[MUSIC] >>HOST: GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY PUT WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

PARIS AND BRANDIS FRIEDMAN AT THE EVENING OFF.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> IT'S A SHAME IF YOU SHOW WEAKNESS AND THAT'S THE WAY I FELT.

>>HOST: A LOOK AT VETERANS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THEY CAN GET.

A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A SOUTH CHICAGO BEARS AND THE LOSSES SUFFERED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR IT AIRS TONIGHT ON W TT W. AND WE HAD A PREVIEW.

COMMUNITY MEMBER AND ANTI-BROWN'S WORKERS ON KEEPING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SAFE THIS SUMMER.

AND ANCIENT ARTWORK IN A NEW SETTING.

WE VISIT A REJUVENATING GALLERY OF ARTIFACTS AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

FIRST ULTIMATE, THE MENTAL HEALTH AND VETERANS IN THIS COUNTRY.

THE STATISTICS ARE SOBERING.

IN 2019, MORE THAN 6200 FORMER SERVICE MEMBERS DIED BY SUICIDE.

SINCE 2010.

MORE THAN 65,000 VETERANS HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE AND THAT IS MORE THAN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS IN COMBAT DURING VIETNAM AND THE OPERATIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

COMBINED.

THE NUMBER OF VETERANS RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH CARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

INCREASED 90 PERCENT OF BETWEEN 2006 AND 2019.

IN THE VA OPERATES ONE OF THE LARGEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY.

AND ONE THIRD OF ITS VETERANS PATIENT POPULATION HAS ONE OR MORE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.

JOINING US NOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND MORE ART DOCTOR JEFFREY OKUN.

HIS DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF AT THE EDWARD HINES JUNIOR VA HOSPITAL.

AND COLLEEN KAGAN.

SHE'S A POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND ASSISTANT CHIEF OF MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY SERVICES.

AT JESSE BROWN.

THE VA MEDICAL CENTER.

WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

DOCTOR OLD ON THE PANDEMIC OBVIOUSLY HAS TAKEN A TOLL SOCIETY AT LARGE.

WHAT YOU SEE AT HINES SPECIFICALLY?

>> YOU KNOW, OUR VETERANS HERE INITIALLY STAYED AWAKE AND DID A LOT BY VIDEO.

WHAT WE FOUND NOW IS THAT THEY WANT TO COME BACK.

THEY WANT TO ACCESS OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

THEY WANT TO HELP WHILE VIDEO IS GOOD IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION IS KEY AND WE ARE SERVING THEM BOTH AS OR MORE MAIN LOCATION AND AT HINES AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY-BASED COLLECTIONS, WHICH WE HAVE SIX LOCATIONS.

>> COLLEEN KAGAN HAS THE PANDEMIC CAUSED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WITH VETERANS OR HAVE THEY EXACERBATED EXISTING ONES?

>> YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE PANDEMIC HAS AFFECTED ALL OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH.

AND SO, VETERANS INCLUDED.

AND WE'RE SEEING INTERNAL VETERANS WANTING SERVICES AND COMING BACK TO CARE.

AND AS DOCTOR OKUN MENTIONED, WE ARE ABLE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.

EITHER IN PERSON OR THROUGH TELEHEALTH.

AND SO, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED MORE NOW THAN EVER.

WE HAVE MORE WAYS OF HELPING MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR VETERANS.

>> AS YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES HAS LONG BEEN STIGMATIZED IN SOCIETY AT LARGE.

MILITARY IS TRYING TO DESTIGMATIZE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND HERE IS THE STORY OF A MAJOR GENERAL.

IT WAS POSTED TO THE US ARMY RESERVES FACEBOOK PAGE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THESE.

>> I'M WORRIED THAT THERE'S A STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WENT THROUGH.

AND THERE'S SHAME IF YOU SHOW WEAKNESS.

THERE'S A DAY WORKOUTS HAVING CHEST PAINS AND I LITERALLY THOUGHT OF HAVING A HEART ATTACK.

MY CIVILIAN EMPLOYER ACTUALLY CALLED THE EMBOLUS.

WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.AT THIS POINT IN LIFE, I DID NOT THESE ARE ALL SIGNS OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS.

>> COLLEEN KAGAN TO AN EXTENT, WHAT DOES THAT STIGMA STILL EXIST?>> IT'S STILL THERE.

AND IT'S SOMETHING WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO DISPEL.

MENTAL HEALTH AFFECTS EVERYONE AND EVERYONE HAS MENTAL HEALTH.

AND SO, SOME OF THE WAYS WE ARE DOING IT PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN OUR OUTREACH, WE SEE A SPECIALIST TO THE OTHER VETERANS HAVE GONE THROUGH THEIR OWN MENTAL HEALTH JOURNEY KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE.

AND THEY WORK WITH OUR VETERANS, WHO COME HERE TO RECEIVE CARE.

>> DOCTOR OKUN, RESEARCH SHOWS THAT FEMALE VETERANS SEEM TO BE AT HIGH RISK FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THEN MAIL VETERANS.

WHY MIGHT THAT BE?

>> YES, I THINK THE FEMALE VETERANS HAVE GONE THROUGH A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT THE MAIL VETERANS HAVE NOT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO DO WHAT HINES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE FEMALE VETERANS ARE TAILORED TO MEET THE NEEDS THAT ARE NOT THE SAME NEEDS AS THE MAIL VETERANS.

WE HAVE REALLY GREAT WOMEN'S HEALTH PROGRAMS HERE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM AND ASPECTS OF IT ARE TAILORED TO WOMEN VETERANS.

>> IN WHAT WAY ARE THEY TAILORED TO WOMEN VETERANS?

>> BOTH OUR PROVIDERS.AS WELL AS OUR SUPPORT STAFF.

SUCH AS SOCIAL WORKERS.

REALLY HAVE A SPECIAL EXPERTISE IN AND THAT BEING ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE NEEDS OF THE WOMEN VETERANS.

AS WELL.AS WELL SPECIALIST TRAINING.

TO TAKE YOUR PROBLEMS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THE WOMEN VETERANS.

>> AND COLLEEN KAGAN, OUR SERVICE MEMBERS WHO EXPERIENCE COMBAT MORE AT RISK OF SUFFERING FOR DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAN THOSE MAYBE HE DID NOT?

EXPERIENCE COMBAT?

>>.

>> COME BACK IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.

MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE NOT UNIQUE TO COMBAT.

AND SO WE SERVE COMBAT VETERANS IN THE WHO RECEIVE SERVICES HERE.

AND THROUGH MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDING PTSD.

WE HAD MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL VETERANS REGARDLESS OF THEIR EXPERIENCE, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WAS COMBAT OR NOT, TRAUMA CAN HAPPEN IN MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.

>> DOCTOR OKUN, ONE REPORT INDICATES THAT THIS IS VETERAN SUICIDE RATE IS 19 WAS 52.3 PERCENT HIGHER THAN NOT VETERANS IN THE U.S. YOU ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT THE VA OFFERS.

EXPAND ON THEM.

WHAT IS VETERAN WHO HAS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, WORKING HE OR SHE EXPECT TO FIND IN TERMS OF SUPPORT?

>> WE PRIMARY CARE MENTAL HEALTH AS PART OF OUR PRIMARY CARE TEAMS AT ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS.

>> SO, THE BETTER IT NEEDS THOSE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, YOU CAN EITHER SCHEDULE OR THING THEM ON DEMAND.

THEY CAN COME IN AND THEY CAN GET THEM JUSTICE IN OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE SOCIAL WORK AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES.

AND WE HAVE A PSYCHIATRIST, WHO IS ALSO AVAILABLE SHOULD THERE BE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

WE HAVE ENCOURAGED OUR VETERANS COME IN AND SEEK CARE BECAUSE THIS IS HOW THE GONNA GET THE HELP WHETHER THEY ARE IN THE SYSTEM OR NOT IN THE SYSTEM.

WE CAN HELP.

>> ,KAGAN, SOMEBODY WHO'S ON THE GROUND SEEING PATIENTS PERSON REACHES OUT IN A WAY THAT DOCTOR OKUN'S IS REFERRED TO CAN SHE OR HE EXPECT TO SEE SOMEBODY PRETTY QUICKLY?

I WOULD IMAGINE IT CAN BE A MATTER OF SOME EMERGENCY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND THEN IN MANY WAYS TO GET CARE.

I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE TO SHARE THE VETERANS CRISIS LINE.

THAT IS ONE 802 73 8255.

YOU CAN PRESS ONE AT THE PROMPT FOR VETERANS.

AND THAT'S AN IMMEDIATE SERVICE FOR ALL VETERANS REGARDLESS OF ELIGIBILITY IN ORDER TO GET CARE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

THE DVA, WE DO PROVIDE WALKING SERVICES.

DAY AND DAY SERVICES.

THROUGH OUR ACCESS.

AND SO, YOU CAN GET THE SAME DAY.

>> THAT'S WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANKS TO JEFFREY WILKIN AND COLLEEN HAGAN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD MEMORIAL DAY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SUCH SOUTH CHICAGO PARISH IN ITS LOSSES DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

SO, STAY WITH US.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY IN PART BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

>> THE GYM INDICATE MAIDEN FAMILY.

>> THE POLK BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

[MUSIC] >> THE TOLL OF WERE ON OUR GENERATION OF YOUNG MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES IS THE SUBJECT OF WT TW'S DOCUMENTARY SERIES CHICAGO STORES.

OUR SOLDIERS WORK GUADALUPE IT LOOKS AT A COMMUNITY SACRIFICE AND CHICAGO'S FIRST AND OLDEST MEXICAN AMERICAN PARISH.

IT LOST 12 YOUNG MEN IN THE VIETNAM WAR IN A FIVE YEAR EXPAND.

HERE'S A PREVIEW.

>> ALSO IN THE DRIFT, IS MAKING MYSELF A TRANSCRIPT AND FOR SOME REASON I KEPT MY THE WRONG PATTERN AND I TOLD MY HUSBAND SPLIT THE SHOWS UP AND THE CLOSET.

THIS IS SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.

I'M IN THE SUPPLY.

FOR SOME REASON I CANNOT GET MIKE JUST.

AND SOME THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

>> WE HAD GONE TO CHURCH.

AND SHE LIT A CANDLE AND APPROPRIATE WE KNEW SOME THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

AFTER THAT, I FOUND OUT THAT MY BROTHER WAS KILLED.

AND I TOLD RIGHT, SAID HOME, SOMETHING WAS CAN HAPPEN.

IN THE KENNEL BROKE AND WE TO CHURCH.

SO AFTER THAT, FOLLOWING THAT, A TELEGRAM THAT HE DID THE HE WAS KILLED IN VIETNAM.

[MUSIC] >> MY CRAZY BROTHER JOE.

ALWAYS MY G.I.

JOE BROTHER.

[MUSIC] >> PRODUCER FOR ED KERR VARGAS WAS RAISED IN SOUTH CHICAGO WERE ARE LADY OF GUADALUPE A PARISH IS LOCATED.

HE SAYS EVEN 50 YEARS LATER FROM THE STORES THE YOUNG MAN LOST TO WORK AS WELL AS THOSE WHO MADE IT BACK HOME CONTINUE TO ECHO TODAY.

>> BUT I WASN'T READY FOR IS THAT MANY OF THE MEN WHO I CONTACTED WHETHER THEY MADE THE DOCUMENTARY OR NOT HAD TALKED ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE.

SO, THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING THAT IT'S BEEN 50 YEARS.

YOU HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT IT?

NO, BECAUSE IT WENT RIGHT BACK TO WORK.THEY WENT TO DO WHAT THEY HAD TO DO.

THE STORY TELLS THAT THEY WERE NOT ACCEPTED RIGHT AWAY.

RIGHT?BACK INTO SOCIETY.

PEOPLE KNEW THEY WERE SOLDIERS.

SOMETIMES NOT BECAUSE OF HOW THEY DRESS, BUT THEIR HAIRCUT ALONE GAVE THEM AWAY.

AT LEAST IN THE 70S FOR SURE.

SO, I THINK MY UNDERLYING REASON FOR WHAT I CAME TO SEE IS THAT IF WE DON'T TELL THE STORY NOW, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE LOST MANY OF THEM.

WE ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO TELL THIS STORY.

FOR AT LEAST TEST IS NOT BY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN ONLY MEAN?

I THINK THIS WHAT MAKES THIS STORY GREAT.

>> OUR SOLDIERS AND GUADALUPE AIRS TONIGHT AT 730 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS PROGRAM.

IN UP NEXT ALEX HERNANDEZ AND ANTI-VIOLENCE WORKERS IN THE EFFORTS TO KEEP KIDS SAFE THIS SUMMER.

I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT ORIGINALLY AIRED ON CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINA VOICES.

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>> AS THE SCOOTER ONCE DOWN AND WHETHER HE TOOK, AND CHICAGO FAMILIES FIND THEMSELVES ANNOUNCING THEIR HOPES FOR A JOYFUL SUMMER FOR THE KIDS AGAINST FEARS OF VIOLENCE.

IN RECENT WEEKS, CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS THREE YEARS OLD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT BY CROSSFIRE IN AN INCIDENT OF GUN VIOLENCE.

AND OFTEN TIMES THIS PULLING THE TRIGGER ARE THEMSELVES VERY YOUNG.

BUT COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ANTIVIOLENCE ORGANIZATIONS ARE MOBILIZING TO STOP VIOLENCE BEFORE IT STARTS THROUGH OUTREACH AND INTERVENTION.

AND EVEN SOME GOOD OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY FUN.

JOHN IS NOW WITH MORE ARE JOSEPHINE MONTALTO.

VOLUNTEER WITH BELMONT UNITED.

THE YOUTH ORGANIZER WITH COMMUNITIES UNITED.

ELIO BALKO'S.

AN OUTREACH TEAM MEMBER AND ALL THE.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR REACHING US TODAY FOR MORE START WITH JOCELYN.YOU'RE A VOLUNTEER IN YOUR COMMUNITY OF BALDWIN AND THE CITIES ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE.

HOW CONCERNED ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT VIOLENCE?

ESPECIALLY VIOLENCE INVOLVING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE?

>> YES, [INDISCERNIBLE] IN THE SUN IT'S INCREDIBLY [INDISCERNIBLE] AND ESPECIALLY NOW MORE GUN VIOLENCE.

>> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU IN PARTICULAR?

>> VERY CONCERNED AND JUST GO TO THE PARK.

YOU HAVE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING GOING ON.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT COULD JUST HAPPEN IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.

>> ADAM, YOUR ORGANIZATION TESTS CHICAGO'S AND ANTIBIOTICS ORGANIZATION.

HOW CRITICAL IS EARLY INTERVENTION FOR KEEPING KIDS NOT ONLY SIT, BUT FOR BECOMING PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE THEMSELVES?

>> YES, EARLY CONNECTION WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IS CRITICAL.

WHAT?

WE WANT TO BUILD AND FORM RELATIONSHIPS WHEN THEY ARE VERY YOUNG.

SO THAT THEY A POSITIVE MENTORS IN THE LIFE.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY SO WE CAN FORM A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARENTS AS WELL.

SO THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BETTER MAN THIS IS THAT YOUNG PERSON AND SO, EARLY PREVENTION GETTING IN IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL AND I THINK PARTICULAR NOW, WHEN YOU SEE YOUNG PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE, WHAT HAPPENED WITH WHERE WILL BEAR SOME GAPS?

DID WE MISS A BEAT SOMEWHERE?

AND SO, PREVENTION IS ABSOLUTELY KEY.

>> MOVING WITH YOU, YOU CURRENTLY WORK WITH A GROUP OF YOUNG WOMEN OF COLOR.

WHAT ARE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITIES?

>> THANK YOU.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ONE.

I THINK ULTIMATELY A LOT OF THINGS PLAY IN FACTORS RIGHT?

SO, I THINK ULTIMATELY NOT HAVING SAVINGS BASIS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO HOLD COMMUNITIES REALLY INCREASES THE VIOLENCE.

AND JUST NOT HAVING THIS SAFE PLACE WHERE THERE BEING HEARD AND FEELING LOVED AND WELCOMED.

ALSO FEELING EMPOWERED AND HAVING THAT LEADERSHIP.

IT'S VERY CRITICAL.

AND THEIR THOUGHTS OF HOW TO REDUCE VIOLENCE.

>> WE KNOW LITTLE VILLAGE HAS BEEN THE SIDE OF EVERY HIGH-PROFILE SHOOTINGS OF CHILDREN IN RECENT YEARS IN EVEN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

AS THE AGE OF THE VICTIM MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HOW THE COMMUNITY IS RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE?

>> A LITTLE BIT.

OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE YOUNGER YOU'RE MORE OF AN OUTCRY FROM THE COMMUNITY AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

WE TRY TO TREAT ALL THE VICTIMS EQUALLY.

THE LOSS OF A LIFE IS STILL A LOSS OF A LIFE REGARDLESS OF THE AGE.

YOU HEAR RIGHTFULLY SO IF YOU'RE MORE OUTRAGE OVER AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL BEING SHOT.

WHEN YOU DO A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE MIGHT BE LIVING A LIFESTYLE THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.

WILL ARE LIKE.

BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE IN OUTREACH.

>> WHAT YOU THINK THEY NEED IS IN LITTLE VILLAGE TO STOP THE VIOLENCE?

>> I JUST THINK MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET A JOB, RIGHT?

UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF KIDS AT A YOUNG AGE HAVE A RECORD.

BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE EITHER.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT COMES ARE IN CHICAGO AND SEE HER.

KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.

DEFINITELY MORE FUNDING AND MORE BANKING FROM THE CITY.

TO DO MORE PROGRAMS, I THINK CHICAGO ACROSS THE CITY DISHES MORE OFTEN THAN ONCE, RIGHT?

THREAT THE YEAR WOULD BE GREAT.

SO, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP.

MORE MONEY MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

>> SPEAKING OF PROGRAMS, JOE CELINE, EC ADVANCE AND ACTIVITIES CAN HELP CURB VIOLENCE.ABUSING THAT WORK IN YOUR COMMUNITY?

>> THE KIDS ARE LESS INVOLVED OUTSIDE WHERE YOU KNOW, THE INFLUENCE AND BAD INFLUENCES DISHWARE INSTEAD THEY LOOK FOR THE THE OUTCRIES.

OTHER ACTIVITIES LIKE ART AND MUSIC.

DANCING AND EVEN THEY JUST LOOK FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OUTSIDE.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE LOOKING FOR JUST LIKE ANYONE JUST LOOKING FOR LOVE.

THEY JUST WANT TO FEEL SOMETHING.

THAT THERE OBVIOUSLY NOT FEELING AT HOME.

IF WE COULD PROVIDE THESE RESOURCES LIKE ACTIVITIES, IT'LL KEEP THEM BUSY FROM BEING BUSY WITH OTHER BAD INFLUENCES INSTEAD.

>> ADAM, ANTIVIOLENCE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE GOTTEN IN INFLUENCE OF INVESTMENTS IN RECENT YEARS.

HOW DO YOU MEASURE WHETHER YOUR PROGRAMS ARE SUCCESSFUL?

>> SURE.

WE MEASURE IT BY LOOKING AT PARTICIPATION RATES.

AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET 100 NEW YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE DOOR BASED ON INCREASED FUNDING.

AND IF THERE WITH US OVER THE COURSE FISCAL YEAR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND WE DO MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY PLANTS.

WITH EACH ONE.

WHICH IS GOALSETTING TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ON TRACK FOR THINGS HE WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE.

THAT'S HOW WE MEASURE IT.

AND WE WOULD NEVER BE IN A POSITION TO SAY THAT BECAUSE OF OUR PROGRAM ALONE, TO HELP TO REDUCE VIOLENCE ACROSS AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE OF US COULD EVER SAY THAT.

BUT THE COLLECTION OF THESE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TOGETHER IN TANDEM.WE IN AND OUT INTRODUCE A COMMUNITY WITH MORE RESOURCES, TO JOCELYN'S POINT, FOR MARKETS TO BE ENGAGED, IT REALLY STARTS TO SHOW OVERTIME THAT YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL CONNECTED RATHER THAN DISCONNECTED.

>> EMILY, GOING BACK TO YOU, WHAT ARE TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS TELLING YOU THEY NEED FROM THE COMMUNITY TO PREVENT VIOLENCE?

>> I MEAN YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE ANSWERS TO EVERYTHING, RIGHT?

WE'RE THE ONES WHO ARE EXPERIENCED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPHICAL COMMUNITY OR BEING LATINO OR BLACK OR CLEAR, RIGHT?

AND SO, I THINK WHAT WE ARE REALLY ASKING FOR IS TO HAVE INTENTIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH US.

AND THERE HAS TO BE THIS PART OF THE CONVERSATION OF HOW WE CAN BETTER IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES OR HOW WE CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES, RIGHT?

BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING IN A DIFFERENT WORLD.

SOMETHING THAT WORKED FIVE YEARS AGO DOES NOT WORK IN A PANDEMIC.IT DOES NOT WORK IN A NEW AGE WITH TECHNOLOGY.

AND SO, ONLY SAID AND WE HAVE YOU KNOW, YOUTH IN MIND, WE REALLY NEED TO ACTIVATE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM THOSE LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

>> WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING PRETTY MUCH?

>> YES.

>> EMILY, THINK VERY MUCH.

WE ARE VERY SHORT ON TIME, BUT I WILL ASK YOU THESE LAST QUESTIONS.

MANY PARENTS ARE BEING STRETCHED THIN.

SHOULD THEY BE LOOKING FOR IN THEIR CHILDREN FOR SIGNS THAT THEY MIGHT BE IN DANGER OF BECOMING A VICTIM OR VIOLENT THEMSELVES?

>> THE WAY THEY DRESS, RIGHT?

PARTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WEARING CERTAIN COLORS PER KEEP AN EYE AFTER THAT.

RATINGS ON DESKS AT SCHOOL.

SHAGGY, HAIRCUTS, THE WAY THE WEATHER BELTS AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE WORKING OUT WITH.

EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHO'S WHO.

GET THEM INVOLVED IN PROGRAMS.

WE HAVE AT THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SUMMER PROGRAMS.

AS LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL, INVOLVING A LIVES IN THOSE MATTERS.

>> CHECK IN ON THEM.

>> THINK TOO MUCH.

JUST CELINE MONTHS ALTHOUGH, HELENA REGULAR, TAKE AS MUCH FREE TIME.

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>> BACK IN 1890, THE ARTIST OF CHICAGO BEGAN COLLECTING EGYPTIAN ART.

MUCH OF IT HAS BEEN OUT OF VIEW FOR A YEAR.

RECENTLY, THIS FIRST OF THE COLLECTION AND UNVEILED IN A NEW GALLERY.

PRODUCER MARK BERTELLI HAS LOOK AT ANCIENT ART AND ARTIFACTS FROM THE NILE VALLEY NORTH AFRICA.

[MUSIC] >> CLOSE LOOK REVEALS DETAILS MADE BY ARTISANS THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.

ARTIFACTS INCLUDE TINY AMULETS, A SARCOPHAGUS, PAINTED COFFINS AND DEPICTIONS OF ANIMALS, PEOPLE, AND GOD'S.

>> IS REALLY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE COLLECTION ON THE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS RESEARCHING THE INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS.

CONSERVING THEM, TREATING THEM SO THAT THEY WILL BE VIBRANT.

AGAIN IN THE GALLERY.

REALLY THINKING THROUGH THE STORIES THAT THE OBJECTS CAN TELL.

>> MANY STORIES DEAL WITH EVERYDAY LIFE.

HERE WATER VALVES ARE PUBLISHED IT FOR FOOD OTHER IMAGES DESPITE THE AFTERLIFE OF REINCARNATION.

>> THE WORKS IN THE GALLERY COVER ABOUT 3000 YEARS OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HISTORY.

BEHIND ME PERHAPS YOU'LL SEE A REALLY WONDERFUL SCENERY MASK THAT HAS A GILDED FACE.

AND THIS WOULD'VE BEEN AN OBJECT THAT'S BEEN PLACED OVER THE HEAD ABOUT MUMMIFIED INDIVIDUAL TO GIVE THEM PROTECTION IN THE AFTERLIFE.

>> THERE ARE NO MOMMIES ON DISPLAY.

ALTHOUGH THIS COLORFUL COFFIN STILL CONTAINS MUMMIFIED REMAINS.

>> EGYPTIAN ART IS SO IMBUED WITH SYMBOLISM.

THEY LEFT PACKING THEIR ART WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION.

SO, ONE SYMBOL THAT ELSIE THINK FREQUENTLY THROUGHOUT THE GALLERY IS THE LOTUS FLOWER.

SO THEY CALL THIS IS KIND OF A SYMBOL FOR REGENERATION AND REBIRTH.

YOU'LL SEE IMAGES SOMETIMES OF LOTUSES INCORPORATED INTO JEWELRY.

SO, YOU ALSO SEE SOME REALLY LOVELY IMAGES OF WOMEN MISSING AND SNIFFING FLOWERS AS A SYMBOL OF THEIR HOPE TO BE REBORN IN THE NEXT WORLD.

PARKS GENERALLY SPEAKING, BEING AN ARTIST IN ANCIENT EGYPT WAS A FAMILY TRADITION.

BUT MOST JOBS, POSITIONS WERE PASSED FROM FATHER TO SON.

AND PEOPLE WERE TRAINED IN THE TRADITION FROM A RELATIVELY YOUNG AGE.

>> ARTISTS OFTEN WORK IN TEAMS.

ESPECIALLY WHEN DECORATING THINGS LIKE TOMBS AND TEMPLES.

HERE IN CHICAGO, WE ARE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE THREE COLLECTIONS OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MATERIALS AND MUSEUMS.

THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE AT THE MUSEUM AND ART.

THE ART INSTITUTE WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TO START COLLECTING ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART.

OUR FIRST TRIP ARTIFACTS CAME TO US IN 1890.

AND THAT WAS FROM A WOMAN NAMED EMILY EDWARDS.

I WAS A COFOUNDER OF A BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE EGYPT EXPLORATION FUND.

MOST OF THE FIELDS CAN BE SEEN IN THE GALLERY HAVE BEEN IN THE MUSEUM'S AND'S THE LATE 19 TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY.

>> THAT INCLUDES A 4000-YEAR-OLD DRAWING.

THE OLDEST ONE MUSEUMS COLLECTION.

AND RICHLY DECORATED COFFIN THAT HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN IN THE GALLIC YEARS.

>> IT'S ALL JUST SUCH A FUN FIELD TO BE IN.

I THINK PART OF IT IS THE ANTIQUITY OF THE CULTURE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WERE PRODUCED 5000 YEARS AGO.

IN SOME CASES.

AND OF COURSE, JUST ENOUGH, THE BEAUTY OF THE WORKS THEY CREATED AND THE VIBRANCY OF THEIR CULTURE.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, THIS IS MARK VITALE.

>> THE EXHIBITION IS CALLED LIFE AND AFTERLIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT.

IT UP AND OUT THE ARTIST INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO AND MORE TO SEE ON OUR WEBSITE.AND BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP AFTER THIS.

[MUSIC] >> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY IN PART BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

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