Chicago Speaks June 28th 2026

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Speaker 3 (00:23):
Hello and welcome to Chicago Speaks your communications conduit for
speaking to the issues impacting our community. I'm your host,
Daryl Dennard. It is Sunday, June twenty eighth, twenty twenty six.
Morning sun will give way to claudy skies and warm
temperatures with the high and the mid eighties. Currently it's
sixty four degrees. As the temperature is heating up, so
is the news cycle. The fragile sees fire with Iran

(00:45):
is tested following air strikes from both nations, and religious
and community leaders are calling for a concerted plan to
address youth violence and the pool of people hoping to
become the next mayor of Chicago. Increases will take calls
on these and other top news stories of the week,
and our reporters roundtable, Plus we'll learn about Cook County's

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Birthday health screening program, and we'll close out our discussions
learning about the Ada S. McKinley Annual trunk Giveaway for
college students. So, as is the case every Sunday morning,
there is a lot to speak to and we begin
with the intersection of faith and art. For millennia, religion
has inspired art and keeping with that tradition, New Life

(01:28):
Covenant Church Southeast is literally opening doors of opportunity to
showcase the work of black artists. And joining me this
morning to discuss the mission and soft launch of Life
and Color Art Gallery is Daniel Hayes. He is the
director of Life and Color Art Gallery as well as
the assistant director, Kennedy Lanier. It's a pleasure to have

(01:50):
the both of you john S this morning. Daniel. Usually
when we think of owners of art galleries, we think
of patrons or public or private institutions. Life and Color
is an extension of New Life covering in Church Southeast
Pastor John Hannah's vision and opening up in our gallery.
Talk to me about that.

Speaker 4 (02:10):
So Pastor Hannah has had a deep rooted passion for
art for at least two or three years that I'm
aware of, but probably even before that. And so he
reached out to me and was like, look, I have
this vision. I want to make something happen on the
South Side. I want to bring art back to the
South Side in a major way.

Speaker 3 (02:26):
Can you help?

Speaker 4 (02:28):
And I was like, of course, And so since then
we took this space. It's located right across the street
and it was a home. We gutted it and it's
four floors and just made it like our own thing.
We have our own gallery right there.

Speaker 3 (02:40):
And Kennedy speaks specifically not only to the location, but
also the interior design, which you are actually responsible for.

Speaker 5 (02:49):
Yes, the interior design has been a big role for sure,
especially sharing it with assistant director. My original idea was
the space being, of course, having that homely feeling somewhere
where people can come and feel safe. We have four
floors where we have a different floor devoted to a
different theme or a different idea. The bottom will be

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for workshops, the first two floors are going to be
for rotating exhibitions, and then at the top we have
a loft library space. So it's going to be an
open door policy where someone can always come to get
something and be inspired or hopefully leave with something as well.

Speaker 3 (03:26):
Now, Daniel, this is an or a soft launch in
that there's an exhibition that's going to take place and
run for a month. Describe the intention behind that.

Speaker 4 (03:38):
So, as Kennedy was mentioning, we have all these different levels,
what we want to do is give people an idea
of what they can expect to see throughout. So what
the programming on the basement floor, as she said that,
the two exhibition spaces on the second and third floor,
and then the loft being that library. But it's kind
of bare bones. You just want to see, Okay, this

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is what it's going to look like. This is what
we're expecting to see, and give people a chance to
float in and kind of just get their mind wrapped
around it. And then in December we're going to have
our grand opening when things are completely finalized and you'll
be able to see the space in its full glory.

Speaker 3 (04:13):
From the twenty seventh running for a month is going
to be an exhibition. Speak specifically about that exhibition.

Speaker 4 (04:19):
Three or four of Pastor's personal connections in Ghana in
West Africa, some artists that he met when he went
over there in his travels and so we brought a
lot of their pieces back. We laid them out all
throughout the space to kind of give people an idea
of what they could look like in a home. And
then we have two or three Chicago based artists, one
who is now actually living in Iowa, but is born

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and raised in Chicago, sculpturists all in the space to
kind of just give you an idea of how one
how large the space is, but to the possibilities of
what we can do within that area.

Speaker 3 (04:51):
So, Kennedy, what do you find most exciting for patrons
that will walk through the doors.

Speaker 5 (04:57):
I really find the connection the most exciting. I was
thinking about our title of our show, which is Interwoven,
and our thing is all about how we come together physically,
even represented in like threads and weaving and different things.
So I'm really excited to see the culture connection and
all of that just intersection with art and everyone coming

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together and seeing it has been a real labor of love,
and art isn't really anything until there's life in it,
so it's exciting. It's exciting to imagine all the people
walking through there.

Speaker 3 (05:30):
Pester Hannah said that one of his personal goals is
to see a piece of black art in every own Daniel,
how does this the opening of the gallery achieve that mission? Oh,
that's an easy one. You can walk out with it.

Speaker 4 (05:44):
But beyond that, I think that even seeing because it
is a home, because it was a house before this,
even seeing black art in a home in that sense
gives people the inspiration begins to get those wheels turning, like, oh,
this is achievable, and this is something that I could
stage for myself, So that right there is like already
the jumpstarter. But man, I think that a piece of

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black art in every home is essential. It's it's always
essential to to interface with your identity externally and see
a piece that kind of just encapsulates something that makes
you want to your imagination want to run.

Speaker 3 (06:20):
So now we had talked about some of the artists
that are featured in this exhibition called Into Woven. Why
did you decide to title it Into Woven and talk
about the genres and what type of art will people
be able to see?

Speaker 4 (06:35):
Kennedy kind of touched on it. Interwoven is more just
about connectivity, the threads of life, different cultural things that
kind of tie people together and keep people connected. Also,
I can imagine just as a canvas has all of
these different layerings and things that are threaded to put it together.
The different the different artists. We have our Quashi Tornu

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who's from Ghana, Tea from Ghana, Dan from Ghana, and
then William Cryer who's amazing, amazing sculptures from Chicago.

Speaker 3 (07:08):
There, what medium are we talking about. We're talking about acrylic,
We're talking about oils.

Speaker 4 (07:12):
So we've got acrylic on canvas. We've got kind of
a cemented epoxy kind of sculpture. There's some oil on
canvas as well, and then mixed media. A lot of
these pieces also have either kente or some different type
of cloth kind of woven into it, interwoven i e.
And so that that kind of that kind of brings

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everything together in that way.

Speaker 5 (07:37):
A lot of the paintings have a lot of relationships,
so a lot of mother daughters, a lot of so
you'll see that, a lot of hands holding, so you'll
see that very clearly coming through with the pieces as well.

Speaker 3 (07:49):
Okay, it's a chain. It's a chain if you will
abridge from Africa to America. Talk about the exact location
in terms of the facility, because I want to give
our listeners a picture of what they can anticipate when
they come by and where do they need to go.

Speaker 5 (08:07):
So I would say the big thing to look for
is the red door. When you see the red door,
if that's how you know that you're there, Red door,
Mews ownership, that was something really special to pass there.
As well as our colors. There is a little sneak peak.
I have a little homage to the Pan African flag.
So we're directly across the street. If you are in
the lobby of New Life, you can see us from there.

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But it is a house directly across the street.

Speaker 3 (08:30):
With the red door we need.

Speaker 5 (08:32):
The location of New Life, Life and Colors address is
seventy six forty four South Greenwood, ass and New Life
is right across the street at seventy six twenty one South.

Speaker 3 (08:41):
Bringwood, wonderful southeast section of the city of Chicago. What
can we look forward to in terms of the future.
Of course, this is a soft launch and the exhibition
is going to run for about a month, so people
will have an opportunity to go by there. What can
we look forward to come to the grand opening in December.

Speaker 4 (09:03):
So beyond the mission of having a piece of black
art in every household and every institution. What is most
important for us as a gallery is to begin to
give legs to help continue to support and promote emerging artists,
specifically in Chicago, but also abroad. So for our grand opening,
you're going to see a five to six person group

(09:26):
show that kind of brings everyone together. It's going to
have a theme behind it, but everyone's going to get
their own space to kind of make the space fully immersive.
And so beyond that, it's all about having young artists,
budding artists, as well as having fantastic programming for the community,
which I think is probably even more important than the

(09:47):
art sales or anything like that, is having a lot
of programming to make this gallery rooted in the community
so that people know that they can always come here
to find inspiration, to breathe, to take a second, and
to you know, obviously embrace fantastic artwork.

Speaker 3 (10:03):
This is the best way for them to find out
more information about the gallery.

Speaker 4 (10:07):
So we have an instagram which is Life in Color
Art Gallery on Instagram, and our website is Lifeincolor dot art.

Speaker 3 (10:14):
Well, we want to bring art to everybody, and I
want to commend you guys as well as Pasttahana on
opening Life and Color Gallery. I want to thank Daniel
Hayes as well as Kennedy Lanier for joining us this morning.

Speaker 6 (10:28):
Thank you so much for Thank you so much for
having us.

Speaker 3 (10:31):
Coming up next, we'll talk to Cook County Commissioner Bill
Lawry about his life saving birthday health screenings program. Please
stay with us.

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Speaker 3 (11:19):
Welcome back. It's Sunday, June twenty eighth and sixty four
degrees and you're listening to Chicago Speaks. There is good
news to report when it comes to treating cancer. Major
advances in gene therapy and a massive shift toward precision
medicine has increased the five year overall cancer survival rate

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to a historic seventy percent. Still much needs to be done,
and the major tool in the arsenal for treating cancer
is early detection. With June being Cancer Survivors Month, A
press conference was held this week to inform Cook County
residents on the birthday health screening program, and joining me
this morning to discuss the program is its creator, Co

(12:02):
County Commissioner Bill Lowry, Commission Always a pleasure to talk
to you. How are you doing, sir?

Speaker 10 (12:07):
I'm doing great, my friend, and I always want to
say whenever I see you, thank you for all that
you're doing for us throughout the community.

Speaker 9 (12:14):
We really appreciate you. You're one of our blessings.

Speaker 3 (12:17):
And when it comes to treating cancer, I don't believe
there's any family that hasn't been touched. I know that
you're bullied by just the increases in treating cancer, but
for this, in terms of being a cancer survivor, it's
personal for you.

Speaker 9 (12:32):
Well, that's right, it's very personal.

Speaker 10 (12:33):
And I think that there are a lot of lessons
which really I can convey given my cancer journeys. And
one thing I'll say, I've always been good at getting
my annual physical and I think that's vital for all
of us to do. And I've always done it around
or in my birthday month, because you know, I may
forget a lot, but I don't forget my birthday.

Speaker 9 (12:52):
So living that.

Speaker 10 (12:53):
It was October twenty nineteen when I had my annual
physical and a part of that was the taking of
blood which allowed my prostate specific antigen test to be performed.
That's the PSA test, and that's related to the prostate
and you want a PSA reading of four or below.
I was a six point eight, so that gave my

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urologists some pause, and then we went to step two.

Speaker 9 (13:18):
And step two is we set.

Speaker 10 (13:20):
Up a abdominal MRI. And when we had the MRI,
it showed some inflammation. Now, Daryl inflammation may mean cancer,
it may mean inflammation, but there was inflammation around my
prostate and that led to a biopsy after that, where
samples were taken from the prostate so they could be
studied to determine if in fact, cancer was present or not.

(13:44):
And about five days after the biopsy, I received a
call from a radiologist who said no cancer.

Speaker 9 (13:51):
Wow, you know, I exhaled, No one wants to have cancer.

Speaker 10 (13:54):
But then five days later my eurologists called me from Bali,
and if your doctor calls you from Bali, it's not.

Speaker 9 (14:00):
Asked about Chicago weather.

Speaker 10 (14:01):
And he told me that based on the second reading,
he thought, in fact I did have prostate cancer, but
it was early and he said it's a slow growing cancer,
so we could just get through the holidays, which we did,
and then my options going forward were surveillance, where your
doctor just gives you regular tests to determine if your
PSA level is rising, to radiation where you use radiation

(14:25):
to kill the cancer cells which are present. Or three
remove of the prostate, which of course would also remove
any cancer that was present. So I elected to have
removal and we did so January of twenty twenty, less
than one percent of my prostate was cancerous, but thankfully
it did not spread, and it had not spread because
of early detection. It did not spread because I'd had

(14:46):
my annual physical and the procedure itself was the robotic procedure.
It was probably as easy as the surgery could be.
And my recovery, you know, while I had a couple
of hiccuffs. By and large, it was very very easy.
So after that, I decided that I needed to make
sure all in our community knew that. First of all,
you had to have an annual physical and do it

(15:07):
around your birthday. You won't forget that too early. Detection
is so important if in fact you do have cancer.
The difference between a grade one and a grade four
cancer is enormous relative not only to your daily life,
but your longevity. And then the other thing I wanted
to really share and especially with my brothers through throughout
the community. No man should die from prostate cancer. But

(15:30):
in order to live those words, you have to have
your annual physical. You have to know what your PSA
level is. You have to allow your doctor, when examining
you to give you the part of the exam I
hear a lot of brothers say they don't want, but
that's the two second part of the examination, when your
urologist actually feels the prostate and they're feeling that to

(15:51):
determine if the prostate feels normal or not. So that's
a very important step, but it's very quick and it's
vital to your long term health. So after that, I
continued my annual.

Speaker 9 (16:02):
Physicals, and I did so while.

Speaker 10 (16:04):
Also starting my annual Commissioner Bill larry Men's Healthfare every September.

Speaker 9 (16:09):
That September is prosperbly on.

Speaker 3 (16:11):
Radio many times talking about that.

Speaker 9 (16:14):
And you've been a supporter.

Speaker 3 (16:16):
It's grown exponentially, well, it.

Speaker 10 (16:18):
Has now it's it's actually the Commissioner Bill larry Men's
and Family health Fare. And we have organizations represented you
from all over the county and beyond, and all.

Speaker 9 (16:30):
Types of specialists are there.

Speaker 10 (16:32):
So while we certainly have individuals there who can address
prostate cancer, we have individuals there who can address all
types of cancer, lung cancer, colorecto cancer, breast cancer, et cetera.
So we're very proud of that. But I continued with
my annual physicals, and then in May of twenty twenty three,
I saw my position. He says, how you feeling. I said,
feel good. He says, you look pretty good, but let's

(16:54):
take a half day and get some radiographic testing just
to see what's going on inside of your body. And
even tho I had good insurance, I had to pay
out a pocket because I didn't have a diagnosis.

Speaker 9 (17:05):
And thankfully though.

Speaker 10 (17:06):
We went forward with that because one of the tests
showed that I had a mass on my right kidney,
and through further testing, we determined that that too represented
a cancer, but again it was early detection, it had
not spread, and I had my right kidney and that
master removed September of twenty twenty three, and we found out, Darrow,
that the two cancers were not directly related to each diagnosis,

(17:30):
but instead was related to my immune system. My immune
system was not killing the cancer cells which all of
our bodies produced. So after ten months of immuno therapy,
it had the desired effect and I've been cancer free
since twenty twenty four. And that has led me to
another initiative, which you've already talked about.

Speaker 3 (17:51):
Before we talk about that initiative, yeah, because there are
so many people that don't have the internal let's say,
constitution to deal with the diagnosis. And instead of you know,
going at it full throttle to say, hey, I'm going
to do everything in my power to also be in

(18:13):
a mental state of mind that will aid in my
recovery and dealing with this, I want to take a
step back here. Because you did that during the initial stage.
It was caught early. You took it on full force,
and I just want to know what was the emotional
roller coaster once you said, hey, you are cancer free

(18:37):
in terms of the prostate, only one percent having spread
throughout your prostate there. But then just a couple of
years later, you get a second diagnosis that isn't the
prostate but the kidney. How did you handle that emotionally?

Speaker 9 (18:54):
Well, it was devastating, but it forces you to face
your own mortality.

Speaker 10 (19:00):
But like you, I have a lot to do, and
you know, I believe each and every day my job
is to live Galatians, you know, So I am here
to serve and love my community. So I compartmentalized and
I kept doing what I have to do. I am
a man of faith. I believe that much like I
had been brought through the prostate cancer journey, I would
be brought through the renal cancer cancer journey.

Speaker 9 (19:20):
And we just went by day by day.

Speaker 10 (19:22):
And thankfully, you know, again it was early detection and
the cancer was removed. But no, it's very difficult, and
it's not only difficult for the person who has the diagnosis.
It's very difficult for family and friends who surround that person.

Speaker 9 (19:37):
So it's very hard on my three children, my wife.

Speaker 10 (19:40):
But again I'm a big believer in prayer, so I'd
rather have five of us praying every day as opposed
to just me.

Speaker 3 (19:47):
Yeah, you you definitely had churches praying for you. You
help you always at faith institutions in terms of Apostolic
Church of God being wanted to cass for the now
health and men's health and family screenings. I want to
talk about in terms of just not only being a

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cancer survivor. But one key point that you mentioned is
that to get screened, to be in the right frame
medically in terms of being observed and understanding all the
quirks and everything that go on in your body, that
was expensive. You had the wherewithal to cover that expensive screening,

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but there are so many people that don't have insurance,
don't even have the money. They may have insurance, but
as you said, the insurance didn't cover the screening.

Speaker 9 (20:43):
That's right.

Speaker 10 (20:44):
So to that point, after my right kidney was removed,
I said to my wife, I said, you know, I've
got to come up with a way to make it
easier for all of us to receive the gift of
early detection, including those of us who maybe do not
have the means to pay out a pocket for that privilege,
because again, healthcare, both traditional and behaviors are right shared

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by us all. It's not a privilege reserved for the few.
So after that statement, it came to me. I popped
up in bed at three ten am a couple of
days later, and this was in September of twenty twenty three.

Speaker 9 (21:19):
And she asked me, follows all right?

Speaker 10 (21:20):
And I say yes, But it just came to me,
I'm going to create a birthday health screening program throughout
all of Cook County. And that led to a resolution
which was unanimously supported by President Preckwinkle as well as
my colleagues on the.

Speaker 9 (21:32):
Board and Cook County Health.

Speaker 10 (21:35):
And then in January twenty twenty five, the Commissioner Bill
Larry Cook County Birthday Help Screening Program was launched and
under that program, women throughout Cook County forty years of
age and oder are entitled to get a mammogram at
Cook County Hospital or another participating clinic, and if they
don't have insurance, it's absolutely free. And men forty five

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and men forty five in older you get a prostate
screening and if they don't have insurance, it's absolutely free.
And Daryl, when you looked at the first year of
my program from January of twenty five through January of
twenty sixth, and you compared it with that same time
frame relative to screenings at Cook County a year previous,
we learn that mammograms are fifty four percent for uninsured women,

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eighteen percent overall, and up thirteen percent for prostate screening.
So quite simply, this program is having the desired effect.
It's fostering early detection overall wellness, and it's saving lives.

Speaker 9 (22:33):
And then the other thing, and you.

Speaker 10 (22:34):
Know this because we've talked a lot about it. With
the screening, it's not just the screening for cancer, excuse me,
it's a physical. So thankfully they're individuals who have had
the screening and they don't have cancer, but they find
out for the first time that.

Speaker 9 (22:49):
They're pre diabetic or they have high blood pressure.

Speaker 10 (22:52):
The other thing that's made possible at the time of
the screening, if an individual wants a primary care physician,
they have a list that they can choose from. And
that's so important because so often in our community we
because of lack of health care access over the years,
because of a prevailing distrust by some in healthcare.

Speaker 9 (23:13):
You know, for various reasons in the past that we've
all that we've all embraced.

Speaker 10 (23:17):
We often use the emergency room as our primary care physition.
And you don't want to go to the emergency room
because of some symptom and then you're being seen. What
you want to do is be preventative. And to be preventative,
I advise everyone to have a primary care position and
with that in place, you then positioned to have your
annual physical as our bidline.

Speaker 3 (23:37):
And I love the aspect of an annual physical. I
like most Black men, and you know, of course i'm
generalizing here, always have a trepidation in terms of doctors.
It's like saying in the Wiz, don't bring me no
bad news, right right. And doing annual physicals something that

(23:58):
really men should start at least in the forties in
terms of the prostate and also other health issues, whether
it be diabetes, high blood pressure. Is that when you
go for that annual physical, it is absolutely miraculous. I'm
going to do away with the word amazing here. It

(24:18):
is miraculous what two vials of blood and a little
bit of urine can detect in your body.

Speaker 10 (24:26):
No, that's right, and we must embrace that avoidance is
not the answer. We must also embrace knowledge is power
here for you. To get that knowledge, you have to
go through the steps that we've outlined. The other thing,
You're absolutely right you need to really lean in the
screenings once you reach the age of forty. But if
you have a family history, do it earlier and make

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sure you know earlier what's going on in your body.
And I think that's important, but it also leads to
another critical point.

Speaker 9 (24:55):
We need to talk and share with each other.

Speaker 10 (24:58):
You know, my father needs to tell me what types
of issues he dealt with, so then I know what
I need to look out for. And I'm doing the
same relative to my sons and my daughter. We've got
to stop being secretive about health.

Speaker 3 (25:12):
We all have been, including mental health.

Speaker 9 (25:14):
Oh, it was so much so.

Speaker 10 (25:16):
And that's why, you know, when I look at my
why relative to my service as Cook County Commissioner of
the third District, my wife has become health care health
care equity, and I'm talking.

Speaker 9 (25:25):
About both traditional and behavioral. There's no question about it.

Speaker 3 (25:29):
Talking to Cook County Commissioner Bill Lowry about his wonderful
Birthday Help Screenings program. All you have to do to
schedule a screening for breast cancer as well as other
health issues is called three one two eight six four
four two eight nine. One thing that happened at this
press conference was that you had other cancer survivors that

(25:53):
have survived cancer for twenty in thirty years. There was
this eighty three year old woman and she sit and
look eighty three black as they say, crack, but she
was diagnosed some twenty five or thirty years ago in
terms of having breast cancer. And it was just extraordinary
in terms of the message of survivalship, but all tied

(26:17):
into what you're doing with the Birthday Health screenings, and
that is early detection.

Speaker 10 (26:23):
It's just critical, you know, and the diagnosis does not
have to be a death sentence, but obviously the earlier
you're diagnosed, the better prognosis you're going to have. That's
why again, and you know, we're harping on it because
it's that important. Get the annual physical know what's going
on in your body. Hopefully nothing other than just you know,
normal types of things, but if there something going on.

Speaker 9 (26:46):
Knowledge is power, you know, knowledge is power. But you're right,
I was just hearing from the other survivors.

Speaker 10 (26:53):
It's just it really was a celebration that we had
an acknowledgment of June being National Cancer Survivor Month. It
was a celebration. It was a celebration of life. And
that's really my message. With the knowledge that you can
get by making sure you know what's going on in
your body, you'll be able to celebrate a whole lot.

Speaker 9 (27:12):
Of things for a lot longer than if you don't
do it.

Speaker 10 (27:15):
And that's really the takeaway. And then again for our
brothers prostate cancer. No man should die from prostate cancer
because it's such a slow growing cancer. What often happens
is men don't even know they have it and by
the time their cancer manifest it is now bone cancer
or something that's even more serious.

Speaker 9 (27:31):
So that's why there's a.

Speaker 10 (27:33):
Real opportunity here with early detection for all cancers, but
certainly prostate cancer.

Speaker 3 (27:38):
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Speaker 10 (28:10):
Well that's very kind of you, But the truth is
it is absolutely gaining traction throughout the country, and it's
simply I'm just thankful that I'm being used as a
vessel here, and I really really mean that.

Speaker 9 (28:26):
But yes, there's states that are.

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We're having conversations about colorrectal screenings.

Speaker 9 (28:41):
But the other thing I want everyone within the sound of.

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My voice to know is that my program is just
one example of screening opportunities at Cook County. We have
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(29:03):
So I do want everyone to keep that in mind,
and you can go to Cookcountyhealth dot org Cookcountyhealth dot
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my birthday health screening program.

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It's wonderful in terms of we have birthdays as periods
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physical health possible and doing that on your birthday.

Speaker 10 (29:35):
And Darrel, if I had not gone and got in
my physical in October twenty nineteen, I would likely not
be on the phone with you right now, on the
radio right now, speaking to my community right now.

Speaker 3 (29:46):
Well, you speak not only in terms of eloquent words,
but also and deeds that have extraordinary impact. So we
want to thank you for that, Commissioner, and once again
give that website for people to find out more about
the birthday health screenings.

Speaker 9 (30:02):
You can go to Cook Countyhealth dot org. That's Cook
Countyhealth dot org. Or you can call three one two
eight six four four two eight nine to set up
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Speaker 3 (30:15):
I'm a little premature here, but happy birthday to you, Commissioner.

Speaker 10 (30:20):
Thank you, my friend, and I look forward to continuing
the partner.

Speaker 9 (30:24):
With you in this way.

Speaker 10 (30:25):
This is a this is an impactful generational work that
we and many others are doing together and.

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We are the better because of it.

Speaker 9 (30:32):
Appreciate you, brother, yet I appreciate you too. Thank you.

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I want to begin first with you hermine. Give me
at least one national, if not international, news story and
two local news stories that should be.

Speaker 9 (44:15):
On our radar.

Speaker 11 (44:17):
Well.

Speaker 29 (44:18):
One national one, Good morning, Daryl, is what has happened
with the Supreme Court ruling that is going to probably
affectations in the hospitality space and home care medical space,
some of them may be deported.

Speaker 30 (44:39):
That's the.

Speaker 11 (44:41):
Locally, we're looking at the mayorial election shape up with
people coming forth as candidates. And then thirdly that one
that has not probably made the news yet. Pastor Cory
Brooks of New Beginnings yes yesterday had a preview to

(45:03):
the center that he has been working on for years.
Uh and go across the street from his UH worship
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Speaker 3 (45:14):
Roberts Motel huh near the old Roberts Motel near the
Old Roberts Motel.

Speaker 11 (45:23):
It is the Old Roberts Motel and it is absolutely
beautiful and I think will be transformational for youth in
that neighborhood with activity and training.

Speaker 3 (45:35):
You know, those are three good topics there. Thank you
doctor McNair.

Speaker 31 (45:40):
Oh boy, good barning to your your your wonderful listeners,
and of course you missus Nard in your wonderful panel.
I got to echo what Harmin said. In terms of
the Supreme Court decisions, this has major implications. We're talking
about Syrians, We're talking about Haitians. We're also talking about
El Sabadorians, and so the courts.

Speaker 3 (46:01):
There are a lot of other nations on that TPS list, you.

Speaker 31 (46:04):
Know, yes, it is. At the same time we have
the Trump administration allowing white South Africans to come into
the nation. So when you juxtappose those two you see
the contrasts. But it has implications for local economies. The
Supreme Goal decision is kind of unclear. It said the

(46:26):
local judges don't have the right to make these nationwide injunctions,
and so it appears that they're allowing the injunction, I'm sorry,
the executive order to stay intact. That was signed on
January twentieth, the course of last year. So that decision
has large implications.

Speaker 11 (46:42):
For economy, have the mayorial election shape up with people
coming forth as candidates. And then thirdly that one that
has not probably made the news yet. Pastor Corey Brooks
of New Beginnings yesterday had a preview to the center

(47:03):
that he has been working on for years.

Speaker 3 (47:06):
Uh and go across the street from his.

Speaker 11 (47:08):
UH worship directly directly across the street, and that's the
roof that old.

Speaker 3 (47:13):
Roberts Motel mistaken huh, near the old Roberts Motel. Near
the old Roberts Motel.

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It is the old Roberts Motel, and it is absolutely
beautiful and I think will be transformational for youth in
that neighborhood with activity and training.

Speaker 3 (47:34):
You know, those are three good topics there. Thank you
doctor McNair, Oh.

Speaker 31 (47:40):
Boy, good barding to your your your wonderful listeners, and
of course you missus Nard and your wonderful panel. I
got to echo what Harmin said in terms of the
Supreme Court decisions, this has major implications. We're talking about Syrians,
We're talking about Haitians. We're also talking about El Sabadorians
and so.

Speaker 3 (48:00):
There are a lot of other nations on that TPS list, you.

Speaker 31 (48:04):
Know, yes, it is. At the same time we have
the Trump administration allowing white South Africans to come into
the nation. So when you juxtappose those two you see
the contrasts. But it has implications for local economies. The
Supreme Goal decision is kind of unclear. It said the

(48:26):
local judges don't have the right to make these nationwide injunctions,
and so it appears that they're allowing the injunction I'm sorry,
the executive Order to stay intact that was signed on
January twenty as the course of last year, So that
decision has large implications for economies across the nation. We
know what Haitians do, in other words, do in terms

(48:46):
of our agricultural sector and so forth. But of course
I would be remiss if we did not mention the
Iran war. Of course, me being a former military person,
I keep it. I don't write much about politics it
relates to the war and so forth.

Speaker 9 (49:02):
I focus more on educational and contemporary issues in politics.

Speaker 31 (49:06):
So I always keep an eye out on things that
deal with our military and the agreement that was written.
It's not worth more than a paper that it was
written on.

Speaker 3 (49:17):
And so it's just, you know, in terms of that agreement,
people that have criticized it, it's called the Memorandum of Understanding,
and people are calling it the memorandum of misunderstanding because
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ceasefire that would result in a termination of this war.
As you said, for many, it doesn't even appear to
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now the ships are literally being bombed, and we're expected
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And I'm telling you they're going to use the strait
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(50:35):
that agreement are far reaching, and so I'm afraid that
it's going to continue to We're going to continue to
lead our headlines and it's unfortunate. Uh, Todrin, get more
back to home. Let's talk about the No Crime weekend
that scheduled to take place, you like thirty first in
August second, and I know Brandon Johnson put together the
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(50:59):
a lot more been towards that. Hopefully we can we
can bring groups together, particularly our youth and our teams.
I was very proud of our teams come to speak
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are actually.

Speaker 3 (51:19):
Anticipating, so participating, you know.

Speaker 31 (51:22):
So it's gonna be interesting to see what happens locally
as we lead up to that No Crimes we can,
but we Uh, it's gonna it's gonna be interesting to
see that. So those are our top three. There's so
much more I could talk about, but those are our
top three.

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Speaker 14 (51:39):
So I would I would co sign hermine and uh,
but theh about the news worry about Haitians dosing to
very protective status as we know three jund fifty thousands
Haitians are at risk of losing their protective status and
being deported, and so said.

Speaker 3 (52:00):
Because there is nothing that really has politically changed that
resulted in them seeking asylum.

Speaker 14 (52:08):
It's it's really we know what this is, and it's
and it's odious, and it's you know, the administration targeting
finally and targeting, you know, black immigrants with the possibility
of you know, also talking to black Americans because we
all we've also heard, you know that several black Americans

(52:29):
have been deported since these since administration's cracked down on immigration.
So we know that this is targeted. We know that,
you know, like we're doing anything we can to make
America white again, and that has been like explicitly shared
or said since.

Speaker 9 (52:49):
This thing started.

Speaker 14 (52:50):
Like it's a purge, you can call it what it is.
But but locally, I would also say, uh, we are
about to experience of heat waves this week, five cotective
days of tenths and preaching one hundred degrees yeah or more,
which echoes the Great heat Wave of ninety five in

(53:10):
a way.

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So one thing I will say I think that that's important.
But just to interject there is that we have learned
so much from the heat wave of ninety five. I
remember it covering it as a journalist, and the reality
is we were so totally unprepared, and because of that,

(53:33):
we are much more prepared. We have mechanisms in place
now in terms of cooling centers, because I remember it
literally and I know mean does also you had some
almost seven hundred people die, many of them elderly, that
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(53:57):
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And there was nothing.

Speaker 3 (54:05):
Yeah, And but what we learned from that is the
importance of being proactive, is the importance of checking on
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you know, because we had we had some sweltering I
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Speaker 30 (54:28):
Go ahead, this is a global issues, like we're seeing there.

Speaker 3 (54:33):
You go, well, then I'm on the same page with
your Jamie. Because people want to say that climate change.
Doesn't you know that that that you know, you know,
climate change does not impact the temperatures, And I'm like,
are you crazy France one hundred and sixteen degrees mm hm.

Speaker 14 (54:51):
Also happening in the UK, also happening in the matter.
It's raighty like it's it's a global issue. And while
we have learned by you know, improving infrastructure, other places
have not been so lucky. Also, they're dealing with a
very different sort of infrastructure than we are over there.
So I just want people to keep that in mind.

(55:12):
But I think that would be for me.

Speaker 3 (55:19):
Yeah, but you also are worried about team and team
violence as well as youth violence.

Speaker 14 (55:24):
Because it strikes for you well now yeah, no, of course,
But I will say, you know, having spoken with again
violence provincial workers on the ground who are always present
when these team takeovers happen, they'll tell you, yes, there
are you know, some knuckleheads in the group that will
you know, try to cause trouble, but for the most part,

(55:45):
these kids are policing themselves. Like her Mark May McDonald,
who is a second district council member and also uh
head of WatchGuard. You'll go out there with you know,
volunt with volunteers to sort of you know, serves as
you know, observers and interdeing when necessary. But for the

(56:06):
most part, these kids are doing what I mean things,
just want to have fun, right, But of course they're
always not in the group that will cause an issue.
But overall these kids are just you know, trying to
release Yeah.

Speaker 3 (56:22):
Okay, in theory jokes that I would like to say
that that that that the top news stories of the
week for me would be the on wi. On Wi
is a beautiful French word. It's counterpart in English is
weariness and the on wi that exists around the two

(56:43):
hundred and fiftieth celebration of the signing of the Declaration
of Independence. I remember, you know, I was a kid,
but I remember fifty years ago in terms of the
bi centennial. That's all OR mean, you know that anybody
was talking about in the months leading up to the
fourth of July nineteen seventy six, the bi centennial, the bisondent.

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You know, people were wearing the cats and the fireworks
and everybody was just enthralled that here this young democracy
that was a shining light on a hill was celebrating
two hundred years of existence, and now it's almost as
quiet as a field mouse. When it comes to the

(57:25):
fourth of July, I don't hear anything about the fourth
of July. It's like people are barely saying they're going
to barbecue. They're saying, well, I am looking forward to
the old school picnic the week after that. But the
fourth of July, that's a different story. So fourth of
July on we a weariness. The other piece is that,
of course of the Iran, the moving goalpost. When it

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comes to this memorandum of understanding, how do you say
it really has weight when it's so poorous that it
allows actions. And the third thing is the growing pool
of people that are running for mayor of Chicago. I
find it extraordinary all of these people, and it's such

(58:11):
a diverse pool of individuals, now more than ten or eleven.
And of course the mayor hasn't officially thrown his hat
in the rink. And so, you know, there are a
lot of topics for us to talk about. But let's first,
you know, talk about the thing that affects the whole world.

(58:32):
Because we've seen relief at the gas pumps, because the
strait has been somewhat open and we've had. You know,
an agreement has been reached. An agreement has been reached.
Never before in the history of America have I heard
the executive brand saying agreement has been reached, and yet
no agreement has been officially signed. And you know when

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you had World War two and Gerald and you had
v Vietnam. You know when when these particular treaties were signed,
guess what that was it that was the end. Well,
and so it's just mind boggling how we have these
shifting goalposts.

Speaker 31 (59:17):
It's it's very confusing for the American people. The shouting
match that took place between Trump and.

Speaker 3 (59:25):
The the Senate, the Republican leaders senates.

Speaker 9 (59:29):
From the leader I.

Speaker 31 (59:30):
Think it was from Louisiana, very talent, it was very
and calcul made a very good point. He said, you
did not make your case to the American people. And
so to your point, I loved how you put it,
moving the goal posts. You know, there's the reason why
we have these articles in the in the Constitution, it
is congress responsibility to declare war. Now, obviously we know, uh,

(59:55):
there hasn't been a declaration of war since World War Two. However,
the presidents have gone to Congress to make their case,
and so this president did not, and it is coming
home to bite, not just him, but of course Americans.
As we talked about, a big as pump. But the
Republicans are pushing back. As I've always said, and you
you know my declaration, each party has to make sure

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they push back on their leaders to keep them in
that middle where most of the people are. And so
finally the Republicans are pushing back. But this has s
part implications for our economy, has part implications for those
who wear our military uniform. But if you look at
what's happening in terms of the actual conflict, in any moment,

(01:00:41):
the straight up, our moods is going to be used
because that is their ace and a home. And so
are we going to have boots on the ground in
the next eighteen months or two years that there? Yeah, absolutely,
you know.

Speaker 3 (01:00:55):
And it's for military strategists, that isn't you know. It's
like the Vietnam War. It's all jungled, it's all hill country,
and you know, places that are almost impossible to singularly
balm in things of that nature, you know, through air. Yeah,
I mean, I just want to get your thoughts in

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terms of this memorandum of understanding quickly they're all.

Speaker 11 (01:01:22):
The truth and reality of the matter is, as we
are watching.

Speaker 32 (01:01:26):
What we've never seen before in this country is we
have a president with mignons who absolutely do not know
what they're doing. They are violating the law, the Constitution
of the United States in avoiding Congress and just doing
things initially on their own, independently as they see fit.

(01:01:52):
There's no telling where we won't go because these people
are It's just incompetency, that's really what it is. And
all with power and who can execute some things. And
hopefully Congress and Senate that our legislators stand up and
bring a halt to some.

Speaker 33 (01:02:12):
Of this before it absolutely cripples our world.

Speaker 9 (01:02:16):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:02:17):
Well, coming up next, we are going to continue our
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Speaker 11 (01:02:56):
Do what they can where they can as they can,
and so yes, it's a good thing. But here's your
bottom line. If there is no parent accountability for your
kid acting up, you probably won't get to the.

Speaker 9 (01:03:11):
Root of it.

Speaker 11 (01:03:12):
And we need to get to the root. If you
put if your kid got in jail and you had
to pay five hundred to one thousand dollars to get
your kid out of jail, that might have some turnaround
for your kid acting up. So I think gun violence,
where do these guns come from? Absolutely that is something

(01:03:33):
to do. But your kid can't act up. And we
can't keep saying everybody's mentally ill and they didn't have
anything to do, therefore they can act up and we
give credence to that.

Speaker 33 (01:03:46):
That doesn't work. That's not working well.

Speaker 3 (01:03:50):
Speaking to that very topic in terms of parental responsibility,
an ordinance that was adopted or presented by Aldeman Lpez
was going to find the parents of kids that were
caught or arrested at team takeovers to the tune of
upwards of one thousand dollars that was shot down and

(01:04:13):
committee and uh so, so you know, what what do
we do with regard to parental responsibility here?

Speaker 11 (01:04:22):
I think low Pez is right.

Speaker 28 (01:04:24):
I thought that's the kind of thing happened.

Speaker 11 (01:04:26):
You've got to put parents in it so that they
can have some accountability. They can have for skin in
the day, the camping. Your kid can just go downtown.

Speaker 9 (01:04:34):
Or go to High Park, or go wherever.

Speaker 11 (01:04:36):
Are you aware of what happened in High Park about
a month ago when they went to Traders?

Speaker 3 (01:04:41):
I live in High Park. I live in Hyde Parks.

Speaker 11 (01:04:44):
Yeah, are you did you were you in the store
when that when that happened, when the kids.

Speaker 30 (01:04:48):
Just came in, Well you talk about about.

Speaker 33 (01:04:53):
Yeah, traded Joe's.

Speaker 11 (01:04:55):
It's very frightening and here you are shopping and then
here's fifty kids standing before you. That kind of thing
has to stop because it's very dangerous. Darryl. It's a
very dangerous thing because it's are going to react and
they're probably going to react violently in a fear moment.

Speaker 3 (01:05:14):
Yeah, so, Gerald, I know that you're jumping at the bit.

Speaker 31 (01:05:20):
Yeah, I mean, you know, being a school administrator, we
talk about the value of parents. You know, at the
beginning of the school year, we talk about parents making
sure they drop their kids off the school when we
had met. As it relates to home students accountable for
grades or behavior, we bring parents in. It's no different
in the real world as it relates to outside the school.
As Jamie talked about, there has to be some farm

(01:05:43):
a parent accountability and that we can debate in terms
of the costs and so forth. I think what happens
is the discussion. The discussion gets so complicated because when
we talk about parenting accountability, people talk about you're talking
about putting parents in jail. What are we talking about. Well,
we have to discuss set but there has to be
some form of accountability as you really to the individual behavior.

Speaker 9 (01:06:06):
Of their youth.

Speaker 31 (01:06:08):
At the same time, we have to continue to hit
the message that Mayor Johnson is saying, we have to
continue to invest in our youth. All of those things
can happen simultaneously. That's why I was so happy as
we talked about the beginning of the program about bringing
the youth in here from them, let's talk to them
about some of the things that they're seeing at the time.

(01:06:29):
We also have to talk about parental involvement accountability, and
I wish some parents have been part of that discussion
as well. But we talked about the implications that have
for the economy of Chicago. I was talking to a
colleague of finding and she gave me a quote that says,
since twenty twenty three, about two hundred and fifteen businesses
have left Chicago. We talked about what happened in walks

(01:06:51):
where the aldermen spoke out and talked about the administration
and one of the whole them accountable.

Speaker 33 (01:06:57):
But these are businesses that are there to make money,
So we talked about violence and safety. We also have
to talk about behavior because it impacts our economy in Chicago,
it impacts the taxes. All of these things are connected
and so it's a great discussion, but it's a complicated discussion,
as you well know, Missage and Art.

Speaker 3 (01:07:16):
Yeah, Jamie, how do we hold parents accountable? Hey, Jamie
or you may be on mute, I don't know.

Speaker 14 (01:07:28):
I'm sorry, yes, sorry. I think that's that's a really
tricky question. I think while on and Lopez, his heart
wasn't the right place. I think sort of placing Neona's
on parents to or threatening to levy fines against or
and or jail time might not be the best idea,

(01:07:53):
I will say, you know, just as we you know,
try to invest in our teams and try to help teams.
You know, parents are also I think trusted their limits.
We have to sort of keep in mind, you know,
this economy is not just happening to you know, the kids,
or it's happening to us. Like you know, folks are
losing jobs, on opportunities, resources, all these things, you know,

(01:08:17):
are sort of connected, and I think we should probably,
you know, I would like for folks to sort of
consider the idea of extending grace when necessary. I think
when I do speak with you know, neighbors, of course
they are concerned about, you know, the fact that there
are teams stopping on their cars and causing mayhem. But again,

(01:08:41):
for the most part, these kids are responding to the
fact that they there's nothing for them to do. I
just spent half a day yesterday with kids as part
of the IDB Wealth Festival talking about things that affect them,
and they feel like they're not being heard when it
comes to the things for the fect them. So again
I think, you know, we can, you know, go full

(01:09:05):
on trying to punish parents when those kids. But I
don't think I don't think that's the way to sort
of handle this. I think you know, have made an
important first step in making sure but you know kids
are being heard.

Speaker 3 (01:09:19):
Yeah, there has to be a happy medium. I think
for me is that and I'm going back to the classroom.
I think that parents need training in terms of being
a proper parent before with regard to extended families. You know,
we had that in terms of home economics, and then
you had it literally because big Grandma and great Grandma

(01:09:42):
were there to show you how to parent that child
correctly and to put borders in place with regard to pepers.
But I want to go to the phone lines right now.
We're going to begin first with Mark. Mark is calling
from Chicago. Hey, Mark in Chicago speaks. Thanks for patience, man,
you'll come to question this morning.

Speaker 9 (01:10:03):
Yeah.

Speaker 34 (01:10:03):
I've commented on this before and I understand about this
happy medium part, but to just talk about that, give
this coloring type of concept where yeah, the parents need
to have this and kids need something to do, their
things to do, but they don't take the initiative. I
think there needs to be programs to show them how

(01:10:25):
to get these things to make them more busy and
more parents. Yeah, but another thing is too there are
parents out here who just don't get it, and the
only thing they understand is their pockets being hit or
any type of things aligning them up. So that right there,

(01:10:47):
they need to understand that your child arms somebody else's child,
or harms another human being or destroy somebody else's property
that they so duly worked hard for careers and businesses.
You got to pay a price because.

Speaker 9 (01:11:03):
You brought this.

Speaker 34 (01:11:03):
You brought this child on this planet, and we needn't
ask for this in this world. So yeah, it's very
happy leading, but that discipline needs to be in place also,
most definitely, we can't allow this stuff to be far
around and ain't just being soft with these kids.

Speaker 3 (01:11:20):
Yeah, Hey, Mark, I appreciate the comments this morning. Okay,
I want to move on right now over to Carlos.
Carlos is also calling from the great city of Chicago. Hey, Carlos,
you're on Chicago, coming to question. Good morning, and thanks
for being the first time calling.

Speaker 30 (01:11:35):
By the way, you want to walk home normal office
early in the morning on Sunday, so let's probably why.

Speaker 9 (01:11:41):
But I'm here.

Speaker 30 (01:11:43):
I think amongst the many professionals that the mayor has
elected for this board, I think what many people said
already was missing his parents as we have. And then
I know one one person before said that you know,
well we can't home past too stract. We got to
be again of home and grace and no we don't,
no we don't and more grace. You knowsbte we've seen
with a nine every weekend, the more destruction these young

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teams are calling in our city. And I listened to
them speak of having places for a team time the
teams can go and he teams be on the three teams.
We get the whole sea of Chicago for that. We
got three museums, three ni three of fireworks, We got
free lakes. Who happens is they chose to turn edits
to being the turkey on the police cars, or it's
the disruption of traffic, or you want to harass the

(01:12:26):
same taxpayers who pay for the abby free thing to
the whole cha Chicago is a team space. To utilize it,
our parent accountability has to be the key factor. All
professors on the board are great and they can say
Nick can my right. This whole thing about this team
take over high control and means nothing. It's those teams
are not being taught at home how to property, respect

(01:12:47):
other people's space outside, respect that the city itself.

Speaker 9 (01:12:50):
As far as them.

Speaker 30 (01:12:51):
Trugging on cars up the traffic boling, that's not very taxults.
Like I said, we'll pay for them a free thing.

Speaker 3 (01:12:56):
Yeah.

Speaker 30 (01:12:57):
The way he gets the team, the more you get
to a payer's attention is to a pocket. Unfortunately, that's
what we've come down to. We try everything possible that
one day owner has a full accountability for a kids action,
the harm of the kid, the harm of business, some
city officials on some city properationg.

Speaker 3 (01:13:18):
Hey, Carlos, stay on the line for me, because I
think you may have a sympathetic ear with regard to
Hermine Hartman. Herman response to what Carlos is suggesting.

Speaker 11 (01:13:28):
I mean, Carlos is absolutely correct. I say, amen to it.
Parents have to get involved in this because the children
belong to them, they are legally responsible to them, and
so they have to get involved, and it has to
do some disciplinarian action. You say there's nothing to do,
there's loads of things to do, and you just have

(01:13:50):
to direct yourself to do them.

Speaker 30 (01:13:54):
Aryl if when I was a kid, the last person
and I've done so, it's been crazy.

Speaker 11 (01:14:00):
The last person I would have wanted to see was my.

Speaker 3 (01:14:03):
Mother or Missus Jones, because Missus Jones is gonna tell
Missus Henry and everybody.

Speaker 18 (01:14:11):
Else about that mother.

Speaker 3 (01:14:13):
Ain't taking care of that boy.

Speaker 14 (01:14:15):
That's right. The neighborhood is going to take out for you.

Speaker 10 (01:14:19):
Your church's gonna take out for you.

Speaker 11 (01:14:21):
So we've gotta you know what, the social media, Carlos,
we need you to go on MutS a new way
for jeling cage and I guess y'all have to adjust
to it. The parent accountability is huge and it has
to step up.

Speaker 3 (01:14:36):
And Carlos, I had to ask you there because there
was a lot of air noise. I know that you're
driving and working, and I just want to say to you,
my friend, thank you for being a first time caller,
and please make sure it's not your last. We're going
to go right now to yet another first time caller
this morning, and it's Miss Taylor. She is calling from
the South side of Chicago. Miss Taylor, thanks for being
the first time caller. You're on Chicago speaks you're comment

(01:14:58):
to a question.

Speaker 35 (01:15:00):
Yes, I definitely agree and good morning very much. Thank
you for having me to be able to speak. I
think that I agree with the principal. There are several
things that are going on in our city. We've just
been a resident, a parent of a teen, and an educator. There, uh,
several several dishessoits addressed.

Speaker 25 (01:15:23):
I have a kid.

Speaker 35 (01:15:24):
I came home from college and I'm in went to Camwood,
uh and it was like, we don't have anything to
do when we're down south. We have things to do
for eighteen and over. And so even though she's about
to actually do a community project, her own project in
Washington Park, I believe that's July fourth weekend, they're still

(01:15:47):
they still want to do things and have fun. And
so what happens is even me just saying, well, you know,
we can hold something here, She's like no, mom, because
they began to get the information and the other person
invites the other person in. These are things that happened,
and unfortunately this is what's happened in the big of Chicago.
So we have to really address steal. Where are places

(01:16:07):
that they can go and and Georgia Tails we used
to have the Markham roller rink. We used to have
the rink where they had a little dance park, So
there were several things that took place then, but we
don't have it now. She's employed to work in the
Chicago Park District. You know what, going volunteer work, But

(01:16:29):
what do we do with these youth and so we
know that there's a part that's still there are components
of people whose parents are not parenting. I understand that
as well, But what about other youths. What do we
do with them while they're here for the summer Besides work,
you're working, you're volunteering.

Speaker 3 (01:16:46):
Well, you know what, it's one nail on the head
that I firmly believe in, and that is work.

Speaker 21 (01:16:53):
You know.

Speaker 3 (01:16:54):
I know the mayor has gone through great pains to
increase the summer jobs program, but I'm gonna be honest
for me, you know. And I was raised by pretty
much a single parent, but I was working at ten
years old. I was working at my mother was a cashier.
I was working as a stock boy at ten shoeshine boy,
and then as soon as I was fourteen, I went

(01:17:16):
and got my working papers and I have worked every
year of my life since fourteen because it was the
summer jobs program there. Yeah, I hung out and did everything,
but at the same time I was working during those days.
So at night, yeah, you know, I hung out with
all the fellas and we did what we did. But

(01:17:37):
the reality is is that I understood the responsibility. I
think that was learned from my great grandmother and grandmothers
and also from the community. And so I think if
we really wrapped ourselves around this, Miss Taylor, we can
make a change. And the only thing that I ask,
and this applies to everybody, is that if each one

(01:18:00):
just tried to adopt one person in this sphere of influence.
Those who have listened to this program over the years
know that I repeat this mantra. All you got to do.
Don't try to save the entire world. Just reach out
to somebody that you know you can have an influence on.
It may be a relative, it may be somebody as

(01:18:21):
a church member, it may be somebody in a community
based organization or school. But just pick one person and
still in them the virtues that you believe are the
right way to go, and then also inculcate in that
person the responsibility. Now you have to do it for
somebody else. I had to also watch over my younger sisters.

(01:18:43):
And if we just do that, we will see exponential
growth in terms of sitting down with a kid and saying, hey,
you know, I know it was fun. I know you
got a little high being out there, and I talking
about high in terms of drugs, but just the exhilaration
of being with your homies and everything else like that.
But you got to look at you know, what was
the end result. And if we do that, if we

(01:19:04):
just try to reach one and try to have a
positive impact just on one life, we will see exponential
growth in terms of what is happening in the negative
fashion in our community. So I want to thank you,
miss Taylor for being the first time caller, and I
asked that you please make sure.

Speaker 35 (01:19:20):
It's not your last oh LO problem, And thank you
so much.

Speaker 3 (01:19:25):
You're very welcome. Unfortunately, the clock is up against us.
You know what, I'm going to do something here. Donna,
you got thirty seconds because you are calling. Then you
may be calling from Chicago, but I know you originally
are calling from Alabama. But Donna, you got thirty seconds
to make a comment. Go ahead, Okay, go ahead.

Speaker 28 (01:19:46):
That's what I want to talk about is hello, Yeah,
go ahead. What do I want to talk about is
ty is today they get it too easy to parents
just give and give and give. They don't know, they
don't They don't do chores no more. They don't know
how to cut rest. They don't know how to do anything.

Speaker 3 (01:20:09):
Whole economics.

Speaker 28 (01:20:11):
Right, They need that back in school. They don't even
want to go to school. They don't even have school lessons,
they don't have school books. They don't have nothing but
to go to the Smith restore to get to marijuana.

Speaker 3 (01:20:26):
You know, Okay, Donald, Unfortunately the clock is up against us,
and I wish that you would have called a little
where you're now.

Speaker 28 (01:20:34):
I know, I know, I'm I'm in Iowa now, Okay.

Speaker 3 (01:20:38):
From Alabama to Iowa. And but you're on Chicago Radio
right now. We appreciate you, dear, Okay, take care of yourself.
Sounds good. I want to thank for Meene Hartman, Jamian,
there's a been Golden as well as doctor Gerald McNair.
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living essentials. More importantly, these are the things that are
critical to students when they arrive on a campus. We
want them to field equipped day one for success. We

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are investing in the future leaders of this community.

Speaker 3 (01:23:36):
It hearkens back to Ada's exemplary commitment to the power
of education to change lives. Of course, I'm going back
to Silas Parnell and him being responsible for literally tens
of thousands of people to attend college. Talk about that
genesis in terms of where we are today with Ada's

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commitment to helping fams families achieve a higher education, well
as McKinley.

Speaker 6 (01:24:04):
For more than sixty years, this particular program has successfully
placed over seventy five thousand young people in.

Speaker 3 (01:24:14):
Over seventy five thousand seventy.

Speaker 6 (01:24:17):
Five thousand, more than seventy five thousand young people and
more than four hundred colleges and universities and trade schools
across the country. And again this has been happening since
the nineteen sixties. Currently, we service more than seventeen hundred
students at ten Chicago public schools, and to date, this

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particular college placement program has successfully collaborated with our CPS
partners to help students to secure thirty one million dollars
in scholarships. And so the legacy lives on, and it
is alive and well on the South side of Chicago, and.

Speaker 3 (01:24:59):
There is a wonderful aspect of holding it at the
Obama Presidential Center because it's literally right across the street
from one of the participating high schools that you're talking about.
Tell us about that.

Speaker 6 (01:25:14):
Absolutely, so it is particularly significant simply because the Obama
Center is a place that represents leadership, hope, opportunity, community investment.
But even in that significant moment and acknowledgment, we also
have to acknowledge it. Right across the street, Hyde Park

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Career Academy is one of our target schools that is
a place where students receive intensive one to one college
place mccounseling, academic advising, financial aid services, career exploration, opportunities
to visit post secondary colleges and universities throughout the state.

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They receive these services from an S. McKinley's educational specialists,
and it is a full circle moment because these students
received these services beginning freshman year all the way to
senior year, and now they have their dreams realized of
being able to pursue a post secondary education. Many of
them are on full rides, meaning that all of their

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expenses are covered and they will be receiving a scholarship,
a trunk scholarship from the same organization that was instrumental
in their process at the Obama Center right across the street.
So it's a culmination of all their hard work that
they put into getting into this moment and to have
it being celebrated at a place that represents, as I

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said before, civic engagement, leadership and hope above all is
just phenomenal.

Speaker 14 (01:26:54):
So you have a.

Speaker 3 (01:26:55):
Special honoory this year. I've had the ability of in
terms of serving as cervice ceremonies for several years. Talk
about this year's event itself.

Speaker 6 (01:27:04):
Well, this year's event will be hosted July seventeenth at
the Presidential Center, the home court of the Obama Presidential Center.
Our keynote speaker is Maidi Hamilton. She is the CEO
of Greater Chicago. She is receiving the Legacy Award. And
what makes this a special to us is that she

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is also an Ada S. McKinley alum. So these same
services that I talked about that these students received the
same type of guidance, the same type of one on
one kind of support. Maidi received that many many years ago,
and they were instrumental in her helping to achieve the
success that she has achieved today. While this is an

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event that is reserved for our students, our families, and
our sponsors and some special guests, it is important to
know that you can still contribute to making this event
special by choosing to maybe donate or become a part
of our mentoring to students. If you are an Ada
S McKinley alone, what is.

Speaker 3 (01:28:10):
The best way for people to support this wonderful effort
that has such an extraordinary track record.

Speaker 6 (01:28:18):
You can visit adasmckinley dot org and you can click donate.
You can also visit our website to learn more about
the programs that not only educational services provides, but all
of the numerous other services that the agency as a
whole provides in terms of our behavior and mental health services,

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are foster care services and a just a wealth of
social services that this agency provides. We believe in holistically
servicing the community and the families and you do it.

Speaker 3 (01:28:51):
You know it's such a plumb but does it mean
personally for you, Venisa in terms of when you look
at those families got are watching one of their first
children go off to college. It brings tears to my
eyes when I think about just how extraordinary the feeling
is when you see them walk across the stage to

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pick up these loaded trunks with valuable important tools and
the tool chest for them to succeed in college.

Speaker 6 (01:29:22):
Well, Darryl, the feeling is indescribable. It really takes me
back to my own journey as well. I too am
an Ada s McKinley alone, and so I can remember
many years ago going to Ciguspernell's office, a first generation student,
very unsure about the process, very unsure about what the

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world or the had to offer me or my future path.
I remember walking into that office feeling insecure, unsured, and
walking out feeling empowered. So when I see these students
and they've been their families come across the stage, it's
a full circle moment because I'm reminded of similar stories

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when students came into our office or we came into
their schools, and they was uncertain about what their future
could hold, and then to see them four years later
become dynamic speakers and advocates for themselves and now on
the way to pursuing a future that they maybe did

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not imagine was possible just four years prior to walking
on that stage, and then to see the adelation from
the parents who are also equally excited. These trunks symbolize
more than just the material things that the students receive.
They are symbolic of hope, of promise, the changing of

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a trajectory of an entire family, and their belief in
what is possible.

Speaker 3 (01:30:58):
We believe, and once again give us that website so
we can help in this extraordinary work.

Speaker 6 (01:31:03):
It is ww dot ata, s mckimley dot org.

Speaker 3 (01:31:08):
Go there and be encouraged.

Speaker 9 (01:31:10):
Anie.

Speaker 3 (01:31:10):
We truly appreciate you joining us this morning. Nothing but
the best for you.

Speaker 6 (01:31:14):
Thank you so much, and I look forward to being
able to come on and talk about future opportunities that
we have with students that we are servicing on the
South Side of Chicago, and with the other opportunities that
ADS McKinley has for the citizens of Chicago. And so
thank you so much. I certainly appreciate the opportunity.

Speaker 3 (01:31:35):
Sounds good. Take care now you too, other wraps of
this edition of Chicago Speaks. As always, I want to
think of my guest, what most importantly you the listeners,
and call us into this program if you desire news
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your praise on what's on your blinky. I'm Daryl Denart.
We'll see you back here next Sunday for another edition

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of Chicago Speaks. Please be sure to take care of yourself.

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