[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THERE ARE TOO MANY VIOLENT OFFENDERS.

>> WHAT'S BEHIND THE SPIKE IN VIOLENCE OVER THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT?

WE HEAR FROM THE MAYOR, POLICE SUPERINTENDENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.

>> WE ARE DOING AN INVENTORY OF ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS.

>> AFTER A DEVASTATING BUILDING COLLAPSE, A LOOK AT WHAT CONDOS CAN DO TO KEEP RESIDENTS SAFE.

>> THEY ARE NOT THE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS OR SCHAUMBURG THEY ARE CHICAGO BEARS.

>> GIVEN THAT AS A MOVE TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IN THE BEARS' FUTURE?

>> WE DISCUSS CHICAGO'S ROLE IN THE TECH WORLD WITH THE INCOMING PRESIDENT OF THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

>> FEELINGS OF PATRIOTISM COMPLICATED BY A HISTORY OF RACIAL INJUSTICE.

THREE LATINOS SHARE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN FROM THEIR EYES.

>> I HAD NO IDEA HOW IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT THIS PLACE IS TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> AND FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTS AND EVERYTHING IN-BETWEEN, EVEN IN DEATH THE LIVES OF THESE BLACK CHICAGOANS ARE EDUCATING OTHERS.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES...... AFTER 16 MONTHS CHICAGO RESIDENTS CAN ENTER CITY HALL DURING REGULAR OPERATING HOURS 8:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.

THE BUILDING HAD BEEN CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR 16 MONTHS DURING THE PANDEMIC AND OPERATING WITH LIMITED ACCESS WHEN THE CITY MOVED TO PHASE 5.

SOME OFFICES LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING, BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ARE MAINTAINING LIMITED ACCESS.

THE CITY CLERK AND DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE HAD BEEN OPEN WITH LIMITED ACCESS FOR THE LAST 16 MONTHS.

>> THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ALSO PASSED A MILESTONE IN THE DECLINE OF COVID-19.

REPORTING ZERO DEATHS FROM COVID YESTERDAY.

THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DAYS IN CHICAGO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE MONTHS.

THE STATE'S POSITIVITY RATE IS 1.4% AND THE CITY'S IS 0.8%.

THE STATE DID REPORT 16 DEATHS FROM COVID-19 TODAY.

>> AND MEDICAID RECIPIENTS WHO ONLY QUALIFIED FOR COVERAGE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE IT UP TO 12 MONTHS AFTER IT'S SET TO EXPIRE.

IT IS A PART OF A NEW LEGISLATION THAT THE GOVERNOR SIGNED INTO LAW TODAY.

>> THE MANY ILLINOISIANS WHO FOUND THEMSELVES IN NEED OF MEDICAID COVERAGE IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 NOW WON'T FIND THE RUG PULLED OUT FROM UNDER THEM JUST BECAUSE OUR LIVES ARE STARTING TO FEEL A BIT MORE NORMAL.

>> AND SENATE BILL 2294 PROVIDES VETERANS REPORT SPECIALIST ANDS CREATES A STATE-WIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STRATEGY AND PROTECTS OR REQUIRES THAT INPATIENT STATUS FOR ANYONE EXPERIENCING AN OPIOID OVERDOSE AND IT COVERS THE COST OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANT MEDICATIONS REGARDLESS OF RESIDENCY.

AND PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

>> IT WAS A PARTICULARLY VIOLENT HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN CHICAGO AND THAT IN TURN HAS PROMPTED A ROUND OF FINGER POINTING AND CALLS FOR FRESH SOLUTIONS.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

AMANDA?

>> PARIS, MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE SHOT, CHILDREN TWO POLICE OFFICERS.

AT LEAST 17 INDIVIDUALS DYING AS A RESULT.

THE FOURTH OF JULY, TRADITIONALLY A TIME FOR FLAG WAVING, BARBECUING AND FIREWORKS BUT UNFORTUNATELY IN CHICAGO IT'S BECOME KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT WEEKENDS OF THE YEAR AND THIS WEEKEND'S SHOOTING TOPPED THAT OF RECENT YEARS.

IT WAS A HORRIFYING FACT THAT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT ACKNOWLEDGED TODAY SAYING THAT SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE UNDER SIEGE.

>> AND I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY SPEAK TO THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO STEM THE VIOLENCE.

I'VE MET WITH MANY OF YOU.

AND I'VE HEARD YOUR PAIN AND ANGUISH.

AND I CARRY THAT WITH ME.

WE MUST DO BETTER, ALL OF US, FOR YOU.

>> NOW, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE STATS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.

C.P.D.

SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN DESCRIBING A CONCERNING CASE IN WHICH A MEMBER OF THE CLEANUP CREW EMPLOYEE THAT IS, AT A HOTEL NEAR NAVY PIER ONE OVERLOOKING THE OHIO STREET BEACH NOTICED A GUN IN A MAN'S ROOM.

OFFICERS INVESTIGATED AND DID FIND A RIFLE, HANDGUN AND MAGAZINES.

AN IOWA MAN WITH NO PREVIOUS CRIMINAL HISTORY HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF UNLAWFUL AGGRAVATED USE OF A WEAPON.

NOW, AS FOR THE SHOOTINGS THAT DID OCCUR, BROWN SAYS C.P.D.

OFFICERS DID THEIR PART TAKING SOME 244 ILLEGAL GUNS OFF THE STREETS.

>> WE CAN TAKE GUNS OFF THE STREETS.

WE CAN CHARGE PEOPLE WITH MURDER.

BUT, AGAIN, I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION IN THIS GALLERY: HOW MANY PEOPLE THINK IT'S OK TO HAVE 90 PEOPLE ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING THAT WE'VE CHARGED WITH MURDER RELEASED BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES?

>> PUTTING THE BLAME ON THE COURTS IS SIMILAR TO THE ARGUMENT THAT BROWN MADE FRIDAY TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN ALDERPEOPLE HELD A SPECIAL SIX-HOUR LONG MEETING GRILLING BROWN ON THE C.P.D.

'S STRATEGY FOR PREVENTING A WEEKEND LIKE THIS ONE TURNED OUT TO BE.

COOK COUNTY CHIEF CIRCUIT JUDGE TIM EVANS HAS BEEN QUIET IN THE FACE OF THESE ALLEGATIONS FROM BROWN AND THE MAYOR.

TODAY HE DID RELEASE A STATEMENT SAYING LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL TRAGIC CASES IN ISOLATION MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPECULATION THAT RELEASING INDIVIDUALS BEFORE TRIAL RATHER THAN INCARCERATING THEM WHETHER BY PLACING THEM ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING OR OTHER MEANS OF SUPERVISION MEANS AN INCREASE IN CRIME.

BUT SPECULATION BASED ON ISOLATED CASES IS NOT THE SAME AS REALITY BASED ON A COMPLETE PICTURE AND RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT BAIL REFORM HAS NOT LED TO AN INCREASE IN CRIME.

EVANS POINTING TO A STUDY FROM LOYOLA UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS THAT FOUND THE SAME CONCLUSION.

NOW, IN THE FACE OF THIS, ALDERPERSONS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE THEIR OWN THEORIES AND DEMANDS.

LEADERS FROM CHINATOWN SAY THEIR CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY IS REELING AFTER A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING YESTERDAY.

>> THE INCREASE IN CRIMES AND VIOLENCE HAVE NOT ONLY THREATENED OUR SAFETY AND HUMAN LIFE BUT ALSO CAUSED THE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDING FEAR, ANXIETY, STRESS, AND SUICIDE.

PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF GOING OUTGOING FOR A WALK, GO SHUPING AND TO GO -- SHOPPING AND TO GO EXERCISING.

>> SHE IS AMONG THE LOCAL LEADERS CALLING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE CITY AND THE STATE ALSO FROM THE FEDS TO GO TOWARD COMMUNITY NEEDS INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH.

SHE SAYS THE MIDWEST ASIAN HEALTH ASSOCIATION TO USE THAT MONEY TO HIRE A PSYCHIATRIST AND HELP WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.

MEANWHILE YOU HAVE PASTOR MARVIN HUNTER THE GREAT UNCLE OF LAQUAN McDONALD, WHO WAS KILLED BY A CHICAGO POLICEMAN IN 2017 CALLING ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SEND MONEY TO CHICAGO.

BUT NOT TO THE CITY ITSELF.

HE SAYS IT NEEDS TO GO DIRECTLY TOWARD GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS WITH WHOM PRESIDENT BIDEN HIMSELF SHOULD ENGAGE.

NOW, THE PRESIDENT WILL BE IN ILLINOIS TOMORROW BUT HE IS HEADING TO McHENRY COUNTY.

>> I THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT GO TO CRYSTAL LAKE.

HE SHOULD COME TO NORTH LAWNDALE BECAUSE THE CRIME IS AT EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS IN NORTH LAWNDALE AND THE PEOPLE OF ENGLEWOOD AND THE PEOPLE OF NORTH LAWNDALE AND HUMBOLDT PARK AND EAST AND WEST GARFIELD AND ROSELAND SHOULD MEET THERE AND MEET THERE BECAUSE HE IS THERE TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO WE TURN THIS AROUND.

>> WE DO PLAN TO COVER AND BE AT BIDEN'S VISIT WHETHER REPORTERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK HIM ABOUT VIOLENCE IS UP CLEAR.

BUT HE IS EXPECTED TO MEET WITH MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND SURELY THIS WILL COME UP.

CHICAGO'S NUMBERS SHOCKING.

BUT AS SUPERINTENDENT DID POINT OUT OTHER CITIES ARE ALSO SEEING WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS VIOLENT CRIME WAVES.

WITH THAT, PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> QUICKLY, JUST TO FOLLOW-UP, SUPERINTENDENT BROWN SAID 90 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR MURDER THAT WERE OUT ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING?

>> HE DID NOT NECESSARILY GIVE A TIME-FRAME FOR THOSE ARRESTS FROM MY RECOLLECTION.

>> IT WOULD HAVE TO BE OVER YEARS.

WE HAVE TO FOLLOW-UP ON THAT.

THANK YOU.

>> AND TOMORROW NIGHT WE WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX AND OTHERS ABOUT THE RELEASE OF CRIME SUSPECTS BACK IN THE COMMUNITIES WHILE WAITING TRIAL.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS FOR COMMUNITY REACTION TO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND VIOLENCE.

>> AND PARIS, AS WE JUST HEARD ANOTHER HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN THE CITY MARRED BY VIOLENCE HERE IS MORE WHAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAD TO SAY AT A RIBBON CUTTING FOR A NEW TRACK AND FIELD FACILITY AND AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS SITE.

>> WE MUST CONTINUE TO URGE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO PUT DOWN THE GUNS.

WE HAVE TO LOVE THEM.

AND TONIGHT, AND TODAY IS ABOUT LOVE.

IT'S BEEN MAKING SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

I'M OLD SCHOOL AND BELIEVE WHAT MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME.

WHICH IS WE LOVE THEM, BUT WE ALSO MUST HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND WE MUST SHOW THEM THE WAY TO A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE.

>> JOINING US ARE THREE PEOPLE WORKING TO TRY AND IMPROVE COMMUNITIES, THEY ARE TONY SALAAM, DIRECTOR OF READY GREATER ENGLEWOOD OUTREACH AT HEARTLAND ALLIANCE WHICH WORKS TO ADDRESS TRAUMA AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MEN AT RISK OF GUN VIOLENCE.

LIZ DOZIER FOUNDER AND C.E.O.

OF CHICAGO BEYOND WHICH SEEKS TO FIGHT INEQUITIES IN CHICAGO COMMUNITIES.

THE FORMER PRINCIPAL OF SINGER HIGH SCHOOL.

AND BRENDA PALMS BARBER, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF THE NORTH LAWNDALE EMPLOYMENT NETWORK.

WELCOME BACK, WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

LIZ DOZIER LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

HOW DO YOU THINK THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE DOING IN THE RESPONSE AND EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE CITY'S GUN VIOLENCE?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT ANYONE WHO PICKED UP A NEWSPAPER TODAY OR TURNED ON THE TELEVISION SAYING WE ARE NOT DOING GOOD.

THE CITY IS NOT WELL.

WE ARE UNDER SIEGE.

AND ALL OF US NEED TO DO BETTER.

I THINK THAT TOO OFTENTIMES WE LOOK AT THIS IN ISOLATION AS ONE PARTICULAR AREA OF THE CITY FOR EXAMPLE, THE POLICE DOING THE THINGS THAT WILL SAVE OUR CITY AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS GOING TO REDUCE VIOLENCE IT MEANS WE HAVE TO FUND AND SUPPORT DIRECT PROGRAMMING.

WE HAVE TO SUPPORT SYSTEM LEVEL PROGRAMMING.

AND WE HAVE TO REALIZE WE DID NOT GET HERE OVERNIGHT.

AND THAT SYSTEMIC RACISM IS THE CANCER OF THIS COUNTRY AND THAT VIOLENCE IS JUST ONE OF ITS MANY INSIDIOUS SYMPTOMS.

AND AGAIN WE HAVE TO THINK HOLISTICALLY.

>> TONY SALAAM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WORK IN EVERYDAY AS WELL, AND AFTER A WEEKEND LIKE THE ONE THAT WE'VE HAD, YOU HAVE TO KEEP GOING, HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN THE OPTIMISM THAT YOU CAN CREATE CHANGE WHEN YOU ARE CONFRONTED WITH WHAT WE SAW THIS WEEKEND?

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S ALWAYS VERY SAD AND DARK OCCASION WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT 100 INDIVIDUALS BEING SHOT OVER A HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND CHILDREN BEING MURDERED ET CETERA.

WHAT I DO IS I TAKE SOME PERSONAL SATISFACTION IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND THAT IS DOING THIS WORK.

PEOPLE HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES AND DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE IN ORDER TO HAVE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE.

AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE.

HOWEVER, IT'S SAD TO ME THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AS A COMMUNITY AS A BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY.

AND SO MY DESIRE AND MY GOALS IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN THIS SPACE BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY FOR EVERYBODY NOT ONLY JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT THIS IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS AND CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PANDEMIC.

>> I WANT TO GET BRENDA PALMS BARBER IN HERE, WE HEARD LIZ DOZIER TALK ABOUT INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMMING.

WHAT KIND OF A DIFFERENCE COULD YOU MAKE WITH A SIGNIFICANTLY SCALED UP PROGRAM?

HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE COULD YOU REACH?

>> HI, BRANDIS, I THINK THAT IS FOR ME.

I THINK THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW IN PLAY.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VIOLENCE REDUCTION PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE EACH DOING INCREDIBLE AND IMPACTFUL WORK BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY OPERATING AT A BOUTIQUE LEVEL OF IMPACT AND WHAT IS EXCITING TO ME IS THAT WE'RE ALL COMING TOGETHER TO SAY HOW CAN WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT POPULATION IMPACT IN REDUCING VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CHICAGO?

AND I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE INTERESTING DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES BUT WE ALL SHARE THE SAME VISION AND HOPE, WHICH IS THAT THESE YOUNG MEN THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH CAN IN FACT BE WHAT ALL OF US WANT TO BE WHICH IS A GOOD CITIZEN.

AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO HERE IS THE ROOT CAUSES BEHIND THIS VIOLENCE.

AND I THINK WE CAN'T SIMPLY POLICE OURSELVES OUT OF THIS.

IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY THAT POLICING IS THE ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S NOT.

NOR IS JUST A SINGLE JOB.

SOMETIMES YOU WILL HEAR PEOPLE SAY GIVE THAT PERSON A JOB AND THAT IS THE BEST ANECDOTE TO A BULLET.

BUT IN FACT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH CHICAGO READY AND THROUGH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS IN THIS WORK IS THAT IT IS A VERY COMPLEX AND SOPHISTICATED SET OF ISSUES NON-MY PERSONAL OPINION THE ROOT OF THIS IS POVERTY.

WHEN YOU LIVE IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES AND NOT ENOUGH OPTIONS THEN PEOPLE ARE LEFT TO MAKE POOR CHOICES.

WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT UNIDENTIFIED AND UNTREATED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE RAMPANT IN THE POPULATIONS THAT WE SERVE.

WHETHER IT IS A MOTHER, A FATHER, SISTER OR BROTHER.

BUT THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT ACCESSING THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR TREATING SOME OF THOSE.

AND CHALLENGES... >> YOU TALK ABOUT THE COMPLEX WEB OF ISSUES AND SOME MIGHT SAY LACK OF EDUCATION IS ONE OF THOSE.

LIZ DOZIER AS A FORMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, HOW MUCH CAN WE EXPECT SCHOOLS AND THE EDUCATION SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO HELP TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES?

>> WELL, I WANT TO BACK UP.

I THINK WE DO THIS TOO OFTEN WE PROBLEMMIZE OUR COMMUNITIES AND PROBLEM ADVERTISE THE BLACK OR BROWN PEOPLE AND TRY TO SOLVE BLACK PEOPLE OR BROWN PEOPLE AND TO ALLEVIATE VIOLENCE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COMMUNITIES FROM THE HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE.

THE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A QUALITY EDUCATION, HEALTHY INCOME REHABILITATION THEY HAVE ALL FAILED.

WE CAN TIE THOSE BACK TO SYSTEMIC RACISM.

FOR DECADES CHICAGO HAS NEGLECTED THE HEALTH AND PROSPERITY OF THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT WE HAVE EITHER FACILITATED OR IGNORED THE EXPLOITATION OF BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

AND WHILE BANKS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS HAVE DONE THE SAME.

CHICAGO BEYOND WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE SAME INSTITUTIONS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT HAVE NOW HAD THIS INCREDIBLE RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT IS WHAT I MEAN THIS INCREDIBLE RESPONSIBILITY TO BUILD THE COMMUNITIES BACK IN A HOLISTIC WAY.

WHETHER WE THINK ABOUT J.P. MORGAN INVESTING 41 TIMES MORE IN WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS THAN BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS OR THINK ABOUT 37% OF CHICAGO'S YOUNG BLACK ADULTS ARE UNEMPLOYED COMPARED TO 5.7% OF WHITE ADULTS.

THERE IS THINGS WE NEED TO DO.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT POLICING OR ONE INSTITUTION.

SO CHICAGO BEYOND WE BELIEVE IN HOLISTIC HEALING AND BELIEVE IN THIS WHOLE APPROACH OF NOT JUST ANY ONE SINGLE ISSUE.

>> TONY SALAAM, YOU AND A HOST OF PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE SOME RESULTS IN REDUCING VIOLENCE.

VERY BRIEFLY, 20 SECONDS I APOLOGIZE HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT?

>> WELL, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RISK INDIVIDUALS.

SINCE THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED WE HAVE SERVED 800 INDIVIDUALS AND CONNECTED TO MANY PRACTICES.

OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE 45 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED OR SHOT BY -- ALSO 80% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE.

35% OF THEM ARE AT LEAST BEEN SHOT ONE TIME.

SO WE PROVIDE COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION, TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYMENT, CASE MANAGEMENT AND WRAP AROUND SERVICES.

LIZ IS TALKING ABOUT A HOLISTIC APPROACH.

>> THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

WE'RE THANKFUL TO HAVE 0 SPOKEN TO YOU AND OTHERS AT READY AND DONE MORE WITH OUR FIRSTHAND GUN VIOLENCE SERIES THAT IS AVAILABLE ON-LINE.

THANKS TO LIZ DOZIER, TONY SALAAM AND BRENDA PALMS BARBER FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> AND NOW BACK TO PARIS FOR A LOOK AT CONCERNS OVER CHICAGO'S CONDO BUILDINGS FOLLOWING THE TRAGEDY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

>> CREWS ARE STILL WORKING TO LOCATE RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR AFTER THE CONDO COLLAPSE IN SURFSIDE, FLORIDA.

THE LATEST DEATH TOLL IS NOW 36 PEOPLE.

AND THE TRAGEDY PROMPTED QUICK ACTION IN NEARBY CITIES INCLUDING THE EVACUATION OF A BUILDING IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH WHOSE CITY MANAGER SAYS THEY ARE WORKING TO PROTECT RESIDENTS THROUGH INSPECTIONS.

>> WE CANNOT DO IT FASTER.

EVERYBODY IS AFRAID IN A TIME OF THE WAKE OF WHAT HAPPENED.

WE ARE DOING OUR BEST AND OUR DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO REVIEW ALL BUILDINGS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.

>> AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE SURFSIDE CONDO LEFT SOMEONEWONDERING COULD IT HAPPE?

JOINING US ARE EVAN MCKENZIE, LAW SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR AND HEAD OF THE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT UIC AND THE AUTHOR ON TWO BOOKS ON HOA GOVERNANCE.

AND KRIS KASTEN, AND DEREK BOELDT WE INVITED THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS WHO ARE NOT PROVIDING COMMENT SINCE THERE ARE MANY UNKNOWNS.

AND THE DEPARTMENT TOUTED CHICAGO'S STRICT BUILDING CODES SAYING QUOTE... THAT IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS AND WE WELCOME YOU HERE.

DEREK BOELDT FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU.

CHICAGO HAS HUNDREDS OF HIGH-RISE CONDO APARTMENT BUILDINGS MANY THAT A BUT THE WATER LIKE IN MIAMI BEACH.

COULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN HERE?

>> SHORT ANSWER, NO.

IT'S REALLY SUCH A EXTREMELY RARE EVENT THAT THE NUMBER OF VARIABLES INVOLVED HAVE TO GO WRONG FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN JUST ALMOST UNTHINKABLE.

SO EXTREMELY RARE AND I SHOULD STEP BACK FOR A SECOND AND REALLY SAY HOW TRAGIC OF AN EVENT THIS IS AND HOW SAD I AM I'M SPEAK FOR ALL OF THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS IN ILLINOIS SAYING THAT THIS IS REALLY SAD AND WE WORK OUR ENTIRE CAREERS TRYING TO KEEP THESE THINGS FROM HAPPENING AND IT'S SHOCKING AND SAD FOR US.

>> AND CERTAINLY IT IS A RARE EVENT UNDERSCORED BY THE FACT YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT THIS.

KRIS, THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS MENTIONED THE BUILDING CODE GIVE US MORE ABOUT THAT BUILDING CODE AND HOW WELL ENFORCED AND INSPECTED THAT IT IS?

>> WELL, THERE IS A LOT THE BUILDING CODE IN CHICAGO COVERS A BUTCH OF THINGS.

-- BUNCH OF THINGS INCLUDING NEW CONSTRUCTION AND WITH RESPECT TO CONDOS NEW CONSTRUCTION CONDOS, CONVERSION AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.

AND ALL THAT APPLIES TO CONDOS ALSO.

ON AN ONGOING TYPE OF SITUATION, THE CITY REQUIRES INSPECTIONS OF FACADES FOR BUILDINGS THAT ARE GREATER THAN 80 FEET TALL.

AND THERE'S DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR TYPES OF INSPECTIONS OF FACADES.

THERE'S REQUIREMENTS FOR INSPECTIONS OF LIKE EXTEAR I DON'T REMEMBER METAL COMPONENTS, FIRE ESCAPES, ANTENNAS, SUPPORTS FOR WATER TOWER.

THINGS THAT ARE EXTEAR I DON'T REMEMBER AND SUBJECT TO DIE R DETERIORATION.

THERE ARE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS IN THE CODES.

AND THEN A VARIETY OF ORDINANCES THAT IMPACT JUST AND IT APPLIES TO BUILDINGS OF ALL SIZES WITH RESPECT TO THE CONDITION OF THE BRICKS AND MORTAR, HOW THE WINDOWS ARE PAINTED.

OF COURSE, SINCE CHICAGO THE PORCHES.

SO -- >> A LOT OF LAYERS OF PROTECTION.

EVAN, CONDO ASSOCIATIONS AND ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTION IF YOU LIVE IN A CONDO BUILDING HOW IMPORTANT ARE THEY TO MAKING SURE THAT THE BUILDING IS MAINTAINED AND UP TO STANDARDS?

>> VERY IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU CAN START OUT WITH A BUILDING THAT PASSES EVERY INSPECTION THIS SURFSIDE BUILDING IS 40 YEARS OLD.

AND I SUSPECT THAT IT PASSED INSPECTION AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION AND IT PROBABLY MANY POINTS ALONG THE WAY.

BUT CONDO BUILDINGS ARE HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED LIKE ANY OTHER BUILDING AND THAT RESPONSIBILITY FALLS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CONDO ASSOCIATION AND THE EXPENSES HAVE TO BE BORN BY THE OWNERS THE UNIT OWNERS WHO PAY ASSESSMENTS EVERY MONTH.

AND PART OF THAT ASSESSMENT EVERY MONTH IS SUPPOSED TO BE PUT IN A RESERVE FUND AND SET ASIDE FOR REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF BUILDING COMPONENTS.

AND SOMETIMES THE ISSUE IS AS I THINK IS PART OF THE PICTURE IN THE SURFSIDE CASE IS THAT THEY DON'T SET ASIDE ENOUGH MONEY OVER THE YEARS.

SO WHEN THE DECADE ARRIVES WHEN THEY HAVE THE PROBLEM, THEY LOOK IN THE PIGGY BANK AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH THERE.

AND YOU HAVE THE ARGUMENT HAVING TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE THING AT ONCE USING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND THAT IS BACK BREAKING.

>> EVAN WHAT IS THE SITUATION FINANCIALLY FOR CONDO ASSOCIATIONS IN ILLINOIS?

THESE ARE COMMON THINGS THAT ARE DEBATED AT BOARD MEETINGS SHOULD WE INCREASE THE ASSESSMENT?

WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL SITUATION?

>> WELL, I THINK THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF MOST PEOPLE WHO STUDIED RESERVE FUNDS IS THAT AT LEAST A THIRD OF CONDO ASSOCIATIONS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH IN THE BANK AND IT COULD BE MORE THAN THAT.

IT COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE.

THE LAW IN ILLINOIS DOES NOT REALLY MANDATE EXACTLY HOW MUCH THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SET ASIDE FOR RESERVES.

THEY SHOULD HAVE REASONABLE RESERVES AND WHAT THEY CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION BUT THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO GO AND HIRE A PROFESSIONAL LIKE DERRICK OR SOMEONE TO INSPECT THE BUILDING AND DO A FULL RESERVE STUDY AND TELL THEM HOW MUCH THEY SHOULD BE SETTING ASIDE AND THAT IS IN MY VIEW WHERE WE NEED REFORM.

WE OUGHT TO HAVE THESE CONDO BOARDS SHOULD BE BRINGING IN PROFESSIONALS TO EVALUATE THE BUILDING AND TELL THEM WHERE THEY STAND.

>> OVERSIGHT IN MANAGEMENT.

DERRICK TO YOU, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT YOU RUN UP AGAINST WHEN YOU INSPECT A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS?

>> YEAH, I MEAN THERE'S I GUESS TO A COUPLE POINTS THAT WERE ALREADY MADE.

AS YOU CAN TELL THE MAJORITY OF THE ISSUES THAT ARISE COME FROM ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDING THAT ARE EXPOSED TO THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS, THE WIND AND THE SNOW AND THE FREEZE-THAW CYCLES AND THE SALT SPRAY AND WHATNOT.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE A LOT OF THE DETERIORATION COMES FROM.

THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING IS RARE FOR IT TO ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH-RISES TO DETERIORATE.

SALT SPRAY IN A PARKING GARAGE OR FREEZE THAW CYCLE ON A FACADE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED.

AND WITH ANY MAINTENANCE JUST EVEN LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, THE SOONER YOU FIX THOSE ISSUES THAT THEY ARISE, THE EASIER IT IS TO PAY FOR THAT AND IT'S CHEAPER THE EARLIER YOU DO IT.

THE LONGER YOU WAIT THE MORE SIGNIFICANT IT GETS AND MORE COSTLY IT GETS.

>> AND KRIS KASTEN I WANT TO FOLLOW-UP QUICKLY.

SOMEONE THAT DOES LEGALLY ADVISE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS WHAT DO IS YOUR INTERACTION LIKE WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS?

>> WELL, BEST PRACTICES EVEN THOUGH WAS INDICATED THE LAW IN ILLINOIS DOESN'T REQUIRE RESERVE STUDIES THE BEST PRACTICES WOULD BE TO HAVE A RESERVE STUDY DONE.

SO IF I AM ASKED ABOUT THAT FROM A CLIENT THAT IS WHAT I WOULD ADVISE THEM TO DO OR IF THEY HAVE UPDATED THEY UPDATE IT SO THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF THE USEFUL LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE BUILDING SO THAT THEY CAN APPROPRIATELY PROVIDE FOR REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THOSE PARTS IN THE FUTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS TO DISCUSS HERE ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT SO MANY CHICAGOANS LIVE IN RYE RISES.

-- HIGH-RISES AND THANKS TO EVAN MCKENZIE, KRIS KASTEN AND DEREK BOELDT THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT WE GO ON A WALKING TOUR THROUGH A CEMETERY TO HEAR STORIES OF PROMINENT BLACK CHICAGOANS.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> AND THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD INCLUDING WHETHER THE CHICAGO BEAR ALSO MIGRATE TO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS AFTER A BID TO PURCHASE ARLINGTON INTERNATIONAL RACE COURSE.

FIRST, A CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE WALKING TOUR TAKES OUT TO THE HEADSTONES OF SOME OF CHICAGOANS WHO SHAPED HISTORY IN THE FIRST 155 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST JUNETEENTH.

>> FOR MANY CHICAGOANS THE BISHOP FORD IS JUST A BUST HING FREEWAY THROUGH THE SOUTH SIDE.

BUT THE MAN IT'S NAMED FOR, BISHOP LEWIS HENRY FORD.

HE WAS THE YOU'LL GIST AT THE FUNERAL OF EMMETT TILL.

>> THEY FUNERAL THAT WOULD GALVANIZE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AFTER TILL WAS LYNCHED IN MISSISSIPPI.

>> THE PICTURES OF HIS CORPSE WERE PUBLISHED IN EBONY AND JET FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE AND EVERY AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN THE COUNTRY WAS ABLE TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

>> TODAY BOTH JUNE R JOHNSON AND FORD LIE IN REST NEXT TO EACH OTHER INSIDE OAKWOOD CEMETERY IN GRAND CROSSING COMMUNITY.

THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE IS SHARED WITH SO MANY OTHER CHICAGOANS WHO HELPED WRITE THE CITY'S AND THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY.

THE WALKING TOUR CALLED CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTS TRACES HISTORY THROUGH THE PEOPLE BURIED HERE.

AMONG THEM, MORE THAN 4,000 CONFEDERATE MILITARY PRISONERS IN A MASS GRAVE.

>> WE BEGIN AT THE CONFEDERATE MOUND BUT THAT NOT WHERE WE END THAT IS THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR.

AND THEN WE MOVE INTO RECONSTRUCTION, THE GREAT MIGRATION AND THE MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

AND ALL THE PEOPLE HERE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN ALL OF THAT DIFFICULT TRANSITION FOR OUR COUNTRY.

ANOTHER TEAM THAT IS PART OF THE -- THEME THAT IS PART OF THE TOUR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION IS THAT PEOPLE OFTEN HAVE THE FEELING THAT HISTORY IS ALWAYS ABOUT PROGRESS.

YOU'RE ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD THINGS ARE ALWAYS GETTING BETTER.

BUT WHAT WE SEE IN SOME EXAMPLES ON THIS TOUR, IS THAT THERE'S OFTEN A LOT OF REGRESSION.

>> ERICA MYLES IS ONE OF THE DOUGH SANTS FOR THE TOUR WITH MARVIN HUNTER WHO -- MARY JO HOAG WHO WROTE IT.

THEY EXPLAIN TO VISITORS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHICAGO'S FIRST BLACK MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON U HE WAS ELECTED IN 1983 AND PASSED IN 1987.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO IS AMAZING.

>> AND ANTILYNCHING CRUSADER IDA B.

WELLS.

>> IT WAS AMAZING TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT SHE DID, THE TIME THAT SHE DID IT, HOW VERY DANGEROUS IT WAS AND HOW SIGNIFICANT IT WAS IN TERMS OF RAISING THE AWARENESS OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

>> ALSO BURIED HERE OLYMPIC GREAT JESSE OWENS WHO BEAT HITLER'S NAZIS IN TRACK AND FIELD AT THE 1936 OLYMPICS.

MYLES EXPLAINS HISTORY DATES AND PLACES ARE IMPORTANT BUT WHAT SHE HOPES VISITORS CAN SENSE IS THE CONTEXT OF THE TIME PERIOD.

>> WE TEND TO MYTH OBVIOUSLY JIZ THE PEOPLE AND LARGER THAN LIFE THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE THEY WERE THIS SUPER HUMAN PERSON.

BUT THAT IS OFTEN NOT THE CASE.

IT'S OFTEN JUST REGULAR PEOPLE WHO ARE RISING TO THE CHALLENGE.

>> OTHER NOTABLES BURIED INCLUDE SOCIAL SERVICES ADVOCATE ADA MCKINLEY AND TED DOUBLE DUTY RADCLIFFE AND SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS, LIE MON TRUMP BELL WHO WROTE THE 13TH AMENDMENT THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AND THE FREEMAN'S BUREAUS ACT.

IT'S OFFERING THE TOUR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR DATES.

THE NEXT OF WHICH IS FRIDAY JULY 9TH.

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"...

THE CHICAGO BEARS ARE SERIOUSLY BIDDING TO BUY THE PLOT WHERE ARLINGTON PARK HAS BEEN FOR DECADES WHAT THE SALE COULD MEAN.

>> THE INCOMING PRESIDENT OF ILLINOIS TECH ON CHICAGO'S STATUS AS AN INNOVATION HUB DIVERSIFYING BIG TECH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN AMERICAN?

THREE LOCAL LATINOS FEEL THEIR FEELINGS OF PRIDE AND CHILDREN R CONCERNS.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES..., CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE WEEKS AWAY FROM RETURNING TO IN-PERSON FULL-TIME CLASSES.

BUT THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION AND THE DISTRICT ARE ALREADY BACK AT THE BARGAINING TABLE OVER HOW TO REOPEN SCHOOLS.

THE UNION IS ASKING THE DISTRICT TO REOPEN THE LETTER THAT THE TWO SIDES AGREED TO IN THE WINTER ASKING C.P.S.

TO COMMIT TO A GOAL OF VACCINATING 80% OF STUDENTS AGES 12 AND OVER BY OCTOBER FIRST.

AND 80% OF YOUNGER STUDENTS WITHIN 60 DAYS OF AUTHORIZATION OF THE VACCINE FOR THAT AGE GROUP.

THE UNION IS ASKING FOR INCREASES IN FUNDING FOR MORE POSITIONS INCLUDING COUNSELORS, NURSES AND TEACHERS.

>> YOUNG ATHLETES HAVE A BRAND NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY TO WORKOUT AT GATELY PARK IN PULLMAN NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT IT WAS LIKE GROWING UP AS AN ATHLETE IN CHICAGO.

>> WE NEVER EXPECTED TO HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

AND DESPITE ALL THOSE SHORT COMING LOOK AT THE INCREDIBLE WORLD CLASS ATHLETES THAT CAME OUT OF CHICAGO.

PEOPLE LIKE JESSE OWENS AND CONRAD.

I'M CHOKED UP ABOUT THIS.

BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE KIDS WHO COULD HAVE BEEN HERE.

BUT DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

SO LET ME SAY TO YOU THIS IS A TREMENDOUS INVESTMENT IN OUR YOUTH.

>> THE NEARLY 140,000 SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY HAS AN INDOOR SPACE FOR TRACK AND FIELD AND INCLUDES THE STATE'S FIRST HYDRAULICLY OLYMPIC GRADE RUNNING TRACK.

THE 53.6 MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY NOW HOUSES A THIRD OF AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS SPACES.

FOR CHICAGO 16S FEATURING DANCE, RECORDING ROOMS AND A CULINARY KITCHEN AND MUCH MORE.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS FOR DETAILS OF A MAJOR BID FOR A LOCAL 326-ACRE PROPERTY.

>> THE CHICAGO BEARS BID FOR ARLINGTON INTERNATIONAL RACE COURSE HAS ODD MAKERS IN A BIND IS IT A BLUFF?

ARE THERE ARE DARK HORSES IN THE RACE TO BUY THAT SITE.

HERE IS WHAT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT A BEARS SEASON TICKET HOLDER HERSELF HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT.

>> FRANKLY I AM A HE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT.

BUT WE ARE OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

I SAY THIS AS MUCH AS THE MAYOR AND ALSO AS A 20 PLUS YEAR SEASON TICKET HOLDER OF THE CHICAGO BEARS THAT THERE IS INTEREST IN IMPROVING THE FAN EXPERIENCE AT SOLDIER FIELD AND THEM BEING ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE PROFITABILITY OF THE STADIUM AND I'M TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

>> AND JOINING US ARE ALAN SANDERSON HE HAS WRITTEN ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BIG TICKET EVENTS.

AND MARC GANIS PRESIDENT OF SPORTS BUSINESS CONSULTING FIRM SPORTS CORP AND IS A SPECIALIST AND WORKED ON THE SALE OF THE CUBS FROM THE TRIBUNE COMPANY TO THE RICKETTS FAMILY.

GOOD TO SEE BOTH OF YOU AGAIN.

I KNOW YOU CANNOT SEE ME ON ZOOM.

MARK, THIS BEARS BID FOR THAT ARLINGTON PARK LAND IN YOUR EYES IS THIS A BLUFF TO GET MORE OUT OF THE CITY?

OR COULD THEY REALLY LEAVE CHICAGO?

>> I THINK THIS IS VERY SERIOUS.

THIS IS NOT A BLUFF.

THE BEARS HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR DECADES IF PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER IN VARIOUS SUBURBAN LOCATIONS.

THEY PURCHASED AN OPTION ON FARMLAND IN WESTERN SUBURBS IN GARY, INDIANA.

THEY HAVE LOOKED AT ARLINGTON PARK YEARS AGO.

THIS IS SOMETHING THE BEARS ARE TAKING VERY SERIOUSLY.

IT'S SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO.

I DO NOT SEE THIS AS A BLUFF.

I DO NOT SEE THIS AS A NEGOTIATING LEVERAGE WITH THE CITY.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THESE NFL STADIUMS ARE GOING WHAT THEY NEED TO BE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS YOU NEED A LOT OF LAND, AND A LOT OF SPACE AND YOU NEED A BUILDING THAT CAN BE EXPANDED AS NEEDED.

SO YOU CANNOT DO THAT AT SOLDIER FIELD.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT AT SOLDIER FIELD.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR A NEW STADIUM.

IS IT POSSIBLE IT'S IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO?

OF COURSE IT'S POSSIBLE.

ARLINGTON PARK SEEMS LIKELY.

>> AND THE MAYOR IS WILLING TO WORK ON IMPROVING THE STADIUM EXPERIENCE AND PROFITABILITY OF SOLDIER FIELD.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN AT THAT SITE AT SOLDIER FIELD TO KEEP IT ATTRACTIVE FOR THE BEARS TO STAY THERE?

>> WELL, THE BEARS MADE A MISTAKE 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THE PLACES THEY COULD HAVE GONE AND THERE'S RENOVATIONS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE.

MAYBE THE HORSE STADIUM IS THE BEARS FAULT.

I LOOK AT THE OLD JOKE OF THE KID WHO KILLS HIS PARENTS AND ASKS FOR MERCY FROM THE COURT BECAUSE HE IS AN ORPHAN.

THE BEARS DID THIS TO THEMSELVES.

THE OTHER ISSUE HERE IS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IT IS A BILLION DOLLARS.

IF THERE IS A NEW FACILITY SOMEWHERE AND THE QUESTION IS NOT JUST ARE THE BEARS GOING TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS OR GOING TO SOMEPLACE ELSE IN THE CITY BUT WHO IS GOING TO PONY UP THE BILLION DOLLARS?

CERTAINLY ARLINGTON HEIGHTS I DON'T THINK WANTS TO PAY THAT.

THE CITY DOESN'T WANT TO PAY MUCH.

AND THE BEARS DON'T.

YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO.

>> ONE OF THE WAYS -- >> LET ME ADD ONE THING, TOO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED OVER TIME NOT JUST IN THE NFL BUT SPORTS IN GENERAL OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, 40 YEARS, TELEVISION CHANGED IT DRAMATICALLY.

MOST OF THE BEARS REVENUE MOST OF ANY NFL TEAM'S 11 KNEW COMES FROM TELEVISION.

IT IS A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE UNLESS ARE YOU ON THE 50 YARDLINE TO WATCH THE GAME AT HOME WHEN YOU ARE WARM AND A BEER IS A DOLLAR INSTEAD OF 10.

SO IN SOME WAYS IT DOESN'T MUCH MATTER WHERE THEY PLAY BECAUSE THE REVENUES ARE GOING TO COME FROM TELEVISION NOT FROM GATE RECEIPTS.

AND MARC GANIS, THE BEARS ARE STUCK IN A LEASE AT SOLDIER FIELD UNTIL 2033 UNTIL THE DEBT IS PAID OFF BY THE ILLINOIS SPORTS AUTHORITY CAN THEY BREAK THAT LEASE EARLY?

WOULD IT BE COST-EFFECTIVE TO PAY A PENALTY TO MOVE SOONER?

>> WELL, THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS IN THE LEASE THAT ALLOW FOR SOME FEES TO BE PAID POTENTIALLY FOR EARLY TERMINATION.

BUT THIS IS NOT A SHORT-TERM PROPOSITION BY THE BEARS.

USUALLY TAKES FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS FROM INCEPTION UNTIL YOU OPEN THE DOORS ANYWAY.

2033 IS ONLY 12 YEARS AWAY?

YOU ARE LOOKING AT A FIVE OR SIX-YEAR DELTA IN THERE.

THEY COULD WORK -- IF THEY DECIDE TO GO THERE, THE BEST DEAL THE CITY COULD DO IS NEGOTIATE A WAY FOR THEM TO BUYOUT OF THE LEASE EARLY SO THE CITY COULD USE THAT MONEY FOR OTHER PURPOSES IF IT COMES TO THAT POINT.

>> THERE'S BEEN A PRIVATE DEVELOPER TALKING ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT A TRANSIT HUB AND HOUSE THE BEARS HALL OF FAME AND GAME DAY EXPERIENCES IS THAT THE KIND OF THING THAT WERE IT TO BE APPROVED WITH PUBLIC FUNDING THAT WOULD SWEETEN THE POT TO KEEP THE BEARS AT SOLDIER FIELD?

YOU ARE SAYING MOST OF THE MONEY COMES FROM TV?

>> WELL, THE ISSUE IS THAT THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO BUILD ON A VALUABLE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE ON SOLDIER FIELD IS A VALUABLE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE.

ONE IS A CEMETERY.

AND THE OTHER IS AN NFL STADIUM.

FOOTBALL STADIUMS ARE ECONOMIC LOSERS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THE UTILIZATION RATE IS SOLO COMPARED TO ANY OTHER FACILITY.

NOW, COULD THE BEARS MAKE A GO OF IT FINANCIALLY WOULD IT BE A GOOD INVESTMENT?

NO.

THAT'S JUST FOOTBALL STADIUMS NO MATTER WHERE IT IS IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

ALSO, I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS AS A SOUTH SIDER BUT THE CHICAGO CUBS ARE THE ONLY OF OUR MAJOR FRANCHISES IN TOWN THAT HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY.

EVERYBODY AT A BEARS CAME IS FROM CHICAGO SAME FOR THE BLACKHAWKS AND THE BULLS AND THE WHITE SOX.

THERE IS THEY ARE SPENDING THEIR MONEY $100 INSTEAD OF THE MALL OR CONCERTS OR RESTAURANTS.

THE CUBS DRAW FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY SO THEY BRING MONEY IN.

FOOTBALL DOESN'T.

>> YOU'RE SAYING IT'S NOT BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY AND MIGHT NOT BE A LOSS FOR CHICAGO IF THE BEARS WERE TO LEAVE.

MARC GANIS WE ARE OUT OF TIME, WOULD IT BE A LOSS OF FANS IF THE BEARS WERE NO LONGER CALLING THEIR HOME SOLDIER FIELD?

OR WOULD FANS GET OVER IT?

>> THERE WOULDN'T BE A LOSS OF FANS.

AT ALLEN SAYS THEY WILL WATCH IT ON TELEVISION AND THE ONES THAT GO TO THE GAMES, 60,000 PER GAME SMALL STADIUM IN THE NFL RIGHT NOW, YOU MAY GET A CHANGE IN THE MIX OF THE PEOPLE AT THE GAMES.

BUT YOU WILL SELLOUT THE STADIUM EVEN IF YOU ADDED 10 OR 15,000 SEATS.

NO LOSS AT ALL OF ANY FANS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

FASCINATING DISCUSSION AND WE DO HAVE AN INVITE OUT TO BEARS CHAIRMAN AND WE WANT TO DISCUSS THIS WITH HIM AND OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE FRANCHISE.

OUR THANKS TO ALLEN SANDERSON AND MARC GANIS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> TAKE CARE, PARIS.

>> YOU TOO.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS FOR A ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE NEW LEADER OF A LOCAL UNIVERSITY.

>> THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HAS A NEW PRESIDENT STARTING IN AUGUST.

THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY SELECTED RAJ ECHAMBADI TO LEAD THE INSTITUTION.

THE MOVE COMES AS CHICAGO STRIVES TO BOLSTER ITS LOCAL TECH INDUSTRY AS THE CITY EMERGES FROM THE PANDEMIC WHILE GRAPPLING WITH ONGOING QUESTIONS OF EQUITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AND RAJ ECHAMBADI JOINS US NOW.

WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW POSITION.

YOU'RE COMING TO CHICAGO FROM NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY IN BOSTON.

WHAT WAS IT THAT ATTRACTED YOU TO ILLINOIS TECH AND TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO?

>> THANK YOU, BRANDIS THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THIS IS KIND OF A HOMECOMING OF SORTS FOR OUR FAMILY.

I USED TO BE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN FOR A DECADE AND I MOVED TO NORTHEASTERN.

SO IT'S COMING BACK HOME, IF YOU WILL.

BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY I WENT BACK TO THE FOUNDING MISSION THAT WAS SET IN 189 OWE BY -- 1890 BY REVEREND GONZALES BY EDUCATING STUDENTS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS TO MAKE THEM LEADERS AND I FELT THAT MISSION WAS RELEVANT TODAY WITH THE TECHNOLOGIES TAKING OVER THE WORLD ET CETERA.

AND SOMEBODY TOLD ME, BRANDIS THAT WHEN YOU ARE IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION, YOU ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST THE KEY PERSON OF THE ORGANIZATION.

GO BACK TO THE ORIGINS AND TO ME THAT FOUNDING VISION OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION TO ALL IS WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO ILLINOIS TECH.

>> WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE ILLINOIS TECH PLAYING IN THE GREATER HIGHER EDUCATION LAYOUT IN CHICAGO NOW AND IN THE FUTURE?

>> ILLINOIS TECH AS YOU KNOW, IS THE ONLY TECHNOLOGICALLY ORIENTED INSTITUTION IN CHICAGO AND THEREFORE IT HAS A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY WITH BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY CHANGING THE WAY WE WORK, WE LIVE, WE LEARN.

TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BECOME EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL SO THAT WE HAVE AN EQUITABLE WORLD IS GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT MISSION FOR ILLINOIS GOING INTO THE FUTURE.

>> BIG TECH COMPANIES THEY TEND TO HAVE A A BISMAL RECORD WHEN IT COMES TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

WHAT DO YOU THINK INSTITUTIONS LIKE ILLINOIS TECH CAN DO TO IMPROVE ON THAT?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

IN FACT IF YOU WERE TO CATCH ME IN AN ELEVATOR AND ASK ME WHAT SHOULD ILLINOIS TECH BE FOR A CENTURY IT'S ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND EQUITY.

LAST YEAR WE HAVE SEEN TREMENDOUS ISSUES COME TO THE FRONT.

WE HAVE HIRED 40% OF BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES OR 32% OF BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES 25% OF WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.

26% OF ASIAN OWNED BUSINESSES AND SO ON.

EMPLOYEES TO TWO MILLION WOMEN HAVE ACTUALLY SLOWED DOWN OR GOTTEN OUT OF THE WORKFORCE.

THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES FOR US IN THE LONG RUN IN TERMS OF AN EQUITABLE SOCIETY.

OUR JOB AT ILLINOIS TECH HAS GOT TO BE ABOUT EDUCATING LEADERS OF THE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS BE IT WOMEN, BE IT PEOPLE OF COLOR, BE IT RACIAL ETHNIC MINORITIES OR DIFFERENTLY ABLED AND THEN PROVIDE THAT TALENT PIPELINE OF TECHNOLOGICALLY ORIENTED EDUCATED TO THE BIG TECH COMPANIES.

THAT IS A RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE TAKE SERIOUSLY.

AND IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT ACCESS.

IT IS ALSO ABOUT TWO OTHERS THINGS; IT IS ABOUT LEARNING EXPERIENCES WHEN THEY ARE IN THE ILLINOIS TECH SYSTEM PROVIDING THE RIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND CAN DEVELOPMENT AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL ME UNIVERSITIES AND ESPECIALLY ILLINOIS TECH SHOULD MIRROR THE WORLD.

I PERMANENTLY THINK YES WE SHOULD MIRROR THE WORLD AND EXEMPLIFY WHAT AN EQUITABLE WORLD WOULD LOOK FOR THE STUDENTS.

THESE ARE THREE ROLES WE SHOULD PLAY AT ILLINOIS TECH IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE TALENT REQUIRED FOR THE TERK COMPANIES SO THAT -- TECH COMPANIES SO IN THE LONG RUN WE HAVE A JUST AND EQUITABLE WORLD.

>> BEFORE I LET YOU GO, ILLINOIS TOK IS LOCATED IN THE -- TECH IS LOCATED IN BRONZEVILLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

HAS THE UNIVERSITY DONE ENOUGH TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS?

WHAT MORE DO YOU THINK COULD BE DONE?

>> YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE MILES TO GO BEFORE WE SLEEP.

TO ME, WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN INTERESTING COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES WITH BRONZEVILLE WE NEED TO DO MORE.

AND THIS IS ABOUT ENGAGING WITH THE BRONZEVILLE COMMUNITY AND LISTENING TO THEIR NEEDS AND YOU KNOW, OFFERING WHAT ILLINOIS TECH CAN DO AND IT'S GOT TO BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR BOTH PARTIES IF YOU WILL.

AND IF YOU ASK ME THIS IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY AGENDA TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY, CIVIC AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF BRONZEVILLE TO HEAR THEM OUT AND LISTEN TO THEM AND MORE IMPORTANTLY INSURE THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP IS BENEFITS BOTH PARTIES AND WITHOUT A STRONG, ILLINOIS TECH WITHIN A STRONGER BRONZEVILLE, IT IS OF NO USE IN THE LONG-RUN.

I LOOK FORWARD TO STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH BRONZEVILLE.

>> SOMETHING YOU WILL GET STARTED ON IN AUGUST.

RAJ ECHAMBADI THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

BEST OF LUCK.

>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT, BRANDIS.

>> HOW SOME IN CHICAGO'S LATINO COMMUNITY VIEW THEIR OWN PATRIOTISM.

THAT IS A CONVERSATION ORIGINALLY AIRED ON SATURDAY'S "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" HOSTED BY ALEX HERNANDEZ.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... CHICAGO WELCOMED 175 NEW AMERICANS.

HERE IS THE MOMENT WHEN THEY BECAME CITIZENS.

BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN THIS COURT, I HEREBY DECLARE YOU TO BE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

CONGRATULATIONS!

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] >> BUT FOR MANY LATINOS BOTH AMERICAN BORN AND IMMIGRANTS FEELINGS OF PRIDE AND PATRIOTISM FOR THE UNITED STATES ARE COMPLICATED BY HISTORY, RACIAL INJUSTICE AND CULTURAL ERASER LEADING TO QUESTIONS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN PATRIOT.

JOINING ARE ANYINE GALLVAN RODRIGUEZ, AND MARCOS TORRES U.S. ARMY VETERAN AND COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 939, AND MOISES HERNANDEZ IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LATINOS PROGRESANDO.

THANK YOU ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU MOISES HERNANDEZ, YOU ARE AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY AND YOURSELF AN IMMIGRANT TO THE U.S. WHAT DO YOU HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS OF PATRIOTISM FOR THE U.S.?

>> FIRST, I THINK MANY OF THE PEOPLE I ENCOUNTER, THEY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE POLICIES OR RHETORIC THAT MAYBE IMMIGRANTS ARE NEGATIVE AND THE IDEALS OF THIS COUNTRY.

THE ESPOUSE THE FOUNDATION IDEALS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL, OF FREEDOM, OF ALL OF US BEING EQUAL UNDER THE LAW.

I THINK IN THAT WAY, IMMIGRANTS REJUVENATE AND CALL THIS COUNTRY TO LIVE UP TO THE IDEALS AND PEOPLE ARE SMART.

PEOPLE DISTINGUISH BAD BEHAVIOR FROM IDEALS.

I THINK THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE I TALK TO DO NOT SEE THAT AS A CONTRADICTION.

THEY LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND ARE GRATEFUL TO THE COUNTRY AND THEY CAN DISTINGUISH THAT FROM SOME OF THE NEGATIVE NOISE WHICH HAS BEEN LOUD RECENTLY.

>> ANYINE GALLVAN RODRIGUEZ YOU ARE AND IMMIGRANT WOULD YOU SAY YOUR EXPERIENCE MAKES YOU YOUR RELATIONSHIP DIFFERENT FROM THOSE WHO WERE BORN HERE?

>> I THINK SO.

I THINK TO ME PATRIOTISM IS HAVING RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR THE LAND YOU CALL HOME.

AND HOME FOR ME IS DIFFERENT SPACES: THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC I WAS BORN THERE.

IT'S PUERTO RICO AND I WAS RAISED UNTIL I WAS 9 AND I CAME TO CHICAGO.

SO I REALLY RESPECT AND APPRECIATE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES FOR THE BEAUTY THAT THEY HAVE AND THEIR HISTORY AS WELL AS THE FLAWS THAT THEY HAVE AND THEIR HISTORY.

>> YOU ARE A CHICAGO NATIVE AND ARMY VETERAN WHAT DOES PATRIOTISM MEAN TO YOU?

>> PATRIOTISM TO ME MEANS NOT ONLY TO HAVE LOVE FOR ONE'S COUNTRY BUT ALSO THE DESIRE TO FIGHT AND DEFEND IT.

WHETHER IT BE CIVICALLY OR ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, SERVING IN THE MILITARY THINGS OF THAT NATURE H IF YOU ARE A PATRIOT, YOU ARE NOT ONLY LOVE YOUR COUNTRY BUT YOU WANT TO SERVE YOUR COUNTRY IN A HOLD YOUR COUNTRY'S VALUES.

>> MOISES HERNANDEZ IN CHICAGO WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CELEBRATIONS OF LATINO CULTURES LIKE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY AND PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADES DO YOU THINK THOSE CELEBRATIONS SHOW THAT IMMIGRANTS DON'T THINK OF THEMSELVES AS AMERICANS FIRST?

>> NO, NOT AT ALL.

I THINK THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN NEW GROUPS ARRIVING COMMITTING AND ESTABLISHING DEEP ROOTS IN THE COUNTRY BUT BEING PROUD AND JEALOUS OF THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS THEIR FOOD, THEIR LANGUAGE, THEIR STORIES.

AND I THINK THAT'S PART AND PARCEL OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

I THINK THE IDEA THAT LOVE OF ONE'S CULTURAL HERITAGE THE PLACES ONE COMES FROM IS SOMEHOW DIMINISHES YOUR CAPACITY TO LOVE THE UNITED STATES IS FRANKLY NONSENSE.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN -- AND THAT SAME SUSPICION HAS BEEN LEVELED AGAINST PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO THIS COUNTRY OF JEWISH DESCENT, EVERY MEDITERRANEAN AND EUROPEANS.

PEOPLE CAN LOVE THEIR CULTURE AND SHOW THEIR AFFECTION FOR THE PLACES THEY COME FROM AND THOSE TRADITIONS AND LANGUAGE AND DOESN'T DIMINISH AN IMMIGRATIONS OBLIGATIONS OR LOVE OF THIS COUNTRY.

LOOK AT THE RATES AT WHICH IMMIGRANTS ENROLL IN THE MILITARY.

IN WHICH THEY BUY HOMES IN WHICH THEY ESTABLISH A BUSINESS IN THIS COUNTRY.

SO I DON'T THINK THOSE ARE AT ALL IN CONFLICT.

AND WHAT WE SAID EARLIER AND OUR EDUCATION I THINK IT TEACHES US TO APPRECIATE BOTH OF THOSE.

>> MARCOS YOU CHARTER A NEW AMERICAN LEGION POST FOR LATINO VETERANS BECAUSE YOU FELT LIKE YOU DIDN'T SEE PATRIOTISM IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR LATINO AMERICANS TO FEEL PATRIOTIC?

>> I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE GIVEN AS WAS SPOKEN, THE DIFFERENT POLITICAL CLIMATES THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR COUNTRY, GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED AFTER HURRICANE MARIA IN PUERTO RICO, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE FEEL PATRIOTIC BECAUSE WE MUST TAKE OWNERSHIP.

BECAUSE THIS IS OUR HOME.

THIS IS OUR COUNTRY.

AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO LET THE REST OF THE COUNTRY KNOW THAT HEY WE ARE HERE AND THIS IS OUR COUNTRY.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ANYINE GALLVAN RODRIGUEZ DO YOU THINK SCHOOLS SHOULD TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF RACE AND RACISM IN AMERICA'S HISTORY?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THAT THAT IS HOW YOU GROW.

PATRIOTISM IS PART OF THIS RELATIONSHIP LIKE A RELATIONSHIP IN THE SENSE THAT YOU LOVE AND YOU CARE BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO APPRECIATE THE FLAWS OF THAT RELATIONSHIP SO YOU COULD HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP EVOLVE.

WITHIN THE CLASSROOM THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR STUDENTS APPRECIATE THE COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT IT PROVIDES FOR THOSE THAT LIVE HERE.

BUT ALSO LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES THAT WE'VE MADE AS A COUNTRY IN THE PAST.

HOW DO WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO DO BETTER SO THAT THEY DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES THAT PEOPLE IN THE PAST MADE.

THE PURPOSE OF A COMMUNITY IS TO MOVE THE COMMUNITY FORWARD AND TO MOVE OUR SOCIETY FORWARD TO MOVE THIS COUNTRY FORWARD.

SO WE PART OF THAT IS ALSO SHARING AND HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE MISTAKES OR THE FLAWS THAT OUR HISTORY HAS BUT ALSO THE BEAUTY.

>> HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY TO THE THREE OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

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