>> HI THERE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

BLACK VOICES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

IT'S HIGH TIME THAT THE CITY GOVERNMENT PAID ATTENTION TO THE POINT OF PAIN IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> MAYOR JOHNSON IS UNVEILING THE NEXT PHASE IN HIS ANTI VIOLENCE PLANS.

CHICAGOANS ARE DYING FROM CARDIAC ARREST AT A YOUNGER AGE, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR HEART HEALTH.

AND WHAT BEING NAMED ESTATE CULTURAL DISTRICTS COULD MEAN FOR 2 HISTORIC BLACK COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, SOME MIGRANTS NOT BE EVICTED FROM CITY SHELTERS WHEN THE 60 DAY LIMIT GOES INTO EFFECT SATURDAY.

IF THEY HAVE CERTAIN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.

>> AS FAR AS THE 60 DAY POLICY WE'VE HAD.

MIGRANTS AND SHELTER SINCE 2002, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT THE DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE ARE TRYING TO HOLD UP.

SO WITH THIS POLICY IS ESSENTIALLY DONE GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE REAL SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MIGRANTS TO HELP THEM MOVE ON.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

THERE ARE?

EXEMPTIONS.

EVEN WITHIN THIS POLICY THAT ARE STILL PERMISSIBLE.

>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAYS SOME OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDE BEING IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING HOUSING OR MEDICAL CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE PREGNANCY.

JOHNSON SAYS THOSE WHO WOULD BE REQUIRED TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T STARTED THE PROCESS OF SECURING HOME COULD START THE PROCESS OF SEEKING TEMPORARY SHELTER AGAIN, NO WORD FROM THE CITY ON HOW MANY MIGRANTS THIS WILL IMPACT.

THE MAYOR ALSO EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SPENDING ON OVERTIME AFTER AN ANALYSIS BY WTW NEWS HAD A SHARON JOINS US IN A BIT WITH MORE ON THE MAYOR'S PLANS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

CHICAGO VOTERS WILL GET TO DECIDE WHETHER THE CITY COUNCIL CAN HIKE THE SALES TAX ON MILLION DOLLAR PROPERTIES.

THE MEASURE KNOWN AS BRING CHICAGO HOME IS INTENDED TO BRING IN REVENUE TO SUPPORT HOMELESS SERVICES AND COMBAT HOUSING INSECURITY.

THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT TODAY RULED THAT THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTIONS COMMISSIONERS WILL COUNT THE VOTES CAST IN NEXT WEEK'S PRIMARY ELECTION.

A GROUP OF REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT GROUPS MAYBE APPEAL SAYING THE TAX WOULD FURTHER LIMIT ECONOMIC GROWTH DOWNTOWN.

FOR MORE ON THE REFERENDUM VISIT OUR ONLINE VOTER GUIDE AT W T TW DOT COM SLASH VOTER GUIDE.

ANOTHER NEW STADIUM IS IN THE WORKS FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

TRUSTEE AND HIS WIFE ARE DONATING 5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A NEW SOFTBALL STADIUM THAT WILL FEATURE NEW DUGOUT THE CLUBHOUSE, NEW RESTROOMS AND IMPROVED 88 ACCESSIBILITY, THE NEWLY NAMED KIRKPATRICK STADIUM IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY SPRING 2026.

CREWS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN DEMOLITION OF RYAN FIELD TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM LAST YEAR.

THE SCHOOL'S ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT, THE GAME BECAME EMBROILED IN A HAZING SCANDAL AFFECTING MULTIPLE SPORTS, INCLUDING FOOTBALL AND SOFTBALL.

UP NEXT, A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORT TARGETING FOR CHICAGO COMMUNITIES RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON IS ANNOUNCING THE LATEST PHASE IN HIS PLAN TO FIGHT VIOLENCE ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH AND WEST SIDES BY ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME.

JOHNSON SAYS IT'S, QUOTE, HIGH TIME FOR THE CITY TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE RACIAL AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC DISPARITIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO VIOLENCE.

>> WE KNOW.

WHAT CREATES VIOLENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE LACK OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES, DISENGAGEMENT.

DISENGAGEMENT FROM SCHOOL OR ACCESS TO ALTERNATE PATHWAY, CAREERS.

DISENGAGEMENT FROM HOUSING IN.

YOU HAVE HOUSING INSTABILITY AND OF COURSE, STOREFRONT VACANCIES AND OTHER DISPARITIES.

>> AND REPORTER HAD A SHARON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE HEADER BREAK DOWN THE MAYOR'S NEW PLAN FOR US.

WHAT THIS PLAN SPOTLIGHT FOR CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS, ENGLEWOOD, AUSTIN, LITTLE VILLAGE AND WEST GARFIELD PARK FROM LOOKING AT MAP OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

RIGHT NOW, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE SOUTH AND THE WEST SIDE ARE WHERE REALLY CHICAGO IS CONFRONTING THE MOST SERIOUS CASES OF VIOLENCE AND CRIME.

AND JOHNSON'S PLAN CALLS FOR CITY OFFICIALS TO SPEND 1 MILLION DOLLARS ON LAYERED PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THOSE ROOT CAUSES.

WE HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT AND IN SOME CASES JOHNSON SAID HE'S PREPARED TO GO BLOCK BY BLOCK AND DOOR-TO-DOOR TO REACH PEOPLE.

THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT OTHER WHITE WITH THESE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS CHOSEN.

SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY THE MOST VIOLENT IN CHICAGO, THEY ARE WAY OUT OF STEP WITH OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, ENGLEWOOD, HE'S SEEN A MURDER RATE INCREASE OF NEARLY 5%, EVEN THOUGH MURDER CITYWIDE ARE DOWN 12%, WHICH GIVES YOU A SENSE OF JUST HOW SERIOUS THE ISSUE ARE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE JOBLESSNESS IS IS VERY COMMON AND THAT THERE IS NOT A LOT OF SORT OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

SO JOHNSON WANTS TO ADDRESS THAT WITHOUT REALLY FOCUSING ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IT'S, OF COURSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, CHICAGOANS, IT'S BECOME AN ANNUAL RITUAL OF FOR CHICAGO'S MAYOR TO STEP UP ANTI-VIOLENCE EFFORTS AS THE WEATHER BEGINS TO WARM.

HOW IS THIS PLAN AND DIFFERENT?

WELL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLY, RIGHT.

POWERS ARE JUST STARTING TO BUT ALSO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMMAND STAFF WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND AT TODAY'S EVENT IN WEST GARFIELD PARK.

AND USUALLY AT EVENTS, YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE PROMISING TO CRACK DOWN ON LAST LAWLESSNESS AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE WHO COMMIT CRIMES ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

THERE WAS NONE OF THAT TODAY AND JOHNSON TOLD ME IT WAS A DELIBERATE STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THOSE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITIES THAT ARE REALLY CHICAGO'S LEGACY OF SEGREGATION AND THAT HE SAID HE PROMISED TO CONFRONT WHEN HE WAS ELECTED.

JUST ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO.

OKAY.

HAVE A SHARON.

THANKS SO MUCH.

THANKS.

BRANDIS.

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

IT'S ALL AT W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

>> CHICAGO, TONIGHT'S COVERAGE OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS SUPPORTED BY THE SOO LEE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INITIATIVE FOR REDUCING VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

>> CHICAGOANS ARE DYING FROM CARDIAC ARREST AT INCREASINGLY YOUNGER AGES.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

CHICAGO.

THE STUDY FOUND THE AVERAGE AGE FOR CARDIAC ARREST OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL FELL FROM 64 TO 62 YEARS OLD.

THAT NUMBER DROPS EVEN LOWER FOR BLACK CHICAGOANS PROMPTING RESEARCHERS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO REMIND RESIDENTS WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR HEALTH.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE WITH A COASTAL A DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO AND LEAD AUTHOR OF THE STUDY.

DOCTOR BYRNE AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AT YOU, CHICAGO MEDICINE AND COURTNEY SHIREEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE ILLINOIS HEART RESCUE.

THANKS TO ALL 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

DOCTOR FOCAL.

LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEART ATTACK AND CARDIAC ARREST?

THANKS FOR ASKING THAT.

THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY COMMON QUESTIONS.

SO A HEART ATTACK RECORD WHEN WE SAY HEART ATTACK.

IT MEANS THAT A CLOT HAS TRAVELED TO THE ARTERIES OF THE HEART AND HAS CAUSED A BLOCKAGE THAT'S CAUSING A POLL, A PORTION OF THE HEART TO DIE.

>> A HEART ATTACK CAN LEAD TO A CARDIAC ARREST.

SO A CARDIAC ARREST IS WHEN THE ACTUAL PUMPING ACTION OF THE HEART STOPS.

AND THAT'S REALLY DEVASTATING BECAUSE YOU REQUIRE THE PUMP THE PUMPING ACTION OF THE HEART TO BLOOD AND NUTRIENTS TO THE REST OF THE BODY.

SO WHEN YOUR HEART STOPS, YOU HAVE EFFECTIVELY DIET.

SO A HEART ATTACK CAN LEAD TO THE PUMPING ACTION STOPPING, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING.

OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE FATALITY OF OF CARDIAC ARREST IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT SWEAR I WANT TO GET YOU IN HERE BECAUSE >> YOUR STUDY FOUND THAT THE AGE AT WHICH PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM THE DECREASING MEAN PEOPLE ARE DYING OF YOUNGER.

WHY?

WE THINK THAT IS.

THEY COULD BE MANY REASONS.

AND THAT'S WHAT UP FRONT IN FROM THOSE SO IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHAT IS DRIVING IT.

THE STEP IS TO ASSESS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND THE BANK.

>> AWARENESS TO IT WITH THE DECREASING AVERAGE AGE OUT ABOUT THE MISSION FOR US.

WE THOUGHT IT COULD BE PANDEMIC.

BUT ONCE WE NOTICED THE TRENDS, THEY STARTED PRE-PANDEMIC EVEN PRIOR TO 2020.

SO IT'S JUST NOT THE PANDEMIC MAY BE PANDEMIC VOICE AND IT TO SOME EXTENT, BUT IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE THING THAT COULD BE OUT.

ACT IS TO HAVE YOU KNOW, HIGHER BLOOD I'M KALYNA HIGH CHOLESTEROL, DIABETES ON OF THOSE RISK FACTORS LEAD TO DISEASE.

KNOW, THEY ALSO ARE RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIAC ARREST AS DOCTOR FOCUS SAYING BECAUSE THAT CAN LEAD TO CARDIAC ARREST.

SO THEY'RE NAMED WELL TO OUT THIS ACT AS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE FOR OVER THOSE BEING.

OFF THE FACTORS BUT COULD NOT BE SHORT WHAT IS THAT ONE FACTOR THAT'S DRIVING IT.

>> YOU FOUND THAT 57% OF OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST OCCURRED AMONG BLACK CHICAGOANS.

THE BIGGEST DECREASE IN THAT HAPPEN FOR BLACKMON FROM 62.1 YEARS TO 60.3 YEARS.

WHAT ARE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE I GUESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH?

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT MAKE YOU GO?

THIS IS A POTENTIAL CAUSE, A PARTICULARLY FOR BLACK AMERICANS.

BLACKMON.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS IN ANY CASE WE SEE THAT MEN TEND TO HAVE CONDUCT A RESTED ON >> AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT FOR THE BABIES AND THAT THE CITY, ITS EFFECT ON BLACK MEN, WHICH IS MORE PRONOUNCED, AS YOU WERE SAYING.

THE FACT IS THAT COULD BE CONTRIBUTING ARE AGAIN, AS I WAS.

AND YOU'RE SAYING IT COULD BE VERY EVENT RELATED TO THE FACTORS SUCH AS HIGH PRESSURE.

AND WE KNOW THAT BLACK ADULTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HYPERTENSION, WHICH IS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE BALTIMORE NIKE UNCONTROLLED THAT PRESSURE.

RIGHT.

SO >> IT'S WELL TODAY PREVENT THIS.

BUT WATCH AT HIGH RISK OFF FACTORS SUCH AS HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND OTHER CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS WHICH THEY TOOK PROBLEMS RELATED A QUARTER.

WANT TO GET YOU IN HERE, ILLINOIS.

HEART RESCUE OBVIOUSLY CO AUTHORED THIS WHAT RESOURCES DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW TO BECOME MORE AWARE OF THEIR OWN HEART HEALTH?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT LIST CARDIAC ARREST IS THAT IT'S A CHAIN OF SURVIVAL STAR.

MANY LINKS IN THE CHAIN THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO BE STRONG IN ORDER FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO SURVIVE.

AND THAT GOES FROM EARLY BYSTANDER INTERVENTION WITH CPR AND AED USE TO ACTIVATING OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS THROUGH 9-1-1, CALLS AND THEN WORKING WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND HOSPITAL.

SO IT TAKES AN ENTIRE SYSTEM.

>> DOCTOR, POKEMON, SOMEONE EXPERIENCES CARDIAC ARREST.

HOW OFTEN ARE THEY MAKING IT TO YOU IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM?

YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO TELL.

BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THERE ARE A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO TERMINATE IN THE FIELD, WHICH MEANS THAT.

>> WE GO ARE VERY, VERY CAPABLE.

PARAMEDIC TEAMS GO TO THEIR HOME AT THAT POINT.

THEIR FAMILIES HAVE CALLED.

I REALIZE THAT THEY WEREN'T BREATHING.

THEY DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THEY WERE ALIVE.

AND SO THEY'RE USUALLY PROMPTED BY DISPATCH TO START BYSTANDER CPR AT THAT TIME, PARAMEDIC TEAMS WILL ARRIVE AND THEN TRY TO DO THE RESUSCITATION IF THEY'RE ABLE TO GET WHAT WE CALL RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CARDIAC ACTIVITY, WHICH IS JUST A LONG WAY OF SAYING THE HEART IS RESTARTED, THEN THEY'LL BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

WE ARE SEEING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM WHO NEVER MAKE IT OUT OF THE HOME BECAUSE THERE THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAT WE CAN DO ONCE THEY'RE TRANSPORTED.

BUT ONCE THEY GET TO THE HOSPITAL, THERE ARE MANY, MANY DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS THAT WILL TRY TO DO TO RESTART THEIR HEART.

BUT MATTERS WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE.

SO IF BYSTANDER CPR IS NOT ACTIVATED EARLY, IF THOSE INTERVENTIONS ARE NOT STARTED EARLY, THERE'S VERY LITTLE WE CAN DO ONCE THEY COME TO THE HOSPITAL.

WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HYPERTENSION, HIGH BLOOD WHAT ARE SOME RISK FACTORS FOR FOR CARDIAC ARREST?

WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR.

>> THERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF RISK FACTORS.

SO I I THINK THERE'S 2 THINGS.

SO THE RISK FACTORS KIND OF THE EARLIER RISK FACTORS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER.

THINGS LIKE HEART DISEASE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT CAN CAUSE HEART DISEASE THAT CAN LEAD TO CARDIAC ARRESTS.

HOWEVER, IN THE MOMENT OF A CARDIAC ARREST, IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY COLLAPSE, IF YOU SEE THAT THEY'RE BREATHING IRREGULARLY, IF YOU SEE THAT, IF YOU FEEL VERY IMPORTANT UNDER THEIR CHIN FOR POLLS OR FEEL THEIR WRIST FOR A PULSE AND YOU DON'T FEEL THE POLLS.

THAT'S WHEN YOU START BYSTANDER CPR.

IMMEDIATELY.

COLE GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO CALL 9-1-1.

GET SOMEBODY TO FIND AD.

BUT IN THOSE SECONDS COUNT, ACCORDING TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD SOMEONE KNOW IF THEY DO WITNESS WHAT?

BUT DOCTOR FOCUS JUST EXPLAINING THAT THEY DO WITNESS A CARDIAC ARREST.

AND I THINK YOU >> SOMETHING A VISUAL AID TO HELP US UNDERSTAND.

YEAH, THIS IS ONE OF THE CPR MANNEQUINS THAT WE USE IN OUR COMMUNITY TRAINING CLASSES WHEN WE'RE TEACHING LAY RESPONDERS FOR TO BYSTANDERS.

>> WE TEACH THEM ASKED 2 QUESTIONS.

ONE, ARE THEY CONSCIOUS OR ARE THEY AWAKE?

AND 2, ARE THEY BREATHING NORMALLY LIKE YOU AND I SO ANY GASPING ARE GOING SNOW ONLY BREATHING A COUPLE TIMES A MINUTE.

THAT'S NOT NORMAL.

SO NO, NO.

GO FOR STARTING CPR.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T HURT SOMEBODY BY DOING CPR IF THEY REALLY NEED IT.

IT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO DO THE INTERVENTION WORRY ABOUT ENTERING THE PERSON.

THIS IS A BREASTED MANNEQUIN.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DISPARITIES, BUT WOMEN ARE ALSO ACROSS ALL RACES, LESS LIKELY TO GET CPR THAN MEN ARE IN THE PUBLIC.

SO WE TEACH ON BRES TO MANNEQUINS FOR ALL OF OUR CLASSES.

YOU JUST PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE CENTER OF THE BECOME PRESS HARD AND FAST.

IF YOU IMAGINE SQUISHING THE PERSON CALF, THAT'S AS HARD AS YOU WANT TO GO SO HARD AND FAST IN THE CENTER OF THE CHEST AND WE'RE NOT DOING RESCUE BRES ANYMORE FOR ADULTS.

THIS GOOD TO KNOW.

>> I'M 28 YEARS.

STUDY ALSO MENTIONED THAT 90% OF PEOPLE DIE FROM OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST.

THAT SEEMS REALLY HIGH.

BUT AFTER WHAT WE HEARD FROM DOCTOR FO COMING ALSO KIND OF MAKES SENSE THAT IT CAN BE HARD TO RESTART THE HEART WITHOUT BEING IN A HOSPITAL WITH THOSE RESOURCES.

ALL SO 90% OFF THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST.

>> WHEN KNOTS OF EYES BEYOND HOSPITAL DISCHARGE AND THE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IS IMPORTANT THAT US TO DO STUDY BECAUSE THERE THESE OF PRODUCTIVE LIFE LOST AND PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCING CARDIAC ARREST AT A YOUNGER AGE, THEN THAT MEANS THOSE THAT COULD TEMPT BEING GONE INTO BUILDING A PRODUCTIVE SOCIETY, WAKING TO BUILDING, A FAMILY AND YOUR COMMUNITY YEARS EFFECTIVELY KNOST.

YEAH.

THOSE WANT THIS ONE PART OF STUDY IN THE EWELL NOTED THAT WAS IMPORTANT THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

>> OF OF LIFE LOST BECAUSE OF A LIFE.

CUT SHORTER.

THAT'S WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

MY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

WAY TO CLOSE A DOCTOR BERNICE POLL COMMAND COURT, ENSURING FOR JOINING US.

UP NEXT, NEW RECOGNITION FOR THE CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF CHICAGO COMMUNITIES.

BRONZEVILLE AND CHATHAM ARE GETTING A CULTURAL BOOST.

THEIR AMONG 10 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

7 IN CHICAGO RECENTLY DESIGNATED BY THE STATE AS CULTURAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE OF UNIQUE VALUE THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO APPLY FOR STATE FUNDING TO SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT UPLIFT THEIR COMMUNITIES, SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVE THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE MAJOR SPEARS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREATER CHATHAM INITIATIVES, BERNARD TURNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BRONZEVILLE BLACK METROPOLIS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.

AND JOINING US VIA ZOOM FROM SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR EDDIE HUNTER, WHO REPRESENTS ILLINOIS'S 3RD DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES THE BRONZEVILLE COMMUNITY.

THANKS TO ALL 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

SENATOR HUNTER, WANT TO START WITH YOU WHEN THE STATE ANNOUNCED THIS, THEY TALKED ABOUT CULTURAL DISTRICTS BEING ABLE TO APPLY FOR A 3 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING.

BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT 3 MILLION DOLLARS, IT'S NOT.

IS IT 3 MILLION PER CULTURAL OR IS IT A 3 MILLION DOLLAR POT TO BE DIVIDED AMONG THE APPLICANTS?

HOPING STICKS.

SENATOR ASK YOU TO REPEAT YOUR ANSWER BECAUSE THE ZOOM FROZE BECAUSE IT'S LIVE TELEVISION.

>> 3 MILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL SPLIT FROM ALL CULTURAL DISTRICTS.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH IN AND YOU GREW UP IN BRONZEVILLE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION WILL MEAN FOR THE AREA AND WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?

>> YES, WELL, GROWING UP IN BRONXVILLE, ISO FIRST THE LASTING IMPACT OF AREA'S VIBRANT HISTORY.

WE HAD AND IMPROVES NAT KING COLE GREW UP AROUND CARE, WASHINGTON.

PHILLIPS HIGH SCHOOL.

WE JUST WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL GAME.

A TEEN TURN IT RATHER THE SABLE HIGH SUCH A WAY ITS COACH, COACH OR JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS A KURD BUT OF BROWNSVILLE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING KINDS OF RESOURCES IN CONTINUING TO GROW THAT >> BERNARD HUNTER, YOU ALSO GREW UP IN BRONZEVILLE IN THE 50'S AND 60'S.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE AND AND WHAT MADE IT SO SPECIAL THAT YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT'S WORTHY OF PRESERVATION TODAY.

>> IT WAS A VERY VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHEN I GREW UP, I REMEMBER WALKING AROUND HEARING MUSIC.

I'M WATCHING PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT JAZZ THE HISTORY, THE CULTURE VE INSTITUTIONS THAT THEY GREW UP THERE, PARTICULARLY THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS THAT CHURCHES, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

>> CONTRIBUTED TO THE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE THERE NOW.

>> SOME FEAR.

SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS IT LIKE GROWING UP AND WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL WAY?

WHY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT PRESERVED?

I DO LIKE CHILDHOOD IN CHATHAM, HOME.

>> WHEN PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO MIGRATE BRONZEVILLE, THEY CAME CHAD.

I'M GOING TO GRAND CROSSING AND IT WAS IT.

IT WAS.

IT WAS JUST IT WAS AND SO WE'RE PROMOTING MAO, WHICH IS ON 79TH STREET BETWEEN STATE IN COTTAGE GROVE.

I USED TO WALK FIREHOUSE AND WE AS AS A CHILD IN US LIKE THERE WAS A LIVING AMONG AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO CELEBRATE RICHNESS OF OF CHATHAM, THE THE LEGACY, THE ARE NO DOUBLES.

JOBS ALTER SHANE SO TRAIN HAD BEEN THE OTHERS THAT REALLY IT ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT FINANCES CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND REALLY WAS KEY IN CREATING BEST.

PAST PRESENT NETWORK GREAT SINGERS, PEOPLE SAY THEY WOULD NOT BE A BEYONCE HAD BEEN NOT TELL YA THE.

YEAH.

THOMAS DORSEY, THEY CREATED SPOKE WITH HIM, BUT THEY ALSO WAS CREATE THAT A RECORD INDUSTRY THAT SUPPORTED HIM.

AND SO THEY WERE BOTH MUSICIANS.

BUT THEY WERE ALSO COULD BUSINESS PEOPLE AND THE SINGLE HANDEDLY.

SHE FIND IT SHE FINANCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

SO THEY WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO WHO WE WERE AND WHO WE BECOME.

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WHAT THE HISTORY OF THESE COMMUNITIES IN AND HOW GREAT THEY WERE.

>> BUT WHAT'S CHANGED?

ARE THEY LIKE TODAY AND WHY DO YOU DRAW START WITH YOU?

AND THEN I WANT TO GET TO THE AS WELL.

>> WHAT CHANGED IN THE COMMUNITY WAS WHAT MADE IT WAS THAT IT WAS DISCRIMINATION AND WE ALL HAVE TO KIND IN THE SAME POT.

NOW MY BLOCK MY MOTHER WAS A TEACHER.

MY FATHER WAS A FOUR-MINUTE FOR JUDGE DOWN THE STREET.

THERE WAS A POSTAL WORKERS ACROSS THE STREET AND FAIR HOUSING LAWS HAPPEN AND PEOPLE COULD MOVE PEOPLE MOVE.

AND SO SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

BUT WHAT I'M PLEASED TO SAY IS THAT WHEN I STARTED WITH GRATED INITIATIVE, WHICH PROMOTES I'M GREAT AT CHATHAM AND MAIL.

YOUR SMILE.

USED TO BE KNOWN AS YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S NEIGHBORHOOD.

WELL, THE GRAND DAUGHTERS HAVE STEPPED UP AND THEY ARE COME I WANT ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION.

WHAT'S WHAT'S CHANGED FOR BROWNSVILLE?

WELL, WHAT WHAT I SEE IS.

>> FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE.

>> BECOME A NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT.

IS GIVING THE DISTINCTION TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

NOT VERY MANY CITIES HAVE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS, BUT THIS IS WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER 2 DECADES BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN PRESERVATION HELPING TO PRESERVE BUILDINGS AND HOPING TO PRESERVE THE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE.

SO THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE.

CHANGES ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO YOU PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT THE BRONZEVILLE LAKEFRONT PROJECT.

IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

THERE'S A LOT OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, BUT OUR WORK IS REALLY, TOO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING WHAT CHICAGO IS.

AND BERNARD, YOU ARE ONE OF THE LEADING VOICES CALLING FOR BRUNSVILLE TO BE DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT'S HAPPENED.

>> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR BRONZEVILLE, ESPECIALLY NOW THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STATE FUNDING AS WELL?

>> WHERE WE ARE RIGHT CURRENTLY WORKING ON A MANAGEMENT PLAN.

AND SINCE WE'RE PART OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, WE HAVE TO COMPLETE A MANAGEMENT PLAN WITHIN 3 YEARS.

AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE WILL RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AS MUCH $500,000 A YEAR, MAYBE AS MUCH AS A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

THE ONLY CATCH IS YOU HAVE TO MATCH ALL OF THAT.

SO OUR WORK IS TO.

FUNDING FROM SPONSORS FROM FOUNDATIONS TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND TO PARTNER SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT.

>> SENATOR YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE 3 MILLION DOLLARS SPLIT BETWEEN 15 DISTRICT.

SO IT PROBABLY MEANS EACH OF THEM WILL GET SEVERAL $100,000 WHEN YOU CONSIDER, THOUGH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT THAT SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED.

HOW MUCH ARE YOU HOPING OR HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT ARE YOU HOPING THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN AND WHAT MORE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DONE FOR THEM?

>> THANKS.

FOR ALL THAT POT OF MONEY TO GROW BECAUSE I KNOW THAT BY 2025 THE STATE PLANS TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF CULTURAL DISTRICTS AND 3 MILLION CERTAINLY IT'S NOT MONEY TO GO AROUND.

AND I EXPECT THE GOVERNOR AND HIS ADMINISTRATION AS WELL WORKING IN COOPERATION WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO FIND MORE DOLLARS TO ENSURE THAT CULTURAL DISTRICTS ACROSS ROAD.

>> AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LIST OF THE 10 THAT HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN DESIGNATED.

AS YOU MENTIONED, WE KNOW THAT 5 MORE EXPECTED TO BE NAMED BY 2025.

HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW OF MY THANKS TO STATE SENATOR MATTIE HUNTER AS WELL AS NEED ARE SOME FEARS.

AND BERNARD 100, THANK YOU.

NOT A CURE, BUT OUR TURNER EXCUSE IF YOU SWITCH THE TEENAGE MY APOLOGIES.

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

>> AND >> THAT'S OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS FOR THE VERY LATEST FROM W T TW NEWS AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

THE LATEST ON A MEASLES OUTBREAK AT A MIGRANT SHELTER IN PILSEN.

A CITY OFFICIALS WORK TO PREVENT ITS SPREAD AND THIS WEEKEND AT SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, WE'LL SHOW YOU THE HISTORY BEHIND THE GREEN CHICAGO RIVER.

NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES GREATEST FRIEDMAN STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD >> CLOSED CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT, A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL THAT IS PROUD TO BE A