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>> you're sitting up here looking at a neighborhood and saying, like, why is the crime rate high, why is this happening, but then you see no jobs, no education but barely holding on. and then you see no -- when we talk about it, we talk about food justice as well. all of those are major components that come into the violence that happens here. >> we taped that interview in our town hall on a thursday. it aired the next day on friday. on saturday, rachel williams lost another one to gun violence. this time it was her 11-year-old cousin, killed by a stray bullet right in front of her 3-year-old ...

People about what they are going through. it of course barely scratched the surface of this complicated city, but there were remarkable moments from ordinary citizens living in extraordinary conditions. >> people just being helpless right now. like no other opportunities for them. no jobs. no mental health. i know i have ptsd. it's just off the -- off the charts. there's just no help for us in this city. >> ptsd. she's not alone. so many people at that town hall are suffering the effects of trauma, like rachel williams, who had just lost two loved ones to gun violence. >> you're sitting up her...

Looking at a neighborhood and saying, like, why is the crime rate high, why is this happening, but then you see no jobs, no education but barely holding on. and then you see no -- when we talk about it, we talk about food justice as well. all of those are major components that come into the violence that happens here. >> we taped that interview in our town hall on a thursday. it aired the next day on friday. on saturday, rachel williams lost another one to gun violence. this time it was her 11-year-old cousin, killed by a stray bullet right in front of her 3-year-old brother and her mother, le...

Raise your hand if you have like you have trauma. let me talk to you rachel. thank you. you're wearing the button of someone. >> yeah. he was two -- two people i lost within a week's span. i grew up in grove heights, a little neighborhood south side of chicago, jay's potato chip was the main job in the neighborhood so ha when that factory clouds, kids worked at the potato dhip factory. so when we talk about divestment in the community, we have to look at two things, divestment in jobs, divestment in education and wonder why the violence is so high. [ applause ] so if you're looking at a neighb...

A study about ptsd but they didn't com io our community to help us. >> do people feel like they personally have trauma? raise your hand if you have like you have trauma. let me talk to you rachel. thank you. you're wearing the button of someone. >> yeah. he was two -- two people i lost within a week's span. i grew up in grove heights, a little neighborhood south side of chicago, jay's potato chip was the main job in the neighborhood so ha when that factory clouds, kids worked at the potato dhip factory. so when we talk about divestment in the community, we have to look at two things, divestmen...