Dr. Marshall Hatch (New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church), Chief Rabbi Capers Shmuel Funnye (Beth Shalom Bnai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation) and Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann (Mishkan Chicago) | Moderator: Judith Helfand (Director/Producer, COOKED: Survival by Zip Code), FRIDAY July 19th @ 8:15pm - Radical Resilience: The Art and Soul of Place Making, Place Taking-back and Transformation, Panelists: Naomi Davis (Blacks In Green), Judith Helfand (Director/Producer, COOKED: Survival by Zip Code), Danielle Perry (Growing Home), Anton Seals (Grow Greater Englewood) | Moderator: Daniel Block (Professor, Chicago State University; Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University), SATURDAY July 20th @ 7:30pm - Chicago and Cook County: Today and Moving Forward, Panelists: Alma Anaya (Cook County Commissioner of the 7th District), Allison Arwady (Acting Commissioner Chicago Department of Public Health), Judith Helfand (Director/Producer, COOKED: Survival by Zip Code), Dr. Terry Mason (Chief Operating Officer, Cook County Department of Public Health), Ranjani Prabhakar (Deputy Policy Director - Climate Change, City of Chicago) | Moderator Alden Loury (Senior Editor: Race, Class & Communities, WBEZ), SUNDAY July 21st @ 5:15pm - Social Determinants of Health: Closing the Life Expectancy Gap - Part 1 (In dedication to the life, work and legacy of Dr. Steve Whitman), Panelists: David Ansell, MD, MPH (Rush University Medical Center), Maureen Benjamins PhD, (Sinai Urban Health Institute), Dr. Linda Rae Murray, M.D. Subscribe to our "Mixed Issue" email newsletter. 400 pages. Helfand is in production on a first-person, non-fiction feature Love & Stuff, an intergenerational love story about losing her mother and becoming a new old mom in her fifties, both at once. on the Internet. " Cooked: Survival by Zip Code shines a light on the issues of poverty, race, class, and education that underlie how natural disasters take lives." Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com "Helfand's brilliance in Cooked is precisely the way she shifts and re-orients our entire social mentality and approach to thinking about racism, poverty, and disaster. Simeon Hutner is a film editor, director, and producer with twenty-five years of film and television credits, including works shown at Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, Telluride and many other film festivals, as well as on HBO, BBC, Bravo, A&E and PBS. Watch the discussion here. Finally, she came to understand that her thesis was actually something like this: Policies should be changed so government can direct more of its tremendous resources from natural-disaster preparedness to alleviation of unnatural disastersthe inequality, poverty, and health issues that kill 3,000 people in one year in Chicago alone (1,833 died in Katrina). "45700:24:00,800 --> 00:24:05,799And so, in that spirit, I'menraged almost all of the time.45800:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,469I'm of that generation,so yes, I was enraged.45900:24:08,470 --> 00:24:10,649Was I surprised or shocked?46000:24:10,650 --> 00:24:13,259No, I know what happensduring heatwaves.46100:24:13,260 --> 00:24:15,989And I could see that the citywas not responding accordingly.46200:24:15,990 --> 00:24:18,409And even if thecity had responded46300:24:18,410 --> 00:24:22,679in a more appropriate way,we would've seen differences,46400:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,669hopefully not as great,between poor communities46500:24:25,670 --> 00:24:27,939that are under-resourcedand communities46600:24:27,940 --> 00:24:30,069that are better resourced.46700:24:30,070 --> 00:24:33,639This is a map thathas two things going on46800:24:33,640 --> 00:24:34,969at the same time.46900:24:34,970 --> 00:24:37,639We've put these circlesin those communities47000:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,209that have the highestpoverty rates.47100:24:40,210 --> 00:24:44,519And then what we've done is,we've shaded in the communities47200:24:44,520 --> 00:24:48,349that had the highestmortality rates from the heat.47300:24:48,350 --> 00:24:51,399And as you can see,they're almost perfect overlaps.47400:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,499So the question is,did people die of the heat,47500:24:53,500 --> 00:24:55,449or did they die ofthe social conditions47600:24:55,450 --> 00:24:56,829in these neighborhoods?47700:24:56,830 --> 00:24:58,049And the answer is both.47800:24:58,050 --> 00:25:01,439Had the heat not occurred, theywouldn't have died that week47900:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,999that's for sure, but theywould've died too soon anyway,48000:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,790and the socialconditions place them48100:25:10,589 --> 00:25:14,899in a ambiance, or anenvironment in which the heat48200:25:14,900 --> 00:25:17,289would be most likelyto strike these people,48300:25:17,290 --> 00:25:18,910and to kill them.48400:25:18,911 --> 00:25:21,578(serious music)48500:25:32,322 --> 00:25:34,469The beginning ofthis project I decided48600:25:34,470 --> 00:25:36,429I was gonna kind ofadapt this phrase48700:25:36,430 --> 00:25:37,597that the coroners use,48800:25:37,841 --> 00:25:39,092{\an8}which is to say that,48900:25:39,117 --> 00:25:43,946{\an8}"We study death in orderto better understand49000:25:43,947 --> 00:25:46,139{\an8}and protect life. She asks us to think about and re-define racism and poverty as, indeed, disasters.' 54 minutes. During the crisis, Mayor Richard M. Daley tried to lay the blame for high mortality rates on black families, saying they should take better care of their elders and check in with them more. An experienced director/producer, David considers editing the heart of documentary-practice and has chosen to spend the bulk of recent years in the edit room, crafting impactful works with talented collaborators. His most recent book is a collection of essays, The Age of Clear Profit: Essays on Home and the Narrow Road (UGA Press 2022). In the summer of 1995, Chicago experienced an unthinkable disaster, when extremely high humidity and a layer of heat-retaining pollution drove the heat index up to more than 126 degrees. Posted on August 15, 2020 August 15, 2020 by . Shop by category. Helfand asks Dr. Steve Whitman, Director of Epidemiology, City of Chicago, 1990-2000, what he thinks of it. In addition to producing COOKED: Survival by Zip Code, Doremus co-produced the Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning, ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail for PBS Frontline series. He co-edited the recently releasedCooked: Survival by Zip Code; as well asAbacus: Small Enough to Jail, which received a2018 Oscar nomination, wonBest Documentary Editingat the Ashland Film Festival, and was termed an exemplary piece of filmmaking by Sight & Sound. They were dying on the south and west sides.. Please complete the form below to connect with the COOKED team. This film can be used in a wide range of classrooms with social and ethnic studies and health policy as well as in public contexts of churches, community groups, and other venues.' Share. Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995, when 739 residents mostly elderly and black died over the course of one week. The Common Reader, a publication of Washington University in St. Louis, offers the best in reviews, articles and creative non-fiction engaging the essential debates and issues of our time. The discussion as a means of engagement with social issues following a documentary was incredibly valuable and something that the Green Film Festival, alongside the BAME student network, were glad to host. It was released theatrically in January 2015. This discussion will feature COD faculty Missy Mouritsen and Maureen Heffern Ponicki, who will discuss the role of politics in the events of Cooked. She has designed and implemented numerous successful outreach and engagement campaigns for many social issue documentaries, and has produced over 300 impact events across the country featuring films about economic and racial justice, mental health, women, civil discourse, juvenile justice, and Jewish identity. WATCH THE PANEL DISCUSSIONS FROM OUR JULY 2019 CHICAGO THEATRICAL RUN, FRIDAY July 12 @ 8:15pm - Opening Night Q&A with COOKED Filmmakers & Film Subjects, Panelists: Fenell Doremus (Producer, COOKED: Survival by Zip Code), Judith Helfand (Director/Producer, COOKED: Survival by Zip Code), Dr. Linda Rae Murray, M.D. Whitman had outlined.92100:50:50,080 --> 00:50:52,8793,200 deaths from terrorism92200:50:52,880 --> 00:50:54,923are considered anational disaster.92300:50:56,710 --> 00:51:00,359And 3,200 deaths fromtreatable diseases,92400:51:00,360 --> 00:51:02,059taking place in neighborhoods92500:51:02,060 --> 00:51:05,723just due south and west fromhere, are barely considered.92600:51:06,670 --> 00:51:10,669But if those 3,200preventable deaths in a year92700:51:10,670 --> 00:51:13,573aren't a disaster,I don't know what is.92800:51:16,746 --> 00:51:19,279And that's when I startedgoogling disaster,92900:51:21,180 --> 00:51:25,869which led me to DisasterMaster, to disaster prevention.93000:51:25,870 --> 00:51:29,159[Woman] To guarantee goodhealth, you need clean water.93100:51:29,160 --> 00:51:32,899It filters about agallon every five minutes,93200:51:32,900 --> 00:51:34,639which is faster than most.93300:51:34,640 --> 00:51:36,829[Judith] Todisaster preparedness,93400:51:36,830 --> 00:51:39,119which, I soon learned,is one of our nation's93500:51:39,120 --> 00:51:41,399most dynamic growth industries.93600:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,104All right, let's startoff my talking about93700:51:43,128 --> 00:51:47,914emergency food,packaged to last 25 years.93800:51:48,240 --> 00:51:51,413[Judith] And finally,disaster preparedness Chicago.93900:51:52,288 --> 00:51:54,719(helicopter whirring)94000:51:54,720 --> 00:51:56,539Which is how I learnedthat in a suburb94100:51:56,540 --> 00:51:59,929just north of the city, CookCounty was about to show off94200:51:59,930 --> 00:52:01,369its latest innovations94300:52:01,370 --> 00:52:04,529in government-fundeddisaster preparedness.94400:52:04,530 --> 00:52:06,869It seemed like aperfect opportunity94500:52:06,870 --> 00:52:08,423for me to learn the basics.94600:52:09,690 --> 00:52:14,325{\an8}This year, Cook Countywill share $47.7 million94700:52:14,350 --> 00:52:18,334{\an8}in Urban Area SecurityInitiative, UASI, grants funds.94800:52:19,309 --> 00:52:22,351What you're gonna see isjust a handful of resources94900:52:22,380 --> 00:52:24,509that have been put in placeover the last 10 years,95000:52:24,510 --> 00:52:27,159mainly paid forthrough federal grants.95100:52:27,160 --> 00:52:28,832This is the logisticsresupply truck.95200:52:28,833 --> 00:52:32,646It's got all the basics tosupport a 500-person force95300:52:32,647 --> 00:52:34,409for three days.95400:52:34,410 --> 00:52:36,379Over here is a mobileventilation unit.95500:52:36,380 --> 00:52:39,079We can clear an areaunbelievably efficiently95600:52:39,080 --> 00:52:40,539using these machines.95700:52:40,540 --> 00:52:42,885Mobile warehouse,seven semitrailers95800:52:42,909 --> 00:52:44,699each with 18,000 items95900:52:44,700 --> 00:52:47,239of things we neededfor the fist 72 hours.96000:52:47,240 --> 00:52:49,399Unified command vehicle.96100:52:49,400 --> 00:52:50,819There are around, I believe,96200:52:50,820 --> 00:52:52,67016 of these in thestate of Illinois.96300:52:53,556 --> 00:52:55,975I started gettinginto this whole question96400:52:56,000 --> 00:52:59,407about disaster becauseof the 1995 heatwave.96500:52:59,866 --> 00:53:02,489{\an8}A lot of things thatare in place today,96600:53:02,490 --> 00:53:05,500{\an8}were a result of lessonslearned from the 1995 heatwave.96700:53:05,880 --> 00:53:08,329If you remember,1995 we were keeping bodies96800:53:08,330 --> 00:53:11,039in refrigerated food trucks.96900:53:12,120 --> 00:53:14,659We now have a vehiclethat's specifically made97000:53:14,660 --> 00:53:16,129for this task.97100:53:16,130 --> 00:53:18,149The victim would beput into this vehicle.97200:53:18,150 --> 00:53:20,033We can hold 27 victims.97300:53:20,940 --> 00:53:25,589We can chill this unitdown to 32 degrees.97400:53:25,590 --> 00:53:28,363[Judith] Which is basicallya refrigerated morgue on wheels?97500:53:29,400 --> 00:53:30,998Yeah, I wouldn'tput that in the press.97600:53:30,999 --> 00:53:33,289I'd flower it up alittle better, but yes.97700:53:33,290 --> 00:53:34,790[Judith] What would you say?97800:53:35,630 --> 00:53:38,063That's a victimcontainment system.97900:53:39,740 --> 00:53:41,639[Judith] That victimcontainment system98000:53:41,640 --> 00:53:44,309was just one of manybig shiny new trucks98100:53:44,310 --> 00:53:46,069at this county event.98200:53:46,070 --> 00:53:49,529Multiply that by 3,142 counties,98300:53:49,530 --> 00:53:52,069or county equivalentsin the United States98400:53:52,070 --> 00:53:54,812currently gearing upfor future disasters98500:53:54,837 --> 00:53:56,814and you start toget the picture.98600:53:56,823 --> 00:54:00,386Disaster preparedness is avery well-resourced endeavor.98700:54:03,730 --> 00:54:05,959But what if it waspossible to re-purpose98800:54:05,960 --> 00:54:09,659this massive infrastructure,which already operates98900:54:09,660 --> 00:54:12,699on local, regional,and national levels,99000:54:12,700 --> 00:54:14,609and put it in serviceof communities99100:54:14,610 --> 00:54:16,983struck by unnatural disasters?99200:54:18,660 --> 00:54:21,769What if we decided to useeven some of these resources99300:54:21,770 --> 00:54:25,463to keep people from dyingjust because they're poor?99400:54:28,160 --> 00:54:29,889That was the question on my mind99500:54:29,890 --> 00:54:33,099when I found out about adisaster preparedness conference99600:54:33,100 --> 00:54:36,619taking place just twostates, one floodplain,99700:54:36,620 --> 00:54:39,739and one seismic faultline away from Chicago99800:54:39,740 --> 00:54:40,993in Paducah, Kentucky.99900:54:42,600 --> 00:54:44,069It's all aboutdisaster preparedness.100000:54:44,070 --> 00:54:46,539We're talking about icestorms, a big earthquake100100:54:46,540 --> 00:54:48,329that could happen hereon the New Madrid fault,100200:54:48,330 --> 00:54:50,529as well as a slewof other disasters.100300:54:50,530 --> 00:54:53,109We've got people from FEMAhere, from the Red Cross,100400:54:53,110 --> 00:54:54,533from the USGS.100500:54:59,050 --> 00:55:00,064Judith Helfand.100600:55:01,760 --> 00:55:02,747- Yeah?- Yes.100700:55:02,748 --> 00:55:04,242[Judith] All right. Possible defendants could include the fossil fuel industry causing inexorable global warming; Chicago officials, especially Mayor Richard Daley, who tried to blame the victims families themselves for not doing enough, and who fail to address the roots of poverty; the Federal Housing Administration, whose policies explicitly discriminated against Black communities; banks and corporations, which disinvested from Black communities and left people excessively vulnerable to natural disasters; and the entire system of racial capitalism, from enslavement forward, which created maps with perfect overlaps of race and death. Lets just say, its about a lack of compassion on a lot of parts.. The twin vulnerability of poverty and race placed African Americans at special risk in the 1995 Chicago heat wave. You've just tried to add this show to COOKED: Survival By Zip Code will be having an encore broadcast on Monday, July 13th, 2020 on PBS Independent Lens, the 25th anniversary of the most . He was the founding Series Editor of Crux, a literary nonfiction book series at University of Georgia Press. (laughing)131701:09:19,266 --> 01:09:20,783Yeah!131801:09:20,784 --> 01:09:21,616You like it?131901:09:21,617 --> 01:09:22,450Yeah!132001:09:25,458 --> 01:09:28,458[Woman] Yes,I love it, I love it.132101:09:30,310 --> 01:09:32,309[Judith] So even in oneof the wealthiest cities132201:09:32,310 --> 01:09:35,863in the nation, access toapples is not guaranteed.132301:09:39,780 --> 01:09:42,019Which is a problem OrrinWilliams was tackling132401:09:42,020 --> 01:09:45,539with Chicago's first-everurban organic farm,132501:09:45,540 --> 01:09:46,559Growing Home.132601:09:47,587 --> 01:09:50,837{\an8}(light, serious music)132701:09:54,410 --> 01:09:57,076Someone said to me, "It'seasier to buy a gun around here132801:09:57,077 --> 01:09:58,267than a tomato. See more Cooked: Survival By Zip Code (DVD) The underlying dynamic in those same communities, which determined who would live and die during the heat wave, of course continue to exist now., He has a hard time not laughing bitterly. It's a stark realization, to be sure.' They have high rates of gun-related death, diabetes, breast cancer, unemployment, heart disease, school closings, and high-school dropouts. She taught documentary production at NYUs undergraduate program for seven years, was filmmaker-in-residence at UW Madison in 2007 and 2009 where she taught environmental documentary production and co-taught and designed an intensive summer documentary boot camp for New School University. Directed and produced by Judith Helfand, the film is an adaption of Eric Klinenbergs first book, Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. Be more independent. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). 989 Wyldewood Dr. L1G 4G2. When peeled away from the shocking headlines the story reveals the less newsworthy but long-term crisis of pernicious poverty, economic, and social isolation and racism. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. April 28: College of Staten Island, CUNY, featuring Judith Helfand and other special guests. In 1995, more than 700 Chicagoans died in a single week. . : Hidden Tiger, Crouching Doran (Part I). Kathy Leichter is an award-winning documentary producer, director, impact producer, and engagement strategist with over thirty years of experience. Average deaths by tornado in Chicago: one. No. His scholarly work has been published in journals including the American Sociological Review, Theory and Society, and Ethnography, and he has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and This American Life. Nik Heynen, Professor of Geography, Co-Director, Cornelia Walker Bailey Program on Land and Agriculture, University of Georgia'Insightful[The filmmaker] doesn't pull her punchesshe addresses the situation head-on, explaining the real reasons why so many people died during this little-recognized disaster, chief among them segregation and poverty.' (laughing)107400:58:09,886 --> 00:58:12,845The mission, to be readyfor the massive earthquake107500:58:12,870 --> 00:58:14,999that's expected tohit the Midwest,107600:58:15,024 --> 00:58:17,707and simulate acoordinated response.107700:58:19,325 --> 00:58:22,298The last major earthquake, 1812.107800:58:23,730 --> 00:58:25,739[Man] Kilo YankeeFour Hotel Charlie.107900:58:25,740 --> 00:58:27,679K-Y-4-E-O-C.108000:58:27,680 --> 00:58:31,109Kentucky joint forceheadquarters to Kentucky cab,108100:58:31,110 --> 00:58:33,679Alpha Foxtrot Alpha Fouris here, Whiskey, over.108200:58:33,680 --> 00:58:36,729We've had a 7.7Richter scale earthquake.108300:58:36,730 --> 00:58:40,579You can see the damageis particularly intensive108400:58:40,580 --> 00:58:42,649west of the landbetween the lakes region108500:58:42,650 --> 00:58:44,799here in the JacksonPurchase region.108600:58:44,800 --> 00:58:46,293The Cavalier CityFire Department is108700:58:46,317 --> 00:58:47,706inoperable becauseof the earthquake.108800:58:47,707 --> 00:58:51,189A 7,000 pound release ofchlorine that was near a school.108900:58:51,190 --> 00:58:54,266[Man Standing] We had625 casualties, 200 deaths,109000:58:54,267 --> 00:58:57,409275,000 seeking shelter.109100:58:57,410 --> 00:58:58,766So we're sending down a million109200:58:58,790 --> 00:59:00,199MREs and a millionbottles of water.109300:59:00,200 --> 00:59:03,339Medical supplies,food, water, tinnage,109400:59:03,340 --> 00:59:05,549whatever the civilians need.109500:59:05,550 --> 00:59:08,189We got a notificationfrom one of our operators109600:59:08,218 --> 00:59:10,228saying that there was alot of damage in Memphis.109700:59:11,847 --> 00:59:12,798Exercise message.109800:59:14,224 --> 00:59:15,183Exercise message.109900:59:15,191 --> 00:59:16,139[Judith] OK.110000:59:16,140 --> 00:59:18,679I did forget,I was too busy marveling110100:59:18,680 --> 00:59:20,209at our nation's ability110200:59:20,210 --> 00:59:22,869and seeminglyunconditional commitment110300:59:22,870 --> 00:59:26,079to marshal resources,rebuild infrastructure,110400:59:26,080 --> 00:59:30,459save lives, and ensure thatcitizens are fed, housed,110500:59:30,460 --> 00:59:32,073and provided medical care.110600:59:33,560 --> 00:59:37,359That is, as long as it's inthe wake of a natural disaster.110700:59:37,360 --> 00:59:40,141(crowd applauding)110800:59:40,166 --> 00:59:41,251[Man] There you go.110900:59:41,260 --> 00:59:45,535So, response versusmitigation versus preparedness.111000:59:45,560 --> 00:59:50,560Could the recovery come in,in advance of the disaster?111100:59:51,570 --> 00:59:53,549And even in advanceof the preparedness,111200:59:53,550 --> 00:59:56,853because that's, maybe therecovery is preparedness.111300:59:56,892 --> 00:59:58,810But,how are you going to do that111400:59:58,830 --> 01:00:01,123being withoutpersonnel and funds?111501:00:02,370 --> 01:00:04,743You don't have no personneland you have no funds.111601:00:05,580 --> 01:00:07,793You only receive thatafter the disaster.111701:00:09,130 --> 01:00:12,319[Judith] My idea wasn't tosend in the National Guard.111801:00:12,320 --> 01:00:15,229We had more than10,000 people participate111901:00:15,230 --> 01:00:17,189in this exercise yesterday.112001:00:17,190 --> 01:00:19,909[Judith] But with a minortweak to the term disaster,112101:00:19,910 --> 01:00:22,739maybe this well-fundedfederal agency112201:00:22,740 --> 01:00:25,119could invest in thelong-term resilience112301:00:25,120 --> 01:00:26,769of the vulnerable communities112401:00:26,770 --> 01:00:28,983they're actuallypreparing to rescue.112501:00:30,400 --> 01:00:32,819The trick ends up beingnot what you're chasing here112601:00:32,820 --> 01:00:35,499by turning that into adisaster, 'cause it's not112701:00:35,500 --> 01:00:36,819[Judith] Well it is a disaster.112801:00:36,820 --> 01:00:40,933No, it's a crisis andit's, (laughing)112901:00:40,957 --> 01:00:43,959it's one of the negativeparts of the real world.113001:00:43,960 --> 01:00:46,829And where I come from,nobody gets a free pass.113101:00:46,830 --> 01:00:48,599You have to take,you reach down,113201:00:48,600 --> 01:00:51,009grab yourself by thebootstraps, and let's go.113301:00:51,010 --> 01:00:53,469I wish I had abetter answer for ya.113401:00:53,470 --> 01:00:55,599I will say, you've piquedmy interest, I'm thinking,113501:00:55,600 --> 01:00:57,759my brain is tryingto connect some dots,113601:00:57,760 --> 01:01:01,449but I can't get to whereyou want to mobilize113701:01:01,450 --> 01:01:04,533this agency or thisorganization in advance.113801:01:06,020 --> 01:01:07,459It just doesn't work that way.113901:01:07,460 --> 01:01:10,299Now if you changed the laws,and we get people to agree114001:01:10,300 --> 01:01:12,553that we wanna changethe world we live in,114101:01:13,710 --> 01:01:15,509kinda the holy grail, right?114201:01:15,510 --> 01:01:17,823Go for it, I'm right behind you.114301:01:19,728 --> 01:01:22,311(gentle music)114401:01:23,850 --> 01:01:26,749[Judith] I left Frankfurt,Kentucky and headed south114501:01:26,750 --> 01:01:29,169towards the Tennesseeborder to get a good look114601:01:29,170 --> 01:01:30,620at the New Madrid fault line.114701:01:31,950 --> 01:01:34,369A disaster in waitingthat might not,114801:01:34,370 --> 01:01:36,479despite all of this preparation,114901:01:36,480 --> 01:01:38,203even happen in our lifetime.115001:01:39,230 --> 01:01:41,803But of course,I couldn't see anything.115101:01:44,640 --> 01:01:46,259How did we get here?115201:01:46,260 --> 01:01:49,689To a place where so many peoplebelieve that if you're poor,115301:01:49,690 --> 01:01:52,059it's because youdidn't pull hard enough115401:01:52,060 --> 01:01:53,453on your own bootstraps.115501:01:59,910 --> 01:02:01,179{\an8}So what you're struggling with115601:02:01,180 --> 01:02:03,929{\an8}is why are wespending so much money115701:02:03,930 --> 01:02:06,689{\an8}on these low-probability events115801:02:07,240 --> 01:02:10,219when we have people dyinglike flies all around us?115901:02:10,220 --> 01:02:12,999And that money couldbe helping people now.116001:02:13,000 --> 01:02:14,169- Is that it?- Yes.116101:02:14,170 --> 01:02:15,002Yeah.116201:02:15,003 --> 01:02:17,533Well, right.116301:02:18,783 --> 01:02:24,831Yeah, you're right to seethat as an unreasonable116401:02:24,840 --> 01:02:27,269allocation ofresources, 'cause it is.116501:02:27,270 --> 01:02:29,669In order to get help fromthe federal government,116601:02:29,670 --> 01:02:32,639you typically haveto make some showing116701:02:32,640 --> 01:02:34,579that whatever it isthat has happened to you116801:02:34,580 --> 01:02:35,699is not your fault.116901:02:35,700 --> 01:02:40,639And, as a result of that,we pay a lot of attention117001:02:40,640 --> 01:02:43,499in this country to howpeople came to be in need117101:02:43,500 --> 01:02:44,909in the first place.117201:02:44,910 --> 01:02:48,529And their claims arediscredited in our system117301:02:48,530 --> 01:02:50,859by the sense thatthey could have117401:02:50,860 --> 01:02:53,778or should havehelped themselves.117501:02:54,861 --> 01:02:57,864But that is our historyand our tradition.117601:02:57,866 --> 01:03:00,949(slow, somber music)117701:03:08,537 --> 01:03:09,545(people chattering)117801:03:09,546 --> 01:03:11,562[Woman] Number three.117901:03:11,586 --> 01:03:12,963[Man] What happenedto number one?118001:03:12,964 --> 01:03:14,422[Woman] Numberone is right here.118101:03:14,447 --> 01:03:15,361[Man] Open.118201:03:16,580 --> 01:03:18,299{\an8}Number one come right on in.118301:03:18,343 --> 01:03:19,335{\an8}- Two.- Hold on to that.118401:03:19,570 --> 01:03:21,949[Judith] Watching thisgroup of Englewood elders118501:03:21,950 --> 01:03:25,509line up at 7:00 a.m. to gethelp with their energy bills118601:03:25,510 --> 01:03:27,439made our historyand our tradition118701:03:27,440 --> 01:03:30,563seem not only absurd tome, but criminal.118801:03:33,349 --> 01:03:35,182Sir, take your time.118901:03:37,670 --> 01:03:39,296[Judith] Every year, a one-time119001:03:39,320 --> 01:03:42,257federally-funded subsidy of $150119101:03:42,281 --> 01:03:44,367is available forthose who qualify.119201:03:45,300 --> 01:03:47,854As long as the moneydoesn't run out.119301:03:47,855 --> 01:03:48,855Number 10.119401:03:52,836 --> 01:03:54,658Good morning everyone.119501:03:56,256 --> 01:04:01,178{\an8}You know you need yourlight bill, your gas bill,119601:04:01,190 --> 01:04:02,408{\an8}and they have to be current.119701:04:02,920 --> 01:04:06,699We need your income,social security card119801:04:06,700 --> 01:04:09,159for everyone that'sin the household.119901:04:09,160 --> 01:04:12,323A current rentreceipt if you rent.120001:04:13,350 --> 01:04:16,169So you can takethose documents out,120101:04:16,170 --> 01:04:17,773hold 'em in your hand now.120201:04:20,146 --> 01:04:24,188{\an8}They had a cooling programand then they ran out of money.120301:04:24,213 --> 01:04:28,629{\an8}So that cooling programlasted about two or three days.120401:04:28,630 --> 01:04:31,253{\an8}Many people did notget help who needed it.120501:04:32,450 --> 01:04:33,829The money wasn't there.120601:04:33,830 --> 01:04:36,492It wasn't that they did notapply, the money was not there.120701:04:36,493 --> 01:04:38,859See, that money comes fromthe federal government120801:04:38,860 --> 01:04:41,059to the state, then to the city.120901:04:41,060 --> 01:04:43,969But they're more than a hundredintake sites in the city121001:04:43,970 --> 01:04:45,509like ours here.121101:04:45,510 --> 01:04:49,429So there's hundreds of peopleapplying at the same time.121201:04:49,430 --> 01:04:51,163So that money justgoes like that.121301:04:55,232 --> 01:04:56,733- What was it, '85?- '95.121401:05:00,952 --> 01:05:03,119[Judith] How old was he?121501:05:04,170 --> 01:05:07,153He was 58, he was 58.121601:05:07,178 --> 01:05:08,522[Judith] I'm sorry.121701:05:08,523 --> 01:05:09,356Mm-hmm.121801:05:10,999 --> 01:05:13,652(people chattering)121901:05:13,653 --> 01:05:15,074[Woman] 17.122001:05:15,075 --> 01:05:16,158[Woman] 17.122101:05:17,104 --> 01:05:18,476Do you own or rent?122201:05:18,477 --> 01:05:19,418[Client] Own.122301:05:19,419 --> 01:05:21,202Own, OK.122401:05:21,203 --> 01:05:24,203(people chattering)122501:05:31,180 --> 01:05:33,099You can tell a lotabout what we care about122601:05:33,100 --> 01:05:34,750by where we'reputting our money.122701:05:36,460 --> 01:05:40,599People want thoseresources to be at standby122801:05:40,600 --> 01:05:45,600in case they are experiencingan earthquake or a fire122901:05:45,950 --> 01:05:48,349or a flood or hurricane.123001:05:48,350 --> 01:05:50,929Because they can imaginethat happening to them.123101:05:50,930 --> 01:05:54,079A white person cannoteasily imagine what it is123201:05:54,080 --> 01:05:57,919to be a person ofcolor in a community123301:05:57,920 --> 01:06:00,863that doesn't have access togood food or medical care.123401:06:05,555 --> 01:06:06,848{\an8}Have you ever had a mammogram?123501:06:06,872 --> 01:06:07,705{\an8}No, I have not.123601:06:07,721 --> 01:06:09,431{\an8}Are you interestedin having a mammogram?123701:06:09,439 --> 01:06:10,506{\an8}No, I'm not.123801:06:10,515 --> 01:06:13,057{\an8}OK, is there any specificreason, you mind me asking?123901:06:13,518 --> 01:06:18,565No, I just don't wanna have one.124001:06:18,590 --> 01:06:21,809I just, I got plentygoing in my life and124101:06:21,810 --> 01:06:23,880- [Oreletta] Too much already.- Yeah, that's enough.124201:06:23,904 --> 01:06:26,048OK, well do you mind ifI send you a reminder just to124301:06:26,072 --> 01:06:27,049A reminder is fine.124401:06:27,073 --> 01:06:28,617keep on encouragingyou to get one?124501:06:28,640 --> 01:06:29,832- Yes, no problem.- OK.124601:06:29,833 --> 01:06:32,299[Judith] What Icame to learn is this.124701:06:32,300 --> 01:06:35,449In the absence of anysignificant investment,124801:06:35,450 --> 01:06:38,479communities that are mostvulnerable every day,124901:06:38,480 --> 01:06:40,939are forced to rely ontheir own ingenuity125001:06:40,940 --> 01:06:43,009and very meager resources125101:06:43,010 --> 01:06:47,299to respond to the crisis thatmost everyone else ignores.125201:06:47,300 --> 01:06:48,749Like the communityhealth workers125301:06:48,750 --> 01:06:51,059from the Sinai UrbanHealth Institute,125401:06:51,060 --> 01:06:53,049who spend their daysreaching out to women125501:06:53,050 --> 01:06:54,979who suffer breast cancer deaths125601:06:54,980 --> 01:06:58,349at a rate 40% higherthan the white women125701:06:58,350 --> 01:06:59,653on the other side of town.125801:07:00,069 --> 01:07:01,289{\an8}I'm uninsured.125901:07:01,290 --> 01:07:02,999{\an8}OK, you don't haveto worry about that.126001:07:03,000 --> 01:07:05,122{\an8}We have a state-funded programso we pay for the cost.126101:07:05,690 --> 01:07:07,649Once we enter you intothe computer system126201:07:07,650 --> 01:07:09,784then I get you in,probably about a week's time.126301:07:09,785 --> 01:07:10,783OK.126401:07:10,784 --> 01:07:13,683Insurance, anytype, you got, put no.126501:07:15,030 --> 01:07:18,349Check there, and ah.126601:07:18,350 --> 01:07:19,929When the last timeyou had a mammogram?126701:07:19,930 --> 01:07:20,762Probably last year.126801:07:20,763 --> 01:07:22,569Last year,are you set for this year?126901:07:22,570 --> 01:07:23,551I need another one.127001:07:23,552 --> 01:07:24,649You need another, OK.127101:07:24,650 --> 01:07:26,809Every day,I go into an exam room127201:07:26,810 --> 01:07:29,679and I work with people thathave medical conditions,127301:07:29,680 --> 01:07:32,109much of which could'vebeen prevented127401:07:32,110 --> 01:07:35,079or at least made mucheasier to deal with127501:07:35,080 --> 01:07:37,409if they had thestructural conditions127601:07:37,410 --> 01:07:38,710they need to stay healthy.127701:07:39,646 --> 01:07:40,942People think that poor people127801:07:40,981 --> 01:07:43,275don't know how to eat healthyor don't wanna eat healthy.127901:07:43,650 --> 01:07:45,025{\an8}A lot of it ismore about access.128001:07:45,050 --> 01:07:46,176{\an8}They don't have access to it.128101:07:46,201 --> 01:07:47,761{\an8}It's difficult forthem to get to places.128201:07:48,363 --> 01:07:49,643The things thatthey have in their128301:07:49,685 --> 01:07:51,124neighbourhood are not healthy.128401:07:51,149 --> 01:07:52,049[Woman] We have food.128501:07:52,050 --> 01:07:56,392So that's our vision,bring the food to the people.128601:07:56,393 --> 01:07:59,643(gentle, bouncy music)128701:08:13,999 --> 01:08:15,402[Boy] I'll taste salad.128801:08:15,403 --> 01:08:18,035You'll taste salad,OK, salad is good,128901:08:18,059 --> 01:08:19,436it's a good start,what about like.129001:08:19,437 --> 01:08:21,969[Judith] Fresh Moves isa decommissioned city bus129101:08:21,970 --> 01:08:25,509turned mobile market, bringingaffordable fresh produce129201:08:25,510 --> 01:08:28,079to the neighborhoodsthat are often referred to129301:08:28,080 --> 01:08:29,183as food deserts.129401:08:29,863 --> 01:08:31,072Have you ever tried a pear?129501:08:31,073 --> 01:08:32,573Do you wanna try one?129601:08:32,574 --> 01:08:34,237What if buy you anapple or a pear?129701:08:34,238 --> 01:08:35,070Apple.129801:08:35,071 --> 01:08:37,171You wanna try, OK,which one you want?129901:08:38,426 --> 01:08:40,269As a matter of fact, I'm,130001:08:40,270 --> 01:08:41,643is that the one you want, OK.130101:08:41,644 --> 01:08:43,354You got to wait tillthey check out up there.130201:08:43,378 --> 01:08:46,049Just hold on to it.That's a big thing.130301:08:46,050 --> 01:08:47,634[Sheelah] Yeah,you gonna eat it all.130401:08:49,674 --> 01:08:51,258[Woman] Come on,try it, just try it.130501:08:51,281 --> 01:08:52,362Come on.130601:08:52,385 --> 01:08:53,457- Please.- Do it, do it,130701:08:53,481 --> 01:08:56,056do it, do it, do it. 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