COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON: WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT ABORTION RIGHTS IN ARIZONA: TWO YEARS AFTER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE VS. WADE.

ALSO TONIGHT, HOW THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ROSIE'S HOUSE IS BRINGING TOGETHER MUSIC AND MENTAL HEALTH.

AND AN ASU ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND AUTHOR HAS BEEN AWARDED THE GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP FOR HER NEW POETRY PROJECT.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

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STEVE: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M STEVE GOLDSTEIN, FILLING IN FOR TED.

SIMONS.

VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS MADE A CAMPAIGN STOP IN PHOENIX TODAY.

TO MARK THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY.

OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING ROE VERSUS WADE, AN ABORTION RULING THAT IS STILL CAUSING WAVES IN TODAY'S POLITICAL.

LANDSCAPE.

HARRIS TALKED ABOUT ABORTION RIGHTS, FOCUSING ON THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

SHE APPEARED WITH ACTRESS FRANCIA RAISA WHO IS HISPANIC.

IT'S PART OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S PUSH ON ABORTION ISSUES IN ARIZONA AND ACROSS THE NATION.

HARRIS HAMMERED TRUMP FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR THE SUPREME COURT TO.

OVERTURN ROE VERSUS WADE AND HIS FUTURE POSSIBLE IMPACT ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IF TRUMP IS RE- ELECTED.

MARICOPA COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY A TEMPORARY ELECTIONS WORKER STOLE A SECURITY FOB FROM A VOTE.

TABULATION HEADQUARTERS LAST THURSDAY.

THEY SAY 27-YEAR-OLD PHOENIX RESIDENT WALTER RINGFIELD TOOK THE FOB, WHICH IS USED ALONG WITH SPECIAL SECURE TABLETS DURING THE ELECTION BECAUSE THE FOB WAS STOLEN, COUNTY ELECTION.

OFFICIALS WILL HAVE TO RE-PROGRAM AND RETESTS ELECTION EQUIPMENT AT.

A COST OF $1,000.

RINGFIELD IS NOT REGISTERED WITH ANY POLITICAL PARTY AND FACES.

CHARGES OF FELONY CRIMINAL.

DAMAGE AND MISDEMEANOR THEFT.

MONSOON WEATHER HIT THE TUCSON AREA HARD OVER THE WEEKEND, EVEN RESULTING IN ONE DEATH.

UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HIT THE OLD PUEBLO, WITH TUCSON FIRE.

CREWS RESPONDING TO 25 CALLS IN 90.

MINUTES SATURDAY.

ONE OF THOSE.

CALLS WAS FOR A WOMAN WHO WAS FOUND IN THE RILLITO RIVER.

SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

ON SCENE, DESPITE EFFORTS TO.

REIVIVE HER.

TWO YEARS AGO ON THIS DAY, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT REVERSED THE.

LANDMARK ROE V WADE DECISION.

REMOVING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.

>> NOW I MOVED TO THE PAL LOT INITIATIVE.

>> A LITTLE BIT UP AND DOWN OVER THE YEARS.

>> YEAH.

>> SO THOUGH WE COULD SEE IT COMING, I SUPPOSE, ANTICIPATING ONCE FOMMER PRESIDENT TRUMP APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT.

WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE?

THEN TWO YEARS AGO TODAY WHEN THE RULING CAME DOWN AND ROE.

VS WADE WAS OVERTURNED.

HOW DID YOU FEEL BILLION THAT?

>> YOU KNOW, THINK WE SAW THE ROAD AHEAD.

I WOULDN'T SAY ANYONE COULD ANTICIPATE THIS COULD HAPPEN?

EVEN THOUGH WE WERE PREPARED, THERE WAS NO AMOUNT OF PREPARATION YOU COULD DO FOR THE GUILT PUNCH THAT HAPPENED ON THAT DAY.

ON THAT DAY IN PARTICULAR PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA HAD TO TURN AWAY 100 PATIENTS SEEKING ABORTION CARE, AND WE PAUSED ALL ABORTION SERVICES LIKE OTHER ABORTION CARE PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE BECAUSE THIS WAS SOME DIF COMITIES THEN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE STATUS OF THE LAW WAS.

>> WERE YOU ANGRY?

>> OH ABSOLUTELY I WAS ANGRY.

I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS FOR WELL OVER A DECADE TO SEE THEM SLIP AWAY JUSTS WITH THE APPOINTMENTMENT OF A COUPLE OF VERY AGGRESSIVE ANTIABORTION SUPREME COURT JUST ISES WAS, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY, SOMETHING THAT HURT.

>> SO IT WOULD BE A SORT OF CYNICAL QUESTION AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLL TUX OF THESE THINGS.

THE FACT IT WAS DONE IN A WAY THAT WAS PRETTY OFFENSIVE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

DOES THAT MAKE THE EFFICIENT TO ENSHRINE ABORTION RIGHTS IN ARIZONA PERHAPS IN SOME WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AGAIN A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

BOOM.

ALL THE RIGHTS ARE NOW GONE.

>> I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOKE UP ONCE THEY SAW THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED TO OVERTURN AT THAT PINTND A TIME AND THEY THOUGHT TO TALK AWAY ABORTION RIGHTS M. WHAT ELSE IS NEXTS?

LET'S TAKE MOMENT IN TIME FOR HOW THE PRESSURE IS GOING.

YOU IMMEDIATE TO HAVE 400,000 AND GET 1-00,000 MORE THAN THAT I SUPPOSE.

WHAT ARE NUMBERS MU?

WE ANTICIPATE TURNING IN 800,000 SIGNATURES ON JULY THIRD.

9:00 A.M. WE ARE EXCITED.

WE ARE EXCITED TO FINALLY SEE THAT YOU KNOW THE FRUITION OF THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING.

BUT ALSO, I THINK WE ARE EXCITED BECAUSE THE VOTERS REALLY CAME THROUGH FOR US.

THEY WANT TO SITE ON THE PAL LOT.

HAS IT BEEN STATEWIDE?

>> NO.

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW.

I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS ARE HERE IN MARICOPA COUNTY.

A LOT IN THE COUNTY.

WE HAVE BEEN FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE CO LEBBING SIGNATURES FROM FOLKS WHO WANT TO END ENSHRINE THE RIGHT TO ABORTION IN THE CONSTITUTION.

LET'S' TALK TERMINOLOGY A LITTLE BIT.

YOU ARE NOT SHY BY SAYING ABORTION.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE.

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IS THE CATCHPHRASE THESE DAYS.

DOES THAT IN ANYWAY SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES?

DOES THAT BOTHER YOU IN ANYWAY.

>> NO, DON'T THINK IT BOTH ERS ME.

WE ARE INTENTIONAL OF INCLUDING ABORTION IN THE ACTUAL TITLE OF THE INITIATIVE HERE AND PEOPLE FINISHING TO SAY THE WORD ABORTION, RIGHT INBUZZ YOU KNOW, WE ARE FOCUSING TRICKLY ON ABORTION BUT I THINK WE HAVE SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PUN DELVE ROW PRODUCTIVE RIGHT RUNSER ATTACKS.

WE ARE SEEN YOU KNOW DENAR CARE THEN THOSE THNGS ARE PART OF THAT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND FREEDOM BUNDLE WELL ABORTION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I WILL SAY 1664.

>> QUICKLY.

QUICK REACTION.

I AM KIDDING.

BUT THAT REALLY BECAME ALSO MUCH MORE THAN A TALK POINT LIKE A VITAL PART OF THIS.

RIGHT.

>> RIGHT.

THINK THE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT DECISION MADE IT REALLY WELL FOR A LOT OF FOLKS SO ANYONE WHO WAS SITTING ON THE SIDELINESES BEFORE THE DECISION CAME DOWN THEY PRN THE GAME SO WE SAW A SPIKE IN SIGNATURE SIGNATURE AND INTERESTED IN DONATIONS AND THOSE THINGS THEN THE FOLKS THAT GOT US TO THE 800,000 NUMBER.

>> HOW MUCH DOES THAT WEIGH IN FOR YOU?

THE BEST ARGUMENTS HERE.

THIS IS TRULY, I MEAN, IT IS MADE A PART SAND ISSUE.

WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO THINK ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL.

THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT THAT HIGHLY REGARDED WHO WANTED TO RETAIN THE 1664 MEASURE.

HOW MUCH DOES THAT HELP THE ARGUEP.

THIS YOU ARE GOING AGAINST EXTREMES SO IF SOMEONE IS REASONABLE THEY MAY SIGN PETITION AT LEAST.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING.

WOE UNDERSTAND THAT ARIZONANS FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM BELIEVE THE SAME THING WE TO.

THAT PREGNANT PATIENTS SHOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM TO MAKE PERSONAL HEALTH CARE DECISION ESPECIALLY THOUGH ABOUT ABORTIONS WITH THE FAMILIES AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND DON'T WANT THEM INVOLVE IN THAT CALCULUS AT ALL.

>> POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR SO LONG.

DO YOU SEE A WAY IF THE, SURE GETS ON THE BALLOT AND THE MEASURE PASSES THEN WE MAYBE HEAR A LITTLE BIT LESS ABOUT THIS ISSUE?

>> WITH, I MEAN, MAYBE.

THEY ALWAYS NEED SOMETHING TO KIND OF THROW TO THEIR AUDIENCE AND TO GET THEM TO COME OUT TO VOTE FOR THEM, RIGHT THIS THAT IS INTENT OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.

WE WANT SOMETHING THAT IS DURABLE, SUSTAINABLE.

THAT IS WHY WE ARE SEEKING TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET ME ASK YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OPPOSITION.

AND OPPS AGAIN NOT FROM WHAT COULD BE LABELED THE EXTREME RIGHT?

JUST FOLKS WHO ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE MEASURE.

I AM BEING FACETIOUSES TO SOME EXTENT DO WE EXPECT A LOT OF LAW SUITS TO COME OUT OR F THE MEASURE PATSES AND ONCE THING TOES ARE TURNED IN.

LISTENMENT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ANTIABORTION FOLKS.

I HAVE FOR THE LAST DECADE, RIGHT?

SO THEY TRULY BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, SO I, WE FULLY EXPECT THAT THEY WILL RUN A FULL OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN.

WE ARE GLAD THAT THE LEGISLATURE DECIDED NOT TOT REFER SOMETHING TO COMPETE WITH US IN THE BALLOT DIRECTLY, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, I EXPECTED THE BATTLE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GUILTY ON THE BALLOT WITH THE SIGNATURE CHALLENGES AFTER WE GET ON THE BALL LOT, THEN, PERHAPS AFTER WE PASS.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT THEY LOST THEIR ENERGY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE NOT LOST OUR FIGHT.

>> I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE ABORTION AND MANY OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE WILLING TO STAND IN THE FACE OF WHAT IS ALSO AWESOME, WHO KNOWS IF PEOPLE BACK THESE THINGS UP.

WE HEAR ABOUT ABORTION PROVIDERS SHOULD BE KILLED OR SOMEONE WHO SUPPORTS SHOULD BE KIMED.

A HORRIBLE THING TO MAKE, LETS ASSAY POLITICAL HAY OF.

DOES THAT HELP, TOO?

PEOPLE START HEARING EXTREMES LIKE THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO SUPPORTED.

>> I THINK THAT WE ARE FINDING THAT OW, RIGHT.

MOST ARIZONA VOTERS FEEL THAT OUR MEASURE IS UNALIGNMENT BECOME ARIZONA VALUES OF INDIVIDUALISM.

YOU KNOW?

MUCH MAKING YOUR OWN SPENT CHOICES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE BODY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, HEAR THAT EXTREME RHETORIC DEFINITELY TURNS A LOT OF FOLKS OFF.

ACTUALLY OPENS THE EARS TO WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH RESPECT TO OUR PAL LOT INITIATIVE.

>> IN WHICH YOU PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE IN A FEDERAL STANDPOINT.

HOW IMPORTANT TO SOME EXTENT IS IT FOR ARIZONANS TO ELECT PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT ABORTION RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, DO YOU THINK WOULD BE MOMENTUM FOR THIS TO BECOME FEDERALLY PROTECTED AGAIN OR YOU FOCUSING ON ARIZONA NOW.

>> WE ARE SOLELY FOCUSED ON ARIZONA WE HAVE HOPES FOR THE FEDERAL, FOR ARE FOR THE FEDERAL PROTECTIONS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, HAVING A PATCH WORK OF STATES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT LAWS DOCUMENT SERVE ANYONE AND NOT EQUAL ACCESS TO ABORTION, L RIGHT?

AT THE SAME TIME.

WE ARE SOLELY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE CAN DO HERE IN THE STATE AND WITH THE FOLKS THAT WILL SUPPORT US AND IN NOVEMBER.

THE LAST FEW SECONDS OPTIMISTIC AT THIS TIME WILL BE PASSES?

>> ABSOLUTELY 100% POS SIVE THAT WE WILL WIN.

>> OK. GREAT TO FINALLY MEET YOU.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE AT ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> THANK YOU.

STEVE: ROSIE'S HOUSE IS A VALLEY NON-PROFIT THAT PROVIDES AN AFTER- SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS.

NOW, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AND TERROS, ROSIE'S HOUSE HAS DEVELOPED A MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

THE PROGRAM TRAINS FACULTY MEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE POSSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND INTERACT WITH STUDENTS TO GET THEM ON THE PATH TO HELP.

FOR MORE ON THIS, WE WELCOME BECKY BELL BALLARD, CEO OF ROSIE'S HOUSE.

WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY KIMBERLY MCWILLIAMS, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AT TERROS.

WELCOME TOWEL BOTH.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> LET'S REMIND VIEWERS WHAT ROSY'S HOUSE DOES?

>> YEAH.

ROSY'S HOUSE IS ALL ABOUT CONNECTING KIDDING TO OPPORTUNITY AND SUPPORTING THEM AS THEY DEVELOP THE FULL POTENTIAL AND WE DO THAT THROUGH MUSIC MMENT WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST 100% FREE AFTER-SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY AND LOCATED RIGHT IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX AND WE HAVE KIDDOS FROM ALL OVER THE VALLEY, 14 VALLEY CITIES DOM THE LOCATION.

PRE-K THROUGH 12th GRID AND INVOLVED IN MUSIC EDUCATION IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL HOURS.

WE ARE WORKING THE FAMILIES WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED UNDER RESOURCED AND MANY OF THE STUDENTS, KIDDOS ARE IN SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE MUSIC PROGRAMS.

SO WE ARE ALL ABOUT CONNECTING KIDS TO OPPORTUNITIES AND ELIMINATING THAT GAP.

>> SO WITH ALL THAT WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.

HOW DID THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT TAKE PLACE?

HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN IN THE MIND OF SUPPORTERS?

>> WELL, THINK ANYONE WHO WORKS WITH KIDS HAS BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING AND POST COVID AND WITH THE DATA AND ALL OF THE STATISTICS AROUND STRESS, AND I COULD TY, TEE PRESSION, THEN JUST SEEING IT SHOW UP IN OUR, IN OUR SCHOOL.

AND SO, I, I WAS THINKING AROUND THOUGH CHALLENGES.

AND, AS ORGANIZATION IS SUPPORTING KIDS LIKE WHAT COULD BE OUR ROLE, AND THEN I HAD THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLUMBIA.

AND SEE A PROGRAM IN COLUMBIA.

OK. >> AND IN THAT PROGRAM, THEY REALLY MARRY THE IDEA OF SOCIAL WELL BEING AND MUSIC.

HE WAS ALERTED BY THE PAPER TRUST AND IT REALLY JUST OPENED MY EYES TO THE TIME TO SUPPORT KIDS IN AND BROADER WAY.

>> PEAT.

HOW DID THE PARTNERSHIP COME ABOUT IF.

>> SO WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO MEET BECKY AND HER TEAM AT ROSY'S HOUSING AND LISTENER ARE LEARNED ABOUT THE WONDERFUL MUSIC PROGRAM THAT THEY HAD.

THEY HAVE A ROBUST CHILDREN'S PROGRAM FOR MENTAL HELT AND WE NOTICED THE SAME THING ROSY'S HOUSE HAD.

KIDS POST PANDEMIC HAD INCREASED ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, MOOD, ISSUES, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND WE WONDERED TOGETHER WHAT COULD WE DO FOR THE KIDS?

>> WELL, I HAVE YOU BOTH COMMENT ON THIS.

CAN YOU FIRST.

REALLY POLLUTIONIC HAS BEEN SOMETHING.

IT GOES BACKING TO THE 17th CENTURY.

MUSIC SOOTHES THE BEAST OR WHATEVER THE PHRASE FOES.

MUSIC CAN BE HELPFUL WITH THIS.

DID IT SEEM TO YOU THAT MUSIC AND MENTAL HEALTH WOULD BE A GOOD FILTH TO START INTO WELL, AMAZING.

I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER MEDICINE AND THE JOY THAT MUSIC BRINGS AND JUST THAT SENSE OF SELF-ESTEEM FOR KIDS TO LEARN AND PARTICIPATE IN AND HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE IT SEEMED LIKE A TREAM COME TRUE.

THANKS.

THE FACT THAT ROSY'S ALREADY DOES SO MUCH WORK WITH MUSIC WHICH IS HELPING THESE KIDS.

IT JUST SEEMS, I KNOW, YOU OBVIOUSLY DID A TREMENDOUS H AMOUNT OF WORK AND ALMOST FEMS LIKE A NO PRAINER IN SOME SENSE AND WE ARE ALREADY DOING THIS HERE'S THE NEXT NATURAL STEP.

IT IS THAT YOU HOW FELT SO FOR THAT THAT IS HOW IT FELT.

WE ARE SUPPORTING KIDS IN SO MANY WAYS AND LET'S THINK BROADER AND REALLY, REALLY, MUSIC IN OTHER PROGRAM DOES FOSTER A SOCIAL CONNECTIONS HAS BEEN A POWERFUL POWERFUL WAY TO COMEBACK MENTAL HEALTH AND JUST GIVE KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE POSITIVE BER ACTIONS WITH THEIR PEERS.

AND WHEN WE EMBARKED ON EXPLORING IN THE PARTNERSHIP.

WE WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS SO WE DID A LOT OF WORK WITH SOME OF THE FAMILIES AND FOCUS GROUPS AND SOME SURVEYING TO REALLY DETERMINE IF THERE WAS INDEED A HEED FOR RESOURCES.

SO WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH MUSIC WAS HELPING BUT WHAT WERE THE OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE COULD HELP WITH?

AND SO, THE DATA CAME BACK.

THE CONVERSATIONS REALLY CAME TO A PLACE OF NEEDING FREE SERVICES.

OUR FAMILIES ARE ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED THAT IS WHERE IT CAME IN.

WELL, INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING HIM AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT BOTH THE STUDENTS ARE GETTING A LOT OF OUT OF IT BUT THE WORKERS THERE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THING.

>> YES DEFINITELY.

IT IS IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP AND EDUCATE THE STAFF ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS WITH KIDS.

>> YEAH.

>> AND ARE THERE CERTAIN THINGS YOU COULD SHARE WITH US THAT -- BECAUSE I WOULD THINK SOMEONE WHO IS TEACHING MUSIC WHOOP NECESSARILY BE THINKING.

ARE THERE BASICS YOU COULD SHARE WITH SNUGS.

>> RIGHT.

WITH CHILDREN ANY CHANGE IN THEIR BEHAVIOR IS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN, SO SOMEBODY THAT MAY BE PARTICIPATING IN CLASS BUT MAYBE THEY ARE QUITER THAN NORMAL.

MAYBE THEY ARE COMING LATER AND NOT PARTICIPATING AND REALLY, REALLY TRUG LING IN THOSE AREAS THOSE WOULD BE CUES FOR STAFF TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION.

>> HOW HAS IT AFFECTED THE STAFF INHAVE THEY EMBRACED THIS CONCEPT?

>> WELL, 100%.

YEAH.

THINK MANY OF THE TEACHERS AND TEAM MEMBERS WERE CONCERNED.

AND REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I MEAN, WE ARE NOT TRAINED IN THIS ARENA SO HAVING KIM AND THEIR TEAM COME IN AND TRAIN US AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND REALLY, REALLY PROVIDE US WITH THE RESOURCE OF A REFERRAL.

TO SUGGESTS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO FAMILIES AND JUST PRESCRIBE ANYTHING AND SAY WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

JUST TO SAY IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS.

THERE IS A RESOURCE AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS HEALTH.

SO IT HAS BEEN ON THE CAMPUS QUITE A FEW TIMES THIS PAST YEAR, JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT WITHED A CALL IT SY AROUND REDUCING THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND AND THE SURVEY DATA AT THE END OF OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD INFORMATION FROM OUR FAMILIES AT 10% PARTICIPATED WITH HEALTH.

>> JUST A FEW SECONDS, KIM.

WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LEAVE OUR LISTENERS AND VIEWERS WITH RIGHT NOW?

WHAT COULD BE NEXT TO EXPAND THIS?

WHAT ARE YOU MORE EXCITED ABOUT?

I THINK I AM EXCITED AS THE RESPONSE FROM PARENTS SO GETTING THE WORD OUT.

LETTING THEM KNOW WE ARE HERE FOR THEM.

WE DON'T TURN ANYONE AWAY.

THANK YOU ARE BOTH FOR BEING HERE.

>> APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ STEVE: DR. SAFIYA SINCLAIR AND AUTHOR AND AN ASU ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HAS BEEN AWARDED THE GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP FOR HER NEW POETRY PROJECT.

THE FELLOWSHIP IS AWARDED TO CULTURE CREATORS BASED ON THEIR CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXCEPTIONAL PROMISE.

HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT HER NEW POETRY PROJECT, A BOOK TITLED "PLANET DREAD".

WE WELCOME DOCTOR SAFIYA SINCLAIR.

WELCOME.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> HI.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP.

>> YEAH.

>> I MEAN THIS SOUNDS LIKE REALLY EXCITING MEASURE AND EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE REACTION WAS WHEN YOU RECEIVED?

IT WELL, FIRST.

I WAS IN THIS DISBELIEF.

DID I REALLY WIN THE GUGGENHEIM.

PAUSE THE WAY THEY SEN YOU IS WORDED IN THIS STRANGE WAY LIKE YOU CANNOT TELL ANTICIPATE ANYONE.

THEN YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO AND SO I KIND OF TEXTED MY AGENT LIKE I THINK, I JUST WON A GUGGENHEIM.

YOU KNOW IT?

IS SUCH A GREAT HONOR TO BE PARTICULARLY MY GROUP OF POETS THAT WERE AWARDED THIS YEAR SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE MY LITERARY HEROS.

>> WOW.

>> YEAH.

>> OK. YOU ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH IN SEEMINGLY A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

HOW DOES THAT FEEL TOLL ACHIEVE THAT AND HAVE YOUR TALENTS AND YOUR EXPERIENCES BE RECOGNIZED IN A FRET WAY.

GREAT WAY.

I MEAN IT FEELS SURREAL BUT ALSO FEELS VERY GRATIFYING AND WONDERFUL TO YOU KNOW, TO HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN THE HARD WORK SINCE I WAS REALLY A TEENAGER IN JAMAICA AND TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS COME TO FRUITION, YOU KNOW.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR IT.

>> MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT SOME OF THE BEST WRITING THAT CONNECTS ALL OF US WHETHER POETRY OR FICTION OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMES FROM THE MOST PERSONAL LEVEL.

AND I WONDER WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR TO YOU SHARE ON THAT LEVEL WITH PEOPLE WHERE THIS IS?

I MEAN, YOU NOT JUST ARTIST.

YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO IS SHARING THE MOST PERSONALst RY AND MUST BE INCREDIBLY REWAGGER I WOULD THINK.

I MEAN IT IS TERRIFYING.

[LAUGHTER] AND ALSO, ALSO REWARDING WHEN YOU KNOW, SHARING THESE VERY VULNERABLE PARTICULARITIES OF YOUR LIFE.

THE HOPE IS THAT IT REACHES THE READER THAT NEEDS IT THE MOST.

>> YES.

>> AND THAT, THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY PARTICULAR TO MYSELF AND THE UPBRINGING THAT IT HAS ENOUGH UNIVERSALITY THAT IT WILL CONNECT WITH READERS AND I THINK IL HAS.

I LET'S TALK ABOUT PLANET DREAD A LITTLE BIT.

IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE ON TOP OF OR CLIMATE CRISIS OR KYLEIGH MATE WORRIES ABOUT BUT WHERE DOES THAT PERSONAL THING I AM THINKING ABOUT BR WHERE DOES IT AUM BLEND IN TO WHAT YOU ARE HOPE FOG FOR THAT YEAH.

SO THE TITLE.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I WAS AWARDED THE GUGGENHEIM TO WORK ON SO IT IS NOT YET.

RIGHT NOW, IT IS VERY MUCH LIKE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES, I HAVE WRITTEN THE POPO EMS FOR IT.

THE TOOTLE IS A DOUBLE TITLE.

SO YOU KNOW?

HALF THE BOOK IS THINKING ABOUT CLIMATE.

THE CLI MATE CRISIS.

I AM FROM JAMAICA.

I LIKE JAMAICA.

WE HAVE THE SMALLEST CARBON FOOT PRINT WE WILL BE MOPPING OUR CITIZENS WILL BE THE AMONG THE FIRST CLIMATE REFUGEES ON THE ON COMING YEARS SO BORN BY THE SEA SEED IN JAMAICA.

ALL RIGHT THE COASTLINE IS ERODING.

THE SEA LEVELS ARE RISING IN JAMAICA FOR ME IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THING TO THINK ABOUT TO WRITE ABOUT IN SOME WAYS EVERYTHING I WRITE ABOUT YOU KNOW, FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE WOULD BE ABOUT THIS TOPIC.

IT IS SORT OF POETIC FRAME OF THINKING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> WHAT YOU WRITE IS FOR THE WORLD.

BUZZ IT MAKES SENSE YOU ARE IN ARIZONA BECAUSE THAT CERTAINLY A CONCERN FOR ALL OF US HERE AS WELL.

>> YES.

>> HOW IT WILL AFFECT US?

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW?

ALREADY YOU KNOW.

WE KIND HAVE TO TO ENDURE OURSELVES TO THE HEAT AND YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT WELL HOW MUCH HOW MUCH MORE?

>> EXACTLY.

>> HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE ENDURE?

IT IS INTERESTING THING TO THINK ABOUT.

YES.

>> LET ME ASK YOU A BROAD QUESTION ABOUT POE TRIT.

YEAH.

BECAUSE THERE IS DISCUSSION.

THERE HAS BEEN OVER THE YEARS BY THOSE OF US WHO ARE, I DO HAVE ENGLISH DEGREE BUT NOT FROM POETRY.

THE FEELING THAT IT IS POETRY AS ACCESSIBLE AS ALL ENCOMPASSING AS WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.

AND YET IT SEEMS THE WORK YOU ARE DOING.

POETRY IS AS POWERFUL AS IT HAS BEEN.

DOES ANYONE COME UP TO YOU AND SAY WOW, POETRY, I AM NOT SURE I GET THAT.

IT IS THERE CONVINCING THAT NEEDS TO BE TONE TO TELL PEOPLE, NO.

POETRY IS INCREDIBLY REL HAVE BEEN AND SOMETHING YOU SHOULD READ MORE OF?

>> NO.

I DOP THINK ANYONE IS SO BOLD AS TO SAY THAT TO ME.

>> OBNOXIOUS.

OBNOXIOUS.

>> UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK PART OF WHY I LOVE BEING A TEACHER AND PROFESSOR HERE IS BECAUSE I, I WANT TO CHANGE A LOT OF THE IDEAS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT POETRY.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I THINK IT IS THE WAY THAT YOU FIRST ENCOUNTER POETRY IN HIGH SCHOOL OR THE WAY IS TAUGHT LIKE A MATH PROBLEM YOU NEED TO SOLVE.

REALLY TURNS A LOT OF PEOPLE OFF MUCH POETRY.

BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, AND POETRY IS A THING WE TURN TO IN TIMES OF CRYCISION.

YOU TURN TO IT WHEN YOU ARE IN LOVE.

YOU RED A POEM AT YOUR WEEING.

YOU READ A POE AM AT FUNERAL.

POETRY IS REALLY ONE OF THE MOST UNIVERSAL AND MOST AND SHEP FORMS OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE.

>> A FEW SECONDS LEFT.

ARE YOU FINDING THE STUDENTS ARE PICKING UP ON THAT?

EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU ON THE THINGS?

>> WELL, I MEAN, YES.

THEY SEE MY EXCITEMENT AND HOPEFULLY THAT KIND OF CATCHES ON BECAUSE I GET VERY, VERY EXCITED.

TALKING ABOUT POETRY AND THINKING ABOUT POETRY AS SOMETHING THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF MY OWN LIFE.

AND SO I TRULY BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF POE RY.

>> WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> THAT IS AM FOR NOW.

I AM STEVE IN FOR TED SIMONS TONIGHT.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

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