Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, Oct. 12, 2023 - Full Show
10/12/2023 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Joanna Hernandez hosts the Oct. 12, 2023, episode of "Latino Voices."
How the mayor’s budget aims to fund migrant care. Student loan payments are resuming – what you should know. And some hip-hop tracks to round out your Hispanic Heritage Month playlist.
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Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, Oct. 12, 2023 - Full Show
10/12/2023 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
How the mayor’s budget aims to fund migrant care. Student loan payments are resuming – what you should know. And some hip-hop tracks to round out your Hispanic Heritage Month playlist.
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>> IT'S NOT AN EITHER OR WE CAN DO BOTH.
>> MAYOR JOHNSON'S NEW BUDGET PROPOSAL SETS ASIDE 150 MILLION DOLLARS TO CARE FOR MIGRANT.
BUT WILL THAT BE ENOUGH?
DONE.
LOAN PAYMENTS ARE ONCE AGAIN DO AFTER NEARLY 3 YEAR PAUSE.
WE SHOULD NOTE.
THERE'S AN ASTRONOMICAL EVENT ON THE HORIZON THIS WEEKEND.
LOCAL AS JOHN ON AND HOW YOU CAN SAFELY WATCH IT.
>> LATINO ARTISTS HAVE GROWN HAND-IN-HAND WITH HIP-HOP'S EVOLUTION.
>> AND FOUND THAT MAN YOU RECOMMEND SOME LATINO HIP-HOP TRACKS TO ROUND OUT YOUR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH PLAY LIST.
>> AND NOW TO SOME OF SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES AND SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE CALLING ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO EXTEND WORK PERMITS TO EVERYONE.
TODAY, DOZENS GATHERED IN PILSEN TO DEMAND WORK PERMITS FOR A LONG TIME UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS.
IT COMES AFTER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LAST MONTH EXPENDED TEMPORARY PROTECT PROTECTED STATUS TO MORE THAN 500,000 RECENT VENICE.
WELL, AND IMMIGRANTS MAKING THEM ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR WORK PERMIT IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES SAY UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS ARE IMMIGRANTS ARE SOMETIMES FORCED TO BE PAID UNDER THE TABLE.
LEAVING THEM OPEN TO EXPLOITATION.
>> WE HAVE 2 CLASSES OF PEOPLE, WORKERS WHO DID NOT PERMITS.
AND THEN I EVERY HAVEN'T PERMITS.
IT'S GOING TO GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO DIRECTLY IN COMPANIES TO APPLY FOR BENEFITS THEY CAN TO BE ABLE TO GAIN BENEFITS, TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES IN A BETTER WAY.
>> DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS ARE URGING LAWMAKERS TO PASS A BILL AIMED AT PROTECTING SURVIVORS FROM FIREARMS.
THE LEGISLATION KARINA'S BILL IS NAMED IN HONOR OF GETTING A GONZALEZ WHO WAS KILLED IN JULY AND HER LITTLE VILLAGE HOME ALONGSIDE HER 15 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, DANIELA PROSECUTORS SAY THEY WERE KILLED BY GONZALEZ HAS BEEN 2 WEEKS AFTER SHE FILED AN ORDER OF PROTECTION AGAINST HIM.
THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REMOVE A FIREARM FROM A HOME WHEN THE SURVIVORS GRANTED AN ORDER OF PROTECTION.
>> IT ALSO CLOSES THE FIREARM OWNERSHIP TRANSFER LOOPHOLE AND ADDS DATING NEXT DATING PARTNERS AS PETITIONERS IN THE FIREARM RESTRAINING ORDER ACT.
KAREEN, AS BILL MAKES COMMON SENSE, CHANGES THAT CAN HELP US SAVE THE LIVES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS HERE IN ILLINOIS.
>> ADVOCATES HOPE THE BILL WILL PASS DURING THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S FALL VETO SESSION BEGINNING LATER THIS MONTH.
ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET INTO THE TECH WORKFORCE?
WELL, THIS MIGHT BE YOUR CHANCE.
ILLINOIS OFFICIALS ARE ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF A PAID TRAINING PROGRAM BY THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.
STUDENTS ARE ROLLED WITH CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO AND LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR THE PROGRAM OFFERING CLASSES ON CYBERSECURITY AND BUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE AMONG OTHERS.
>> STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM WILL BE PAID WHILE THEY COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING AND THAT TRAINING SALARY STARTS AT $54,000 ALLOWING US TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXCELLENT WORKERS FOR RELIABLE STATE GOVERNMENT JOBS.
>> UP NEXT, WHAT MAYOR JOHNSON'S BUDGET PROPOSAL MEANS FOR THOUSANDS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS IN CHICAGO.
THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.
>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNS HAS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2024.
SET ASIDE 150 MILLION DOLLARS TO COVER THE COST OF SHELTERING FEEDING AND CARING FOR THE FAMILY SENT TO CHICAGO FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
HOWEVER, THAT IS LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT THE CITY EXPECTS TO SPEND TO CARE FOR.
CHICAGO'S NEWEST ARRIVALS TO THE END OF THIS YEAR.
>> CHICAGO IS THE PLACE STRONG ENOUGH TO WELCOME AND EMBRACE NEWCOMERS WHILE HONORING OUR COMMITMENTS TO THOSE WHO ALREADY YEAR, ESPECIALLY RESIDENTS, COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LONG SUFFERED FROM NEGLECT AND DISINVESTMENT.
>> WBTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST ON THE ESCALATING CRISIS.
NOW, HEATHER, WANT TO START OFF.
GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE STATE OF THE MIGRANT CRISIS.
>> IN THE PAST WEEK, CHICAGO, HE'S GOTTEN 63 BUSES FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER CARRYING MORE THAN 3600 PEOPLE THAT HAS EXPLODED.
THE NUMBER OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN FORCED TO WAIT IN POLICE STATIONS AND AT O'HARE AIRPORT FOR A SPACE IN ONE OF THE CITY SHELTERS IN ALL MORE THAN 3700 PEOPLE ARE IN POLICE STATIONS AT THE AIRPORT.
WELL, NEARLY ANOTHER 11,000 PEOPLE ARE IN CITY SHELTERS.
THAT NUMBER JUST KEEPS JOHNSON ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL EMBARK ON 150 MILLION TO CARE FOR THE MIGRANTS NEXT YEAR.
>> THAT WON'T BE ENOUGH MONEY.
WILL IT?
HEATHER?
>> NO, IT WON'T.
EVEN BY THE MAYOR'S OWN PROJECTIONS, THE CITY IS GOING TO NEED AT LEAST 200 MILLION DOLLARS TO CARE FOR THE MIGRANTS AND EVEN THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN 363 MILLION DOLLARS.
THE CITY EXPECTS TO SPEND THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER TO CARE FOR THE MIGRANTS.
NOW I ASKED FIRST DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, CHRISTINE, A PASS THE OWNS.
I WHY THE CITY DID NOT ASK WHY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, SHOULD SAY, DIDN'T ASK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FULL AMOUNT AND SHE SAID IT WAS PURPOSEFUL TO PUT THE GOVERNOR'S ON NOTICE IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON NOTICE THAT THE COST OF CARING FOR THESE PEOPLE SENT TO CHICAGO SHOULD NOT SOLELY ON THE SHOULDERS.
A CHICAGO TAXPAYERS AND THAT THE CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS MORE HELP.
>> AND AT THIS POINT, WHAT ARE CHANCES THAT THE STATE WILL SEND ADDITIONAL MONEY TO THE CITY TO CARE?
>> 4.
>> HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS.
>> IT'S UNCLEAR AT BEST THOSE GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER AND HOUSE PIEPER EMANUEL.
CHRIS WELCH TOLD REPORTERS THIS WEEK THAT THEY DO NOT PLAN TO MOVE A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET MEASURE THROUGH THE FALL VETO SESSION, WHICH IS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW DAYS.
INSTEAD OF CHRISTINA POSSE OWNS EYES, TOLD ME THAT SHE THINKS THERE ARE OTHER WAYS FOR THE STATE PROVIDES CHICAGO WITH ADDITIONAL AID, PERHAPS BY SWEEPING UP MONEY AND SPENT BUT APPROPRIATED FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
>> AND LAST QUESTION HERE, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE MAYOR'S PLAN TO OPEN THESE MASSIVE TENSE?
>> WELL, THAT PLAN WAS ANNOUNCED MORE THAN A MONTH AGO.
NOW THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS YET TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE WINTERIZED BASE CAMPS WOULD GO.
WE ASK CHRISTINA POSSE OWNS EYES WHAT THE HOLDUP WAS.
SHE SAID TO EXPECT AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN HATLEY AS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS WORKING TO FINALIZE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH OF HER OWN.
AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.
THAT'S WTW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.
WE ALL KNEW THE DAY WAS COMING IN.
FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS HAVE RESUMED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 3 YEARS.
THIS AFTER A PANDEMIC-RELATED PAUSE, MANY WERE HOPEFUL FOR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S 400 BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN.
BUT A DIVIDED SUPREME COURT BLOCKED THOSE EFFORTS ARGUING THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDED CONGRESS ENDORSEMENT BEFORE UNDERTAKING THE COSTLY PROGRAM.
MORE THAN 1 MILLION BORROWERS IN ILLINOIS ARE NOW NAVIGATING STUDENT ADMIT HIGH INFLATION.
JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THE LOCAL IMPACT, OUR STILL IT WAS JUST 2020 GRADUATE OF NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY.
SHE'S NOW A PROGRAM SUPPORT AND LOGISTICS COORDINATOR AT THE GROUP WILL KAGAN TO COLLEGE TARA DIA SUCCESS PROGRAM BOTTOM LINE, CHICAGO AND JONATHAN LOPEZ, A LINCOLNWOOD REAL ESTATE AGENT WITH CENTURY.
21 CIRCLES NOT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY.
>> THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT I WANT TO START WITH WHAT HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE WITH STUDENT LOANS?
POST COLLEGE?
>> IT'S ALWAYS IT'S JUST IT'S HARD TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THE WORLD.
I'M NOT WANTING TO PURSUE BIN THINGS GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO GET AND HOW I STRUGGLED DOING 3 JOBS.
GO TO SCHOOL FULL TIME AND NOT WANTING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
SO WE PAY OFF MY LOANS AND TO WANTING TO LIVE OF A PARK TO GET BACK TO PARENTS LIVE A NORMAL SO IT'S IT'S A STRUGGLE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S COMING YOU.
SUE, EVEN THOUGH IT TO ME LIKE BUT IT'S.
IT'S JUST A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR SURE, BECAUSE THAT NOW IS IN BACK OF YOUR MIND.
NOW, HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES YOUR DEBT AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE BIG PURCHASES?
>> HARD.
I KNOW I GOT LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A CAR EARLIER IN THE PANDEMIC.
>> BUT WOULD NOT.
I WANT TO GET BACK TO MY PANTS AND HELP THEM OUT IN THEIR OWN.
BUT THEIR OWN COULDN'T STOP ME IN THAT ASPECT.
EITHER HAVE TO PUT THEM FIRST HAVE TO MUCH ATTENTION.
FIRST AND I HAVE STOP AND WANTING TO PURSUE MY EDUCATION CARE BECAUSE I DO WANT TO GET BACK TO MY PARENTS FIRST.
SO I DO.
THAT'S KIND OF THE HARDSHIPS OF BUT I'VE HAD LEARNING COPE WITH BUT THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
TOO.
>> PERSON STRUGGLING HAVING TO BALANCE THE AVERAGE STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR ILLINOIS SAYS NEARLY $38,000 ALMOST 55% OF THE MORE 1 MILLION BORROWERS IN ILLINOIS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 TIER.
WANT TO GO TO YOU, YOUR ORGANIZATION, HELP STUDENTS NAVIGATE FINANCIAL AID.
WHAT CONCERNS DO YOU HEAR FROM STUDENTS APPLYING TO COLLEGE?
SO I THINK THAT PUBLIC LOANS HAVE BECOME A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AND A TOPIC THAT IS REACHING STUDENTS EARLY IN HIGH SCHOOL AND EVEN YOUNGER THAN THAT.
>> AND THE CONVERSATIONS ARE A LITTLE OVERWHELMING AND POTENTIALLY SCARY NOT ONLY FOR STUDENTS BUT ALSO FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
HEARING STORIES ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF DEBT THAT'S ACCRUED.
IT CAN REALLY MAKE COLLEGE SEEM LIKE A.
LIKE LIKE NOT AN OPTION, NOT A FEASIBLE OPTION.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, STUDENT LOANS ARE.
THE PATHWAY FOR MANY STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
AND SO I DO THINK THAT WITH THE TOPIC OF STUDENT LOANS PAYING SO AS POPULAR AS IT IS NOW, IT'S REALLY IMPACTING DECISION MAKING WITHIN FAMILIES WHERE YOUNG STUDENTS AND PARENTS HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S FEASIBLE.
AND ALSO CONVERSATIONS LONG-TERM ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS WHAT THEY SHOULD STUDY IN SCHOOL.
WHAT KIND OF CAREERS THEY SHOULD PURSUE, WHAT KIND OF OUTLOOK THAT CLEAR HAS AND ESSENTIALLY THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO REALLY SEE IF IT'S WORTHWHILE.
AND THAT'S ABOUT I'M DOES.
YES, WORK WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AS WELL TO TRY TO GUIDE HIM TO THAT PROCESS.
>> AND JONATHAN, STUDENT LOANS COULD BE A MAJOR ROADBLOCK WHEN PURSUING OTHER FINANCIAL GOALS.
LANG BROUGHT BUYING PROPERTY.
HOW SHOULD SOMEONE WITH STUDENT LOANS DETERMINE IF THEY SHOULD BUY A HOME OR NOT?
>> SHARING SO, YOU KNOW, STUDENT LOANS, IMPORTANT TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT IS DEFINITELY POSSIBLE TO STILL BUY HOME, BUY A PROPERTY, A BUILDING WHENEVER THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE WAY STUDENT LOANS YOU KNOW, I'VE ASKED ALL AROUND ONE TO PULL AND THERE'S ME AS A REALTOR MY $0.02 AND THAT IS THAT IN ORDER TO TO BUY A STUDENT LOANS.
WHEN THE PEN OBVIOUSLY ON, HOW MUCH WILL YOU HAVE THE MORE THE HIGHER THE LOAN, THE HIGHER THAT THAT THE HOTTER IT IS GOING TO BE TO BUY A HOUSE.
BUT ESSENTIALLY IT IS DEFINITELY POSSIBLE WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE RENTED BY HOUSE FROM FREDDIE MAC IN 8 FROM FANNIE MAE AND FOR EXAMPLE, FANNIE ONE PERCENT OF THE STUDENT THAT MEANING THAT IF LOAN $30,000 IN STUDENT THAT THEN THAT MEANS THAT ONE PERCENT OF THAT WILL BE $200 200, TO GO INTO EFFECT ON YOUR MONEY MORTGAGE SAY THE BANK QUALIFIES YOU FOR 2009 AND MORTGAGE WILL BE 2000 -300.
SO NOW YOU ONLY QUALIFY FOR 1700 DODGERS.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE HIGHER THAT THAT THE HIGHER IT IS TO BUY A HOME.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY PASS.
BUT IT'S POSSIBLE YOU'VE SEEN AND HAVE YOU SEEN IT WORKING WITH SOME CLIMBED 100%.
I SEEN IT.
YOU KNOW, A LOT I CAN TELL YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ALONGSIDE FASTER THAN THOSE IN THE PAST MYSELF.
I WAS ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE SO 100%, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE THIS MANY PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT CAN THEY CAN HELP OUT WITH THIS.
BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY.
I MEAN, THERE'S YOU KNOW, SOME SOME TIPS THAT WAS SUGGESTED TO US OUT HERE THAT ONE OF MY HOME HAVE STUDENT LOANS IS, YOU DON'T YOURSELF, AM I IN A, YOU KNOW, A BIG CAR PAYMENT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO A HOME.
THEY OFFER CREDIT CARDS, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BE ABLE TO BUY A HOME.
I WAS PANTRY THAT DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO THINK ABOUT JUST HOW YOU TALKED ABOUT ABOUT BUYING A CAR DURING.
>> COVID BECAUSE THE PAYMENTS YOUR LOAN PAYMENTS STOPPED WHEN YOU START EXPLORING COLLEGE, DID YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE UNDERTAKING IN TERMS OF YOUR LOAN I DID AND >> I ACTUALLY WISH I HAD THE SO I WOULD LOOK COLLEGE AND I WISH I TO SUPPORT ME SURE YOU DO THE GREAT YOU'RE DOING THE THINGS TO LOOK AT SCHOOL.
SO, YOU KNOW, FIT ME BETTER FINANCIALLY.
GOES BETTER, HOW TO FIND SCHOLARSHIPS.
I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THAT SUPPORT THERE.
MY SISTER WHO SOLD SO SHE WAS SO I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO NAVIGATE ON FINDING WHAT WAS BEST FIT FINANCIALLY FOR ME.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS HELPFUL, FINANCIAL NATIONALISTS THERE'S A THERE ARE ALSO OTHER OPTIONS, BUT I WAS NOT AWARE OF THEM.
SO I KIND OF BUT THE BEST SOME.
FORTUNATELY, I DO WISH I HAD MORE OF THAT SUPPORT.
BUT AND CAN HELP OTHER, OF COURSE, JUST AND RESEARCHERS ALSO JUST SUGGESTED THAT BLINKEN, A LOAN FORGIVENESS IS LESS EFFECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST, MEANING IT HELPS HIGHER INCOME BORROWERS MORE THAN LOWER-INCOME ONES.
>> TIER DO FIND THAT TO BE TRUE.
I THINK THAT THAT REALLY THE SITUATION.
I THINK ONE THING THAT OUR ORGANIZATION REALLY AIMS TO DO IS JUST >> ENSURE THAT STUDENTS FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE UPON GRADUATION WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING THE RIGHT REPAYMENT AND THAT ALSO EXPLORING DIFFERENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.
SO NOT SUPPORTING SINCE WHILE THEY'RE IN COLLEGE A YEAR TO YEAR TO MINIMIZE THE LOAN DEBT THAT THEY'RE ACCRUING AS AS THEY ARE CONTINUING IN SCHOOL.
BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOOD FIT FOR THEM.
THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT PROGRAMS OUT THERE BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR FOLKS TO LEARN HOW TO ACCESS THAT.
AND SOMETIMES THE PROCESS IS FOR THOSE PROGRAMS CAN BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE.
AND SO OUR ROLE IS REALLY JUST ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REACTIONS FROM STUDENTS WHEN THEY GET SET TO 2, MAYBE THE COLLEGE OF THEIR DREAM?
I LIKE, YES, I I CAN MAKE IT OR I CAN.
YOU KNOW, I AM GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT.
SO OUR STUDENTS ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS NEXT STEP AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE AMBITIOUS STREAMS ABOUT CAREERS THAT THEY WISH TO PURSUE DREAM AND WITH OUR ORGANIZATION TAKING A STRONG STANCE ON AFFORDABILITY, WE KNOW THAT FINANCING YOUR EDUCATION IS A BIG PART OF THAT PUZZLE.
AND SOMETIMES IT LEADS TO CONVERSATIONS OFTEN TIMES DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT DREAM SCHOOL IS THE RIGHT FIT AND SOMETIMES IT'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO MAKE COMPROMISES IN TERMS OF WHERE WERE ATTENDING OR WHAT WE'RE STUDYING.
AND OUR ROLE IS REALLY JUST TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL COMPONENT TO THEIR COLLEGE CHOICE CAN SEE THE IMPACT THAT THAT IS GOING TO HAVE ON THEIR THEIR LIFE IN THEIR FINANCIAL HEALTH UPON GRADUATION AND JOHNSON, I WANT TO GO TO DID MENTION THAT YOU HAVE OR HAVE HAD STUDENT LOANS.
WHAT ADVICE YOU YOU MENTION SOME OF THE TIPS.
>> WHAT ADVICE AT THIS POINT WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF LOANS, WHAT IT'S THE FIRST.
WHAT'S THE FIRST STEP FOR THE ADVICE?
DO YOU GIVE THEM TO ONE OF YOUR CLIENTS?
DEFINITELY DEFINITE I WOULD SAY FOR FOR MOST, YOU KNOW, YOUR ACCOUNT IN A LENDER TO BE ABLE TO GUIDE YOU AND FIND A STRATEGIC PLAN.
>> ORDER YOU KNOW THAT YOUR SAVINGS TOGETHER, YOU GET TAXES AND TOGETHER IN ORDER TO BUY A HOUSE.
>> YOU KNOW THAT.
YOU KNOW THAT.
THE ONE THING TO NOTE, TOO, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE THAT FRONT OF US OUT HERE HAS HAVE STUDENT LOANS AND MAYBE THAT WHEN IT'S COOL STUFF IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT ON THE MEND.
THIS ASKED FOR IS TWO-YEAR JOB HISTORY.
AND IF YOU JUST GRADUATED TODAY, YOU WANT TO GO OUT FOR A JOB TOMORROW.
BUT YOU'VE BEEN IN SCHOOL.
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IT'S ALWAYS HAVE TO TRANSCRIPTS.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO TO GET A LOAN.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S POSSIBLE.
YEAH, POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT.
THANKS TO SAY THAT WITH STATE.
>> TEAIRA DS AND JONATHAN LOPEZ.
UP NEXT, HOW TO ENJOY THIS WEEKEND'S PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.
>> WITH ALL ITS CITY LIKE CHICAGO CAN BE A TOUGH PLACE FOR ASTRONOMY LOVERS, BUT LIGHT POLLUTION DOESN'T PRESENT A PROBLEM FOR THE NEXT BIG ASTRONOMICAL EVENT.
A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE COMING THIS SATURDAY.
CHICAGO ASTRONOMER JOKE WAS MONTH SAYS IT'S A GREAT CHANCE FOR CITY DWELLERS TO EXPERIENCES DANCE OF THE MOON AND THE SUN IN PREPARATION FOR A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.
NEXT SPRING.
>> HI, SPACE JOEL GUZMAN, THE CHICAGO ASTRONOMER BACK AGAIN TO SHARE WITH YOU.
HOW TO PREP FOR THE UPCOMING OCTOBER PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.
THE BIG EVENT, OF COURSE, IS THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF APRIL 2024.
>> MORE ON THAT IN THE FUTURE SEGMENT.
BUT ON SATURDAY, THE 14TH OF OCTOBER, THE SOME MOON AND EARTH WILL ALIGN IN A PRACTICE RUN FOR THE BIG EVENT NEXT YEAR.
HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE EVENT AS THE MOON ORBITS OUR PLANET, THE DISTANCE, VARIOUS CLOSER TO EARTH.
WE WITNESS A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.
INCREDIBLE LIFE CHANGING EVENT WHEN DAY TURNS INTO A DARKENED TWILIGHT EVENING STARS FILL THE SKY AND THE ENTIRE SOLAR DES IS COVERED BY THE MOMENT OBSERVED THE WISPY, DELICATE CORONA OF THE SUN.
BUT ON THE 14TH OF OCTOBER, THE MOON TO SLIGHTLY FURTHER AWAY FROM US AND RESULT NOT COMPLETELY COVERING THE DISK OF THE SUN.
THESE SOLAR EVENTS ARE CALLED ANNULAR ECLIPSES IN WHAT REFERRED TO AS THE RING OF FIRE DISPLAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, CHICAGO'S NOT IN THE OF MAXIMUM COVERAGE FOR THIS EVENT, BUT WE WILL EXPERIENCE A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, MEANING THAT THE MOVE WILL BITES OUT OF THE SUN AS PASSES BETWEEN US.
>> FOR 2 HOURS AND 45 MINUTES.
CAN EASILY FOLLOW THE CELESTIAL EVENT OF THE MOVING SPEARS.
FIRST CONTACT STARTS AT 10:37AM.
MAXIMUM COVERAGE IS AT 11.
58 AND LAST CONTACT AND ONE 22 PM SHOULD CALL THE TIME.
THE MOON WILL COVER THE SUN FOR A MAXIMUM OF 42%.
YOU JUST ISN'T EVER SO SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE SUN'S LIGHT AND THE DROP IN TEMPERATURE AT THIS TIME OF MAXIMUM COVERAGE.
NOW, HOW DO YOU SAFELY OBSERVE THIS EVENT OF THE MOON GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE SUN?
FIRST SERIOUS PRECAUTIONS.
>> SOLAR EVENTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS TO OBSERVE.
NEVER USE SUNGLASSES, RAPPERS OR OTHER 9 APPROVE.
SOLAR EYEWEAR ONLY USE CERTIFIED SOLAR GLASSES SUCH AS THESE TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN.
AND ALSO NEVER, I MEAN, NEVER.
>> POINT AND UNFILTERED TELESCOPE OR BINOCULARS.
>> TOWARD THE SUN.
IMMEDIATE DAMAGE WILL OCCUR.
AND I WANT YOU TO VIEW MY NEXT ASTRO SEGMENT.
SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
>> CHICAGO STARTER TELESCOPES AND BINOCULARS ALL HAVE SOLAR FILTERS AT THE READY FOR SAFE VIEWING.
YOU CAN ALSO PROJECT THE IMAGE OF THE SOME THROUGH TINY HOLES POKED THROUGH FOIL.
>> HARBERT OR OTHER HAND, THE MEDIA YOU MAY HAVE LAYING AROUND THIS IS WHAT YOU DO FACE AWAY FROM THE SUN AND THEY'LL ALLOW THE LIGHT TO SHINE THROUGH THE PIN HOLES ONTO A SHEET OF WHITE PAPER.
YOU'LL OBSERVES LITTLE SMALL ECLIPSE CRESCENTS.
ALSO LOOK TO THE GROUND DURING THE EVENT NEAR TREES AS THE LEAST AT THIS MINI PROJECTORS AND DISPLACE THE CHRISTIANS FOR YOU.
NOW, HOW CAN CITIES SKYLER IS GETTING BETTER IN CLOSER VIEW TO CONNECT WITH THIS PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE?
IF THE WEATHER PERMITS, MY CHICAGO STORM RECRUIT WILL BE AT THE 606, BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL RIGHT BEHIND ME.
YEAH.
AND THE EVENT WILL BE ON SATURDAY.
THE 14TH OF OCTOBER.
WE WILL BE ON SITE FROM 10:00AM UNTIL ONE, 30 PM AND WE'LL HAVE FILTERED TELESCOPE FOR EXCITING UP-CLOSE VIEWS OF THE SUN OF THE SEMI RARE ECLIPSE TO SHARE WITH OUR SKY LOVING FANS.
LOOK FOR US AT THE WESTERN TRAILHEAD RIGHT HERE AT RIDGEWAY AVENUE AND THE 606 TRAIL.
FAMILY FRIENDLY.
AND THAT'S THE WAY GUESS THERE'S NO EXCUSE TO MISS THIS.
>> FOR THE CHICAGO, JOB WAS MINE.
URBAN ASTRONOMY DONE RIGHT?
>> I NEED TO MAKE SURE TO GET SOME OF THOSE GLASSES TO SEE THE ECLIPSE WILL BUY MORE ON THAT ECLIPSE VIEWING EVENT ON OUR WEBSITE.
SINCE ITS OFFICIAL BEGINNINGS IN THE 1970'S BRONX, HIP-HOP HAS BECOME AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE MUSICAL LANDSCAPE ACROSS ANY GUSTS FOR THE FINAL WEEK OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH MUSIC JOURNALIST SUN THAT THE WANTS TO POINT YOU TO THE LATINO ARTIST WEAVING TRADITIONAL MUSIC INTO THEIR TAKES ON THE UNIQUELY AMERICAN GENRE OF HIP-HOP.
>> FINALIZE OUR TRIP ACROSS THE MUSICAL LANDSCAPE.
SOMEBODY GOES BY DIGGING INTO A RELATIVELY YOUNG GENRE THAT HAS IMPACTED LED TO THE MUSICIANS, THE WHETHER IT'S MELLOW MAN ACE THE LET YOU KNOW AND SEE TO GET A GOLD RECORD ARTISTS LIKE KID OUR LISA M SOME OF G'S TO MORE CURRENT RAPPERS LIKE STUDENT THEY AND AT THE SHOE.
IT END THE CHICAGO'S OWN MONEY SET UP LET ME ARTISTS HAVE GROWN HAND-IN-HAND WITH HIP-HOP'S EVOLUTION AND I LOVE THAT SOME OF THESE ARTISTS ARE USING THEIR CULTURE TO INCORPORATED INTO THE MUSIC AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, IT HIP-HOP'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY RECENTLY TO PONDERING.
IS THIS TRUE?
BECAUSE UNDERGROUND MUSIC AND CULTURE TAKES A WHILE TO DEVELOP AND GET TO THE MAIN PUBLIC.
SO I DECIDED TO ASK A LET YOU KNOW, HIP-HOP ARTISTS, WHAT THEY THOUGHT.
AND THIS IS WHAT SOURCE OR HAD TO SAY.
>> AS IT'S A 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN KOOL HERC THROUGH IS HIS FIRST HAS AN OFFICIAL HIP-HOP DJ.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT IN THE 60'S THERE WAS A GROUP CALLED THE LAST POETS AND THERE WAS ALSO BLOW FLY.
SO IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT 50 YEARS OLD, BUT THAT'S THE METRIC THAT THEY USE TO REPORT AND HIS BIKE OR HURTS DJ WILL HURD'S FIRST PARTY IN NEW YORK.
>> SO AND SOURCE OR LEASE THE PROJECT.
KACZYNSKI COMPOSITE SKETCHES.
THEY ARE IN A PROJECT THAT WAS RECENTLY SIGNED TO CHICAGO BASED RECORD LABEL.
NO CITY SCHOOLS.
HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM IS TITLED DEVILED HIM ON RIGHT.
THIS KID SUPER TALENTED.
HE'S GOT BRAINS.
HE'S GOT THE BEATS.
HE'S GOT THE AND I LIKE HOW HE USES HIP-HOP TO TRY TO MAKE SENSE HIS PHILOSOPHICAL MUSINGS ANOTHER ARTIST GREATLY INFLUENCED BY HIP-HOP IS TORONTO BASED RAPPER LOU UP WHO CO-FOUNDED THE GROUP MOST POINT DOES.
>> AND I LOVE THE MUSIC BECAUSE HE USES IT TO SHARE STORIES OF FAMILIES LIKE AN SELF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES WHO HE BELIEVES BRINGS POETRY AND MUSIC AS A GIFT TO THE COUNTRIES WHERE THEY END UP SETTLING THE MUSIC AND THE POETRY THAT HE'S BRINGING IS ALSO REFLECTED IN HIS NEW ALBUM TITLED NOT OFTEN YOU'LL HEAR.
LET RHYTHMS LIKE SOME CLAPPING BEYOND VIDEO THAT WE'RE GOING TO WATCH RIGHT AND HASN'T BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GET TO THE FIELD.
>> YOU KNOW, SO THE AQI.
>> A BEING A LEVEL IS SO SAID, DO THEY SINK OPENED THING ON THE >> FINALLY WOMEN POWER.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING FROM AFRO-CUBAN ARTIST.
LOVE THEM.
LUNCH.
SHE'S A PERCUSSIONIST AND IS KNOWN FOR HER TALENT ON THE FLUTE.
AND SHE REFLECTS HER LEASE HER SPIRITUALITY AND HER RELIGION AND HER MUSIC.
SHE COMBINES HIP-HOP DANCE HALL WITH BREAKING INDIA.
>> AND I LOVE THIS SONG BECAUSE IT ALSO INCORPORATES US.
>> THINK THAT WHAT?
MOST OF WOULD HAVE ANY AT ALL.
>> YOU'LL FIND LINKS TO THESE SONGS AND THE REST OF US.
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