>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALLSTATE AT THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST.

>> GOOD EVENING.

I'M ALEX HERNANDEZ OF UNIVISION CHICAGO WHICH AIRS EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING AT 5 AND 6.

TONIGHT CHICAGO'S NEWLY APPROVED 2022 BUDGET INCLUDES A PILOT FOR 5,000 CHICAGO HOUSEHOLDS.

WE'LL DIG INTO WHAT THE CITY IS HOPING THAT MONEY CAN DO TO HELP LOW-INCOME CHICAGOANS RECOVER.

>> MANAGEMENT AND LABOR INVESTIGATIONS BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL C.E.O.

TALKS ABOUT SAFETY AND HIS VISION.

WE HAVE MORE BEHIND THE BREAST PLATE ON ALTARS DURING THIS HOLIDAY.

>> THAT TRIGGER OUR MEMORIES, TRIGGER OUR HOOD.

>> IN A LITTLE VILLAGE BUSINESS WHERE YOU CAN GET A HAIRCUT WITH A SIDE.

THE PASSING OF MARY LORI LIGHTFOOT'S 2022 BUDGET.

CHICAGO'S FIRST EXPERIMENT WITH GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS.

IN HER REMARKS AFTER THE BUDGET PASSED, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID THE MONEY IS INTENDED TO HELP KEEP WORKING FAMILIES AFLOAT AS THE CITY CONTINUES PANDEMIC RECOVERY.

>> WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS THAT HAVING EXTRA INCOME CONSISTENTLY FOR SOME TIME MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR THE WORKING POOR WHO ARE LIVING ON THE CUSP OF FINANCIAL RUIN.

THAT'S WHY 35 MILLION OF THE 157 MILLION THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WILL FUND THE LARGEST PILOT PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY PROVIDING $500 A MONTH TO 5,000 FAMILIES WITH CASH ASSISTANCE TO LIFT THEM UP OUT OF POVERTY.

>> SIMILAR GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN TESTED IN SMALLER CITIES INCLUDING GARY, INDIANA, AND STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

LOS ANGELES RECENTLY ANNOUNCED ITS OWN INCOME BASED PILOT FOR 3,000 HOUSEHOLDS THERE.

JOINING US TO HEAR THEIR TAKE ARE 36 WARD ALDERMAN WHO'S WARD INCLUDES MONTCLAIR.

THE C.E.O.

OF THE NONPROFIT HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZATION METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

DETAIL ARE STILL VERY LIMITED AT THIS POINT.

TO RECAP, THE PROGRAM WILL DISTRIBUTE $31.5 MILLION FROM THE ANNUAL BUDGET.

5,000 LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN CHICAGO WILL RECEIVE $500 EVERY MONTH FOR A YEAR.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU ALDERMAN.

WHAT ARE THE THRESHOLDS?

AND HOW WILL THEY BE SELECTED FOR PARTICIPATION?

>> THANK YOU, ALEX.

THIS INITIATIVE HERE WAS STARTED BY MY COMMITTEE.

WE HELD HEARINGS IN FEBRUARY AND INTRODUCED IN APRIL.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAYOR DIDN'T CALL DID AND INCORPORATE IT AS THE BUDGET.

THE WAY WE ENVISION IT, WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE HEARINGS IS THAT IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS REALLY UPLIFTED FAMILIES, AND QUITE FRANKLY ALLOWED SOME FAMILIES THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD TO FIND A BETTER JOB.

RIGHT NOW THE PROGRAM SPECIFICS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT.

I THINK THAT THE, MY TEAM WILL BE WORKING WITH THE MAYOR.

INITIALLY WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON FOLKS THAT, FAMILIES THAT MET THE 300 PERCENT BELOW POVERTY LEVEL.

C.P.S.

PARENTS THAT HAD CHILDREN ENROLLED, 90% OF THEM CAN APPLY FOR FREE LUNCH.

AND THEN ALSO SINGLE PARENTS, SINGLE MOMS.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS $500 A MONTH ALLOWED THEM AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FOLKS AND ESPECIALLY THAT ARE WORKING, TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH DIGNITY.

>> CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA ALSO OF THE NEED FOR THIS PROGRAM, PARTICULARLY IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.

AS YOU KNOW, THE NEED IS GREAT IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY, LATIN X COMMUNITY, CERTAINLY IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

AS I THINK WE ALL KNOW, PEOPLE ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AREAS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

YOU KNOW AS WELL AS THE ALDERMAN KNOWS THAT LATINOS HAVE BEEN THE MOST DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED IN TERMS OF LOSING THEIR JOB.

IF YOU'RE LOSING YOUR JOB, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO MAKE A LIVING.

THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE, AND WE SERVE OVER 100,000 PEOPLE A YEAR.

92% OF THOSE PEOPLE WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM.

WHETHER YOU ARE LATINO OR AFRICAN AMERICAN OR WHITE, IF YOU'RE RECEIVING OUR SERVICES, YOU QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU MAKE LESS THAN $35,000 A YEAR, WHICH IS POVERTY LEVEL FOR A FAMILY OF SIX, YOU WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS SERVICE.

IMAGINE THE GREAT BENEFITS OF HAVING THIS GUARANTEED INCOME OF $500 A MONTH.

WE'RE THANKFUL TO THE ALDERMAN FOR COMING UP WITH THIS IDEA AND TO THE MAYOR FOR HELPING PUSH IT ALONG.

>> ALDERMAN, LIKE YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING, YOU WERE AN EARLY PROPONENT HERE IN CHICAGO BASED IN PART ON YOUR OWN CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE.

CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRORISHTS OF HAVING A -- PROHIB TORS OF HAVING A GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME WAS FUNDING IT.

I CALLED THE WHITE HOUSE TO FIND OUT IF UNDER THE TREASURY RULES WOULD CASH ASSISTANCE BE AN ACCEPTABLE APPROPRIATION, AND I WAS TOLD IT WOULD.

THAT'S WHY WE MOVED FORWARD HASTILY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET CASH IN THE HANDS OF PEEP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

MY DAD DIED WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND MY MOM HAD TO RAISE TWO KIDS IN THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY.

MY MOM WORKED AND SHE WAS ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM A PROGRAM CALLED SOCIAL SECURITY SURVIVAL DEATH BENEFITS.

IT GAVE HER A STIPEND OF 800 BUCKS A MONTH UNTIL WE WERE 18.

SHE WAS ABLE TO GET 800 BUCKS A MONTH UNTIL WE WERE 18.

IT ALLOWED HER TO WORK WITH DIGNITY.

IT ALLOWED HER TO PAY FOR CHILD CARE.

IT ALLOWED HER TO MAKE SURE WE HAD FOOD AND CLOTHING.

IT ALSO ALLOWED THE ABILITY FOR US TO MOVE OUT AND TRY TO GET TO A SAFER NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT SAFETY NET WAS HUGE, AND BOTH ME AND MY BROTHER WENT TO THE MARINE CORPS AND WE PAID OUR DEBT BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT.

I WOULD ALSO SAY WE'VE BEEN TAXPAYERS SINCE WE WERE 18.

OVER 30 YEARS OF PAYING TAXES, WE'VE DOUBLED AND TRIPLED THAT PAYMENT THAT WAS INVESTED IN US.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY 500 MAYBE ISN'T A LOT.

HOW CAN REALLY $500 A MONTH MAKE AN IMPACT, A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE YOU WORK FOR?

>> I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, AND IT'S THAT, IT WILL MAKE THEIR LIVES LESS COMPLEX AND COMPLICATED.

IT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIVE A MORE DIGNIFIED LIFE.

LET'S SAY YOU'RE AT THE POVERTY LEVEL, YOU'RE A FAMILY OF FOUR, YOU'RE AT $26,500.

YOU'RE STRUGGLING.

IN THIS CITY YOU'RE STRUGGLING TO PAY THE RENT AND THE BILLS.

LET'S SAY WE MAKE IT, WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT ON THAT LOW AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT THEN YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET THAT MONEY?

THIS GUARANTEED INCOME WILL ALLOW YOU TO PAY THAT BILL, THAT REPAIR.

THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS WE'RE PROVIDING THIS SERVICE IN A PIECEMEAL FASHION ALREADY THROUGH THE DIFFERENT RELIEF MONEY THAT WE'VE RECEIVED OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS OR SO.

BUT IT'S BEING DONE IN A PIECEMEAL FASHION.

THE PEOPLE HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE TO GET, PEOPLE HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE TO APPLY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

THEY HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE TO APPLY FOR OTHER TYPES OF ASSISTANCE LIKE UTILITY.

HERE NOW IT'S GUARANTEED, AND YOU GIVE THEM BACK THEIR TIME AND DIGNITY.

THEY ARE NOT WAITING IN SOME LINE TO SEE IF THEY QUALIFY FOR FOOD OR DIAPERS ON A FIRST COME BEHAVES.

-- FIRST COME BASIS.

SOMEHOW HOW DO YOU RESPOND THAT THIS MONEY SHOULD GO TO REPARATIONS INSTEAD?

>> WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION DURING THE DEBATE.

IT'S NOT AN EITHER OR.

IN THE ORDINANCE, I SPECIFICALLY PUT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT IF THE CITY OF CHICAGO PASSES SOME TYPE OF REPARATIONS PROGRAM, THAT IF YOU'RE A RECIPIENT OF REPARATIONS, YOU WOULD NOT BE PROHIBITED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM.

THE REALITY IS THAT SOME OF THE ALDERMEN THAT OPPOSED THIS REPRESENT COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD, THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM.

YOU HAVE EAST GARFIELD PARK AND WEST GARFIELD PARK WITH MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF $21,000 A YEAR.

IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM.

I THINK THAT IS A LOT MORE ABOUT EDUCATING MY COLLEAGUES, AS YOU SAW THE BUDGET PASSED WITH THE GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME PILOT IN THERE.

WE DO NEED MORE MONEY FOR PREVENTION, BUT WE ALSO NEED A GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME.

>> I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

UNFORTUNATELY OUR TIME IS UP, BUT THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING WITH THIS ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.

>> SINCE LAST MONTH PRODUCTION LINE WORKERS AT A TORTILLA FACTORY ORGANIZED WALKOUTS AND RALLIES WITH THE HELP OF WORKERS RIGHTS GROUP.

THE WORKERS SOUGHT TO CALL ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY SAY ARE UNSAFE WORKING CONDITION, UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES, INTIMIDATION FROM MANAGEMENT, AND INCIDENTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

THE WORKERS NOTCHED A VICTORY THIS WEEK BUT SAY THERE IS MORE TO BE DONE.

AN UPDATE.

>> THE WORKERS CAN FILE CHARGES.

ONE OF THOSE CHAIRNLINGS IS -- - [INAUDIBLE] THE SECOND CHARGE IS WORKERS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING SEVEN DAYS STRAIGHT, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN HAPPENING AT EL MILAGRO FOR A VERY LONG TIME, NOT JUST THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

EL MILAGRO SAYS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO -- [INAUDIBLE] IN ADDITION TO THAT, WORKERS FILED CHARGES IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE THREATS THEY HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERING WITH SUPERVISORS AND ALSO WITH ANTI-UNION CONSULTANTS EL MILAGRO HIRED TWO MONTHS AGO TO SETTLE THINGS DOWN.

>> A LONGTIME ELMILAGRO WORKER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO SPEAK OUT.

HE SAID ALTHOUGH WORKERS ARE STILL NOT CALLING FOR A BICYCLIST, -- CALLING FOR A BOYCOTT, THE COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN SUPPORT TO THE WORKERS' FIGHT.

LET'S LISTEN.

MIG >> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" DID REACH OUT FOR COMMENT BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A SUPPLY.

REMEMBERING THE FIVE WORKERS WHO DIED LAST YEAR FROM COARVED COVID-19.

FIND OUT MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

STAY WITH US.

>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS NOW UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP, AND A DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE DISTRICT.

THE NEW SCHOOL C.E.O.

SERVED AS THE HEAD OF THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND A FORMER C.P.S.

GRADUATE.

HE JOINS THE TEAM AS THERE IS A STEEP DROP IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED AS THE VACCINE ROLLOUT FOR KIDS AGES 5 TO 11.

WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CURRENT COVID PROTOCOLS AND GRADUATION RATES.

WE BEGAN BY ASKING FOR AN UPDATE OR COVID TESTING AND CONTACT TRACING EFFORTS.

>> CONTACT TRACING AND COVID TESTING IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED FROM WHEN WE STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR AND I'M SEEING COVID CASES AT AN ALL-TIME LOW.

WE HAVE BEEN HOVERING FOR LESS THAN 200 CASES PER WEEK.

WE HAVE OVER 250,000 STUDENTS IN PERSON ALMOST EVERY DAY AND WE'RE SEEING WELL UNDER 100 CASES OF STAFF HAVING COVID.

I WILL SAY THIS, WE ARE QUARANTINING WAY TOO MANY STUDENTS AND THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M HEARING.

I'M HEARING MORE CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY.

IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FOLLOWING NATIONAL AND STATE GUIDANCE ABOUT HOW TO USE COVID TESTING IN A MORE STRATEGIC WAY SO WE LESSEN THE QUARANTINE OF CHILDREN.

>> THE DISTRICT IN THE PAST WITH THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION HAS BEEN STRAINED, TO PUT IT MILDLY.

ARE YOU HOPEFUL THAT YOU CAN MEND FENCES, AND WHAT IS THAT RELATIONSHIP LIKE SO FAR?

>> I REALLY WOULD ANSWER WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] LEADERSHIP.

SINCE THE TIME I'VE BEEN GONE A LOT OF TRUST HAS BEEN LOST OVER THE LAST DECADE.

I'VE BEEN GONE FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS.

HOW DO WE START REBUILDING THAT TRUST?

WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO TALK, TO MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS TO DISCUSS ISSUES.

I THINK WE HAVE MORE THINGS IN COMMON THAN WE HAVE APART.

MY GOAL IS TO WORK WITH THEM.

THEY ARE A CRITICAL PARTNER FOR US IN TERMS OF AS WE MOVE TO WORK FORWARD.

I WANT THEM AT THE TABLE.

THAT WAS MY COMMITMENT TO THEM.

LET'S AT LEAST MEET, LET'S TALK.

WE HAVE DIFFERENCES, BUT I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME WE HAVE MORE THINGS IN CHON.

>> -- COMMON.

>> A RECORD HIGH GRADUATION RATE AS WELL AS A RECORD LOW DROPOUT RATE.

ALMOST ALL STUDENTS HAVING DEVELOPED A GRADUATION PLAN.

WHAT DO YOU CREDIT SUCH A LOW DROPOUT RATE ESPECIALLY DURING THE SECOND YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC, WHEN ENGAGEMENT IS A CHALLENGE AND ENROLLMENT NUMBERS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN?

>> FIRST OF ALL, I COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

LAST YEAR ONE OF THE THING YOU SAW IN OUR DATA IS WE HAD ALMOST 6,000 AT RISK OF NOT GRADUATING.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN ACROSS OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IS THE RELATIONSHIPS.

WHEN I TALK TO OUR STUDENT AND ASK THEM DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE SCHOOL THAT YOU CAN TRUST, THAT YOU CAN GO TO WHEN YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT SOMETHING?

I'M HEARING CONSISTENTLY FROM OUR STUDENTS THEY DO.

WE'RE SEEING IT IN THE DATA.

OUR HIGHEST NUMBERS OF ENROLLMENT ARE IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE CHILDREN ARE NOT DROPPING OUT.

THEY'RE STAYING IN SCHOOL.

I'M SEEING AMAZING PROGRAMS ACROSS THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE ENGAGING THE CHILDREN IN THINGS LIKE GREEN ENERGY, LIKE SOLAR TECH, COMPUTER SCIENCE, I.T.

PROGRAMS.

SO I THINK ALL OF THESE ITEMS -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR GRADUATION OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, BEFORE I LEFT OUR GRADUATION RATE WAS UNDER 60%.

NOW WE'RE WELL OVER CLOSE TO 84%, ON A FIVE YEAR GRADUATION RATE.

ON A FOUR YEAR OVER 80%.

DISTRICTS OUR SIZE YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE THIS GRADUATION.

ALMOST 70% OF OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO COLLEGE.

I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

IT'S A TEAM EFFORT BETWEEN OUR ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS TOGETHER.

>> THAT WAS EARLIER THIS WEEK ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

YOU CAN FIND THE INTERVIEW ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> LISTEN TO THIS -- NEARLY 700,000 OF CHICAGO'S RESIDENTS CLAIM MEXICAN HERITAGE.

OVER THE YEARS MEXICAN CULTURE FROM FOOD TO MUSIC HAS BECOME WOVEN INTO THE CITY'S TAPESTRY.

A NEW VILLAGE EXPLORES WHERE THE MIDWESTERN MEETS MEXICO BY COMBINING HAIRCUTS WITH DEEP CUTS.

OUR REPORTER BROUGHT US THIS STORY RECENTLY.

HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK.

>> THE SOUND OF A NEIGHBORHOOD BARBER SHOP, CHATTER, CLIPPERS BUZZING AND SCISSORS SNAPPING.

FOLKS GETTING A TRIM ARE ALSO HEARING THE SOUNDTRACK OF A MIDWESTERN MEXICAN CHILDHOOD.

>> I REMEMBER THERE WAS A BAR WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM TEXAS ARE IN CHICAGO.

THE BIG TEXAS SOUND LIKE LITTLE JOE AND THE FAMILY AND THINGS, WHAT THEY CALL CANTINA MUSIC, I JUST REMEMBER GETTING MY AUNT TO SAY GO TELL YOUR UNCLES IS THAT DINNER IS READY.

I KNEW WHERE TO GET THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL SITTING AT THE BAR >> FOR THE BARBER AND CO-OWNER, THOSE SOUNDS WERE PART OF GROWING UP CHICANO IN CHICAGO.

>> WE'RE ONE OF A KIND.

WE MAINTAIN OUR IDENTITY.

WHEN WE SPEAK ENGLISH, WE SOUND LIKE WE'RE FROM THE WEST SIDE.

WHEN WE DRESS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY CHICAGO, VERY AMERICAN, VERY URBAN.

>> JONATHAN SAYS HIS SKILL ALSO TRENDS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD.

>> I STARTED CUTTING HAIR OUT OF NECESSITY.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GO A SHOP EVERY TWO WEEKS AND GET A HAIRCUT.

MY MOM HAD A PAIR OF CLIP PERCENT AND SHEARS.

SHE CUT -- CLIP PERS AND SHEARS.

SHE CUT MY DAD'S HAIR AND MY BROTHER'S HAIR AND MY HAIR THE WAY I DIDN'T WANT IT SO I LEARNED TO CUT MY OWN HAIR.

>> WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE TO OPEN A SHOP IN THE HEART OF LITTLE VILLAGE IN JULY 2020, JONATHAN AND HIS BUSINESS PARTNER JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE THE MIDWESTERN MEXICAN WOULD FEEL RIGHT AT HOME.

>> WE'RE HAVE YOU PROUD OF WHO WE ARE IN CHICAGO.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT, IS MAKING THE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ONE, ONE OF THEM.

I MIGHT NOT LOOK 100 PERCENT MEXICAN BUT IT FEELS LIKE HOME.

>> ALL AROUND THE SHOP ARE THE SOUNDS AND SIGNIFIERS OF CHICAGO CHICANO.

LOCALLY MADE ART AND MERCHANDISE TO SALE TO THE VINYL RECORD THEY SELL AND PLAY ON AN IN STORE MACHINE.

>> OUR COLLECTION BASICALLY IS MADE UP OF LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC.

WE TRY TO FOCUS ON MARIARCHI.

WE HAVE MUSIC WHERE THEY MENTION CHICAGO, THEY MENTION LITTLE VILLAGE.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT I LIKE.

I LIKE TO TELL THE STORY TO THE MUSIC.

A LOT OF MUSIC WE TRY TO PLAY HERE IS ALSO NEW.

WE TRY TO PROMOTE NEW BANDS.

>> EVERYTHING IS DONE HERE.

EVERYTHING IS DONE LOCALLY.

FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END EXCEPT PROBABLY FOR THE ACTUAL MAKING OF THE T-SHIRTS WHICH ARE PROBABLY MADE IN CHINA.

I'M SORRY.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS DONE HERE, AND IT'S PROVIDING INCOME FOR EVERYBODY DOWN THE LINE.

>> JONATHAN AND LEO SAY THEY'RE HOPING IT CAN BE A PLACE FOR CHICAGOANS, CHICANO OR NOT, TO CELEBRATE LITTLE VILLAGE.

>> WE SEE LITTLE KIDS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR IDENTITY, LOOKING FOR SPACE, LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO IDENTIFY.

IF YOU OFFER THEM TURNTABLES THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT CHICAGO HOUSE MUSIC OR FREE-STYLE MUSIC, LEARN ABOUT HOW CHICAGO EMPLOYS THE WORLD SOUND.

>> IT'S A SAFE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN SOCIALIZE AND GET CREATIVE.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME BY, SHARE THE MUSIC WITH US TOO BECAUSE THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT THE SPACE IS FOR, TO KEEP THAT CULTURE FLOWING AND KEEP THE NEXT GENERATION INTERESTED.

>> YOU CAN FIND MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

YOU MAY KNOW ON MONDAY A TIME WHEN PEOPLE COME TOGETHER FOR THEIR LOVED ONES.

A BAKERY HAS BEEN PROVIDING TRADITIONAL BREADS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THE BAKER AND MANAGER SAID THIS YEAR THEY HAVE HAD TO CUT THE PRODUCTION OF BREAD IN HALF DUE TO A LACK OF WORKERS.

DESPITE THE OBSTACLES, HE SAYS IT MAKES HIM HAPPY TO SEE CUSTOMERS COMING WANTING TO BE PART OF THE HOLIDAY.

>> HE HAS BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 49 YEARS.

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEKEND.

NEXT WEEK ON LATINO VOICES, MICHAEL PUENTE WILL BE HERE IN THE HOST CHAIR.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES," THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

NORWICH NORWICH.