOR THE VERY LATEST FROM WTTW NEWS.

THEY ARE WATCHING A SATURDAY NIGHT KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALSO CATCH LATINO VOICES AND BLACK VOICES ON SUNDAYS BEGINNING AT 10:00 P.M.. NOW FROM ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINO VOICES I AM JOANNA HERNANDEZ AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US AND STAY HEALTHY, STAY SAFE AND WHAT IS NACHOS.