BACK.

>> BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU.

>>> AND TO CAROL MARIN AND TWO

OF THE DYETT HIGH SCHOOL HUNGER

STRIKERS.

>> PHIL, THANK YOU.

DYETT HIGH SCHOOL HUNGER

STRIKERS ARE INTO THEIR 31st DAY

WITHOUT SOLID FOOD AND THE

STRAIN ON THEIR HEALTH IS

BEGINNING TO SHOW.

JED TWO ENDED THEIR ACTION DUE

TO HEALTH CONCERNS AND FIVE

OTHERS HAVE JOINED THE EFFORT TO

IN ALL THERE ARE STILL 1500

STRIKERS.

AMONG THE GROUPS THAT STILL

PARTICIPATING IN THIS, THEY SAY

THEY ARE RESOLUTE AND DETERMINED

TO REACH VICTORY.

THEY SAY THIS WHOLE ISSUE IS

ABOUT RACE.

UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF CITY

RESOURCES AND LACK OF RESPECT

FROM CPS AND CITY HALL.

A PLAN ANNOUNCED BY CPS TO

REOPEN DYETT AS AN OPEN ENRAL

ARTS THEMED HIGH SCHOOL FAILED

TO END THE PROTEST.

JUST WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR

PROTESTERS TO CALL OFF THIS

HUNGER STRIKE.

HERE TO HELP US ANSWER THAT

QUESTION ARE DIE YET HIGH SCHOOL

HUNGER STRIKER JITU BROWN, THAT

DIRECTOR OF THE JOINY FOR

JUSTICE ALLIANCE WHICH A POSES

THE FIFTHIZATION OF PUBLIC

SCHOOLS.

AND FELLOW DYETT HIGH SCHOOL

HUNGER STRIKER ANN THAT JONES.

US THAT FOR JOINING US.

-- ANNA JONES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> DAY THERE 1, THE CITY SAYS NO

WE WILL OPEN IT AS A

NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL WITH AN ARTS

A SCREEN DA.

THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY

MR. BROWN, ON THAT YOU STRIKERS

COULD HAVE DECLARED VICTORY.

YOU GOT THEM TO YIELD.

WHY AREN'T YOU DECLARING

VICTORY?

>> I THINK WE ARE VERY CLEAR

THAT THERE IS A MAJOR

ACCOMPLISHMENT THROUGH THE

COALITION OF REVATALIZE DYETT

AND PEOPLE, WE ARE THE REASON

THE SCHOOL IS STILL OPEN.

WE PUSHED THE DISTRICT TO REOPEN

IT.

THIS YEAR WE STOPPED IT FROM

BEING PRIVATIZED.

BUT WHY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN

CHILDREN, DOES THE WAR HAVE TO

BE SO LOW.

DON'T GIVE US CRUMBS AND TELL US

IT IS CAKE.

4800 PEOPLE IN THE TOWN.

SIX TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND 578

LETTERS MAILED TO THE MAYOR, AND

6 LOCAL COUNCIL...

>> A DIFFERENT KIND OF HIGH

SCHOOL, THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT?

>> CORRECT.

THE GREEN TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE

THE NUMBER ONE GROWTH INDUSTRY

IN THE UNITED STATES...

>> YOU WANT TO GET YOUR STUDENTS

INTO JOBS IN AN ARTS ACADEMY

WOULD NOT?

>> WE SUPPORT THE ARTS.

WE BELIEVE TO HAVE A STRONG ART

PROGRAM AND AN ACADEMICALLY

STRONG SCHOOL IS WHAT WE NEED.

UNFORTUNATELY THE NUMBER ONE

INDUSTRY WHERE THERE IS

UNEMPLOYMENT IS THE ARTS.

NUMBER ONE WHERE THERE IS GROWTH

IS GREEN TECHNOLOGY.

WE WANT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE

COMMUNITY CENTER SCHOLARS AND WE

HAVE WORKED ON THIS SINCE 2009.

OUR RECORD IN FIGHTING FOR DIE

YET HIGH SCHOOL IS WELL

DOCUMENTED.

>> DO YOU AGREE?

IS THERE NOT A VICTORY IN IN

THIS?

CPS WAS GOING TO CLOSE DYETT AND

IT SAID HEY WE CHANGED OUR MIND

AND WE'LL KEEP IT OPEN.

>> I THINK THERE IS AN

ACCOMPLISHMENT, NOT HAVING THE

SCHOOL PRIVATIZED BUT WE STILL

HAVE A LONG ROAD TO COVER.

>> HOW MUCH WEIGHT HAVE YOU

LOST?

>> NEARLY 20 POUNDS.

AND MR. BROWN?

>> TO DATE 34.

AND YOU ARE EATING NO SOLID

FOOD.

ARE YOU DRINKING ANY MILL BE

-- MILK SHAKES?

>> WATER.

BY DOCTOR ORDER DRINKING PROTEIN

SHAKES, BUT PRIMARILY WATER AND

JUICE.

>> THIS IS A I WILL RUIN MY

HEALTH AND RISK DEATH, IS THIS I

FIGHT TO THE DEATH OR YOU?

>> WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE.

WE JUST FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BEEN

RENDERED VOICELESS.

JUST LAST WEEK PARENTS AT

LINCOLN ELEMENTARY...

>> ON THE NORTH SIDE?

>> YES, GATHERED 21 MILLION AND

NEXT, AND THEY BARELY NEEDED TO

SWEAT FOR, THAT AND THEIR

CHILDREN DESERVE IT.

WE HAVE THOUGH ACRIMONY TO THE

PARENTS BUT BY GOOD OUR CHILDREN

DESERVE IT TOO.

AND WE WORKED AND DEVELOPED A

WORLD CLASS PLAN, PEOPLE NEED TO

UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY CPS

DID NOT SUPPORT DYETT GLOBAL

LEADERSHIP AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY

HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT BECAUSE IT

WASN'T A GREAT PLAN.

WE GOT FROM THE HEAD OF THE

AMERICAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION,

ACADEMIC EXPERTS SAY IT IS A

STELLAR PLAN.

IT'S POLITICS AND BEING BULLIED

BY THE LOCAL ALDERMAN, WILL

BURNS, WHO SAID IN THE

"SUN-TIMES" THAT WE WERE TRYING

TO BUILD AN EMPIRE.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT THIS, THIS IS

A BROAD BASED COALITION THAT

PUTS US TOGETHER, THERE IS A WAY

TO WORK THIS OUT.

WE ARE WILLING TO TALK WITH CPS

AND GAVE THEM A LIST OF DEMANDS

BUT YOU KNOW WE ARE TIRED OF OUR

CHILDREN BEING UNDERSERVED AND

BEING BLAMED FOR THE CHILDREN

BEING UNDERSERVED.

>> YOU MET WITH SECRETARY OF

EDUCATION ARNIE DUNCAN AND RAHM

EMANUEL AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS THAT MIGHT SAY, IT

IS MY WAY FOR THE HIGHWAY.

>> WELL, OUR CHILDREN RIGHT NOW

ARE STARVING OF AN EDUCATION, SO

WE PLAN TO STARVE FOR THEM.

WE WANT TO TAKE THAT FOR THEM

AND, THEIR CURRENTLY IN THE

PROCESS OF JUST STARVING OF

BASIC EDUCATION.

THEY ARE NOT GETTING.

AND WHILE PEOPLE MAY THINK THAT

WE HAVE A GAINED A GREAT VICTORY

WE HAVE NOT.

THE ARTS THEME IS A PLAN THAT

THEY PUT TOGETHER IN LESS AND

WEEK, WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THAT

PLAN.

AND THE PLAN...

>> YOU HAVE NOT BEEN CON

SUMMITTED?

>> WE HAVEN'T HAD THE

OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND

SPEAK WITH THINK ONE.

OUR PROBLEM IS YOU MAKE A PLAN

FOR THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE

COMMUNITY, IT IS REALLY NOT FOR

THE COMMUNITY.

OKAY?

>> SO WHAT WILL IT TAKE.

WHAT COULD HAPPEN TONIGHT, IF

THE PHONE WERE TO RING, WHAT

WOULD YOU NEED TO HEAR THAT YOU

COULD SAY OKAY?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE REACHED TOUT CHICAGO PUBLIC

SCHOOLS REPEATEDLY.

>> FORREST CLAYPOOL?

HIM AND CEO JANICE JACKSON,

CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER WHO WE

HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF FAITH IN

AND BELIEF IN HER CAPACITY.

WE WANT TO SEE GREEN TECHNOLOGY

IN THE CURRICULUM AND WE WANT TO

HAVE IMPUT ON WHO THE PRINCIPAL

IS AND AN ELECTED LOCAL SCHOOL

COUNCIL AND A PROMINENT POSITION

ON THE DESIGN TEAM.

AGAIN, THE SCHOOL WOULDN'T BE

OPEN IF IT WASN'T FOR PARENTS

THAT VOWEDDED AND GOTTEN

ARRESTED AND DONE ALL TYPES OFED

A ADVOCACY AND ORGANIZING.

AND WE HAVE A SET OF DEMANDS AND

WE ARE WILLING TO TALK AND WORK

IT OUT.

BUT SEE, CAROL, THERE HAS BEEN

NO COMPROMISE.

COMPROMISE IS WHEN TWO PEOPLE

SIT DOWN AND THEY STATE THEIR

POSITIONS AND WORK SOMETHING OUT

THAT IS AMENABLE TO BOTH

PARTIES.

THIS IS DICTATED TO US AND AS A

MATTER OF FACT THE PEOPLE WHO

STOOD ON STAGE WITH ALDERMAN

WILL BURNS AND STATE

REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTIAN

MITCHELL WERE SOME OF THE SAME

PEOPLE THAT PAID DISINSTITUTE

AFRICAN-AMERICAN $25 APIECE FOR

THE CLOSING OF DIE YET HIGH

SCHOOL.

>> ONE THING THEY SAY IS THE

LAST GRADUATING CLASS ONLY HAD

13 KIDS AND SO DYETT WAS LOSING

ENROLLMENT AND LOSING ITS HOLD

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AS A

CONSEQUENCE IT NEED TO BE

CLOSED.

CPS WON'T SAY THE REASON THE

THIRTEEN KIDS WERE THE ONLY ONES

REMAINING.

BECAUSE THOSE KIDS WERE

DETERMINED TO STAY THERE AND

FINISH THEIR SENIOR YEAR.

THEY LOVED DYETT HIGH SCHOOL.

ALSO NOT INVESTING IN THAT

SCHOOL MADE PARENTS HAVE NO ON

THE CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE THE

SCHOOL.

IT CAME FROM NOT INVESTING IN

THE SCHOOL THAT CAUSED THE

SCHOOL TO BE UNDERUTILIZED.

IT IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE

CHILDREN, IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO

ARE SUPPOSED TO INVEST IN THAT

SCHOOL AND PUT FUNDS INTO THE

SCHOOL AND THEY DID NOT.

>> THERE ARE CHARTERS IN AND

RAIN DYETT.

>> YES MA'AM.

WHY NOT SINCE YOU WANT A REAL

VOICE IN THE CURRICULUM AND WANT

A REALLY STRUCTURE THIS

YOURSELF, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT

CREATING ROAR OWN CHARTER WHERE

YOU HAVE MORE LATITUDE IN THAT

DECISION?

>> THAT IS AN EXCELLENT

QUESTION.

AND HERE'S WHAT I WOULD SAY.

WHY PUT BLACK CHILDREN, ALWAYS

PRIVATIZATION.

FAMILIES IN LINCOLN MARK HAVE

WORLD CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS

THAT THEY CAN WALK DOWN THE

STREET AND SEND THEIR CHILDREN

TO.

WHY MUST WE SETTLE FOR LESS.

WE WANT A RETURN ON OUR TAX

DOLLARS.

WE HAVE AT THIS PLACE BECAUSE WE

HAVE BEEN RENDERED VOICELESS.

WE DON'T PAY TAXES TO BE

DISENFRAN CHISED.

IT IS NOT OUR JOB TO DEVELOP

SCHOOL PROPOSALS, BUT WE ROLLED

UP OUR SLEEVES AND DEVELOPED A

WORLD CLASS PROPOSAL.

SO WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS WE WANT

WHAT OTHER FOLKS GET, WITHOUT

SWEATING FOR IT.

WE WANT WORLD CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD

SCHOOLS THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK

DOWN THE STREET.

THERE IS NO SCHOOL CHOICE FOR

AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN THAT

IS A FARCE, BECAUSE WE DON'T

HAVE THE CHOICE OF A

NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND YOU SEE

IT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

WHY SHOULD, WOULD PARENTS BE

DRIVEN TO THE POINT OF STARVING

THEIR BODIES, THIS IS NOT A

PUBLICITY STUNT AND WE WORKED ON

THIS SINCE 2009 AND EVERY CORNER

THAT WE ATTEMPTED TO WORK WITH

CPS AND WE HAVE GIVEN THEM IDEAS

AND BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE

TO THE TABLE AND AT EACH STEP WE

HAVE BEEN IGNOREED BE BE TRAYED

AND LIED TO.

AND WHEN THEY CALL DYETT A

FAILING SCHOOL THEY WON'T TELL

YOU IN 2008 IT HAD THE LARGEST

PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS GOING TO

COLLEGE IN THE CITY.

AND THEY WENT SAY WE HAD A

DECREASE OF ARRESTS AND

DETENTIONS.

>> HOW ARE YOU DOING, I KNOW ONE

OF MY COLLEAGUES SAW YOU WALK IN

AND THOUGHT YOU WERE WALKING

SLOWLY.

PHYSICALLY, HOW DO YOU GO 31

DAYS WITHOUT EATING?

>> I THINK BREAKS, THROUGHOUT

THE DAY.

I REST.

BUT I WALK SLOW BECAUSE I AM

DIZZY WHEN I WALK FAST IN MY

REGULAR PACE.

AND I WALK SLOW BECAUSE I HAVE

HEADACHES.

AND I TRY TO KEEP MYSELF, WITH

SMALL STEPS RATHER THAN LARGER

ONES.

>> YOU REALLY THINK IT IS WORTH

IT?

>> IT IS WORTH IT IF MY HEART IS

BROKEN, I MAY HAVE A POKER FACE

RIGHT NOW BUT MY CHILDREN HAVE

SUFFERED FROM THE AFTERMATH OF

SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND REALLY THE

LOVE, THE GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AND

GREEN TECHNOLOGY, WITH THE

OVERCROWDING OF THE SCHOOLS WITH

NO BOOKS IN THE SCHOOLS.

>> FIFTEEN SECONDS LEFT, HOW ARE

YOU?

>> PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED.

YOU KNOW, I THINK OUT OF

EVERYONE I MAY BE ONE OF THE

STRONGER ONES, BUT DIZZY SPELLS,

AS ANNA SPOKE TO.

BUT ALSO THIS EXPERIENCE HAS

TAUGHT ME ABOUT UNEQUAL

EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF

CHICAGO.

THE MAYOR.

CITY CAN WATCH US STARVE AND NOT

HAVE MUST HAVE RESPECT TO BLACK

VOICES TO TALK WITH US.

WE WANT A RESPECTFUL

CONVERSATION.

>> HE ALREADY DID TALK TO YOU.

HE TALKED AFTER BEING FORCED TO

HAVE A CONVERSATION BUT IT

WASN'T A NEGOTIATION.

WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HEAT WITH

RAHM EMANUEL SINCE 2010.

>> YOU REMAIN RUSS LUT FOR THE

DAYS THAT GO FORWARD?

>> AND WE DO AND WE WANT A

CONVERSATION AND IT IS REALLY IN

CPS'S COURT.

WE ARE FLEXIBLE AND WILLING TO