>> Not >> many Chicagoans can say they've lived in each of the city's 77 community areas.

But our next guest is looking to do just that as part of his aptly named Live 77 Project.

>> Jahmal Cole, founder and CEO of My Block, My Hood.

My city is entering his second year of the 6 year project.

>> Where he will live eat and shop in each of the city's community areas for a month.

Jahmal Cole CEO and founder of My Block My Hood, my city joins us now.

Welcome back.

Good to see you.

Thanks for having Okay.

So before we get to that last Wednesday at the Sox game, longtime anthem singer Gerald Cheney collapsed seconds into performing the black National anthem.

Lift every voice and sing he's doing okay.

Now he's in recovery.

But you posted you share this on your Instagram account that you ran to his side to assist the White Sox staff at the time we see there in that photo that must've been a fairly frightening moment.

But you jumped What was all that like?

>> He's got, you know, I mean, God had mean a place.

Where reason I thought I was gonna be there to make a pitch and turns out it there to help somebody and pray for him.

He was and there's that he had a heart attack use.

don't want to slow the game like we're here for in the game.

Can take care you for?

Exactly.

So I'm glad I'm glad that I was there to help out, but it's just instinct.

Some, you know, you live Chicago.

You always got repair work with a lot of teenagers.

And love city.

So I'm glad that the little bit of help out to, you know, offer got to do with great cause.

I think you're able to lift him onto the structure so that he could be moved by the paramedics.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

But.

>> But like I said, look, you know, he was saying and I thought, yeah, forgot the words.

And he just the fellows rolled him over.

I thought he's having a seizure and then he was on.

He was in a lot of pain.

And I just, you know, that pain.

I felt that pain is I just said, I'm here with you.

Madam Plan for you.

It's going to be okay.

And I'm glad to hear that he's doing better now.

So, yeah, glad you were there as well.

Glad that he's doing better.

Wishing him a speedy recovery.

Meanwhile, you're living in Albany, Albany Park right now.

A salute your neighbors to the station right what's that like for you has ago has a fish out of water experience.

But I will tell you this in Albany Park, they have a lot civic energy and cohesiveness between politicians.

>> They really do a good job at electing people that push policies that reflect the values of the residents in Albany Park, alderman the state representative, the congresswoman, the center.

They want a peace walk together the other day.

>> peace walk in.

They were all in attendance.

And so you have that type of cohesion.

I just think it makes for a lot of studying energy in the community.

>> This past March, this marked the second year anniversary of the live 77 project.

As of now, you have lived in 14 community areas.

Absolutely.

So yes.

in Bridgeport, Chinatown, North Lawndale Humboldt Park Rogers Park.

That is not all 14, but you can see them on the map.

Yeah.

What lessons have you learned so far on this journey?

Well suffers in North Lawndale.

Everybody says is really poor.

But when I was there, I found to be rich.

>> It was written trust which in connections, which just a fabric between nonprofit organizations that existed.

You a parka, again, like 5 pounds to apart was great.

But but if says no, marched around apart together and get a lot of peace marches.

I've learned that you know, people say Chicago's really 78 it.

But when you actually break bread with people and have a kitchen table discussion, you realized everybody's trying to raise a family the best they can.

But I, you know, run a small business the best they can trying to keep block as safe as they can.

So even though the 77 to communities is really just one Chicago 77 different ways for us to be proud of relief.

>> What disparities have you noticed between some of the neighborhoods that have more investment versus those that have been invest it and are invested.

>> The feeling the feeling I get is like you imagine like what it's like for a teenager to live important part where, you know, it's a very walkable walking around at all time and then you move from there you go to Chicago Lawn where, you know, this is not as walkable more under resource.

And so I think we all saw the life expectancy gap.

You can feel that we live in the community.

how do how I I'd like to get involved like a walk around block.

I like to talk to my shop local and also like to just get to know my neighbors.

So for guys got a battery.

My back and I love Chicago.

Yeah, a lot join myself so You know, like you said, you haven't just lived there.

You've also stopped a different businesses.

You've met with local organizations and leaders.

All, of course, we'll still leading.

>> Your own nonprofit, Dude, Where's your family?

My family.

My son wants threes.

alderman amusing another we could be a Marilyn days.

The my family.

They come up on the weekends and hang out with me.

Make a little trip out of that.

You know, so we all we all time study assets in the positive things, the neighborhood.

So we shop local, we eat local and we go to automatic and state representatives together.

>> We want to come of this.

What you want people to take away from you doing this?

Because I'm gonna be honest.

It it's sort of reminiscent of when, you know, Martin Luther King and his family moved into North Lawndale during during that movement, not for him looking for and for his goals at the time.

Not much came of it.

>> But what do you want to come this not been planted?

Got to have the big reveal.

I want to spread the good news.

I want to learn as much as accountable relationships.

There's only so much a virtual trust you can build on Facebook Instagram.

>> I want to be a real connections.

I want to understand the strengths and the challenges.

I want to hear the stories on who the solutions people that with the lived experiences.

I want create a roadmap of the impact that can last for decades.

There's so many nonprofits on one side of the street that have been there for 10 years that don't even know people on that site as you've been there 10 years to, I want to connect them by highlighting them.

And I listening to want to listen about how I can help people better.

And this is month 14, sunny summer months.

>> You say your son has been to more city council meetings and you have any chance.

We'll see you running for office as well.

We'll see.

We'll see right now.

I was going law school policy school, but I was at the communities in my classrooms and the people of the professors and the final exams over there doing that.

I volunteer with.

So you want to help people with the highest level.

I want to understand policy better.

But right now I'm all about motivation.

I'm all about learning from community fully invested.

And just that before we let you go, you lead an initiative called Downtown Day.

You take youth from Des invested communities and bring them downtown to experience all that the city has to offer their on connecting them businesses for discounts, gift card so they can choose what activities they want to do.

But we know that, you know, there's also been conversation at the city level around the teen trends and debating whether or not to expand.

Cpd is power too.

>> enforce or enforce the curfew differently.

I should say.

What do you make of how the city has been handling the so-called teen trends?

>> Well, I we use the words trends or takeovers.

takeover sounds like there's an invasion.

The trend is like almost like a social media problem.

I think we're seeing is that you don't have any safe spaces and we're taking now basketball courts in neighborhoods because we think basketball courts are magnets for violence so that a wind-down kids now have safe spaces.

There's a lack of funding for after-school programs and bring us to be honest with you.

If a kid can organize a trend or take over get 15200 they can be an event planner should probably be putting those gets to work telling you may like pretty potent kids and Sean better so they can do it.

>> know you're on it.

What real quick, what neighborhoods after Albany Park always some her most and the little village and Pilsen.

So this year about immigration.

All right.

And call my block my hood, my city, thanks again for joining us.

Best of luck to you.

Thank you.

And we're back to wrap things up right after this.

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