ABC7 digital town hall celebrating Pride Month hosted by Jason Knowles
ABC7 Chicago's Jason Knowles To Moderate
CHICAGO (WLS) -- June is "Pride Month"! ABC7, Chicago's No. 1 station for news, celebrated Pride Month with a virtual town hall showcasing Chicago's vital and diverse LGBTQ community and raise awareness of the important issues affecting this community. ABC7 Chicago's Jason Knowles will moderate "OUR CHICAGO: Voices of the Community," available on abc7chicago.com, Tuesday, June 7.
Knowles led an important conversation with LGBTQ leaders who represent various segments of the community to get their perspective on recent anti-gay legislation passed in other states and whether they see any possible causes for concern in Illinois.
"OUR CHICAGO: Voices of the Community" also looked at how local business and social services have fared during the pandemic and if the model for providing services has changed. Organization leaders who work with the vulnerable LGBTQ youth and trans community will address the mental and physical health issues they face and what programs are available to address their critical needs.
This week's panelists included the following:
The virtual town hall was also exclusively streamed live on ABC 7's app, and ABC 7's connected TV apps on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV and Roku.
Finally, Knowles shared all the exciting festivities planned for this year's Pride Parade. ABC7 Chicago will broadcast the Pride Parade live on Sunday, June 26, from noon to 2:00 p.m. Hosted by Hosea Sanders, Tanja Babich and Jason Knowles, the parade will be streamed live on abc7chicago.com, the ABC 7 New App and on the station's connected TV apps on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV and Roku.
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Our Chicago: Town hall celebrates Earth Month and efforts by Chicago's local community organizations
Our Chicago: Town hall on impact of climate change and weather on our environment
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Our Chicago: Impact of pandemic recession on working women
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About ABC7/WLS-TV Chicago
ABC7/WLS-TV Chicago is the No. 1 local news source and most-watched television station in Chicago. With top-rated daily newscasts spanning decades and the largest social media presence in the market with more than 2.3 million Facebook followers, ABC7 Eyewitness News provides breaking news, investigative reporting, weather, politics, traffic and sports in the multiplatform space to Chicago, the suburbs and northwest Indiana. Named Best News Operation by the Associated Press for four consecutive years, the station produces 41 hours of local news weekly and Chicago's only local weekday entertainment talk show, "Windy City LIVE," as well as its highest-rated New Year's Eve special. ABC7's award-winning programs such as "Heart and Soul," "The Ñ Beat" and "Asian Influences" showcase the city's diversity, while being the only Chicago station producing and broadcasting parades representing Chicago's rich cultural history. In addition to producing town halls focused on current social issues, the station has a long and proud tradition of broadcasting political candidate debates keeping Chicago's electorate informed. ABC7's outreach efforts include annual partnerships with the Red Cross for life-saving blood drives and, most recently, spearheading an effort to raise more than $1.5 million for area food pantries.
