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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS THE EDGE OFF.

ON -- EVENING OFF.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

>> THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WAKE OF THE LATEST MASS SHOOTING AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN TEXAS.

>> I'M NOT HERE TO FIGHT ANYBODY I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M ASKING JUSTICE FOR MY SON.

THESE CRIMINALS TOOK MY SON'S DREAMS AWAY.

>> MEET TWO MOTHERS WHO LOST THEIR KIDS TO GUN VIOLENCE AND HEAR ABOUT THE WORK THEY ARE DOING TO BRING AWARENESS.

>> WE ARE NOT THE SOLUTION.

I THINK WE ARE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.

>> CONCERNS WITH AN UPTICK IN CRIME LED TO PRIVATE SECURITY IN LINCOLN PARK.

WE HAVE A LIVE REPORT.

>> CHICAGOANS REMEMBER THE BELOVED PIPER PLOVER PAIR MONTY AND ROSE WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR THE ENDANGERED BIRD SPECIES?

>> I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT.

>> THIS PROGRAM INTRODUCED LATINO TEAMS TO RUGBY FOR TWO DECADES.

[♪♪♪] >> THE STORY OF THE TEMPTATIONS PLUS A NEW PRODUCTION BY CHICAGO'S COURT THEATRE.

KRET PARTICULAR HEDY WEISS REVIEWS THESE AND MUCH MORE.

>> AND PARIS, AS YOU MENTIONED, I WILL BE REPORTING LIVE FROM LINCOLN PARK TONIGHT FOR OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

THIS IS ONE OF CHICAGO'S TONIER COMMUNITIES, YES, A CONCERN IN CRIME HAS RESIDENTS TAKING ACTION ON THEIR OWN TO COMBAT T THE AREA ALSO WILL SERVE UP PROTEIN AND PRODUCE AT A FARMERS MARKET AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SERVING UP HOMEMADE GOURMET PIZZA THAT IS COMING UP.

FIRST BACK TO YOU.

>> MAKING ME HUNGRY.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS AT C.D.C.

SAY COOK COUNTY IS IN THE HIGH COMMUNITY RISK LEVEL FOR COVID AND THAT WILL START TOMORROW.

CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER Dr. ALLISON ARWADY SPOKE TODAY ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS IN CHICAGO.

>> WEAR A MASK INDOORS IN PUBLIC.

YES, THAT MEANS YOU.

REGARDLESS OF YOUR VACCINATION STATUS AS WE MOVE INTO HIGH, PUT THAT MASK ON.

THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY OF CHICAGO PUTTING AN INDOOR MASK REQUIREMENT OR MANDATE IN PLACE.

WE WILL DO THAT IF OUR HOSPITALS ARE GETTING THREATENED.

>> ARWADY SAYS TO CONSIDER AVOIDING HIGHER RISK ACTIVITIES LIKE CROWDED INDOOR GATHERINGS.

THIS AS THE CITY IS SEEING A DAILY AVERAGE OF MORE THAN A THOUSAND CASES, 28 HOSPITALIZATIONS AND A A POSITIVITY RATE OF 6%.

>> A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS UNARMED AND HAD HIS ARMEDS RAISED WHEN HE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK BY A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER ACCORDING TO A LAWSUIT.

THE LAWSUIT SAYS THE INCIDENT ILLUSTRATES THE FLAWED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY ON PURSUITS.

THE BULLET SEVERELY DAMAGED PART OF THE TEENAGER'S SPINE POSSIBLY RENDERING HIM PERMANENTLY PARALYZED.

THE CITY'S LAW DEPARTMENT SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN SERVED WITH THE COMPLAINT AND IT WON'T COMMENT ON PENDING LITIGATION.

>> A GROUP OF WORKERS AT AMAZON'S GAGE PARK WAREHOUSE WALKED OFF THE JOB TODAY.

THEY UNITED CHICAGOLAND ORGANIZED THE WALKOUT SAYING BLACK AND LATINO WORKERS HAVE BEEN HARASSED DURING BATHROOM BREAKS AND MANAGERS MADE RACIST COMMENTS.

THE WORKERS ARE CALLING FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF A WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE WHO WAS FIRED QUOTE BASED ON BLATANT LIES AND WITH ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE.

THE GROUP SAYS IT PLANS TO FILE LAWSUITS FOR WRONGFUL TERMINATION AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.

>> AND UP NEXT, A LIVE REPORT FROM LINCOLN PARK AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

SO PLEASE, STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> NATIVE-AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS ONCE BANKED GREEN BAY TRAIL KNOWN AS CLARK STREET, A PROMINENT STREET THAT RUNS THROUGH LINCOLN PARK.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" AMANDA VINICKY AND ACACIA HERNANDEZ SPENT THE DAY IN THE AREA AND THE LATEST STOP IN OUR WEEKLY "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

AMANDA LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE NEAR THE LINCOLN PARK LAGOON THERE?

>> YES, PARIS AND WHAT A GORGEOUS NIGHT TO HAVE TO BE STUCK OUTSIDE, RIGHT?

I AM NEAR WHAT USED TO BE THE BOATHOUSE AND IS CAFE BROUWER AND BY THE BOARDWALK.

PART OF LINCOLN PARK THAT THE PARK ITSELF, LINCOLN PARK IS ACTUALLY MORE THAN 1200 ACRES.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALLER PARKS DOTTING THE AREA AS WELL.

LIKE FIRE STATION PARK OFF ARMITAGE AND IT'S TENDED TO BY THE LINCOLN CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.

VOLUNTEERS AND RESIDENTS AND GROUPS LIKE THE GIRL SCOUTS PLANTED FLOWERS, AND LETTUCE AND ANYBODY IS WELCOME TO GET THEMSELVES A CLIPPING OF CHARRED OR KALE.

ON WEDNESDAY, THE ASSOCIATION IS GOING TO BE HOSTING ITS FIRST SUMMER SOCIAL AT THAT PARK.

THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE FOR THE GROUPS ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY ANNE MOORE.

WITH EVERYONE HAVING BEEN HOLD-UP THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC THIS IS A WAY TO BRING NEIGHBORS TOGETHER.

>> WE NEED TO SEE EACH OTHER.

WE NEED TO SAY HIV.

WE NEED TO CONNECT.

IT'S GOOD.

IT'S GOOD BECAUSE BAD THINGS HAPPEN ALL OVER THE CITY INCLUDING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND JUST IMPORTANT TO CONNECT.

>> MOORE AS LIVED IN LINCOLN PARK FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND WITHIN THAT SPAN IT HAS GOTTEN LIVELIER AND MORE BUILT UP AND A NEW DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE WAY.

LINCOLN YARDS A FORMER INDUSTRIAL AREA ALONG THE NORTH BRANCH CORRIDOR HAS BEEN CLEANED UP BY DEVELOPER STERLING BAY WHICH PLANS TO MAKE IT A QUOTE CITY WITHIN A CITY.

CRITICS, HOWEVER, FEAR THAT THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO CAUSE EVEN BIGGER TRAFFIC JAMS BETWEEN LINCOLN PARK AND BUCKTOWN.

>> I SAT IN ON SOME OF THE PLANNING MEETINGS AND I URGED THAT OUR COMMUNITIES BE WEBBED AND I'M NOT WHAT THE PLANS PRESENTLY CALL FOR.

AND I HOPE SO.

WE HAVE TWO 19TH CENTURY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY ARE WALKABLE, THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS AS COMMUNITIES.

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT LINCOLN YARDS WOULD BE A COMMUNITY THAT UNITES WICK CUSTOMER PARK AND LINCOLN PARK PHYSICALLY SO WE COULD WALK TO EACH OTHER.

>> NOW, AS MOORE HINTED AT LINCOLN PARK HAS A REPUTATION AS A SUCCESSFUL THRIVING COMMUNITY AND IT IS ONE OF THE CHICAGO'S MOST AFFLUENT.

40% OF RESIDENTS HAVE AN INCOME OVER $150,000.

EVEN SO THE VIOLENCE IS A CONCERN HERE, TOO.

>> I THINK IT IS A MISCONCEPTION ABOUT LINCOLN PARK.

THERE'S CARJACKINGS.

THERE'S MUGGINGS.

IT'S WE'RE PART OF THE CITY.

YES, THERE'S MONEY AND THERE'S FUNDING AND THERE'S FUNDING FOR A COMMUNITY GARDEN LIKE THIS.

BUT WE'RE ALSO GENEROUS WHEN OUR ALDERMAN ASKED FOR DONATIONS TO ANOTHER DURING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC FOR A WARD FAR, FAR, FAR ON THE SOUTH SIDE PEOPLE STEPPED UP.

>> IN EARLY MAY, 23-YEAR-OLD DA COLT TA EARLY WAS SHOT ON WEBSTER AVENUE BY A 19-YEAR-OLD WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ARMED ROBBERY.

EARLY SPENT HIS BIRTHDAY ON TUESDAY IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING.

PARTS OF LINCOLN PARK HAD TAKEN A PRO-ACTIVE ALBEIT CONTROVERSIAL APPROACH HIRING THEIR OWN PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE TO DO NEIGHBORHOOD PATROLS.

THIS IS NOT THROUGHOUT ALL OF LINCOLN PARK IN POCKETS WHERE RESIDENTS TAKING UP COLLECTIONS TO PAY COMPANIES WHICH HAS OFFICERS DOING ROUNDS.

>> WE DO PATROLS IN LINCOLN PARK AND THIS IS AN ONGOING PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.

AND THE CONCEPTUALLY IT'S BEEN THERE FOR DECADES.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH CONCEPT HAS BEEN THERE.

THIS IS A PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH CONCEPT.

>> JUST BEFORE I INTERVIEWED PAUL OHM A WOMAN WALKED BY AND RECOGNIZED HIM AND SHE LIVES WITHIN ONE OF THE PATROL ZONES AND SAYS SHE IS GLAD FOR IT AND BELIEVES THAT THIS DOES HELP TO DETER CRIME.

THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN LINCOLN PARK AND COMING UP WE WILL BE TALKING WITH A LEADER OF THE SHEFFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND SERVING UP SLICES OF HISTORY.

FOR NOW, PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU LATER IN THE SHOW WITH THOSE CONVERSATION.

>> THE MASSACRE AT A UVALDE, TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS NOT ONLY TAKING A TOLL ON THAT SMALL TOWN BUT ON THE NATION AT LARGE.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF SUCH A HORRIFIC EVENT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF SURVIVORS?

AND HOW SHOULD ADULTS ADDRESS CONCERNS OF SAFETY WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN THE WAKE OF THIS, THE BUFFALO SHOOTING AND THE DAILY GUN VIOLENCE IN AND AROUND CHICAGO?

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS TRAUMATIC IMPACT AND THE STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR CITY, ARE ALEXA JAMES C.E.O.

OF NAMI, THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS.

INGER BURNETT ZEIGLER, A LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

AND MASHANA SMITH A PSYCHOLOGIST FOR THE CENTER FOR CHILDHOOD RESILIENCE AT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WHO FOCUSES ON SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH, ADOLESCENT TRAUMA AND TRAUMA FOCUSED INTERVENTIONS.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU HEAR TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

MASHANA SMITH SINCE YOU HAVE DEALT WITH KIDS EXPERIENCED TRAUMA IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS, GIVE US A SENSE WHAT THE TRAUMA IS LIKE FOR A CHILD THAT HAS LIVED THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED IN UVALDE?

>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEED TO TURN YOUR MIC ON.

>> FIRST LET ME SAY WOW.

IT IS HIGHLY TRAUMATIC FOR ANY CHILD STUDENT WHO HAS LIVED THROUGH THE TRAUMA THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED.

WITNESSING A TRAUMA CAN BE VERY, VERY TRAUMATIC FOR CHILDREN.

THE EXPERIENCE IS NEEDLESS TO SAY VERY SHOCKING COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED.

TERRIFYING.

THE FEAR OF DEATH THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED FOR THE SURVIVORS.

THE GUILT SOMETIMES THAT CHILDREN CAN EXPERIENCE AS A RESULT OF SURVIVING THE TRAUMA.

THOSE ARE JUST BUT A FEW THINGS.

PROBABLY ONE OF THE SOME OF THE MORE PROMINENT FEELINGS CHILDREN ARE FEELING AFTER SUCH A TRAUMATIC EVENT SUCH AS THE ONE THAT OCCURRED IN TEXAS IS FEELING FEARFUL, INCREDIBLY ANXIOUS AND AFRAID FOR WHAT COULD BE AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO THEM IN THE FUTURE.

NOT TO MENTION THE SADNESS AND GRIEF AND LOSS.

>> I IMAGINE IT WOULD BE A SHOCKING LEVEL OF PTSD TO WITNESS SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS A YOUNG, YOUNG CHILD.

>> INGER BURNETT ZEIGLER AN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SURVEY FOUND THREE QUARTERS OF ADULTS ARE FEARFUL OF A MASS SHOOTING INCIDENT POSSIBLY HAPPENING.

FIRST OF ALL HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT AND HOW TO ADDRESS THIS WITH THEIR CHILDREN?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW WHEN EVENTS SUCH AS MASS SHOOTING HAPPEN SUCH AS THIS IT IMPACTS NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED BUT ALSO THE NATION AND THE WORLD AT LARGE.

AND MASHANA SMITH MENTIONED SOME OF THE FEELINGS THAT CHILDREN ARE HAVING AND ADULTS ARE EXPERIENCING MANY OF THE SAME FEELINGS.

FEELINGS OF THE SADNESS, FEELINGS OF ANGER.

FEELINGS OF FEAR AND WORRY AND INTENSE FEELINGS OF HELPLESSNESS AND HOPELESSNESS.

WE KEEP ENCOUNTERING EVENTS LIKE THIS TIME AFTER TIME AGAIN AFTER AGAIN.

AND ADULTS, PARENTS, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN SAFE.

SO IN THINKING HOW TO COPE WITH SOME OF THE FEELINGS IS IMPORTANT TO FIRST JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FEELINGS ARE REAL.

PEOPLE ARE EN COUNTERING VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, VERY TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND ONE AFTER ANOTHER WE CANNOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE CONTEXT WHICH THIS UNFORTUNATE SHOOTING HAS HAPPENED.

WE'RE WITNESSING VIOLENCE DAY AFTER DAY.

HOLDING SPACE FOR THOSE FEELINGS LEADING INTO OUR SUPPORT MAKING SURE TO TALK WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE TALKING TO PEOPLE WITH WHOM YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING WITH.

WHETHER THAT BE A FRIEND OR A FAMILY MEMBER OR A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.

AND BEING IN PLACES IN WHICH YOU DO FEEL SAFE.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THOSE MAY BE FEWER PLACES FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS.

BUT IDENTIFYING A PLACE THAT YOU ARE SAFE MAY BE IT'S IN YOUR HOME, MAYBE IT'S IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY AREA BUT LEANING INTO THAT SPACE AND GETTING THE SENSE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GRAB ON TO.

>> AND THAT ADD GAGE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN WAY OF GRIEVING.

ALEXA JAMES I WANT TO BRING UP A STUDY ON WHO MASS MURDERERS ARE AND THE PERSON WHO COMMITTED PUBLIC MASS SHOOTINGS WERE COMMONLY TROUBLED BY PERSONAL TRAUMA, THEY NEARLY ALWAYS WERE IN A STATE OF CRISIS AT THE TIME AND IN MOST CASES ENGAGED IN LEAKING THEIR PLANS BEFORE OPENING FIRE.

ALTHOUGH ARE WE CONFLATING TWO THINGS HERE WHEN WE SAY MASS SHOOTINGERS ARE HE 0 OWE MATT SHOOTERS ARE MENTALLY ILL?

>> SURE.

I MEAN, YEAH.

WE ARE CONFLATING IT.

WE ARE HAVING THE WRONG CONVERSATION WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION AROUND GUN CONTROL AND MENTAL I WILL ANDS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE UNWEAR.

THIS DOES NOT HELP.

THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT COMMITTING ACTS OF VIOLENCE EVERYDAY.

WE KNOW THERE IS A SENSE OF POWERLESSNESS THAT IS PERVASIVE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE CANNOT CONTROL.

NATURAL DISASTER FOR EXAMPLE.

WE CAN CONTROL THIS.

AND SO WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AS THE CAUSE BUT REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS THE OUTCOME OF THIS.

WEIGH CANNOT CONTINUE TO SAY WE CARE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH WHEN IN FACT, WE HAVE CONTROL OVER MAKING DIFFERENT DECISIONS IN WHICH WE WOULD NOT BE TRAUMATIZING COMMUNITIES.

IN WHICH WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE LONG-TERM PERVASIVE -- >> DECISIONS ON GUN LAWS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> RIGHT.

AND THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS WAS SAYING IT IS A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE INSTEAD OF A GUN ISSUE THIS IS A COMMON REFRAIN YOU HEAR AMONG REPUBLICANS.

MASHANA SMITH I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

YOU FOCUS ON INTERVENTIONS IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS WHERE KIDS HAVE WITNESSED THIS TRAUMA.

WHAT ARE THE INTERVENTIONS AVAILABLE?

>> A NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS.

ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE DELIVER AND TRAIN CLINICIANS TO DELIVER TO STUDENTS IS COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL TRAUMATIC INTERVENTION FOR TRAUMA IN SCHOOLS.

THIS IS AN INTERVENTION A GROUP INTERVENTION.

WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS WHO EXPERIENCE TRAUMA CAN BENEFIT FROM BEING IN GROUP ENVIRONMENTS, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES EXPERIENCING THIS.

AND RECEIVING THAT INTERVENTION AS A GROUP.

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SUCH AS REALLY FOCUSES ON HELPING TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE FEELINGS YOU ARE EXPERIENCING AND NORMAL LIFE MANY OF THE SYMPTOMS THAT CHILDREN ARE EXPERIENCING AFTER EXPERIENCING A TRAUMATIC EVENT AND DOING EVERYTHING FROM TEACHER RELAXATION STRATEGIES TO HELP THEM COPE WITH THE STRESS THAT THEY ARE FEELING AND ANXIETY THAT CONTINUES.

HELPING THEM TO RESTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCT THEIR THINKING IF THEY CAN BE RECONSTRUCTED TO THE POINT THAT HAS BEEN MADE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK OH, I'M SAFE WHEN INDEED THEY ARE NOT.

SO THE ONUS IS ON YOUR TO HELP CHILDREN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT PLACES IN WHICH THEY FEEL SAFE.

BUT WE DO THE INTERVENTION FOCUS ON HELPING CHILDREN NOT TO AVOID THE PLACES THAT ARE SAFE AND THAT REVISIT THAT THEY MAY STOP VISITING AFTER THE EXPERIENCE OF A TRAUMATIC EVENT.

>> ALEXA JAMES HOW WIDESPREAD IS THE AVAILABILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT IN CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF TRAUMA FOR ARE CHILD AND EVERY ADULT IS THERE HELP AVAILABLE?

>> NO.

WE ARE NOT EVEN SERVING THE BARE MINIMUM OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SEEKING.

THESE ARE PEOPLE SAYING I NEED HELP.

WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN A MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN A CRISIS SYSTEM AND THIS IS THE SAME THING.

THIS IS A POST STRATEGY THIS IS TRIAGE WE ARE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH MY COLLEAGUES HERE, ET CETERA.

AND THE FACT THAT AND IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO DO THIS.

BUT WE CAN'T MITIGATE THIS EXPERIENCE AT ALL.

BECAUSE WE WILL NOT CAPTURE EVERYBODY AND THERE IS NO WAY THAT ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS OR SHOWING UP IN COMMUNITY CAN CHANGE THE OUTCOMES THAT THIS HAS THAT IS LONG-LASTING.

>> I THINK ABOUT PARENTS WHO EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF THEIR CHILDREN DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE THAT ARE BEING RETRAUMATIZED BY THE EXPERIENCE.

THE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT RESPONDED TO THIS.

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THAT WILL CHANGE PEOPLE'S BIOLOGY AND THEIR TRAUMA RESPONSE.

WE ARE CREATING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.

>> I'M SORRY THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THANKS TO ALEXA JAMES, INGER BURNETT ZEIGLER AND MASHANA SMITH WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE YOU ON TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO JOANNA HERNANDEZ WITH MORE FROM OUR TURNING PAIN INTO PURPOSE SERIES.

>> PARIS, THIS WEEK WE SHARED STORIES OF THREE MOTHERS NAVIGATING LIFE AFTER THEIR CHILDREN WERE KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE.

AS PART OF A "CHICAGO TONIGHT" TURNING PAIN INTO PURPOSE WE ARE JOINED BY TWO OF THE MOTHERS TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE WORK THEY ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE NYISHA BEEMON THE MOTHER OF JAYA BEEMON.

AND CATALINA ANDRADE A MOTHER OF MIGUEL RIOS AND MOTHERS AND FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND SHARING YOUR STORIES.

NYISHA BEEMON I WANT TO BEGIN WITH YOU.

JAYA WAS KILLED IN FEBRUARY OF 2020 AND SINCE HER PASSING, YOUR 15-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED BUT THERE'S TWO OTHERS AT LARGE.

HOW FRUSTRATING HAS IT BEEN FOR YOU AND DO THE DETECTIVES HAVE THE TWO OTHER LEADS TO THE OTHER SUSPECTS?

>> THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS VERY FRUSTRATING.

WE HAVE A 15-YEAR-OLD CAUGHT.

TWO MORE AT LARGE.

BUT THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, I FEEL VICTIMIZED EVERY TIME I GO TO COURT.

THE JUDGE IF I ASK A QUESTION SHE KICKS ME OUT.

AND I FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T ASK TO BE HERE.

WE GET VICTIMIZED AGAIN.

>> AND CATALINA ANDRADE IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS IN JULY SINCE YOUR SON MIGUEL WAS KILLED AND YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING TO GET ANSWERS FROM DETECTIVES.

YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE CAMERAS WHERE HE WAS KILLED BUT THERE'S YET TO MAKE AN ARREST.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE YOUR CASE IS AT RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, AS OF NOW, I MEAN I WOULD SAY IT'S LIKE NOTHING.

IT'S VERY, VERY US FROM TRADE DEFICITTING FOR ME, THERE'S CAMERAS MY SON WAS MURDERED IN-BETWEEN TWO CITY CAMERAS.

FOR ME IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE HOW IS IT THAT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE LIKE IF MY SON WAS MURDERED AND THEN ROBBED UNDERNEATH A CITY CAMERA AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE HOW NOBODY IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR MY SON'S DEATH.

>> AND CATALINA HE WAS ONLY 18 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS KILLED.

AND JAYA WAS ALSO 18.

THEY HAD THEIR WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF THEM.

BOTH GRADUATED?

MIGUEL JUST GRADUATED?

>> MY SON HAD JUST TURNED 18 APRIL 29TH.

HE JUST BECAME AN ADULT.

HE JUST GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE -- FROM USC PREP AND HE WAS GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE HOW THEY TOOK EVERYTHING FROM HIM IN A SECOND.

>> I CAN'T IMAGINE ORIGIN TO UNDERSTAND HOW PAINFUL THAT IS.

AND NYISHA BEEMON I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

JAYA HAD GRADUATED AND SHE WAS PLANNING TO ALSO STUDY NURSING?

>> YES, JAYA GRADUATED IN 2019 SHE WAS IN HER FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE AND SHE WAS STUDYING TO BECOME A REGISTERED NURSE.

>> AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHANGE YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE IN YOUR COMMUNITY YOU ARE TRYING TO PURCHASE THE CONVENIENCE STORE WHERE SHE WAS KILLED.

WHAT IS YOUR GOAL WITH PURCHASING THAT CONVENIENCE STORE?

>> SO TO ME, WHAT I THINK, I THINK POVERTY CRIME CAUSES POVERTY I WANT TO GIVE RESOURCES, CAREER READY PROGRAMS AND I WANTED THAT TO BE IT WON'T LOOK LIKE THAT.

BUT I WANT THAT CONVENIENCE STORE TO BE THE HUB FOR BASIC NURSING ASSISTANTS PROVIDING PHARMACY TECH YOU KNOW SO WE CAN GET THESE ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS TRAINED AND UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING HAVE A PURPOSE.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY ARE WALKING AROUND LIKE NOTHING EVEN MATTERS.

YOU KNOW, THEY ARE NOT CARING ABOUT ANYTHING.

THEY ARE LIKE BECOME AN EXECUTION BECAUSE THEY DON'T VALUE ANYTHING.

WE WANT TO INSTILL HOPE AND CONFIDENCE IN THE ADOLESCENTS.

>> YOUR VISION IS I BELIEVE YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD LOVE TO PAINT THE BUILDING PINK IS THAT CORRECT?

>> I WON'T PAINT IT PINK BUT I WANT IT TO BE THE COLORS OF HER FOUNDATION.

SHE WAS VIBRANT.

SHE LOVED COLOR AND IF YOU SEE HER PICTURE SHE HAD A BUTCH OF COLORS -- BUNCH OF COLORS.

>> YOU WANT TO CREATE HOPE IN THE COMMUNITY?

>> YES.

>> NOW, I WANT TO PLAY A CLIP FROM MARIA'S INTERVIEW SHE LOST TWO SONS LAST YEAR.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.

>> AND CATALINA ANDRADE YOU KNOW MARIA YOU ARE PART OF THE SAME CAMPAIGN MOTHERS AND FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT THE CODE OF SILENCE OF THE COMMUNITY NOT SAYING ANYTHING?

>> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH HER BECAUSE IN MY CASE, I HAVE GONE TO THAT COMMUNITY WHERE MY SON WAS MURDERED.

AND I HAVE GONE THERE AND I HAVE PUT FLYERS UP AND I COME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND ALL MY FLYERS WITH THE CRIME STOPPER REWARD ARE REMOVED.

IT'S JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE HOW THERE'S SO MUCH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING AND THEY DECIDE NOT TO SAY SOMETHING.

SOMETHING LITTLE FOR THEM COULD BE A LOT TO SOLVE OUR CHILDREN'S CASE.

AND IT'S JUST VERY FRUSTRATING FOR ME AND SAD BECAUSE YOU KNOW GO AND PUT MY FLYERS HOPING SOMEBODY SAW SOMETHING AND THEY REMOVE EVERYTHING FROM ME.

>> AND WE ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE LAST QUESTION.

HOW DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER JAYA?

>> I WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER HER AS HAPPY, CHEERFUL, DANCING MACHINE.

SHE WALKED AROUND WITH A BLUE TOOTH SPEAKER PLAYING MUSIC UPLIFTING PERSON AND SHE DID NOT DESERVE HER FATE.

>> HOW ABOUT YOU FOR MIGUEL?

>> I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THE GOOD KID THEY TOOK FROM ME.

MY SON WAS ALWAYS WHATEVER HE PUT HIS MIND INTO HE WOULD DO IT AND HE WOULD TELL ME MOM I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU PROUD.

AND HE WAS MAKING IT.

VERY SAD LIKE I SAID SOMEBODY DECIDES TO TAKE EVERYTHING FROM OUR KIDS IN A SECOND AND DESTROY OUR LIFE TAKE THEIR LIFE FOR NO REASON.

>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES.

YOU GUYS ARE RESILIENT WOMEN, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> AND FOR MORE ON GUN VIOLENCE IMPACT ON FAMILIES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS CHECK OUT WTTW'S FIRSTHAND SERIES.

THAT IS AT WTTW.COM/NEWS THERE'S MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" JUST AHEAD SO STAY WITH US.

>> WINSTON CHURCHILL ONCE CALLED THE SPORT OF RUGBY A HOULIGAN'S GAME PLAYED BY GENTLEMEN IT'S ROUGH AND READY MATCH ENDS WITH A SHARING OF A FEEL BETWEEN OPPOSING TEAMS.

THE MORTON HIGH SCHOOL, THE FULL CONTACT TEAM SPORT BORN IN ENGLAND HAS BECOME AN UNLIKELY FAVORITE AMONG THEIR LARGELY LATINO STUDENT BODY.

ERICA GUNDERSON KICKS OFF THE STORY.

>> I CAME OUT HERE AND TRIED OUT WITH A COUPLE FRIENDS AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT.

>> THE FREE ASPECT OF IT REALLY JUST LIKE FOOTBALL YOU HAVE NOT EVERYBODY GETS THE BALL AND RUGBY EVERYBODY HAS THE CHANCE WITH THE BALL.

>> IT'S SO FUN WHEN YOU SEE THE GIRL RUNNING UP TO YOU AND YOU KNOW LIKE HER FOOTING IS OFF OR SOMETHING IT'S JUST LIKE OFF ABOUT IT YOU CAN DO A SWIPE AND THEY FALL RIGHT THERE.

>> IT GIVES ME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I WOULDN'T GET IN OTHER SPORTS.

LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A BALL AND RUN WITH IT AND EXPRESS MYSELF.

>> RUGBY IS A ROUGH AND TUMBLE SPORT NO PADS NO HELMETS JUST TEAMS BATTLING EACH OTHER FOR THE BALL BUT FOR THE RUGBY TEAMS IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE.

>> I LOVE HOW WE TACKLE BECAUSE IT'S FUN TO TACKLE.

WHEN I TACKLE I IMAGINE BIG TEDDY BEARS AND IT'S FUN.

>> I LOVE THE DISCIPLINE EVERY PLAYER HAS AND I LOVE THE HOSPITALITY THAT THE TEAM AND THE OTHER PLAYERS NOT KNOWING HOW TO PLAY.

>> IT'S ABOUT THE TEAM EFFORT AND ALSO ABOUT BUILDING SPECIFIC FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH NOT ONLY THE COACHES BUT THE TEAMMATES AS WELL.

>> AND YOU BRING IT ON TO THE FIELD AND YOU CAN CONNECT LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH EACH OTHER.

JUST BY A LOOK.

>> HEAD COACH SAYS IT'S ALL PART OF THE GAME PLAN FOR THE RUGBY TEAMS.

>> ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT RUGBY, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE BEATING THE HECK OUT OF EACH OTHER AND AFTER THE GAME, YOU SIT DOWN AND YOU EAT A MEAL TOGETHER.

AND I GET A KICK OUT OF KIDS FROM COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE HANGING OUT AFTER A RUGBY MATCH.

>> BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL RUGBY PROGRAM AT THE LATINO HIGH SCHOOL'S MORTON HIGH SCHOOL WAS A LONGSHOT.

IT'S MADE INROADS.

THE SPORT IS MOST POPULAR IN NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA AND EUROPE.

BUT IN 2003, SWEENEY WHO PLAYED RUGBY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND TWO TEACHERS DECIDED TO GIVE IT A TRY.

>> WE SCHEDULED ONE GAME THAT YEAR TO SEE IF WE COULD DO A RUGBY TEAM AND WE COULD.

AND BASED ON THE STRENGTH IT GOT BIGGER EVERY YEAR.

AND OVER TIME, HAD SUCCESS ON THE FIELD.

WON THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AND I GUESS WE'RE MORE PROUD OF IS WE GOT 45 GUYS OUT TRYING TO USE RUGBY AS A VEHICLE TO BE BETTER PEOPLE AND WE CAN FEEL PROUD OF THAT.

>> IN 2018 RICARDO DECIDED TO PASS THE BALL TO MORTON GIRLS, TOO.

>> GOT IT?

>> YES.

>> SINCE I WAS PLAYING IN 2010-2011.

WE ALWAYS HAD MANAGERS THAT WANTED TO PLAY RUGBY AND WE DIDN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO.

BUT WE HAVE 300 GIRLS COME OUT TO THE FIRST TRYOUT WE WANT TO KEEP GROWING THAT AND BUILD EQUITY.

>> OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE PANDEMIC DEALT BLOWS TO BOTH TEAMS.

SWEENEY PUT TOGETHER WHAT HE SAYS WAS ONE OF THE BEST MORTON BOYS TEAMS EVER IN 2020.

>> AND THE SEASON GOT CUT.

AND THEN COVID HIT THE CICERO AREA PARTICULARLY HARD AND A YEAR LATER WE HAD 19 KIDS IN THE PROGRAM LIKE WE WERE STARTING OVER.

>> SWEENEY SAYS INTEREST REBOUNDED WITH A RETURN TO IN-PERSON SCHOOL.

AND HE IS COUNTING ON THIS YEAR'S SENIORS TO KEEP SHARING THE RUGBY LOVE.

>> WHEN WE WERE REMOTE LEARNING YOU DON'T HAVE THE RUGBY KID NEXT TO THE OTHER KID SAYING THIS IS FUN I'M SO GLAD WE ARE BACK IN PERSON WE'VE GOT OUR KIDS SPREADING THE GOSPEL OF RUGBY.

>> I LOVE PLAYING RUGBY.

>> IT'S THE BEST FEELING.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> AND UPDATE.

THE MORTON GIRLS TEAM HAS ADVANCED TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THEY WILL BE PLAYING IN PLAINFIELD CENTRAL FOR THE TITLE THIS WEEKEND.

GOOD LUCK TO THEM.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AFTER RETURNING TO THE CITY FOR THREE YEARS CHICAGOANS WILL NOT GET TO SEE MONTY AND ROSE.

WE EXPLAIN WHY AND WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE ENDANGERED SPECIES.

SUSTAINABLE FARMERS SETUP SHOP IN A FARMERS MARKET.

THAT AND MORE FROM LINCOLN PARK AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

>> AND THEATRE KRET PARTICULAR HEAD CRITIC HEDY WEISS REVIEWS A PLAY FROM COURT THEATRE.

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ANNOUNCED THAT ALL RECIPIENTS OF THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CAN RECEIVE $200 IN UTILITY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AS SOME MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSE HELD A HEARING ON ADDRESSING UTILITY PRICE INCREASES.

HERE IS ONE VOICE HEARD IN THE PUBLIC TEMPERED ON HOW INCREASED COSTS MIGHT AFFECT ILLINOISANS.

>> AND BEING THAT VIRTUALLY EVERY PERSON IN THE POLICY SET FORTH IS NOT OR THE CONTINUATION IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO EMPHASIZE WITH A SINGLE BLACK MOTHER THAT BILL WILL INCREASE $100 AND SHE HAS TO DECIDE BETWEEN BUYING FOOD OR KEEPING HER HEAT AND AIR ON TO SURVIVE ILLINOIS' SUMMER AND WINTER.

>> AND THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR THE ASSISTANCE IS THE END OF THE MONTH.

>> CITIES EXPANDING THE 9-1-1 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE PILOT PROGRAM INTO SOUTHWEST SIDE COMMUNITIES.

KNOWN CAMES TO RESHAPE THE WAY THE CITY RESPONDS TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISES BY HAVING PARAMEDICS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RESPOND TO SOME 9-1-1 CALLS.

IT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR CHICAGO LAWN, GAGE PARK, JAY WESTBROOK LAWN.

ACCORDING TO THE CITY THE TEAMS RESPONDED TO 200 EMERGENCY CALLS SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER.

>> AFTER HAVING ITS DEALERS' LICENSE SUSPENDED IN ILLINOIS, CARAY TAILOR CARVANA IS BACK IN BUSINESS BUT WITH SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS.

A STAY HAS BEEN PUT ON THE SUSPENSION ALLOWING THE COMPANY TO SELL VEHICLES BUT NOT ISSUE TEMPORARY LICENSE PLATES WHILE THE STAY ORDER IS IN POLICE.

THE VILLAGE OF SKOKIE SAYS THE PLAN TO CONSTRUCT A 14 STOREY VENDING TOWER IN THAT SUBURB REMAINS ON HOLD.

IT'S CRITICIZED FOR A POSSIBLE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND CONCERNS THE GLASS TOWER COULD CAUSE BIRD COLLISIONS FROM THE NEARBY FOREST PRESERVE.

>> PIPING PLOVER LOVE BIRDS MONTY AND ROSE HAVE BEEN RETURNING TO MONTROSE BEACH FOR THREE YEARS BUT SADLY THAT WON'T BE THE CASE.

THE TALE MAY HAVE COME TO AN END BUT THEIR STORY CONTINUES TO INSPIRE HOPE.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY WETLI JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

FIRST OF ALL, REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BELOVED PLOVERS, MONTY AND ROSE?

>> YES, WE'RE SO USED TO THEM FLYING BACK NORTH TO CHICAGO EVERY SPRING.

BUT ROSE ACTUALLY NEVER ARRIVED AND HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY ANYONE IN MONTHS.

SO WE'RE SORT OF FEARING THE WORST FOR HER.

MONTY DID ARRIVE BACK IN APRIL RIGHT ON QUEUE BUT UNFORTUNATELY, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, HE WAS SEEN STUMBLING AROUND, GASPING FOR AIR AND DIED.

WE'RE STILL NOT SURE WHY.

>> IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FROM A BROKEN HEART AS YOU WERE TELLING ME.

THERE WAS A RECENT MEMORIAL HELD IN THEIR HONOR AND YOU ATTENDED THAT.

HOW WAS THE MEMORIAL?

>> IT WAS JUST A REALLY BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION.

WE SHOULD ALL BE SO LUCKY TO BE SO LOVED AND CELEBRATED.

THE END OF OUR LIVES.

IT WAS A REAL SENSE OF JOY AMONGST THE PEOPLE WHO WERE CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT MONTY AND ROSE WERE EVER EVEN HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WHICH SEEMS SO IMPROBABLE.

WE HAD NOT HAD PIPING PLOVERS NEST IN CHICAGO SINCE THE 1950s.

THEY ARE A THREATENED SPECIES.

IT WAS REALLY A CELEBRATION OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT THE VOLUNTEERS FORMED WHO SERVED AS GUARDIANS FOR THEM WHILE THEY WERE HERE AND JUST HOW MUCH JOY THEY BROUGHT TO PEOPLE'S LIVES.

>> THERE IS A BITTERSWEET ENDING BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND THERE IS ANOTHER GENERATION.

THE OFFSPRING OF MONTY AND ROSE THEY HAVE BEEN SPOTTED CORRECT?

>> YES.

ONE OF THE OFFSPRING LAST YEAR NESTED IN OHIO.

AND THIS YEAR ONE OF MONTY AND ROSE'S 2021 CHICKS IMANI HE IS BACK AT MONTROSE BEACH AND IF A LADY POLICE OFFICER SHOWS UP THERE'S HOPE.

SO WE'LL SEE.

>> ALWAYS HOPE THERE.

THANKS PATTY.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ PATTY'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE OF THE HISTORY OF PIPING PLOVERS ON CHICAGO'S BEACHES.

IT'S ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND NOW WE GO BACK TO AMANDA VINICKY WHO SPENT THE DAY IN LINCOLN PARK AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES" TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NORTH SIDE COMMUNITY AND JOINS US WITH A VOICE FROM THAT AREA.

AMANDA?

>> YES, I'M JOINED BY BRIAN COMER HE IS PRESIDENT OF THE SHEFFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

NOW, YOU ARE BORN, BRED, NOT CHURCH CHICAGO BUT LINCOLN PARK.

>> I AM A SON OF SHEFFIELD AND IT IS AN HONOR TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY HOME.

>> AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LINCOLN PARK CHANGING LINCOLN YARDS SET TO COME INTO THE AREA.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

IS IT WELCOMED?

>> WE WANT DEVELOPMENT, WE WANT SMART DEVELOPMENT.

SO OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN ONCE THEY MENTIONED THEY WANTED TO MOVE OUT.

WE LOOK AT IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE OWNER STERLING BAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WORKS FOR NOT ONLY THE NEW RESIDENTS BUT THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS PART OF THE CITY.

IT'S NOT JUST LINCOLN PARK WE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM TALKING ABOUT THE IDEAS.

>> AND WHAT HAS THE RECEPTION BEEN LIKE?

DO YOU HEAR YOU ARE NOT JUST HAVING MEETINGS BUT THEY ARE PRODUCTIVE ONES?

>> THEY ARE, THEY ARE.

WE HAVE BEEN PLEASED WITH A COUPLE OF THE PARCELS HAVE SEVERALLY CHANGED FROM THEIR INITIAL DESIGN TO DESIGNS THAT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE COMMENTS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS LIKE SHEFFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

>> GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE?

>> A CURB CUT OUT FOR A POSSIBLE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT THEY ARE PUTTING IN WE THOUGHT COULD CAUSE MORE OF A TRAFFIC BACK UP THAN WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

THEY WENT BACK AND ADJUSTED THE DESIGN AND THE PLOT TO MAKE SURE YOU COULD USE SMALLER STREETS TO SERVICE THE NEEDS OF THOSE UP COMING CUSTOMERS.

>> I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO IS A FAN OF TRAFFIC BUT I'M ONBOARD WITH LESS TRAFFIC.

ANY CONCERN FOR STERLING BAY AS WELL IF THEY WANT THE AREA TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

>> RIGHT.

AND TRAFFIC ON THE NEAR NORTH SIDE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN BUT YOU ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THE ONLY THING THE CITY SAID AT THE START IS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WIDEN THE STREETS.

THAT PRESENTS A PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE TO SOLVE.

SO OUR FOCUS AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS TO CONTINUALLY MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE DISCUSSION IS AWARE OF THAT FOCUS.

>> ANOTHER PROBLEM TOP OF MIND FOR MANY RESIDENTS OR AT LEAST FEARS WHETHER IT'S PERCEPTION OR REALITY AND THAT OF CRIME.

AND IT WAS IN THE SHEFFIELD AREA WHERE DAKOTA EARLY WAS SHOT AND SEVERELY INJURED IN EARLY MAY.

WHAT CAN YOU SHARE WITH US ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT INCIDENT AND HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS REACTED TO IT?

>> WELL, ONE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE MOST HEINOUS CRIME I HAVE EVER HEARD OF OR EXPERIENCED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE FIVE DECADES THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLN PARK.

OUR HEARTS WITH DAKOTA AND HIS MOM.

THE ONE BRIGHT SPOT IN IT IF YOU CAN CALL IT A BRIGHT SPOT WE HAD NEIGHBORS THAT RAN OUT THERE AS SOON AS THEY COULD TO BE WITH HIM, TO CALL 9-1-1 TO HOLD HIS HAND AND MAKE SURE THAT HE KNEW HE WASN'T ALONE.

AND I'M HAPPY HE IS STILL ALIVE AND WE KEEP PRAYING FOR HIM EVERYDAY.

CRIME IS A BIG ISSUE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY.

OVER THE LAST SIX TO NINE MONTHS IT'S BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE VIOLENT.

AND SO OUR ASSOCIATION LIKE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS WORK WITH OUR LOCAL POLICE DISTRICT.

WE HAVE GREAT REPRESENTATIVES AND OFFICERS IN THE 18TH.

AND OUR CAPS PROGRAM IS STRONG.

WE HAD OVER 130 PEOPLE AT A MEETING FOUR DAYS LATER FOR A MEETING THAT WAS ALREADY ON SCHEDULE TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND BECAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WITH DAKOTA.

>> PEOPLE STEPPING UP.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THAT IS BRIAN COMER, PRESIDENT OF THE SHEFFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

AND WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU LATER.

UP NEXT WE HEAD TO THE THEATRE FOR A REVIEW OF SHOWS AND PRODUCTIONS COMING TO A STAGE NEAR YOU.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> FROM TOURING SHOWS TO PRODUCTIONS THERE'S LOTS HAPPENING ON STAGES AS ALWAYS.

AND JOINING US WITH HER RECOMMENDATIONS IS ARTS CRITIC HEDY WEISS.

LET'S START WITH A NEW PRODUCTION OF SPRING AWAKENING AT THE PORCH LIGHT THEATRE.

IT WON THE TONY FOR BEST MUSICAL IN 2007.

TELL US ABOUT THE NEW STAGING AT THE PORCH LIGHT.

>> PORCH LIGHT EVERYTHING THEY TOUCH TURNS TO MAGIC AND THIS SHOW ESPECIALLY NOW WITH ALL THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT ROE VS. WADE IS SUCH AN EYEOPENER THAT WHEN I WALKED WAY FROM IT ALL I SAID WAS I THINK EVERY JUDGE AND EVERY POLITICIAN WHO IS TRYING TO UPTURN THE ROE VS. WADE SHOULD BE FORCED TO SEE THE SHOW.

>> GIVE US A SYNOPSIS AND WHY THAT IS?

>> IT WAS WRITTEN IN 1891 IN A CONSERVATIVE GERMAN SOCIETY WHERE YOU KNOW THE REAL TITLE OF THE PLAY SHOULD BE PROBABLY SEXUAL AWAKENING.

AND IT'S ABOUT KIDS, TEENAGERS IN A GERMANTOWN WHOSE PARENTS DON'T WANT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT SEX.

AND THEY ARE COMING-OF-AGE.

AND THEY ARE INTERESTED.

AND SO THERE IS A KIND OF A DISASTER.

AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVEAWAY PART OF IT BUT THE MUSIC IS A MODERN SCORE AND SOME OF THE DIALOGUE IS A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED.

AND THE YOUNG CAST IS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE MUSIC IS WRITTEN BY DUNCAN CHIC WHO IS LIKE A ROCKER A SINGER SONGWRITER WHAT IS THE MUSIC LIKE?

>> THERE IS VERY STRONG ROCK BEAT IN CERTAIN PARTS.

BUT THERE IS ALSO A LIRECISM TO IT.

IT IS A WONDERFUL SCORE.

AND THE SINGERS HAVE FABULOUS VOICES SO THEY IT'S ALMOST LIKE I DON'T KNOW, HARD ROCK BUT OPERA.

AND IT'S REALLY VERY, VERY JUST THE WHOLE THING IS VERY MOVING AND BRILLIANTLY DONE AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE AT THE PORCH LIGHT UNTIL JUNE 2.

I REALLY THINK ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO SEE IT.

IT IS NOT FOR THE VERY YOUNG.

>> THEY HAVE THIS WEEKEND TO DO IT.

NEXT PLAY IS TWO TRAINS RUNNING BY AUGUST WILSON AT THE COURT THEATRE THAT WON A TONY AWARD.

THIS IS AN AUGUST WILSON PLAY HOW DOES THIS FIT IN TWO TRAINS RUNNING.

>> CALLED THE CENTURY CYCLE.

AND THIS IS THE 1960s AT THE END OF THE 1960s.

AND HE DEALT WITH EACH DECADE.

AND OF COURSE, THE 1960s WERE AN INCREDIBLY TUMULTUOUS TIME WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON.

AND CIVIL RIGHTS.

AND HIS AUGUST WILSON'S IDEA WAS TO CAPTURE SOMETHING ABOUT BLACK LIFE.

AND THIS IS SET IN PITTSBURGH HIS HOMETOWN SET IN A DINER THAT IS ABOUT TO BE TAKEN BY THE CITY BECAUSE THEY SAY RENEWAL BUT IT MIGHT BE JUST CHANGING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THE OWNER OF THE DINER WANTS TO GET WHAT HE THINKS IS THE FAIR PRICE FOR THE PROPERTY.

AND HANGING OUT AT THE DINER IS A WHOLE RANGE OF PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW THERE'S THE OLDER GUY WHO IS MELLOW AND IS SPIRITUAL AND THEN A YOUNG GUY WHO IS AT THE PAY PHONE TO DO THE NUMBERS GAME.

AND THEN THERE'S A GUY WHO JUST A YOUNG GUY WHO GOT OUT OF JAIL AND ONLY ONE AMONG THE SEVEN CHARACTERS ONLY ONE WOMAN.

AND SHE IS THE WAITRESS AND SHE IS NOT TREATED VERY WELL BY HER BOSS AND SHE HAS HER ISSUES.

BUT IT'S -- THERE ARE A LOT OF VETERAN BLACK ACTORS IN THIS PRODUCTION AND IT IS SO GREAT TO SEE THEM BACK ON THE STAGE >> I'M SURE THE DIALOGUE IS WONDERFUL.

AND THE NEXT ONE IS ABOUT THE MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE DIALOGUE.

AIN'T TOO PROUD THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS AND THIS IS TOURING HERE AT THE CADILLAC PALACE.

I WENT AND SAW IT A COUPLE DAYS AGO.

DO THEY DO THE TEMPTATIONS JUSTICE?

>> I NEVER THOUGHT ANYBODY COULD REPLICATE THE GROUP AND THE DANCE MOVES ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

AND THE WAY THEY SYNCHRONIZED AND SLID AND WONDERFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED BY SERGIO WHO WON A TONY WHEN THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION WAS DONE IN 2018.

AND I THINK THEY NOT ONLY DO JUSTICE, I THINK THEY ARE AMAZING THEY HAVE KIND OF KIND OF FIGURED OUT WHO ALL OF THE CHARACTER ARE AND THAT IS THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE MUSICAL IT EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENT TEMPERAMENTS OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP AND THEN OVER TIME THERE WERE 10 OR 14 CHANGES AND HOW THEY FIT IN AND HOW THEIR DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES MESHED.

>> I HAVE TO AGREE AMAZING PERFORMANCES AND I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THE TEMPTATIONS I DIDN'T KNOW.

A PREVIEW OF SOMETHING AT THE JOFFREY BALLET.

TELL US ABOUT THIS MUCH ANTICIPATED PRODUCTION.

>> I SAW THE ORIGINAL IT WAS CREATED FOR THE JOFFREY AND IT DEBUTED BY THEM IN 2011 AND THEN.

NOW IT'S BACK.

AND THE ONE THING ABOUT IT BESIDES THE JOFFREY IS JUST FABULOUS COMPANY.

BUT THEY ARE NOT JUST TECHNICAL DANCERS.

AND THEY DON'T JUST CONCENTRATE ON THE BALLET TECHNIQUE THAT IS A GIVEN.

THEY ARE WONDERFUL ACTORS AND THIS BALLET ALLOWS THEM TO SORT OF SHOW A LOT OF THAT TALENT.

AND IT'S COMICAL AT TIMES AND IT'S VERY ORIGINAL AND THEY HAVE THEY ARE AT THE LYRIC OPERA BUILDING SO THEY HAVE LYRIC OPERA MUSICIANS AND THE USUAL GREAT CONDUCTOR.

AND SO THE WHOLE PRODUCTION WHICH HAS SPECIAL EFFECTS AND PUPPETS, I REALLY THINK IT IS A GREAT FAMILY SHOW.

>> SO IT IS A WHOLE MULTIMEDIA AFFAIR.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

THANKS AS ALWAYS TO HEDY WEISS THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, PARIS.

>> AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE IN A MOMENT FIRST A LOOK AT EVENTS HAPPENING THIS MEMBER DAHL DAY WEEKEND.

-- MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

WE CHECK BACK IN WITH AMANDA IN LINCOLN PARK AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

WARNING THIS NEXT SEGMENT MAY MAKE YOU HUNGRY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE DANGEROUS FOR ME.

AMANDA?

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU GOT A MINUTE TO WAIT FOR THAT.

LINCOLN PARK IS HOME TO A LOT OF WELL-KNOWN PLACES, DePAUL UNIVERSITY AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.

THE ZOO, THE CONSERVATORY, NORTH POND AND THE CHICAGO PIZZA AND OVEN GRINDER COMPANY.

IN 1929, THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE TOOK PLACE ACROSS THE STREET AND FEARS OF WHAT IS NOW THE PIZZA PLACE WAS AT THE TIME A SEEDY HOTEL ON THE UPSTAIRS WHERE AL CAPONE'S CREW USED IT AS A LOOKOUT.

AN UNSAVORY GROUP OF FOLKS BUT THE OPPOSITE NOW SINCE 1971, CHICAGO PIZZA AND OVEN GRINDER HAVE SERVED UP HOMEMADE FOOD IN THE FORM OF CASHES AND -- CARBS AND CHEESE.

>> THIS IS THE PIZZA POT PIE WE MAKE OUR PIZZAS LIKE THIS.

BAKED IN A CERAMIC BOWL WITH CHEESE AND OUR HOUSE MADE SAUCE WE HAVE A MEAT SAUCE OR VEGETARIAN WHICH WE COOK DOWN FOR NINE HOURS FROM START TO FINISH.

WE FLIP IT.

AND POP THAT RIGHT OUT AND BOOM THAT IS THE PIZZA POT PIE.

>> SO BY THE WAY, 1972, WHICH MEANS THAT IT HAS BEEN 50 YEARS OF HOMEMADE CRUST, SAUCE AND GOOEY CHEESE.

GM CATHY GALLANIS SAYS IN A TOWN BIG ON DEEP DISH AND TAF REFERENCE STYLE PIZZA THE PLACE CARVED OUT ITS OWN NICHE.

>> YOU KNOW, WITH EVERY WHIM AND CRAZE WE DIDN'T CHANGE WE TRIED TO STAY THE SAME AND I THINK PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THE FACT THEY CAN COME IN HERE AND THEY CAME IN 10 YEARS AGO AND THEY COME IN TOMORROW, EVERYTHING IS THE SAME, THE DECOR IS THE SAME, THE FOOD IS THE SAME AND SOME OF THE FACES ARE THE SAME BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED HERE FOR 20, 30 YEARS.

>> SHE HERSELF HAS WORKED THERE FOR 40 YEARS.

NOW, IF YOU ARE NOT A FAN OF PIZZA AND I CAN NOT FATHOM THAT TO BE THE CASE.

THERE ARE OPTIONS, MEATBALLS, SAUSAGE SALAD WITH DRESSING MADE IN HOUSE.

SPEAKING OF SALAD LINCOLN PARK IS HOST TO THE GREEN CITY MARKET EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING.

>> WE HAVE MICRO GREENS AND TODAY WE'RE SELLING LILLEYS AS WELL.

WE HAVE CBD.

OFTENTIMES GOURMET MUSHROOMS.

A PLETHORA OF VEGETABLES.

EGGS, CHICKEN AND DUCK EGGS WE HAVE AS WELL AND PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THE DUCK EGGS THAT IS NEW FOR A LOT OF FOLKS.

>> TIFFANY MITCHENOR HERSELF IS FAIRLY NEW TO WORKING AT THE MARKET UNTIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO SHE WAS JUST A FAN.

>> JUST A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD AND I LOVE THE GREENERY AND THE BEACH.

SO I WOULD SEE THIS MARKET ALL THE TIME ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.

AND JUST LIKE MARVEL AT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD COME OUT AND SEEING ALL THE PRODUCE.

AND SO I LOOKED IT UP LIKE WHAT IS THE GREEN CITY MARKET ALL ABOUT AND WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND JACOBSON FAMILY FARM WAS HIRING SO HERE I AM.

>> GREEN CITY MARKET IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT.

AND THOSE WHO USE SNAP CAN STRETCH THEIR BENEFITS BY SHOPPING THERE.

$25 SNAP BENEFITS AND THE MARKET MATCHES IT TWICE OVER.

SHOPPERS WILL BE ABLE TO BUY 75 WORTH OF LOCAL GOODS.

THE MARKET'S DIRECTOR SAYS THE VENDORS HAVE TO GO THROUGH A RIGOROUS APPLICATION PROCESS AND THEY ALL HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED AS SUSTAINABLE OR IN CASES ORGANIC.

AND BECAUSE THEY ARE LOCAL SHE SAYS THEY ARE NOT SUFFERING FROM MANY OF THE GREATER SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING THE REST OF THE ECONOMY.

SHE SAYS THE BIGGER BATTLE THAT VENDORS ARE FACING IS AGAINST MOTHER NATURE.

>> A RAINY DAY OR EXTREME HEAT.

THAT IS MORE OF WHAT THEY ARE BATTLING.

IN EARN ITS OF SOME OF OUR OTHER PRODUCTS THAT THEY HAVE, THINGS LIKE GLASS JARS WE HAVE HAD SOME OF OUR VENDORS WHO SELL HONEY SHARE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THE GLASS JAR HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.

YOU MAY SEE VARYING THINGS ON THE TABLES BECAUSE OF THOSE TYPES OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

IN TERMS OF THE PRODUCE AND THE PROTEIN YOU WILL FIND THEY ARE GROWING IT HERE SO THAT SUPPLY CHAIN IS SHORTER.

IT'S COMING RIGHT FROM THE FARM RIGHT TO THE MARKET RIGHT TO YOUR PLATE.

>> LINCOLN PARK IS THE MAIN HOST FOR THE GREEN CITY MARKET.

BUT GREEN CITY MARKET ALSO HAS A FARMERS MARKET ON SATURDAY MORNING IN THE WEST LOOP.

TIME FOR DINNER ALMOST.

BACK TO YOU.

>> MY TUMMY IS GURGLING.

>> RESEARCH ONE OF THE SWAN BOATS FOR US AND I WILL JOIN YOU.

>> SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.

>> WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

STAY CONNECTED BY SIGN UP FOR YOUR DAILY BRIEFING.

AND YOU CAN GET "CHICAGO TONIGHT" STREAMED ON FACEBOOK, YouTube AND OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.COM/NEWS.

AND YOU CAN ALSO GET THE SHOW VIA PODCAST AND THE PBS VIDEO APP.

>> AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW".

AND NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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