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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Joel Insight. I'm your host, Daryl Dinard. This show is
all about informing you about the institutions as well as
the individuals who are doing extraordinary things in our cities
and communities. We begin this morning getting the details on
this year's Black Women's Expo. From there, we'll learn about
advances made in the fight against opioid addiction and the
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upcoming International Overdose Awareness Day. A lot to discuss this morning,
and we begin with the Black Woman's Expo. It is
that time of the year when all black women, not
only here in Chicagoland, but from across the world, celebrate
in their excellence, and the one place that they get
a chance to showcase that is the Black Woman's Expo.
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Joining me this morning to talk about its thirty first
year is Mary Green, who is the founder of Black
Women's Expo. Mary, always a pleasure to talk to you.
How are you doing well.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Good morning to you, Dre.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
It is incredible in terms of this vision that you
had thirty years ago is still around and still empowering
black women.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
I know it's amazing to me, and you know, I
wake up sometime not believing, also not feeling thirty one
years that we've been doing it, but it is thirty
one years and it's hard to believe.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Last year was our thirtieth anniversary. But this is even
this is even a.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
More incredible show because of what some of the things
we experienced last year with the diversity, equity and inclusion
attacks shows like ours.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
So this year we're just coming back bigger and bigger.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Yeah, So let's talk about the logistics in terms of
where is it being held in what days?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Okay, it is July thirty first through August second, which
is next weekend, but July thirty first through August second
at McCormick Place in the North Building. Tickets are available
half price adult tickets at all Walgreens as we do
every year, and it's from you know, ten to seven
on Friday and Saturday and eleven to six on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
First of all, what is the main reason why someone
should attend the Black Women's Expo.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
It is so much.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
It is everything that you can imagine, everything that you
may be looking for and need. It's an empowering, it's
an inspirational event.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
What we're excited about this.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Year when we're calling it three days, three phenomenal women
will be a part of the show number one on Friday.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Joy Read wowat Joy.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Read, former MS and Form and MSNBC commentatorhenomenal, phenomenal political brain.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yes, and I'm so excited about her.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
She will be there on Friday all afternoon doing a
session on the main stage, and then she's doing her
podcast live from our show in one of our breakout rooms.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
And on Saturday, the it girl is Keith Palmer.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Yeah, Chicago lands very own.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Very very old.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
She is incredible, awesome, and she will be there on
our mainstay. She's also doing a pilates instruction for one
hundred women in one of our breakouts the later in
the afternoon, like at five o'clock, So listen for that.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
You have to, you know, register to be a part
of that.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
And then on Sundays, just hold on Tiki Palmer because
this young person, Yes, and she you know, she's barely
the age of the expo. Know, if I'm not mistaken
or not, she has the audacity and the talent to
bridge generations. I look at her when she's interviewing people
like first Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey and then
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interviewing young people, and she doesn't miss a beat generationally
connecting with them not a beat.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
And I'm telling you because we know that, like you
know it, it's hard figuring out who should interview you
on that mainstay because you have to be ready. You
have to be ready for Kiki. So we're very excited
that she is coming. So all of our announcements are
going out this week, and the third Phenomenal Woman is
not Sunday, where we have lots of gospel entertainment starting
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with the Chicago Mass Choir, Saylad the youth choir from
Saint Savannah, and then hitting the stage is Leandrea Johnson,
the incredible gospel singer. So three phenomenal Women in three
days and other entertainment our main stays. Friday is a
house set, Saturday is some more R and B. So
it's just a lot going on. And as well as
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all of our breakshops and I mean breakouts and a seminars.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
You talk about that because this is the thing that
I want people to understand. You miss so much of
what this expo is intended for, and that is the
power of information when you don't attend these breakout sessions.
We now have incredible, incredible thought leaders that are trying
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to empower you with knowledge. Talk about that in terms
of some of the breakout sessions coming.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
From around the country. And that's the thing.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I mean, there's so many folks that are coming to
be a part of our health seminars are businessiness seminars,
So if you're going into business, WBDC is going to
be doing a session. I'm really excited about the Battle
for our Voting Rights session that will be hosted by
Congressman Jonathan Jackson. That is a big session on Saturday afternoon.
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We'll be talking about mental health.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
In terms of men.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
It's not just for women this xboll, So there's a
whole group of guys that are coming to discuss that issue,
whether it's health all the way around, anything that you
can think of that Black women are experiencing will be
discussed at the xbox.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
But then I'm excited by some of the fun stuff too.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
So you know, there's all of these new restaurants, right
black owned restaurants around the city.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
We have we have five of them.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Well, Chicago is one of the food capitals of the world.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
The world.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Five of the new owners of restaurants will talk about
some of.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Those restaurants there because if anything will pique somebody's interests.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Yeah, Southern Food, Southern Chicago, Herbachi Brew.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
So these are all the restaurants that have opened almost
in the last year.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
So we have their owners not only being a part
of a seminar in a session where you can ask
questions and talk to them and find out how they
got into business, how they stand in the business.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
This is a tough business.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
You know, customer service issues, all of the things that
they experience and empoyant employment. And some of their chefs
will then go into our culinary pavilion where they will
sample some of their signature items.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
So this is a this is a wonderful experience and
a wonderful show.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
And what are you doing on the economic front, because
I know that investments and learning how to invest. Yes,
we choose to.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Success and we and we have that as a as
a major issue in our community. So there are several
banks that will be there that are doing sessions if
their bank is one of our sponsors. Middland Wealth is
doing a whole financial empowerment So we deal with all
of those issues from you know, from finance and business
to health and wellness to professor development, leadership.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
So it's full of three days.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
We probably have about thirty seminars over those three days.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
And always a major attraction is that of the vendor affair.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Oh my god, and you never know what's going to
happen and how people are going to be able to
come and be a part of the show with all
of the terraffs and everything going on. We have over
two hundred and fifty people already exhibitors that will be
small businesses that will be on that exhibit floor, so
it's very encouraging, and we keep it affordable there so
that people can attend not only at TEND with half
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priced tickets, but that people can THEND So our booths
are very inexpensive for three days.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
You can still get them if you're interested.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Everything is on Ticketfalcon dot com, orbwenext dot com on
our website and you can find out about how to
be a part of the show or also how to
get to your tickets.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Speak about the generational element that exists here in terms
of encouraging generations of the world women to attend this.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Yes, it is, and that's that's been one of our hotspots,
is that it is all generational.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
It is generational.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
I mean from Baby Boomers down to Gen X come
to our show and when we have some kind of
difficulties trying to figure out everything that we must uh
you know, present and make sure that we have something
for everyone that comes. What we leaned in this year
is the WE in our in our logo b we
Black Women's expot because after last year, you know, we
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wanted to make the message clear that we belong, we
influenced you know this, this this generation we support. You
know there are but more than anything, we matter and
we're not pulling back on any of that and making
sure that the show hits all of those messages, that
that's what the women see when they come. There will
be billboards around and walls around the expo just pushing
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the message. We want women to be encouraged, We want
them to be inspired and empowered. We want them to
walk away with something more than you know, bag of.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Freeviews, even though we got a lot of those. We
want you to walk away with information and education.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
And not only that, but walk away inspired and also
with the responsibility that you have to play your part
as a citizen of this.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Nation, play your part and bring somebody along with you.
You know, we you know there's like you said, you've
been mentoring for years. We have to bring people along,
young people along with us. I mean we get in
calls for weeks wanting to be a part of the show.
Can I volunteer? Yes, come on, because it's more than that.
You know, you're learning and you're you're seeing others that
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you want to be like.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
So we we have all of that as part of
the show.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
And give us the best way to purchase tickets and
find out the schedule.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Well, please go on bbenext dot com and that's our website.
Even if you put in the black Woman's expot you
will get our website.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
We want to tell people that's bweenext.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Dot com dot com right bwext dot com and you
will go straight to our website and you can click
on tickets or information or you know, you find out
how to park. There's so many things that you can
find out on the website. But Walgreens, every Walgreens don't
let them tell you they don't have the tickets.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
They have them. They print them out.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
So any Walgreens in the city in the Chicago land
Era just asked for half price tickets.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Sounds so very good. That is Mary Green, the founder
of the Black Woman's Expo, Thank You You Too. When
it comes to opioid overdoses and deaths, the United States
is the world leader, followed by Scotland, Canada, and Australia. Worldwide,
about six hundred thousand deaths were linked to drug use,
mainly opioids and synthetic variants. The United States overdose rate
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reached roughly three hundred twenty four deaths per one million people,
according to the WHO. Worldwide, about six hundred thousand deaths
are attributed to drug use, and twenty nineteen and estimated
seventy thousand people died from drug overdoses in the US
and twelve month period ending January twenty twenty six, but
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this continues a downward trend. This follows a drop to
seventy nine than three hundred and eighty four deaths in
twenty twenty four, which marked the largest single year decline
ever recorded by federal health officials. Opioid involved overdose deaths
in Cook County decline by listening to this a staggering
forty two percent in twenty twenty four, compared it to
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twenty twenty two of all US counties. Cook County has
seen the largest reduction in overdose deaths since the national
peak of the crisis in twenty twenty three. Joining us
this morning to discuss the positive news and the upcoming
International Overdose Awareness Day are State representative is shan Ford
and Beauty Win Free peer support worker would Ahabilitated Systems Incorporated,
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as well as an Oxalon trainer, and also Lakeisha Harris,
who is an administrator with Collaborative Bridges. I guess I
want to begin first with you, Representative in terms of
these are positive numbers when it comes to opioid abuse,
but more importantly preventing deaths from that abuse. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
And I think, Daryl, I think what's so important about
what you said that this is a rural wide problem.
So when we look at it happening on the West side, yeah,
all over the world. So it's not a black white issue.
It's a rural wide issue that's impacted every household, every family.
And what we know is that on the west side
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of Chicago and on the South side of Chicago and
Cook County, we recognize how important it is to use
farm reduction to save lives. And what we see with
the reduction is the numbers when Democrats were in charge
where we invested in harm reduction. And so we have
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practitioners that you have on the phone here that actually
go out and they train people about using narcan that
actually reverse deaths so that they're not fatal. This has
been an effort that has been going on for years
to end the stigma of drug use and substance use disorder.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
So this is actually.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
A combination of people coming together to respect life and
the show that we understand that when people struggle with
substance use disorder, that they should not be treated as criminals,
but they should be helped. And so I praise you
for this show, and I look forward to the International
Overdose Awareness Day.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
So here in Chicago, we're going to commemorate International Overdose
Awareness Day on Friday, August twenty eighth from ten am
to one pm over at Collaborative Bridges, which is a
wonderful facility right at Lake and Pulaski. I want to
begin first with you, Beauty, in terms of this is
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something that you have spoken to me about literally for
the last several months, in terms of trying to get
the word out about this particular day and its theme
a time to remember, a time to act. Talk to
me about what people can expect at this commemoration, Well.
Speaker 6 (14:17):
The first thing they can expect is, first let me
tell you thank you so much for having me, and
then let me thank State Rep. Leshine Ford for seeing
a need for the opioa task for it. Because without
his vision, none of this would even be possible right now,
so I have to give kudos to YouTube gentlemen for
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paving the way right this second, but on this particular day,
we are commemorating the people who have lost their lives
to the overdoses. We are talking to the family members
and loved ones of people who have lost their loved
ones because of this epidemic. We will be talking to
the people who actually have overcame and still here by
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letting go, by having the resources available to come up
off of the opioids. And so that is the one
thing that we are making sure that we have enough
of us is enough providers because it's not a one
size fit all, So we have to make sure that
we can address the needs of everybody mental health, physical health,
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as well as the drug issue. So we are making
sure that this is a holistic event. Not just on
one thing.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Yeah, that there is follow up and that is so necessary.
And I really want to commemorate or want to congratulate
Collaborative Bridges for being involved in this because it's a
consortium of healthcare providers on the West Side of Chicago
and Lokisha. Why was it important for Collaborative Bridges to
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service hosts for this event that's taking place on Friday,
August twenty eighth.
Speaker 7 (16:00):
I actually feel like it's very important as far as
Collaborative Bridges partnership with them and.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Awareness Day.
Speaker 7 (16:09):
We as a wellness center, we have several agencies here
where we deal with a lot of mental health issues,
We deal with homeless we deal with the drug use
as well, and I feel like this will be a
great opportunity for the members that come here and also
for the community that comes to the Collaborative Bridges for
the services that we provide.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Yeah, and you know, when it comes to opioid addiction
and addiction to any other type of illegal substance as
well as alcohol, which is legal, but when it comes
to that, there's almost no family that is in touch
by somebody that has to come to the abusive tendencies
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of dealing with these drugs absolutely, and you know, talk
about that state rep in terms of how this is
personal for everyone, because I don't believe there's anybody that
is listening right now who's doesn't have a family member
that hasn't been involved in some type of addiction in
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terms of drugs.
Speaker 4 (17:18):
No, I think, I think there are communities, and I
think every family has had some impact of every family
has been hit by this crisis. This is an international crisis,
and I think that we want people to know on
this international overdose awareness they that you can get help
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for your families. You know, Beauty is out there and
she see people being ashamed that they have to tell.
Speaker 8 (17:46):
That they have a family that's struggling with opioid disorder.
But there's help out there, and we know that, you know,
the West Side Era and opio Tized Force and the
Collaborative have helped so many people and the stigma and celebrate.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
The lives of the loved ones that they've lost. And
you know, I think that we look at and there
are you talk about homelessness all the time, the comeobilities
that go along with the people that suffer with opioid disorder.
You know, it's it's really a health problem. Do we
find people on the street with that's homeless, that's unemployed.
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And this day shines the light on the need to
fund the opioid crisis in America. And finally, I would
tell you that this administration has said that we can
no longer use harm reduction in our language to deal
with the opioid crisis. And harm reduction is the number
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one two that we have to end fatal overdose.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Why don't you speak specifically about that definition of harm reduction.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
Yeah, So, harm reduction is just simply making sure that
people have the ability to have narcan, to be able
to go into facilities, to have clean needles for use,
and to be able to go into the doctor to
have the treatment that you need to not have dependency
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on street drugs. And this administration is saying you can
no longer say that we're going to use harm reduction
as a way to combat the addiction of heroin and
fithanol in this country.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
You know, the interesting thing, Beauty is that you are
trained in terms of NARCAN, and I think that Cook
County in the City of Chicago has done an extraordinary
job in terms of making it available I want you
to give a personal reflection in terms of just how
you feel when you train somebody and then whether or
not you applied narkon to somebody that was in a
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stupor and literally about to die because they went into
a drug overdose phase, and talk about what it means
to have this drug available in so many places throughout
Cook County, in the city of Chicago, and it's really
easy to administer.
Speaker 6 (20:21):
It is very easy to administer. So the Locke Fawn
is a life saving drug.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
It is.
Speaker 6 (20:34):
You can get it at pharmacy. But if you call
this beauty to get it to you for free, that number,
I'll know that now we have it for free and
it is available to anybody and everybody.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
But give that number right now for people who are
listening right now and they know that they love someone
that is an addict what we used to call addicts
back in the day. And forgive me if I'm using
the wrong terminology, but if they're a user, an active user,
then they need to know how to contact you right
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now without having an email.
Speaker 6 (21:08):
You go ahead, okay, So the contact me would be
eight seven two two one six one six zero twos
eight seven two two one, six, sixteen oh twos. And
so if they call me, I can't come to their
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block club, their senior hall, their family gatherings, wherever they
would like for me to come and train them on
the locktign. I can do that because it's very simple.
And I'll say it's very simple because it was once
used on me. However, yes, and when I tell people
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that I used to be on heroin, then they say
where when? And yes, I will was one of those
active users for over I ain't gonna say how many years,
but it's been many, many years. It's over ten. And
when I was brought through the last time, that's when
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I said enough is enough, and somebody reached out and
gazed me a hand up and showed me how to
come off of it. And that is why I educated
my preacher and I teach on meloxon and how to
save lives and why resources are so available, because in
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the beginning of me trying to become non active, I
couldn't find anybody that could help me. I didn't know
where to start, I didn't know anything. All I knew
how to do was mask my pain, and that was
to continue using. And so I tell everybody if you
ready to stop, even if it just means slows down,
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which is another form of pon reduction, call me. I
can walk you through the steps. I could take you
through what helped me. I can introduce you to other
people that this has helped. And so we find ourselves
going into senior buildings now and training seniors. And that
is like there'll vote the.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
It's like CPR and learning the Heimlich maneuver.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
It saves lives.
Speaker 6 (23:26):
You know, I have somebody tell me the other days.
Locke sign is like a fire extinguisher. If you have
a house fire, you're not gonna throw no water. You're
gonna go get that fire extinguisher. So if you overdose,
what you're gonna grab, You're gonna grab that a lot
of time and you're gonna save that person's life. And
that's that. This life saving drugs. I tell everybody you
need it because people have had surgeries and got addicted
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to opioids because of the surgery, and then when the
doctor decides they don't no longer wants to feel the
prescription that they have given them for all these months. Now,
all of a sudden, now out in the streets, bind
the street pharmaceutical you know instead, and that's where our
addiction gets even worse because we no longer can get
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it funnel to the right channels, and so we do
what we have to do to supply our needs.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Once again, we're telling people about the International Overdose Awareness
State that's taking place here in Chicago on Friday, August
twenty eighth from ten am to one pm over at
the Collaborative Bridges Wellness Center. A Time to Remember, a
time to act, talk about specifically Lukeisha in terms of
offering services at the wellness center to help people get
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rid of their addiction.
Speaker 6 (24:45):
Yes, of course, the services that we offer here.
Speaker 7 (24:48):
At Collaborate Bridges is numerous of services. As far as
we have Bobby right in the building, they do provide services.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
As far as we.
Speaker 7 (24:59):
Have people that come in you know, the community community
can come in and wash their clothes. Uh, they can
shower if they haven't showered in days. We provide everything
as far as soap, the towels, everything that's needed, uh.
And the other services that we provide. It's like mental
health evaluations, we help with housing, we help with medication.
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If they're you know, if they they lost and they
can't you know, get their medication back if they're trying
to get their medication back on track. We help with
housing and jobs as well. We help with training. We
have a job readiness workshop program here as well. Uh
I'm actually working on trying to get a comm Computer
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literacy workshop class here because you know, it's a lot
of them that's you know, they're not computer savvy and
they would like to learn. It's some that want to
start jobs, even if even as they lay ages, it's
still a lot that feel like And one thing I
can say here at Collaborative Bridge is we let all
of our clients know you still have a chance, do
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not give up.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
We want to remind people that they can attend this
event free of charge. Is going to be food and
for haircuts and healthcare units, overdose prevention training as well
as a mobile shower and there's going to be vendors
there and also free close and a DJ. So it's
a wonderful way to commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day by
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helping each other stay repped forward. Speak specifically about why
you are encouraged with the efforts of the West Side
Task Force NERO.
Speaker 9 (26:43):
I've had some of my dear is family members struggle
and die from opioids, and it's impacted my life, and
I think about those people in my life that struggle
with this addiction.
Speaker 4 (27:02):
And that's what drives me to understand it and fight
for the survival of people because people don't have to
die from the drug over there today.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
And then it impacts everybody from the richest to the
poorest man from and from the most educated to the
least educated to an equal opportunity destroyer.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
Yeah, and seniors are impacted. I know, Beauty and the Collaborative,
they know that our senior citizens people need to make
sure that they check on their loved ones and the
senior facilities because there is an addiction in these sites.
And I know that the Collaborative and the West Side
Heroin opio Task Force goes out and we train in
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those facilities and there are I think that it's also
important to note for people that's using and that have
loved ones using, the actual heroine is actually being replaced
by synthetic drugs or synthetic opiois that's deadly.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
Super deadly in terms of the fentanyl, and it's manufactured
just as though you're making an aspirin and so we
just need to let people know it is potent. Yeah,
and we need to let people know that there is
help and we're going to close out beauty. What is
the best way for people to find out more information
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not only about the International Overdose Awareness Day, but also
support services.
Speaker 6 (28:38):
So the best thing to do is just reach out
to this beauty. My number is eight seven two two
one six one six zero two again eight seven two
two one six sixteen oh two. But Daryl, can I
give you one fact? And I'm a pick I'm picking
back and off of what La Chandas said is the
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highest overdose rate is between middle aged black men ages
fifty four to seventy three. What, yeah, that is the law.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
I gotta look out. I gotta look out and thank
God that I haven't fallen victim their part.
Speaker 6 (29:19):
And so I encourage every woman that has a brother, father, uncle,
best friend, husband, whoever it is, please get the training
so you could help save a life.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Sounds so very good. We want to thanks State Representative
lashawan Ford, Beauty Winfrey, and Lakeisha Harris for joining us
this morning. Nothing but the best for all of you.
Speaker 7 (29:42):
Thank you, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (29:44):
Daryl.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
Well, that wraps up this edition of Chicago Insight and Closing.
Please take advantage of the useful information presented today. I'm
Daryl Dinard. Always remember to use informed insight and everything
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all about informing you about the institutions as well as
the individuals who are doing extraordinary things in our cities
and communities. We begin this morning getting the details on
this year's Black Women's Expo. From there, we'll learn about
advances made in the fight against opioid addiction and the
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upcoming International Overdose Awareness Day. A lot to discuss this morning,
and we begin with the Black Woman's Expo. It is
that time of the year when all black women, not
only here in Chicagoland, but from across the world, celebrate
in their excellence, and the one place that they get
a chance to showcase that is the Black Woman's Expo.
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Joining me this morning to talk about its thirty first
year is Mary Green, who is the founder of Black
Women's Expo. Mary, always a pleasure to talk to you.
How are you doing well.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Good morning to you, Dre.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
It is incredible in terms of this vision that you
had thirty years ago is still around and still empowering
black women.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
I know it's amazing to me, and you know, I
wake up sometime not believing, also not feeling thirty one
years that we've been doing it, but it is thirty
one years and it's hard to believe.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Last year was our thirtieth anniversary. But this is even
this is even a.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
More incredible show because of what some of the things
we experienced last year with the diversity, equity and inclusion
attacks shows like ours.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
So this year we're just coming back bigger and bigger.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Yeah, So let's talk about the logistics in terms of
where is it being held in what days?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Okay, it is July thirty first through August second, which
is next weekend, but July thirty first through August second
at McCormick Place in the North Building. Tickets are available
half price adult tickets at all Walgreens as we do
every year, and it's from you know, ten to seven
on Friday and Saturday and eleven to six on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
First of all, what is the main reason why someone
should attend the Black Women's Expo.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
It is so much.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
It is everything that you can imagine, everything that you
may be looking for and need. It's an empowering, it's
an inspirational event.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
What we're excited about this.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Year when we're calling it three days, three phenomenal women
will be a part of the show number one on Friday.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Joy Read wowat Joy.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Read, former MS and Form and MSNBC commentatorhenomenal, phenomenal political brain.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yes, and I'm so excited about her.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
She will be there on Friday all afternoon doing a
session on the main stage, and then she's doing her
podcast live from our show in one of our breakout rooms.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
And on Saturday, the it girl is Keith Palmer.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Yeah, Chicago lands very own.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Very very old.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
She is incredible, awesome, and she will be there on
our mainstay. She's also doing a pilates instruction for one
hundred women in one of our breakouts the later in
the afternoon, like at five o'clock, So listen for that.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
You have to, you know, register to be a part
of that.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
And then on Sundays, just hold on Tiki Palmer because
this young person, Yes, and she you know, she's barely
the age of the expo. Know, if I'm not mistaken
or not, she has the audacity and the talent to
bridge generations. I look at her when she's interviewing people
like first Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey and then
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interviewing young people, and she doesn't miss a beat generationally
connecting with them not a beat.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
And I'm telling you because we know that, like you
know it, it's hard figuring out who should interview you
on that mainstay because you have to be ready. You
have to be ready for Kiki. So we're very excited
that she is coming. So all of our announcements are
going out this week, and the third Phenomenal Woman is
not Sunday, where we have lots of gospel entertainment starting
(04:03):
with the Chicago Mass Choir, Saylad the youth choir from
Saint Savannah, and then hitting the stage is Leandrea Johnson,
the incredible gospel singer. So three phenomenal Women in three
days and other entertainment our main stays. Friday is a
house set, Saturday is some more R and B. So
it's just a lot going on. And as well as
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all of our breakshops and I mean breakouts and a seminars.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
You talk about that because this is the thing that
I want people to understand. You miss so much of
what this expo is intended for, and that is the
power of information when you don't attend these breakout sessions.
We now have incredible, incredible thought leaders that are trying
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to empower you with knowledge. Talk about that in terms
of some of the breakout sessions coming.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
From around the country. And that's the thing.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I mean, there's so many folks that are coming to
be a part of our health seminars are businessiness seminars,
So if you're going into business, WBDC is going to
be doing a session. I'm really excited about the Battle
for our Voting Rights session that will be hosted by
Congressman Jonathan Jackson. That is a big session on Saturday afternoon.
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We'll be talking about mental health.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
In terms of men.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
It's not just for women this xboll, So there's a
whole group of guys that are coming to discuss that issue,
whether it's health all the way around, anything that you
can think of that Black women are experiencing will be
discussed at the xbox.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
But then I'm excited by some of the fun stuff too.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
So you know, there's all of these new restaurants, right
black owned restaurants around the city.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
We have we have five of them.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Well, Chicago is one of the food capitals of the world.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
The world.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Five of the new owners of restaurants will talk about
some of.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Those restaurants there because if anything will pique somebody's interests.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Yeah, Southern Food, Southern Chicago, Herbachi Brew.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
So these are all the restaurants that have opened almost
in the last year.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
So we have their owners not only being a part
of a seminar in a session where you can ask
questions and talk to them and find out how they
got into business, how they stand in the business.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
This is a tough business.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
You know, customer service issues, all of the things that
they experience and empoyant employment. And some of their chefs
will then go into our culinary pavilion where they will
sample some of their signature items.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
So this is a this is a wonderful experience and
a wonderful show.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
And what are you doing on the economic front, because
I know that investments and learning how to invest. Yes,
we choose to.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Success and we and we have that as a as
a major issue in our community. So there are several
banks that will be there that are doing sessions if
their bank is one of our sponsors. Middland Wealth is
doing a whole financial empowerment So we deal with all
of those issues from you know, from finance and business
to health and wellness to professor development, leadership.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
So it's full of three days.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
We probably have about thirty seminars over those three days.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
And always a major attraction is that of the vendor affair.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Oh my god, and you never know what's going to
happen and how people are going to be able to
come and be a part of the show with all
of the terraffs and everything going on. We have over
two hundred and fifty people already exhibitors that will be
small businesses that will be on that exhibit floor, so
it's very encouraging, and we keep it affordable there so
that people can attend not only at TEND with half
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priced tickets, but that people can THEND So our booths
are very inexpensive for three days.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
You can still get them if you're interested.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Everything is on Ticketfalcon dot com, orbwenext dot com on
our website and you can find out about how to
be a part of the show or also how to
get to your tickets.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Speak about the generational element that exists here in terms
of encouraging generations of the world women to attend this.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Yes, it is, and that's that's been one of our hotspots,
is that it is all generational.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
It is generational.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
I mean from Baby Boomers down to Gen X come
to our show and when we have some kind of
difficulties trying to figure out everything that we must uh
you know, present and make sure that we have something
for everyone that comes. What we leaned in this year
is the WE in our in our logo b we
Black Women's expot because after last year, you know, we
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wanted to make the message clear that we belong, we
influenced you know this, this this generation we support. You
know there are but more than anything, we matter and
we're not pulling back on any of that and making
sure that the show hits all of those messages, that
that's what the women see when they come. There will
be billboards around and walls around the expo just pushing
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the message. We want women to be encouraged, We want
them to be inspired and empowered. We want them to
walk away with something more than you know, bag of.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Freeviews, even though we got a lot of those. We
want you to walk away with information and education.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
And not only that, but walk away inspired and also
with the responsibility that you have to play your part
as a citizen of this.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Nation, play your part and bring somebody along with you.
You know, we you know there's like you said, you've
been mentoring for years. We have to bring people along,
young people along with us. I mean we get in
calls for weeks wanting to be a part of the show.
Can I volunteer? Yes, come on, because it's more than that.
You know, you're learning and you're you're seeing others that
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you want to be like.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
So we we have all of that as part of
the show.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
And give us the best way to purchase tickets and
find out the schedule.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Well, please go on bbenext dot com and that's our website.
Even if you put in the black Woman's expot you
will get our website.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
We want to tell people that's bweenext.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Dot com dot com right bwext dot com and you
will go straight to our website and you can click
on tickets or information or you know, you find out
how to park. There's so many things that you can
find out on the website. But Walgreens, every Walgreens don't
let them tell you they don't have the tickets.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
They have them. They print them out.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
So any Walgreens in the city in the Chicago land
Era just asked for half price tickets.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Sounds so very good. That is Mary Green, the founder
of the Black Woman's Expo, Thank You You Too. When
it comes to opioid overdoses and deaths, the United States
is the world leader, followed by Scotland, Canada, and Australia. Worldwide,
about six hundred thousand deaths were linked to drug use,
mainly opioids and synthetic variants. The United States overdose rate
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reached roughly three hundred twenty four deaths per one million people,
according to the WHO. Worldwide, about six hundred thousand deaths
are attributed to drug use, and twenty nineteen and estimated
seventy thousand people died from drug overdoses in the US
and twelve month period ending January twenty twenty six, but
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this continues a downward trend. This follows a drop to
seventy nine than three hundred and eighty four deaths in
twenty twenty four, which marked the largest single year decline
ever recorded by federal health officials. Opioid involved overdose deaths
in Cook County decline by listening to this a staggering
forty two percent in twenty twenty four, compared it to
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twenty twenty two of all US counties. Cook County has
seen the largest reduction in overdose deaths since the national
peak of the crisis in twenty twenty three. Joining us
this morning to discuss the positive news and the upcoming
International Overdose Awareness Day are State representative is shan Ford
and Beauty Win Free peer support worker would Ahabilitated Systems Incorporated,
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as well as an Oxalon trainer, and also Lakeisha Harris,
who is an administrator with Collaborative Bridges. I guess I
want to begin first with you, Representative in terms of
these are positive numbers when it comes to opioid abuse,
but more importantly preventing deaths from that abuse. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
And I think, Daryl, I think what's so important about
what you said that this is a rural wide problem.
So when we look at it happening on the West side, yeah,
all over the world. So it's not a black white issue.
It's a rural wide issue that's impacted every household, every family.
And what we know is that on the west side
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of Chicago and on the South side of Chicago and
Cook County, we recognize how important it is to use
farm reduction to save lives. And what we see with
the reduction is the numbers when Democrats were in charge
where we invested in harm reduction. And so we have
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practitioners that you have on the phone here that actually
go out and they train people about using narcan that
actually reverse deaths so that they're not fatal. This has
been an effort that has been going on for years
to end the stigma of drug use and substance use disorder.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
So this is actually.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
A combination of people coming together to respect life and
the show that we understand that when people struggle with
substance use disorder, that they should not be treated as criminals,
but they should be helped. And so I praise you
for this show, and I look forward to the International
Overdose Awareness Day.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
So here in Chicago, we're going to commemorate International Overdose
Awareness Day on Friday, August twenty eighth from ten am
to one pm over at Collaborative Bridges, which is a
wonderful facility right at Lake and Pulaski. I want to
begin first with you, Beauty, in terms of this is
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something that you have spoken to me about literally for
the last several months, in terms of trying to get
the word out about this particular day and its theme
a time to remember, a time to act. Talk to
me about what people can expect at this commemoration, Well.
Speaker 6 (14:17):
The first thing they can expect is, first let me
tell you thank you so much for having me, and
then let me thank State Rep. Leshine Ford for seeing
a need for the opioa task for it. Because without
his vision, none of this would even be possible right now,
so I have to give kudos to YouTube gentlemen for
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paving the way right this second, but on this particular day,
we are commemorating the people who have lost their lives
to the overdoses. We are talking to the family members
and loved ones of people who have lost their loved
ones because of this epidemic. We will be talking to
the people who actually have overcame and still here by
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letting go, by having the resources available to come up
off of the opioids. And so that is the one
thing that we are making sure that we have enough
of us is enough providers because it's not a one
size fit all, So we have to make sure that
we can address the needs of everybody mental health, physical health,
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as well as the drug issue. So we are making
sure that this is a holistic event. Not just on
one thing.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Yeah, that there is follow up and that is so necessary.
And I really want to commemorate or want to congratulate
Collaborative Bridges for being involved in this because it's a
consortium of healthcare providers on the West Side of Chicago
and Lokisha. Why was it important for Collaborative Bridges to
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service hosts for this event that's taking place on Friday,
August twenty eighth.
Speaker 7 (16:00):
I actually feel like it's very important as far as
Collaborative Bridges partnership with them and.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Awareness Day.
Speaker 7 (16:09):
We as a wellness center, we have several agencies here
where we deal with a lot of mental health issues,
We deal with homeless we deal with the drug use
as well, and I feel like this will be a
great opportunity for the members that come here and also
for the community that comes to the Collaborative Bridges for
the services that we provide.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Yeah, and you know, when it comes to opioid addiction
and addiction to any other type of illegal substance as
well as alcohol, which is legal, but when it comes
to that, there's almost no family that is in touch
by somebody that has to come to the abusive tendencies
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of dealing with these drugs absolutely, and you know, talk
about that state rep in terms of how this is
personal for everyone, because I don't believe there's anybody that
is listening right now who's doesn't have a family member
that hasn't been involved in some type of addiction in
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terms of drugs.
Speaker 4 (17:18):
No, I think, I think there are communities, and I
think every family has had some impact of every family
has been hit by this crisis. This is an international crisis,
and I think that we want people to know on
this international overdose awareness they that you can get help
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for your families. You know, Beauty is out there and
she see people being ashamed that they have to tell.
Speaker 8 (17:46):
That they have a family that's struggling with opioid disorder.
But there's help out there, and we know that, you know,
the West Side Era and opio Tized Force and the
Collaborative have helped so many people and the stigma and celebrate.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
The lives of the loved ones that they've lost. And
you know, I think that we look at and there
are you talk about homelessness all the time, the comeobilities
that go along with the people that suffer with opioid disorder.
You know, it's it's really a health problem. Do we
find people on the street with that's homeless, that's unemployed.
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And this day shines the light on the need to
fund the opioid crisis in America. And finally, I would
tell you that this administration has said that we can
no longer use harm reduction in our language to deal
with the opioid crisis. And harm reduction is the number
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one two that we have to end fatal overdose.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Why don't you speak specifically about that definition of harm reduction.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
Yeah, So, harm reduction is just simply making sure that
people have the ability to have narcan, to be able
to go into facilities, to have clean needles for use,
and to be able to go into the doctor to
have the treatment that you need to not have dependency
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on street drugs. And this administration is saying you can
no longer say that we're going to use harm reduction
as a way to combat the addiction of heroin and
fithanol in this country.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
You know, the interesting thing, Beauty is that you are
trained in terms of NARCAN, and I think that Cook
County in the City of Chicago has done an extraordinary
job in terms of making it available I want you
to give a personal reflection in terms of just how
you feel when you train somebody and then whether or
not you applied narkon to somebody that was in a
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stupor and literally about to die because they went into
a drug overdose phase, and talk about what it means
to have this drug available in so many places throughout
Cook County, in the city of Chicago, and it's really
easy to administer.
Speaker 6 (20:21):
It is very easy to administer. So the Locke Fawn
is a life saving drug.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
It is.
Speaker 6 (20:34):
You can get it at pharmacy. But if you call
this beauty to get it to you for free, that number,
I'll know that now we have it for free and
it is available to anybody and everybody.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
But give that number right now for people who are
listening right now and they know that they love someone
that is an addict what we used to call addicts
back in the day. And forgive me if I'm using
the wrong terminology, but if they're a user, an active user,
then they need to know how to contact you right
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now without having an email.
Speaker 6 (21:08):
You go ahead, okay, So the contact me would be
eight seven two two one six one six zero twos
eight seven two two one, six, sixteen oh twos. And
so if they call me, I can't come to their
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block club, their senior hall, their family gatherings, wherever they
would like for me to come and train them on
the locktign. I can do that because it's very simple.
And I'll say it's very simple because it was once
used on me. However, yes, and when I tell people
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that I used to be on heroin, then they say
where when? And yes, I will was one of those
active users for over I ain't gonna say how many years,
but it's been many, many years. It's over ten. And
when I was brought through the last time, that's when
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I said enough is enough, and somebody reached out and
gazed me a hand up and showed me how to
come off of it. And that is why I educated
my preacher and I teach on meloxon and how to
save lives and why resources are so available, because in
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the beginning of me trying to become non active, I
couldn't find anybody that could help me. I didn't know
where to start, I didn't know anything. All I knew
how to do was mask my pain, and that was
to continue using. And so I tell everybody if you
ready to stop, even if it just means slows down,
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which is another form of pon reduction, call me. I
can walk you through the steps. I could take you
through what helped me. I can introduce you to other
people that this has helped. And so we find ourselves
going into senior buildings now and training seniors. And that
is like there'll vote the.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
It's like CPR and learning the Heimlich maneuver.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
It saves lives.
Speaker 6 (23:26):
You know, I have somebody tell me the other days.
Locke sign is like a fire extinguisher. If you have
a house fire, you're not gonna throw no water. You're
gonna go get that fire extinguisher. So if you overdose,
what you're gonna grab, You're gonna grab that a lot
of time and you're gonna save that person's life. And
that's that. This life saving drugs. I tell everybody you
need it because people have had surgeries and got addicted
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to opioids because of the surgery, and then when the
doctor decides they don't no longer wants to feel the
prescription that they have given them for all these months. Now,
all of a sudden, now out in the streets, bind
the street pharmaceutical you know instead, and that's where our
addiction gets even worse because we no longer can get
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it funnel to the right channels, and so we do
what we have to do to supply our needs.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Once again, we're telling people about the International Overdose Awareness
State that's taking place here in Chicago on Friday, August
twenty eighth from ten am to one pm over at
the Collaborative Bridges Wellness Center. A Time to Remember, a
time to act, talk about specifically Lukeisha in terms of
offering services at the wellness center to help people get
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rid of their addiction.
Speaker 6 (24:45):
Yes, of course, the services that we offer here.
Speaker 7 (24:48):
At Collaborate Bridges is numerous of services. As far as
we have Bobby right in the building, they do provide services.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
As far as we.
Speaker 7 (24:59):
Have people that come in you know, the community community
can come in and wash their clothes. Uh, they can
shower if they haven't showered in days. We provide everything
as far as soap, the towels, everything that's needed, uh.
And the other services that we provide. It's like mental
health evaluations, we help with housing, we help with medication.
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If they're you know, if they they lost and they
can't you know, get their medication back if they're trying
to get their medication back on track. We help with
housing and jobs as well. We help with training. We
have a job readiness workshop program here as well. Uh
I'm actually working on trying to get a comm Computer
(25:44):
literacy workshop class here because you know, it's a lot
of them that's you know, they're not computer savvy and
they would like to learn. It's some that want to
start jobs, even if even as they lay ages, it's
still a lot that feel like And one thing I
can say here at Collaborative Bridge is we let all
of our clients know you still have a chance, do
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not give up.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
We want to remind people that they can attend this
event free of charge. Is going to be food and
for haircuts and healthcare units, overdose prevention training as well
as a mobile shower and there's going to be vendors
there and also free close and a DJ. So it's
a wonderful way to commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day by
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helping each other stay repped forward. Speak specifically about why
you are encouraged with the efforts of the West Side
Task Force NERO.
Speaker 9 (26:43):
I've had some of my dear is family members struggle
and die from opioids, and it's impacted my life, and
I think about those people in my life that struggle
with this addiction.
Speaker 4 (27:02):
And that's what drives me to understand it and fight
for the survival of people because people don't have to
die from the drug over there today.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
And then it impacts everybody from the richest to the
poorest man from and from the most educated to the
least educated to an equal opportunity destroyer.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
Yeah, and seniors are impacted. I know, Beauty and the Collaborative,
they know that our senior citizens people need to make
sure that they check on their loved ones and the
senior facilities because there is an addiction in these sites.
And I know that the Collaborative and the West Side
Heroin opio Task Force goes out and we train in
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those facilities and there are I think that it's also
important to note for people that's using and that have
loved ones using, the actual heroine is actually being replaced
by synthetic drugs or synthetic opiois that's deadly.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
Super deadly in terms of the fentanyl, and it's manufactured
just as though you're making an aspirin and so we
just need to let people know it is potent. Yeah,
and we need to let people know that there is
help and we're going to close out beauty. What is
the best way for people to find out more information
(28:33):
not only about the International Overdose Awareness Day, but also
support services.
Speaker 6 (28:38):
So the best thing to do is just reach out
to this beauty. My number is eight seven two two
one six one six zero two again eight seven two
two one six sixteen oh two. But Daryl, can I
give you one fact? And I'm a pick I'm picking
back and off of what La Chandas said is the
(29:01):
highest overdose rate is between middle aged black men ages
fifty four to seventy three. What, yeah, that is the law.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
I gotta look out. I gotta look out and thank
God that I haven't fallen victim their part.
Speaker 6 (29:19):
And so I encourage every woman that has a brother, father, uncle,
best friend, husband, whoever it is, please get the training
so you could help save a life.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Sounds so very good. We want to thanks State Representative
lashawan Ford, Beauty Winfrey, and Lakeisha Harris for joining us
this morning. Nothing but the best for all of you.
Speaker 7 (29:42):
Thank you, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (29:44):
Daryl.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
Well, that wraps up this edition of Chicago Insight and Closing.
Please take advantage of the useful information presented today. I'm
Daryl Dinard. Always remember to use informed insight and everything
that you do, and be sure to take care of yourself.
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