WEBVTT

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RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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>> TO NICK WHO SPENT THE DAY IN

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NORTH HALSTED LOCATED IN THE

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LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY AS PART OF

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OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

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SERIES".

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>> WE'RE HERE NOW WITH JO MAMA A

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PERFORMER AND ORGANIZER WITH THE

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CHICAGO BLACK DRAG COUNCIL AND

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DRAG MARCH FOR CHANGE.

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WE

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APPRECIATE IT.

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>> THANK YOU HAPPY TO BE HERE.

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>> YOU ARE RECENTLY PART OF THE

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RECLAIM PRIDE DEMONSTRATION.

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WHY IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS

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IMPORTANT?

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>> PRIDE MEANS MANY THINGS TO

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MANY PEOPLE.

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FOR ME PRIDE HAS BEEN ABOUT SELF

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REFLECTION AND CELEBRATION A

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MOMENT TO LOOK BACK IN POST

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REELECTION WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND

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WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AND

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RECHART A COURSE AND THAT

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CULMINATES TOGETHER IN PROTESTS.

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EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST THREE

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YEARS SINCE 2020, SINCE THE

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RECKONING I ORGANIZED THE MARCH

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SO THE COMMUNITY CAN COMBINE

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THEIR VOICES AND CALL ATTENTION

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TO THESE THINGS AND PUSH IT

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FORWARD TO TOUCH ON ALL THE

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POINTS.

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>> WHAT ARE A FEW OF THE

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IMPORTANT THINGS YOU WANT TO

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HIGHLIGHT IF YOU CHART THAT

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COURSE FORWARD?

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>> WE'VE OVERCOME QUITE A FEW

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BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO

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MORE INCREASED PROTECTIONS FOR

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TRANSPEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BLACK

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TRANSWOMAN.

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IF YOU DISCOVER WHAT THEY ARE

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AND CHANGE THOSE AND IMPROVE

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THEIR LIVES YOU IMPROVE THE

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LIVES OF EVERYONE.

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WE'VE GOT INCREASED GUN CONTROL

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RESTRICTIONS AND THAT IS HOT BUT

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ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT.

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A HOT ISSUE IS A WOMAN'S RIGHT

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TO CHOOSE.

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SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN

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IMPORTANT TO TOUCH ON AND ONE

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ISSUE AFFECTS ALL.

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PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE

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SCOTUS END UP FROM THE SUPREME

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COURT COULD AFFECT NOT JUST

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THEIR LIVES BUT YOUR LIFE AS

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WELL.

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WE ARE LOOKING INTO RECLAIMING

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PRIDE.

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A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE NOT AWARE

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THAT THE PRIDE PARADE IS OWNED

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BY ONE PERSON AND WE WERE

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PUSHING THAT BE MOVED INTO A

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NONPROFIT CONTROLLED BY A BOARD

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OF INDIVIDUALS.

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>> DESPITE THE ISSUES YOU HAVE

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WHETHER IT'S THE PARADE OR THE

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RETURN OF SOME OF THE PRIDE

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MONTH EVENTS, IS THERE A SENSE

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OF EXCITEMENT AS WELL THAT THAT

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COMMUNITY IS RETURNING?

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>> OH, YEAH, ESPECIALLY AFTER

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THIS PAST FEW YEARS OF LOCKDOWN

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EVERYONE CANNOT WAIT TO GET OUT

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AND CELEBRATE.

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I'M ALL FOR IT.

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WE'VE OVERCOME A LOT AND WE

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CONTINUE TO OVERCOME A LOT.

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AND I BELIEVE IN RADICAL JOY AND

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THAT IS FINDING JOY IN DARK

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PLACES AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE

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MOMENTS.

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>> HOW DO YOU HOPE TO SEE THE

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NORTH HALSTED COMMUNITY IN THE

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QUEER COMMUNITY IN GENERAL

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CHANGE FOR THE BETTER OVER THE

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YEARS?

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>> I HOPE FOR A CONTINUED

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GLOATER OF DIVERSITY.

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I'VE SEEN NEW FACES OF ALL WALKS

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OF LIFE AS WE'VE OPENED UP AS

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WELL AS MORE EQUITY TO WHERE

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MORE BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES,

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BLACK AND BROWN BODIES IN

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MANAGEMENT SO WE CAN SOLIDIFY

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THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AND

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CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE

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RIGHT DIRECTION.

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>> WHERE CAN FOLKS SEE YOU

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PERFORM?

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>> YOU CAN FIND ME AT FAT POUR

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SATURDAY AT 12:00 P.M. FOR A

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DRAG BASERUNNER:  BERLIN

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NIGHTCLUB BARTENDING.

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PRIDE IN THE PARK SUNDAY.

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AND YOU WILL FIND ME AT CHICAGO

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VOTE THEY ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL

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THING IN PILSEN ON ELECTION DAY

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AND VOTE ON THE 28TH.

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>> JO MAMA THANK YOU.

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>> THANK YOU.

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>> THAT WAS JO MAMA OF THE

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CHICAGO BLACK DRAG COUNCIL AND

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DRAG MARCH FOR CHANGE.

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WE'LL TALK WITH A LOCAL HEALTH