>> HI THERE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN PRINT >> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

>>> THE GREAT SINGER R. KELLY SPENDS 20 YEARS IN PRISON.

ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE YEARS WILL BE TURNED CONCURRENTLY WITH KELLY'S EXISTING YOU NEW YORK SENTENCE.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST NEVER FORGET.

>>> A YEAR INTO THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINE WAR, HOW FAMILIES ARE FINDING SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES IN CHICAGO.

WE'RE LIVE IN UKRAINIAN VILLAGE.

>>> AND WE HEAR WHAT LOYAL LEGENDS, MR. JEAN HAS LEARNED IN OUR FIRST PLUS YEARS.

>>> AND FRIENDS IN PARIS AS YOU MENTIONED, UKRAINIAN VILLAGE AS PART OUR CHICAGO TONIGHT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

NOW, THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A SAFE HAVEN FOR HUNDREDS OF UKRAINIANS.

WE FLOAT WITH A FEW WHO ARE!

THEY ARE YEAR-LONG FOR THE FREEDOM AGAINST RUSSIA.

WE ALSO HEAR FROM SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE PRESUMABLY FOR REFUGEES HERE IN CHICAGO.

WE'LL HAVE THAT AND MUCH MORE, BUT FIRST I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>>> THANKS, JOANNA.

AND NOW TO OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT.

FEDERAL JUDGE IN CHICAGO SENTENCES R. KELLY TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CONVICTIONS ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND ENTICEMENT.

HOWEVER, ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE YEARS WILL BE SERVED CONCURRENTLY WITH KELLY'S EXISTING NEW YORK SENTENCE.

WTTW NEWS REPORTED MATT MASTERSON JOINS US NOW TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN.

SO, MATT, EXPLAINED THIS SENTENCE TO US.

IS IT WAS THE PROSECUTORS HAVE THOUGHT?

>> IT'S DEFINITELY WHAT PROSECUTION WANTED IN THIS CASE.

THEY HAD SOUGHT AN ADDITIONAL 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR R. KELLY ON TOP OF THE 30 YEARS THAT HE'S ALREADY GOTTEN IN RACKETEERING AND TRAFFICKING CASES, AND, AS YOU SAID, HE'LL ONLY SERVE ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR ON TOP OF THAT 30 YEAR SENTENCE THAT HE ALREADY GOT.

SO WHY NOT MORE TIME IN THE CASE TODAY?

JUDGE HARRY R. KELLY CITED KELLY'S AGE WITH WHEN HE'LL GET OUT, HIS OWN SEXUAL ABUSE WHEN HE WAS A CHILD, AND HIS UNLIKELIHOOD TO REOFFEND IF AND WHEN HE DOES GET OUT OF PRISON AFTER THE SENTENCE IS SERVED.

>> SO IF THIS IS THE STAND, IT LOOKS LIKE HE COULD GET OUT AT SOME POINT BEFORE THE END OF HIS LIFE, AND STATES ATTORNEY KIM FOXX DROPPED THE CHARGE, SAYING HE WILL DEFINITELY BE IMPRESSING THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT COULD BE THE CASE, SO WHAT WAS THE REACTION THAT YOU HEARD AFTER THE SENTENCING?

>> PROSECUTORS ARE OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE LACK OF THE ADDITIONAL CONSECUTIVE TIME, BUT THEY SAID THAT THIS 20 YEAR SENTENCE WHAT HE GOT DOES HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE YEARS OF ABUSE THAT HE DID A LEASE ON THESE VICTIMS.

KELLY'S SUPPORTERS AND FAMILY WERE IN COURT.

THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY MUCH MORE PLEASE.

THERE WERE SOME CHEERS FROM THE COURTROOM AFTER THE HEARING.

JENNIFER BOTHAM JEAN, KELLY'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY, SHE CALLED THIS A WIN FOR HER A CLIENT, ALTHOUGH SHE DID NOTE THAT IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT HE DOES NEVER WALK OUT OF PRISON ALIVE AFTER THE SENTENCE.

>> DID, DID ANY OF THE VICTIMS SPEAK AT THE HEARING HERE, AND DID KELLY SPEAK ITSELF?

>> KELLY DID NOT SPEAK.

HE STILL HAS ONE MORE CASE PENDING IN MINNESOTA, SO HE WAS ADVISED BY HIS ATTORNEY NOT TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT WE DID HEAR FROM THREE OF KELLY'S VICTIMS IN THIS CASE, TWO OF WHICH SPOKE IN PERSON AND ONE SPOKE THROUGH HER ATTORNEY.

ONE OF THOSE WAS JANE, KELLY'S GODDAUGHTER, WHO WAS SEEN IN THE ILLICIT SEX TAPES THAT WERE SHOWN IN COURT, IN HER OWN VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT, SHE SAID IT'S CLEAR ROBERT KELLY IS NO SAINT.

DOES ANYONE REALLY BELIEVE ROBERT IS NOT IN US SEX TAPES?

DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IS OKAY?

THESE VICTIMS ALL ASKED THE JUDGE TO SENTENCE KELLY TO A TERM THAT WOULD PREVENT HIM FROM EVER GETTING OUT ALIVE.

>> AND AS WE MENTIONED, WE HAD COOK COUNTY STATES ATTORNEY KIM FOXX ON YOUR EXPLAINED WHY SHE DROPPED THE CHARGES, SAYING AGAIN, GIVEN ALL THESE CASES, THERE'S A CASE IN MINNESOTA AND STATES COURT THERE STILL SPENDING.

HE LIKELY SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON SAID SO DID FOXX SAY ANYTHING ABOUT MAYBE RECONSIDERING THAT?

>> IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ANYTHING'S GOING TO BE RECONSIDERED.

SHE HAD SAID PREVIOUSLY IN THIS CASE THAT JUSTICE HAD BEEN SERVED WITH THIS 30 YEAR SENTENCE THAT KELLY GOT OUT IN NEW YORK, AND SHE KNEW GOING INTO TODAY THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT KELLY GOT EITHER VERY LITTLE TIME OR NO TIME AT ALL, SO THE FACT THAT HE GOT ONE MORE YEAR PROBABLY DOESN'T CHANGE THE CALCULUS FOR HER ON THEIR OWN CASE.

SHE DID ISSUE A STATEMENT TODAY REITERATING HER PREVIOUS POINT THAT SHE FELT JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED WITH ROBERT KELLY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

MATT MASTERSON, THANKS FOR FOLLOWING THIS FOR US.

AND YOU CAN READ MATT'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S ALL A WTTW.COM /NEWS.

>>> AND NOW BACK TO BRANDIS WITH SOME OTHER TOP STORIES TONIGHT.

>> PARIS, ONE ELECTION IS UNDERWAY, BUT STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE PROBING CONNECTIVITY FROM THE LAST ELECTION.

CHICAGO BUSINESS REPORTS THAT THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS MOVING TOWARD INVESTIGATING GOP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE DARREN BAILEY.

SPECIFICALLY, THE BOARD FOUND JUSTIFIABLE GROUNDS TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SUPPORTING BAILEY AND RUN BY CONSERVING THE REST DOWN PROST ILLEGALLY POLLUTED WITH THE BAILEY CAMPAIGN.

PROST RAN A PACKED CALLED PEOPLE WHO PLAY BY THE RULES .

BY LAW, POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS CANNOT COORDINATE WITH INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEES.

THE BOARD WILL NEXT ASSIGN A HEARING OFFICER AS IT MOVES FORWARD IN THIS CASE.

>>> STATE LEADERS ARE TOUTING ANOTHER UPGRADE TO THE STATES BOND.

TODAY, AS IN THE GLOBAL GAVE ILLINOIS A RATING OF A-, THE THIRD SUCH UPGRADES SINCE JULY 2021.

THE NEWS COMES JUST AFTER A WEEK AFTER THE GOVERNORS A PRESIDENT ADDRESS IN SPRINGFIELD.

AS OF THE LAST UPGRADED THE STATE IN MAY 2022, CREDITING ILLINOIS FOR PAYING LONG-STANDING DEBT.

THIS UPGRADE FOLLOWED OTHERS, AND MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

>>> AND SOME TROUBLING SIGNS THAT WE CAN SAFETY BUBBLING UP ON HIGH.

LOCAL AND NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE WARNING ABOUT ACTIVITY THAT SUGGEST AND ANTI-SEMITE GROUPS ARE PLANNING WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A DAY OF HATE THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26.

THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE SITES INCREASING VIOLENT ACTIVISM AND ONLINE HATE GROUPS.

THEY'RE URGING FOR US TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VEHICLES, CIRCUMSTANCES, AND INDIVIDUAL.

AND TO REPORT THAT ACTIVITY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS DISTURBING NEWS TOMORROW NIGHT.

>>> AND THE ELECTION IS JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY.

DON'T FORGET TO VISIT OUR WTTW NEWSLETTER GUIDE BEFORE YOU HEAD TO THE POLLS.

WE HAVE CANDIDATE PROFILES FOR THOSE RUNNING FOR MAYOR AND ALDERMANIC POSITIONS, PLUS RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRES, AND, OF COURSE, OUR ONGOING POLITICAL COVERAGE.

IT'S ALL A WTTW.COM/ YOUR GUIDE.

>>> UP NEXT, FAMILIES FROM OVERSEAS FINDING REFUGE IN CHICAGO ONE YEAR INTO THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINE WAR.

JOIN HERNANDEZ WITH THAT STORY RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> TOMORROW MARKS A YEAR SINCE RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE.

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE SINCE FLED THAT WAR-TORN COUNTRY , SOME SEEKING REFUGE HERE IN CHICAGO.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, JOANNA HERNANDEZ AND PRODUCER ACOSTA HERNANDEZ SPENT TIME IN UKRAINIAN VILLAGE SPEAKING WITH THOSE WHO ARE NOW CALLING THAT COMMUNITY HOME.

AND JOANNA JOINS US NOW.

>> Reporter: PARIS, THIS HASN'T BEEN AN EASY TRANSITION FOR THOSE UKRAINIANS FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOME.

WE SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO DESCRIBED IT AS IF SOMEONE WOULD TAKE THEIR LIFE AND CUT IT IN THE MIDDLE.

IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE THE MAILROOM AND AND HIS FAMILY ESCAPED UKRAINE.

>> TOTALLY NORMAL LIFE WITHOUT ANYTHING WHO CAN TOLD YOU TOMORROW OR THE LAW OF YOU AND TO TAKE SOMETHING FROM GOING TO.

>> Reporter: RUBIN REFLECTS ON THE PAINFUL FLASHBACKS OF THE DAY HIS FAMILY WAS FORCED TO LEAVE HIS HOME IN KYIV.

>> WE WRITE OUR NAME AND THE PHONE NUMBER ON THE , MY FRONT ILIA JACKET .

INSIDE .

ON THE JACKET.

IF SOMETHING HAPPENS , SHE MUST LEAVE.

>> THEY LIED TO US, DESTROYED OUR NATION, THEY COULDN'T STAND THAT WE COULD SEE .

>> Reporter: A HEART WRENCHING REALITY SHE SINGS ABOUT.

>> IT'S ABOUT THE BLAME WITHOUT THEM .

BUT THEY'RE AROUND.

CHILDREN DYING IN UKRAINE.

THEY HAVE BEEN KILLED.

AND WHY AM I ALIVE?

>> Reporter: SHE MANAGED TO ESCAPE WITH HER SON WHILE HER HUSBAND STAYED BEHIND TO FIGHT.

SHE'S NOW A MANAGER AT A CLEANING COMPANY HIRING OTHER UKRAINIAN REFUGEES.

>> A HELPLESS CRY OF MOTHER WHO HAS LOST HER CHILD.

>> Reporter: ON A MISSION TO USE HER VOICE TO RAISE AWARENESS.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST NOT FORGET, BECAUSE IF WE WANT TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM , WE MUST PROTECT IT.

WE MUST TAKE ACTION.

IF WE DON'T STOP THIS EVIL IN UKRAINE , IT WILL SPREAD FURTHER.

>> Reporter: ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO, UKRAINIAN VILLAGE HAS BECOME A PILLAR OF HOPE FOR HUNDREDS OF UKRAINIANS.

>> WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF NEW ARRIVALS.

AND WE ARE TRYING TO HELP EVERYBODY AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

>> Reporter: AT THE SELF-RELIANCE ASSOCIATION, PROGRAM DIRECTOR OLEG MUSKIE SAYS SINCE NOVEMBER, THEY'VE ASSISTED HUNDREDS OF UKRAINIANS WITH ENGLISH CLASSES TO STATE BENEFITS.

>> WE HELP THEM TO FILE AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR MEDICAID, YOU KNOW, HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE STATE , SNAP, SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, FOOD STAMPS, SO-CALLED, >> Reporter: WAS A PROFESSOR IN UKRAINE, NADIA SMALLEY COLLEGE SAID SHE FOUND STRENGTH WORKING AT THE ORGANIZATION SINCE SHE FLED THE WAR.

>> I MISSED MY FRIENDS.

I MAKE MY COWORKERS , BECAUSE I WORKED AT A DIFFERENT UNIVERSITY.

>> Reporter: AND AT SAINT NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL, 75 UKRAINIAN STUDENTS ARE STARTING A NEW JOURNEY.

>> OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE, RIGHT NOW, WE FOCUS ON OUR CURRENT MISSION OF EDUCATING THESE STUDENTS SO THAT WHEN THEY, WHEN IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO GO BACK HOME, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: RUBIN'S SON IS ONE OF THE CHILDREN ATTENDING THE SCHOOL.

>> A NEW COUNTRY, AND PEOPLE FROM THE SCHOOL TAKE US , TAKE MY SON, AND TOLD ME, OKAY, WE WILL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.

SOMETIMES, HE'S NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH.

SOMETIMES, HE'S NOT UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT -- EVERYTHING.

WE HAVE SUPPORT.

MY WIFE ALSO GOING HERE LIKE A VOLUNTEER.

>> Reporter: PRINCIPAL ANIS O'REILLY SAYS THE COMMUNITY HAS SPRUNG INTO ACTION BY DONATING FOOD AND OPENING THEIR HOMES FOR THOSE NEEDING A PLACE TO STAY.

>> I GUESS THAT'S THE SILVER LINING, IS, IS ALL OF THE AWARDS THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING, AND THEN TO SEE THESE FAMILIES AND THESE CHILDREN BOND OVER THIS EXPERIENCE, I THINK IT'S THE ABSOLUTE BEST THING THAT YOU CAN WISH FOR IN SUCH A TRAGIC SITUATION.

>> WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR SON NOW HERE IN CHICAGO?

WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR HIM?

>> GOOD LIFE.

GOOD LIFE HERE , AND BE AN AMERICAN.

>> YOU SOMETIMES FEEL THAT THAT THERE'S STILL HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN UKRAINE THAT THEY COULD NOT LEAVE?

>> SURE.

SURE.

SURE.

I KNOW HOW THOSE PEOPLE CANNOT LEAVE , AND THEY STAY IN UKRAINE, AND THEY CANNOT -- THEY DON'T HAVE A WAY WHERE THEY CAN GO.

>> Reporter: TOMORROW, THE COMMUNITY WILL BE HOSTING A LARGE RALLY ON THESE CHURCH STEPS TO REFLECT UKRAINIAN FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.

BENDEL HAD TO SAINT NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL TO HOLD A LARGE VISUAL HONORING THE LIVES LOST DURING THE WAR.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT, WE'LL HAVE MORE FOR YOU LATER IN THE PROGRAM, BUT FIRST, PARIS, I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, JOANNA.

THAT'LL BE A SOLEMN OCCASION TOMORROW.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

>>> AND UP NEXT, THE DYNAMIC 103-YEAR-OLD SISTER JEAN.

>>> BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

THERE >>> COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S MOST FAMOUS FAN, SISTER DREAM, IS FINALLY TELLING HER OWN STORY.

AT 103 YEARS OLD, THE LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO MATRIARCH IS RELEASING MMR, WAKE UP WITH PURPOSE.

WHAT I LEARNED IN MY FIRST 100 YEARS.

HERE TO TELL US ALL ABOUT HER NEW BOOK IS SISTER JANE, DOLORES SMITH, CAPTAIN OF LAWYERS AND UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM .

SISTER, WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE BUT >> YOU WERE APPROACHED A NUMBER OF TIMES ABOUT WRITING A BOOK TELLING YOUR STORY, AND YOU OFTEN SAID NO.

WHAT DROVE YOU TO WRITE YOUR MEMOIR NOW?

>> WELL , AFTER I DENIED EVERYBODY ELSE , THEN MY DAUGHTER, JUST BEFORE SCHOOL, OPEN SETH DAVIS, CALLED ME AFTER HE HAD TALKED WITH HER , AND PORTER SENT TO HIM, OH, YOU KNOW, SHE SHOULD LEARN ABOUT IT.

I'LL GIVE HER YOUR PHONE NUMBER.

SO HE GAVE HIM MY CELL PHONE NUMBER THAT TIME.

AND CALLED ME , AND WAS VERY PERSUASIVE, AND I SAID, OH, I HAVE TO ASK MY , I HAVE TO TALK TO MY CONGREGATION, AND TO MY EMPLOYER TO SEE IF I SHOULD DO THIS.

>> AND, AND SAID, GO FORTH, SISTER JEAN.

SO THAT'S WHAT I DID.

>> SO BASKETBALL, OF COURSE, WE KNOW HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT IN YOUR LIFE.

ONE GAME, YOU SAY, THOUGH, THAT YOU REMEMBER VIVIDLY WAS THE GAME OF CHAINS WITH LOYOLA AND MISSISSIPPI STATE.

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT GAME?

>> WELL, OF COURSE I WASN'T THERE.

BECAUSE WE JUST HAD A LITTLE TELEVISION , LIKE, 11 1/2 INCHES, BLACK AND WHITE .

ANOTHER SISTER AND I WERE WATCHING THIS TOGETHER.

IT WAS DELAYED, SO NO, NO ONE TOLD US , THERE WERE NO CELL PHONES OR THINGS IN THOSE DAYS, NO ONE EVEN TOLD US THAT WE HAD WON THE GAME.

SO WE WERE PLAYING THE GAME RIGHT ALONG WITH THEM, AND IT WAS SO EXCITING WHEN THEY WON.

AND IT WAS JUST, LIKE, SPONTANEOUS JOY , FIRST ON SHERIDAN ROAD, BECAUSE THE YOUNG MEN FROM CAMPION HALL, WHICH WAS THEIR RESIDENCE HALL, AND THE YOUNG -- CAME OVER TO LINDA LINES COFFEE HALL .

THEY WERE THE ONLY TWO RESIDENTS ON CAMPUSES.

AND GOT ALL THE GIRLS TO GO WITH THEM , AND THEY WALKED DOWN THE RIGHT LINE OF SHERIDAN ROAD , PRACTICALLY TO EVANSTON, SAYING WE WON, WE WON, WE WON.

AND IT, IT WAS JUST SO EXCITING, BECAUSE IT WAS THE, ACTUALLY A GAME OF CHANGE, AND THE PEOPLE REVIEWED, YOU KNOW, THE DOCUMENTARY THAT'S BEEN MADE NOW , THEY REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS.

THE YOUNG, THE YOUNG MEN PLAYING AT THAT TIME.

AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE -- THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE SO IMPORTANT IN HISTORY.

AND THAT IT TRULY WAS A GAME OF CHANGE.

>> AND OF COURSE FOR OUR VIEWERS, GAME OF CHANGE HAPPENED IN THE 'SICKNESS WHEN THE MISSISSIPPI STATE TEAM DEFIED THEIR OWN GOVERNOR IN PLAYING AN INTEGRATED TEAM, WHICH WAS THE LOYOLA TEAM AT THE TIME , AND HAVING TO SNEAK OFF AND PLAY THE GAME.

KIND OF ALMOST IN SECRET.

YOU ALSO WRITE, IT ONLY TOOK YOU 98 YEARS TO BECOME AN OVERNIGHT SENSATION WHEN LOYOLA WAS IN THE FINAL FOUR IN 2018, AND LOTS OF FOLKS OUTSIDE OF THE LOYOLA FAMILY AND OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO LEARN WHO SISTER JEAN IS.

WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU AT THE TIME?

>> WELL, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY EXCITING.

AFTER WE WENT, AFTER WE WON THE FIRST BRACKET, WE, I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING IN A HOTEL ROOM, AND I SAID TO MYSELF, OH, THIS IS NOT A DREAM.

IT'S FOR REAL.

GET GOING, GIRL.

SO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I SHOULD , BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY CAME AND SAID , SISTER JANE, THERE ARE SOME REPORTERS WANTING TO TALK TO YOU.

AND I SAID, OH.

YOU BETTER COME WITH ME.

SO THEY CAME, THEY CAME WITH ME, AND THE, THE REPORTERS KEPT FOLLOWING ME FROM EACH GAME .

THEY KEPT ON COMING TO THE LOCKER ROOM, BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME TO GO THERE TO TALK TO THE YOUNG MEN AND SO FORTH.

>> YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT HAS BEEN TO YOU OVER YOUR CAREER , TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO YOU, AND -- DO THE STUDENTS KEEP YOU YOUNG?

>> YES THEY DO.

I, THEY, THEY REALLY DO.

I TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR CURRENT VOCABULARY, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS SOMETIMES, A REPEAT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE '20s AND '30S.

THEY THINK "COOL" IS A NEW WORD.

THAT'S NOT A NEW WORD AT ALL.

BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST FUN TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

IT'S WONDERFUL TO WATCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEM FROM THE TIME THEY COME AS FRESHMEN AND THEY CHANGE SO MUCH BY CHRISTMAS TIME.

I TELL THEIR PARENTS, WHEN I TALK TO THEM, THAT TO EXPECT A CHANGE , THAT CHILDREN DEVELOP AND MATURE SO OVER THOSE FEW MONTHS, AND I DON'T PUT THAT IN A NEGATIVE WAY.

I MEAN, IT'S IN A POSITIVE WAY.

AND THEY, THEY DO.

THEY BECOME MORE RESPONSIBLE .

THEY BECOME VERY RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE WITH PEOPLE THEY'VE NEVER MET BEFORE.

AND I HAVE TO SAY , TOO, THAT THE FACULTY DO A WONDERFUL JOB IN CREATING FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM AND WITH THEIR STUDENTS, BECAUSE THEY, THEY JUST SAY THEM , AND GIVE THEM GROUP WORK TO DO , AND THEY LEARN A LOT FROM THAT.

THEY LEARN HOW TO SHARE , AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.

>> AT 103 YEARS OLD, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO SLOW DOWN.

BUT HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED?

>> WELL, I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO REMEMBER , THE FIRST THING IS , I WOULD LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED AS A COMPASSIONATE PERSON , ONE WHO REALLY WANTS TO RELATE TO PEOPLE, HELP PEOPLE, AND REMEMBER ME AS SOMEONE WHO REALLY LOVES GOD, LOVES THEM, LOVES WHAT I DO .

AND THEN SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK ME, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY LOVE WHAT YOU DO?

YES, I DO.

AND I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING , AFTER I THANKED GOD FOR BRINGING ME TO THE DAY , ASKING HIM TO HELP ME SERVE HIM THE REST OF THE DAY, I THINK OF WHAT I'M GOING TO DO THAT DAY.

SO THAT'S WHERE MY PURPOSE COMES IN.

AND I'M THINKING OF MY OWN PLANS.

SOMETIMES, THE PLANS DON'T GO TO FRUITION , BUT THEN YOU JUST READJUST AND DO SOMETHING ELSE AND DO THE PLAN THE NEXT DAY.

>> THE PURPOSE THAT YOU SAY THAT YOU WAKE UP WITH, AND THE TITLE OF THE BOOK, SISTER JEAN, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

CONGRATS ON THE BOOK.

>> LOVELY TO TALK WITH YOU TOO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR >> OF COURSE.

AGAIN, THE BOOK IS CALLED WAKE UP WITH PURPOSE: WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN MY FIRST 100 YEARS.

SO YOU'RE UP NEXT, WE CHECKED BACK IN WITH JOANNA HERNANDEZ, WHOSE LIFE FROM CHICAGO'S UKRAINIAN VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD.

STAY WITH US.

>>> >> Reporter: DESPITE BEING THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY, THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM IN CHICAGO IS SPREADING AWARENESS OF WHAT LIFE IS LIKE FOR UKRAINIANS IN THAT COUNTRY.

ONE OF THE MUSEUM'S CURRENT EXHIBITS IS FOCUSING ON THE POPULATION'S MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN.

INSIDE THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM LIES AN EXHIBIT DEPICTING WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF CHILDREN.

>> THEY SEE PAIN, AND THEY ALWAYS SAY ART IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE A CHILD'S PAIN, OR EVEN IN A -- >> THIS -- CHILDREN'S -- THE ONGOING -- UKRAINE WAR.

CHILDREN ARE -- WORLD WAR II -- >> THE WAY CHILDREN -- PAIN -- OF A LOT ABOUT -- SITTING -- THEM -- HOW THEY'RE -- >> Reporter: SINCE THE -- THE MUSEUM HAS SEEN MORE THAN 9000 PEOPLE COME THROUGH ITS DOORS.

EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT UKRAINE'S HISTORY.

>> THERE SEEMS TO BE A HEIGHTENED INTEREST, AND, YES, WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT ON FEBRUARY 24th, WE HAD MANY, MANY PEOPLE.

WE COULDN'T HANDLE THE FLOW OF VISITORS.

>> Reporter: MARIA CONTRACT, THE MUSEUM'S CURATOR, SAYS IT'S IN HER MISSION TO NOT ONLY PRESERVE HER COUNTRY'S CULTURE, BUT TO ALSO SPREAD AWARENESS.

>> SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT THE WAR.

THEY HAVE SOME FATIGUE.

TRY TO NOT ONLY PROMOTE UKRAINIAN CULTURE, UKRAINIAN IDEAS EVERYWHERE, BUT THAT THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM.

>> Reporter: CONTRACTS SISTER IS A SCHOOLTEACHER IN UKRAINE, AND SAYS TILDEN ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL OUT OF BOMB SHELTERS.

IT'S A COMMUNAL EFFORT TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE.

>> THIS IS HOW THE CHILDREN IN UKRAINE LIVE.

YOU KNOW?

HOW TEACHERS LIVE, HOW PARENTS LIVE.

THINKING ABOUT PROTECTION, HOW TO SAVE THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: ONE PANEL AND EXHIBIT SIGNIFIES HOPE, HOPE THAT ONE DAY, CHILDREN WILL SEE THEIR COLORFUL HOMETOWN THE WAY THEY ONCE DID .

>> OR WILL STOP, AND CHILDREN WILL SMILE AGAIN.

AND THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN BEDS.

THEY WILL HAVE, THEY WILL PLAY ON THEIR OWN BACKYARD, ON THEIR OWN HOUSE.

>> Reporter: AND THE MUSEUM HAS RAISED MORE THAN $100,000 IN DONATIONS FOR UKRAINE.

YOU CAN SEE THE, MOM, I DON'T WANT MORE EXHIBIT THROUGH FEBRUARY 28th.

>>> BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, JOANNA, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, TOMORROW, MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE WAR STARTED.

WHAT DO PEOPLE EXPECT OUT OF THE COMMUNITY RALLY?

>> WELL , SO FAR, WE KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, THE RALLY IS STARTING HERE AT 6:30.

WE ACTUALLY JUST SEE SOME PEOPLE COME BAD TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THIS DEMONSTRATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SHOWCASING PROTECTING MORE THAN 365 PHOTOS OF WHAT WAR HAS BEEN LIKE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN UKRAINE DURING THE WAR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORTING TONIGHT.

>>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

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>> YOU CAN ALSO GET THE SHOW VIA PODCAST ON THE PBS VIDEO APP, AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:00 FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW, AND AT 10:00 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT.

WILL HANDICAPPING THE RACE FOR CHICAGO MAYOR AS THE CONTEST ENTERS ITS FINAL WE CAN.

>>> AND HOW JUDAS COMMUNITIES ARE PREPARING FOR A POTENTIAL DATE OF HATE BY ANTI-SEMITIC GROUPS >>> AND NOW FROM ALL OF US HERE AT 1035, I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.