>> Ted: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, THE DEATH OF A FARMWORKER IN YUMA PROMPTS CALLS TO BETTER PROTECT THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS IN EXTREME HEAT.

ALSO TONIGHT, A SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYED PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSECURITIES.

A LOCAL EXHIBIT THAT PICKS STORIES OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.

ALL OF THAT AND MORE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SCHEDULED TO TOUCH DOWN AT GRAND CANYON AIRPORT AS PART OF A WESTERN SWING INCLUDING BUSINESS TO ARIZONA, UTAH AND NEW MEXICO.

HE WILL ANNOUNCE A NEW NATIONAL MON USEMENTANNOUNCEMENT TO BAN URANIUM MINES.

>>> A NEW STUDY SHOWS PROPERLY SIZED BLOOD PRESSURE CUFFS ARE CRUCIAL FOR ACCURATE RINGS.

READINGS.

PATIENTS IN TOO LARGE OF A CUFF GET TOO LOW OF A RINGS AND TOO LOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OFTEN GET RESULTS THAT ARE TOO HIGH.

CUFFS COME IN FOUR SIZES BUT MANY USE REGULAR BECAUSE IT'S EASIER THAN SWITCHING.

>>> INDIA IS ABOUT TO CONDUCT A CONTROLLED LANDING ON THE MOON AND THE COUNTRY'S CHANDRAYAAN 33 SPACECRAFT ENTERED LUNAR ORBIT AND TO THE SOUTH POLE AND WILL LAND ON THE MOON ON AUGUST 23rd.

IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, THAT WOULD MAKE INDIA THE FOURTH COUNTRY TO HAVE A LUNAR LAND, FOLLOWING THE U.S. AND CHINA.

>>> IF YOU'VE SEEN BARBIE OR OPPENHEIMER, THERE WAS HIGH NUMBERS AND SENDING BARBIE OVER THE BILLION, BILLION DOLLARS MARK WORLD-WIDE AND THE FIRST DIRECTED BY A WOMAN TO HIT A BILLION DOLLARS.

OPPENHEIMER IS AT $500 MILLION IN SALES, WHICH MAKES IN THE BIGGEST GROSSING GROSSING FILM DURING WORLD WAR II.

>>> THE DEATH OF A 26-YEAR-OLD FARMWORKER IN A YUMA FIELD IS PROTECTING THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE IN EXTREME HEAT AND AMONG THOSE PUSHING FOR CHANGE IS REPRESENTATIVE MARIA SANDOVAL, DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 23 WHICH INCLUDES YUMA AND SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA.

I'M SORRY, IS IT MARIA OR MARIANNA.

>> MARIANNA.

>> Ted: GLAD WE CORRECTED THAT AND LET'S START WITH THE VERY BEGINNING.

DARIO MENDOZA, WHO WAS THAT?

>> A LONG TIME PARTNER AND TWO CHILDREN AND HIS TRAGIC DEATH IS WHAT SPURRED THIS MOVEMENT, THIS INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROTECTIONS, THE HEAT PROTECTIONS IN ARIZONA.

>> Ted: HE WAS WORKING IN AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD NEAR, YUMA, ARIZONA?

>> CORRECT.

>> DO WE KNOW WHAT THE TEMPERATURE WAS THAT DAY IN.

>> IN JULY, EVERY DAY, IT WAS 110 OR HIGHER AND THE EXACT TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY HE PASSED, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT WAS AT LEAST 110 OR MORE.

WE BROKE RECORD THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY IN ARIZONA AS FAR AS HEAT IS CONCERNED.

>> Ted: HE COLLAPSED FROM THE EXTREME HEAT?

>> YES.

HE HAD A HEAT STROKE.

>> Ted: CURRENT LAWS WORKING OUTSIDE IN EXTREME HEAT, WHAT ARE THEY?

>> WELL, NONEXISTENT IN ARIZONA AND THERE ARE FIVE OTHER STATES WITH HEAT PROTECTIONS AND WE ARE NOT ONE OF THOSE STATES AND THERE ARE FEDERAL LAWS THAT PROTECT THE WORKERS AND THERE'S A GENERAL ONE IN OSHA SAYING THEY NEED TO PROTECT WORKERS.

BUT EVEN IN THAT FEDERAL LAW, THERE ISN'T FEDERAL HEAT PROTECTIONS FOR ANY WORKER, IN ANY INDUSTRY, NOT JUST IN THE AGRICULTURAL FIELD BUT ANY FIELD.

AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT.

I'MWE'RE GETTING STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS TO DRAFT LEGISLATION SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE HEAT PROTECTION FOR WORKERS IN ARIZONA AND NOT ONLY IN THE AGRICULTURAL FIELD BUT IN ANY OTHER FIELD THAT WORKERS ARE WORKING IN THE ELEMENTS.

, EXPOSED TO THE HEAT.

>> Ted: CONSTRUCTION AND ALL SORTS OF JOBS OUTSIDE.

YOU MENTIONED NOTHING MENTION IN ARIZONA AND STATE LAWS IN NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, CALIFORNIA?

>> SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON, COLORADO, AND MINNESOTA, FOR WORKERS INSIDE AND NOT OUTSIDE.

AND THEN ALSO THERE'S ANOTHER STATE AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE STATE RIGHT NOW.

IT ESCAPES MY MIND.

>> Ted: HOW MUCH CAN YOU DO HERE IN ARIZONA?

HOW MUCH CAN YOU DO WITH THOSE OSHA REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES IN EFFECT?

>> WELL, I MEAN, IT'S BASIC, RIGHT?

IT'S REALLY BASIC.

BASICALLY, THE GENERAL CLAUSE SAYS THEY REQUIRE THE EMPLOYER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE FREE FROM RECOGNIZING HAZARD.

AND THE BECAUSE THEHAZARD.

AND BECAUSE THE HEAT IS A RECOGNIZED EXTREMITY ON ANYBODY'S LIST, PEOPLE OFTEN HAVE SNOW DAYS OR PROTECTIONS AGAINST THE SNOW BUT NOBODY HAS PROTECTIONS AGAINST THE HEAT AND NOBODY HAS HEAT LIKE ARIZONA.

SO I WROTE A LETTER TO FEMA ASKING THAT THEY ADD THE HEAT AS ONE OF THE -- THAT THEY HAD AN EXTREME HEAT TO THE LIST OF THE DECLARATIONS.

BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING EXTREME HEAT IN ARIZONA.

NOT ONLY Mr. MENDOZA, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE STATE THAT HAVE SUFFERED FROM THE HEAT.

WE HAVE A TON OF UNSHELTERED FOLKS THAT ARE GOING INTO EMERGENCY ROOMS, GOING INTO THE DOCTOR'S.

THIS MORNING, I HEARD ON NPR, FROM WAS A DOCTOR TALKING THERE HERE FOUR OUR FIVE PEOPLE COMING IN FROM EXTREME HEAT.

WHERE BEFORE, IT WAS ONE OR TWO A WEEK AND NOW IT'S FOUR OR FIVE DAILY.

THIS HAS REALLY GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING, WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE IMPLEMENT SAFETY FOR THE HEAT RESTRICTIONS, HEAT PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS IN ARIZONA.

LIKE I SAID, FOR ALL OF THE PROFESSIONS AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT LAY DOWN LANDSCAPERS AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE INSTALLING CABLE OUTSIDE AND THEY HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE AND THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

AND SO, I'M GLAD THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS IMPLEMENTED A PROGRAM WITH THE ADOSH IN WHICH THEY'RE GOING OUT AND INSPECTING DIFFERENT JOB SITES AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING BREAKS, THAT THEY'RE GETTING WATER AND THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF SHELTER FROM THE HEAT.

THIS DOESN'T EXIST IN THE FIELDS.

THERE IS NO RESPITE FROM THE HEAT OUT IN THE FIELDS.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT IN THE LAW SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT ANY FUTURE DEATHS, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELDS.

>> Ted: I WAS GOING TO MENTION THE GOVERNOR, WITH WHAT SHE HAS DEVISED HERE, YOU CAN ISSUE CITATIONS FOR NOT ENOUGH WATER, REST OR SHADE TO WORKERS, BUT YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING ENCODED AND ENFORCED BY WAY OF STATE LAW.

CORRECT?

>> YES I AM WORKING OFF OF A PREVIOUS BILL INTRODUCED BY FORMER A FORMER LEADER AND I'M WORKING ON GETTING STAKEHOLDERS, MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO GET THEIR INPUT.

I MET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF ADOSH LAST WEEK AND HE GAVE ME INFORMATION ON WHAT HE WAS DOING, WHAT THE PLANS ARE AND WHAT THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED AND WHAT CAN BE DONE.

AND SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THOSE MEETINGS SO THAT WE CAN START DRAFTING THE LANGUAGE FOR A BILL THAT I WILL BE DROPPING NEXT SESSION.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION, THAT NEXT SESSION, ARE YOU ENCOURAGED?

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES IN LEGISLATURE?

I THINK DEMOCRATS WOULD BE BEHIND THIS, BUT WHAT ABOUT REPUBLICANS?

>> I HAVE YET TO MEET WITH THEM.

WE JUST STARTED THE PROCESS, BUT I WOULD SAY ASSUME THIS WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN ISSUE.

THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS FOR ALL WORKERS AND ALL PEOPLE AND NOT JUST FOR BLUE DISTRICTS OR RED DISTRICTS AND SO, I CAN'T SEE THEM NOT WANTING TO PROTECT WORKERS.

, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TEMPERATURES WE'VE SEEN IN ARIZONA.

>> Ted: REPRESENTATIVE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, A PROGRAM THAT HELPS THOSE IN NEED FIND EMPLOYMENT AND RESOURCES.

>> ST. JOSEPH, THE WORKER, WHICH HELPS LOW INCOME SUPPORT SERVICES IS DOING A FIRST EFFORT CALLED "THE WORKFORCE VILLAGE'S PROGRAM."

HERE IS CARRIE MASTERS AND JOINING US IS GEORGE CHILDS, THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR WORKFORCE VILLAGES.

GOOD TO YOU HAVE BOTH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> Ted: FIRST OF ALL, ST. JOSEPH'S, THE WORKER, WHAT IS THAT?

>> THIS IS A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT ESSENTIALLY CONNECTS WITH THE, I WOULD SAY, SOMETIMES UNDERPRIVILEGED AND MAYBE UNSHELTERED, BUT THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY IN PROVIDING THEM SERVICES TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE UNSHELTERED AND HOUSING.

>> Ted: AND LET'S GET TO THE WORKFORCE VILLAGE'S PROGRAM AND WHAT IS THAT, GEORGE?

>> THE WORKFORCE VILLAGE PROGRAM IS A 90-DAY TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM FOR THOSE WORKING, BUT HOUSING INSECURE.

WHAT WE LIKE TO DO, WE LIKE TO BRING THEM INTO OUR PROGRAM AND WE HELP THEM WITH BUDGETS.

WE HAVE MEAL PLANNING AND NUTRITION AND LITERACY.

>> Ted: WHAT PERCENTAGE HAVE A JOB BUT JUST CAN'T FIND THE HOUSING?

>> SO WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 30% TO 40% OF THAT POPULATION ARE ACTUALLY HOUSED AND LIVING IN WHAT WE CALL "THE ZONE."

A LOT ARE SLEEPING ON THEIR MOM'S COUCH BUT LOOKING TO GET AHEAD AND MOVING INTO THEIR OWN HOUSING.

>> Ted: RESOURCES, HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND SOME HAVE TO LEARN WHAT TO DO, CORRECT?

>> IT'S ALMOST A PAUSE AND THAT'S A WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.

IT'S A 90-DAY PAUSE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO FACE ON WORK.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOCUS ON HOW WILL YOU HAVE A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD OR HOW DO YOU GET FOOD.

REALLY, IT'S JUST ALL I HAVE TO DO FOR THE NEXT FIND DAYS IS WORK AND SAVE MY MONEY AND I HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE INTO MY OWN PLACE, UNDER MY OWN NAME.

>> Ted: AS YOU MENTIONED 12 WEEKS, CORRECT.

>> YES.

>> Ted: FULL-TIME?

>> 35 HOURS A WEEK AND $17 AN HOUR MINIMUM.

>> Ted: YOU HAVE TO SAVE SOME OF THAT MONEY?

>> 80% OF THE MONEY AND THE 20% LEFT OVER, WE WORK TO BUDGET THAT 20%, TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY GET WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU NEED.

>> Ted: AND I WOULD IMAGINE PEOPLE NEED THAT INFORMATION, DON'T THEY?

>> YES.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CLIENTS BECOMING SELF-SUFFICIENT.

>> Ted: WHY 12 WEEKS AND WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT?

IS THAT A WAY, A PAUSE?

>> IT IS A PAUSE.

WHAT WE HAVE DETERMINED IS THAT THAT 90-DAY BREAK TYPICALLY ALLOWS OUR CLIENT TO SAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND $4,000 WHICH IN ARIZONA RIGHT NOW, IT HAPPENS TO BE FIRST AND LAST MONTH'S RENT AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING, TO SAVE THAT TO GET INTO THEIR OWN PLACE.

>> Ted: THEIR WEEKLY MEETINGS, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?

YOU HAVE TO LEARN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

>> THE SPECIALIST WILL HELP YOU WITH LIFE SKILLS, BUDGETING.

WE GO OVER YOUR PAYSTUBS SO WE CAN SEE WHAT YOUR TAXES ARE AND WHERE YOU CAN CUT COSTS AND HOW MUCH TO AFFORD AND WE GO OVERLOOKING FOR HOUSING WITH THEM SO WE CAN SHOW THEM HOW THEY CAN AFFORD THE LIVING SITUATIONS THAT THEY WANT.

>> Ted: THIS WORKFORCE VILLAGE'S PROGRAM, HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN AROUND?

>> IN JULY OF 2020 AS A RESULT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, WHERE WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE WORKING AND THEY WERE SLEEPING IN TENTS AND WE WANTED TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT WILL GET THOSE PEOPLE ON THE ROAD TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

>> Ted: CARRIE, WHAT REACTION HAVE YOU HAD SO FAR FROM THOSE INVOLVED WITH THIS PROGRAM?

>> HUGE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE AMAZING CLIENTS.

I MAKES WE WANT TO CRY WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE I CAN THINK OF A COUPLE OF FACES.

LIFE-CHANGING FOR THEM AND TRULY LIFE-CHANGING.

FOR ME, IT'S HUGE.

I GREW UP HOMELESS AND I UNDERSTAND THE CLIENT BASE.

TO SEE THESE PEOPLE GRADUATE, SO PROUD, WE WERE JUST A TOOL.

>> Ted: 80 SOME ODD PERCENT OF GRADUATES DOING WELL?

>> 79% OUR CLIENTS ARE SUCCESSFULLY HOUSED A YEAR OUT OF OUR PROGRAM.

>> Ted: THE CITY OF PHOENIX, IS THIS CITY SAYING WE'LL HELP IT BECAUSE WE LIKE THE SITUATION?

>> YEAH.

THEY WERE A HUGE FAN OF THE CONCEPT, THE IDEA AND HAVE BEEN A SUPPORTER SINCE INCEPTION AND THEY'VE SEEN THE SUCCESS OUTCOMES AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT.

>> Ted: LIKE $2 MILLION OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES?

>> YEAH.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION, GEORGE, WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE FROM THE PROGRAM AND WHAT ST. JOSEPH, THE WORKER, IS DOING?

DID ONE THE THINGS >> WE'RE HERE TO HELP EVERYONE, THE UNSHELTERED, THOSE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND NEED A HAND-UP.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STRIVE TO DO, IS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THERE IS A WAY BECAUSE ONE THING WE SAY IS THE ONE WAY OUT OF HOMELESS SITUATION IS A PAYCHECK.

WE WANT EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING PART OF OUR PROGRAM SO THAT THEY CAN BE SELF-SUSTAINED.

SELF-SUSTAINING.

>> Ted: GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> THANK YOU.

♪♪ >> AS AN INDIGENOUS PERSON, YOU'RE LIVING ON THE LANDS AND DO WE RECOGNIZE HOW RECENT THIS HISTORY AND DO WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT ONLY IN OUR PAST?

IT'S OUR HERITAGE AND IT'S OUR PRESENT >> Ted: STORIES OF SURVIVAL, AN IMMERSIVE JOURNEY THROUGH THE HOLOCAUST TO DEPICT THE ACCOUNT OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVAL FROM GOOD TO SEE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Ted: OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE SERIOUS STORIES AND THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS AND HOW ARE THEY PRESENTED?

>> A NEW EXHIBIT WE'VE BEEN RUNNING AND THE UP FOR SIX TO NINE MONTHS OR SO.

AND IT BASICALLY FEATURES FOUR STORIES OF ARIZONANS WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST.

THEY WEREN'T IN ARIZONA AT THE TIME OF THE HOLOCAUST AND SETTLED HERE AND FOUR ARIZONA RESIDENTS WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST AND HOW ARE THE STORIES TOLD?

>> WE USE A COMBINATION OF TECHNIQUES.

THERE'S NARRATIVE PANELS TO DISCUSS THEIR EXPERIENCES AND WE HAVE TIME PERIODS FROM THE HOLOCAUST AND SOME THAT BELONG TO THE SURVIVORS IN THE EXHIBIT AND SOME OTHER ONES THAT ARE GENERAL.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE NEW TECHNOLOGIES WHICH ARE REALLY FASCINATING AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ENJOY INTERACTING WITH THEM.

WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF ONE WHO IS STILL ALIVE, A LOCAL PHOENIX SURVIVOR.

AND PEOPLE CAN BASICALLY GO TO THE HOLOGRAM AND ASK QUESTIONS AND THE TALK TO OSCAR IN A CONVERSATION.

EVEN THOUGH IT'S HIS HOLOGRAM, YOU CAN TALK TO HUM.

WEHIM WE HAVE APROFOUND EXPERIENCE WITH A VIRTUAL HEADSET TAKING THE SAME TECHNOLOGY WITH PEOPLE USING IN VIDEO GAMING, OCULOUS HEADSETS.

THESE ARE VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES AND NOT REAL.

BUT EXTREMELY POWERFUL AND INTENSE.

I PEOPLE MAY BE ABLE TO SEE ON THE SCREEN WHILE I'M TALKING, SAMPLING TECHNOLOGIES AND SOME OF THE IMAGES ARE ONE OF THE VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES AND WE HAVE TWO.

THESE IMAGES ARE FROM AN EXPERIENCE OF ANNE FRANK.

WE HAVE ONE EXPERIENCE TO GO THROUGH THE ATTIC, WHERE ANNE FRANK WAS HIDDEN IN HOLLAND AND A SECOND EXPERIENCE WHICH IS EASIER TO DO.

ALTHOUGH, IT'S DIFFICULT TO WATCH.

IT'S A TOUR OF THE MYDONIC CONCENTRATION CAMP IN POLAND AS IT LOOKS TODAY.

EITHER ONE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES.

I WOULD CAUTION GUESTS, THE ANNE FRANK IS KNACKIVE SOW HAVE INTERACTIVE AND YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO USE THE HIDSETS AND THE TOUR OF THE CAMP IS, YOU PUT THE HEADSETS ON AND WALK.

>> Ted: WHAT THE HOLOGRAM?

>> IT'S A THREE DIMENSIONAL HOLOGRAM ON A THREE DIMENSIONAL SCREEN.

WE HAVE GREAT DONOR AND HE WAS FILMED IN 20 AND THEY TRANSFORM HIM THROUGH A KIND OF -- IT'S HIS ANSWER ANSWERS AND THIS IS DONE BY THE USC SHOA FOUNDATION AND THEY'VE CREATED ABOUT 50 OUT OF SURVIVORS AND WE'RE THE ONLY SITE IF PHOENIX THAT HAS THIS CAPABILITY.

YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND YOU ASK HIM, OSCAR, TELL US YOUR STORY.

HE'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM AND YOU CAN TYPE DEEPER.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOTHER, FATHER AND WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE CAMP AND IT'S INTERACTIVE.

>> Ted: THAT'S AMAZING!

THESE ARE ARIZONANS AND THE ENTIRE EXHIBIT IS ONLY ARIZONANS OR OTHER FOLKS?

>> THE FOUR STORIES, BIOGRAPHICAL STORIES ARE ARIZONA RESIDENTS.

ONE THING TO DO IS LET PEOPLE IN ARIZONA THAT THIS IS A RELEVANT TOPIC TO ARIZONA.

I MEAN THE HOLOCAUST DIDN'T OCCUR HERE.

THE ARIZONANS WEREN'T INVOLVED AND A LOT SETTLED HERE AFTER THE WAR AND THESE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND OSCAR LIVED IN PHOENIX, I BELIEVE, 53 YEARS AND HE'S A RESIDENT.

>> Ted: WOW!

OBVIOUSLY, THE PEOPLE ARE THERE AND SELECTED AS EASY TO FIGURE OUT WHO TO TALK TO AND COLLECTING THINGS, CURATING THE OBJECTS AND GETTING THE VIDEOS AND THAT MUST HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF WORK.

>> IT DOES.

SO WE'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE IN 1981 AND WE HAVE A LARGE COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL OBJECTIONS AND MATERIALS PERTAINING BOTH TO THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN ARIZONA AND THEN INCREASING AMOUNT OF MATERIAL ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST, AS WELL, AND SPECIFICALLY SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST FROM ARIZONA, WHO LIVE IN ARIZONA NOW, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE STORIES GET COLD.

THE EXHIBIT WE'RE RUNNING IS A PART OF A BIGGER CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO CREATE A PERMANENT HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER IN PHOENIX.

FOR THE TIME-BEING, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE ON DISPLAY.

>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN THERE FOR NINE MONTHS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES AND RUNS UNTIL?

>> AT LEAST UNTIL DECEMBER 31st OF THIS YEAR.

IT'S BEEN IMMENSELY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR AND WE'RE THRILLED SO MANY HAVE COME TO VISIT IT.

WE'VE HAD FOUR THOUSAND VISITORS SO FAR.

GOING INTO 2024, WE WILL UPDATE WITH NEW MATERIALS OR OBJECTIONS ONOBJECTS ONDISPLAY.

>> Ted: AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, DO YOU HAVE NEW STORIES TO TELL?

>> THERE ARE SO MANY.

THERE'S CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE, ABOUT 60 HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS THAT STILL RESIDE IN ARIZONA STILL ALIVE AND MANY MORE.

THERE'S HUNDREDS OF STORIES, JUST ARIZONA PEOPLE THAT RELATE TO THE HOLOCAUST.

>> Ted: AND FREE ADMISSION ON WEDNESDAYS.

>> DURING THE SUMMER, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SLOW AND CURRENTLY OPEN ON TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM 11:00 TO 3:00.

PEOPLE CAN WALK IN.

ON WEDNESDAYS, FREE ADMISSION AND HOPEFULLY, IF PEOPLE SEE THIS INTERVIEW, TO KNOW IF YOU WANT TO WALK IN ON WEDNESDAY, 11:00 AND 3:00, TO ADMISSION FEE AND PEOPLE LEARN THIS EXHIBIT AND LEARN THE STORY AND TO HISTORY.

EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LONG TIME AGO, 80 YEARS AGO, IT'S EXTREMELY RELEVANT TO THINGS GOING ON TODAY AND REALLY, IN THIS DAY AND AGE, IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THIS.

>> Ted: LAWRENCE BELL, ARIZONA JEWISH SOCIETY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: THAT IS IT FOR NOW AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!