>>> THERE IS A NEW EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CALLED ENTRE HORIZONTES , ART AND ACTIVISM BETWEEN CHICAGO AND PUERTO RICO.

THE EXHIBIT FEATURES ARTISTS OF DIFFERENT MEDIUMS AND ORGANIZERS SAY THE GOAL IS TO ADDRESS THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES THAT THE PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY FACES FROM HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND HEALTHCARE TO MIGRATION AND BILINGUAL EDUCATION.

>> A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND PUERTO RICAN MIGRATION FOCUSES ON NEW YORK AND FLORIDA BUT PART OF THE ARGUMENT AROUND THIS SHOW IS TO CENTER CHICAGO WITHIN THAT CONVERSATION.

A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT PUERTO RICANS HAVE BEEN MIGRATING TO CHICAGO SINCE THE 1940s.

COMPANIES BASED HERE IN CHICAGO RECRUITED PUERTO RICAN WORKERS TO COME TO THE CITY TO WORK.

WOMEN AS DOMESTIC WORKERS AND MEN WORKING IN THE STEEL MILL.

PUERTO RICAN FORMS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF CHICAGO HISTORY.

IT IS PUERTO RICAN CHICAGO AS WE CALL IT.

THERE WAS NO DISTANCE BETWEEN CHICAGO AND PUERTO RICO WHEN WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT PUERTO RICAN CHICAGO AND THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HUMBLE PARK IN THE ENTIRE WORLD AND THERE IS NO PLACE THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND STRUGGLED TO REALLY MAKE