EDITING THE DOCUMENTARY Instructor: Peter Thompson PROJECT TRANSCRIPTS Updated: 2/21/00 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Instructions 2. Transcript Contents 3. Transcript Instructions with Sample Page 4. Transcripts 1. INSTRUCTIONS The Transcript Contents are arranged by reel numbers with brief descriptions of their contents. Both the Transcript Contents and the complete Transcripts are presented in their original reel number order and therefore do not necessarily reflect the actual event chronology. You must therefore figure out what follows what and write out a conjectured chronology of the events in the project. Because both the Transcript Contents and the complete Transcripts are sequenced by an old reel order number, they do not necessarily reflect the reel order on your window dub tapes; additionally, they do not necessarily reflect the contents of the dub tapes. 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TRANSCRIPT CONTENTS Reel # Contents 002 Historical footage of 1968 Democratic National Convention riots in Chicago (MOS). 008 President ClintonÕs speech at Democratic National Committee (DNC). 012 President ClintonÕs speech at DNC. DNC scenes. 013 DNC construction: video screen, etc. 014 DNC scenes. 031 Man on working in Clinton Whitehouse as a gay. Elizabeth Birch on grass roots organizing and campaign techniques. Human Rights Campaign (HRC) scenes. 034 Elizabeth Birch: HRC Awards. ColonelÕs speech in accepting HRC Award. Phelps Family anti-gay protesters. 035 Phelps Family anti-gay woman and protesters. Candace Gingrich on HRC campaign Senator Carol Mosely BraunÕs speech. 040 Interview with anarchist. "Festival of the Oppressed" parade. 043 AnarchistsÕ bus tour lead by Carlos. 051 Interview: Lawyer on James KingÕs lawsuit on redistricting and minority representation. 054 Interview: Maria Valdez on redistricting and minority representation. 063 Treeman comes to Washington Irving school stands around outside. Daley talks at the school about education. 064 At DaleyÕs house Treeman and small group march on DaleyÕs house. Chants. 065 Interviews with Robin, TV Coalition members sitting around a corridor; Gerardo takes orders for breakfast. Robin, a homeless mother, talks about struggle to raise sons, to keep them out of gangs; about her residential history: CHA housing (payed gang $300/ month in protection fees), eviction, homelessness. 2-shot mother and teenage son. Coalition members watching TV. 066 Treeman meets Daley at CAPS event Inside van driving. Outside van, Treeman getting dressed in far background. Treeman walks down street. At Ekhart Park in the 13th district. Treeman asks Daley for a meeting. CAPS (Community Policing Strategy), Press conference. Daley reacts to Treeman: "I love trees!" Treeman talks to reporter, "Pardon me, Treeman, whatÕs the point"? Treeman confronts Daley, as the Mayor walks to his limo. "Mayor Daley, weÕd like to talk to you" Daley: "Keep planting those trees." Gerardo confronts him: "Why arenÕt you making your community mixed income? "We have to dress like a tree to get something going here...." "Mr. Mayor, are you going to erase homelessness like you do graffiti?" Daley, red in the face, keeps walking. Camera tries to keep up. Off cam: "Mayor, Mayor, are you going to talk to the Treeman?" Daley (as he gets into his limo): "Hi, Treeman!" Treeman talks to reporters who encircle him. Reporter: "Watch out for dogs!" Treeman: "Dogs donÕt bite me." Sandy, Treeman, Gerardo and others drive home in the coalition van. Excited, they relive, retell what happened. AnarchistsÕ tour of Chicago and cemetery with Carlos. 067 At Coalition hdqtrs, TV, John, Treeman Coalition watches themselves on TV. John Donohue on phone talks with reporter. John and Treeman on speaker phone talk with reporter. John (1-shot) speaks about Lower Wacker sweeps. Meeting, coalition members watch TV. 068 Interview with one of the Chicago 7 (1 shot). (Chair of Environmental Health Ssiences at some CA university). 069 Lower Wacker sweeps. City workers washing down Lower Wacker with high-power hoses. 070 At Henry Horner Homes. Coalition members get out of van. Treeman gets dressed in his costume, policemen stop Treeman and do not let him proceed further. All wait at corner during press conference. Press conference with Daley at new houses of Henry Horner. CUÕs of Daley sweating in the sun. Secretary of HUD Henry Cisneros gives a glowing tribute to Daley and to Chicago. Walk through, with Daley, of new low income housing under construction. 074 Interview with Kevin at the Saint James SRO Hotel. SRO location shots: corridor at St. James, Kevin walks down and enters his room, shows his room: "This is my dresser, this is my bed." Shows his washroom, kills roach, leaves his room, camera follows him down the stairs to the street. 075 South Loop location shots: Roosevelt Rd., new townhouses, construction of townhouses, graffiti, el station. Landscaping in Grant Park. 078 Tree planting by Hilliard. Treeman speaks. 080 Short clip of The Oppressed (police and protester MOS). 081 Strategy meeting at CCH. 084 Strategy meeting at CCH. 085 Tree planting at Hilliard. Sandy gives instructions to homeless men on how to plant tree. Inside Coalition hdqtrs, John speaks to a group of homeless about tree planting. He warns them not to get arrested. Large woman rehearses chants. Treeman speaks. In truck with flowers, driving to the treeplanting site. Shots from the back of the truck. Men shovel compost into treeplanting area. Speeches. 087 Robin LeFleur votes B128 DNC souvenir shops, etc. Moslem young women on womenÕs empowerment. 201 Shots of construction at the Convention Center. 202 Shots of construction at the Convention Center (MOS). 205 DNC de-construction. 300 Interview with Robin le Fleur on how she and her boys became homeless. 302 Interview with John Donohue. 3. TRANSCRIPT INSTRUCTIONS WITH SAMPLE PAGE (revised 10/12/98) TRANSCRIPT INSTRUCTIONS: Complete your assigned transcript in the following way: ¥ Left margin: "0" (for placement of timecode) ¥ Hanging indent: "1" (for text) ¥ Right margin: "6" ¥ Font: 12 pt. Times (or Times Roman if your computer does not have Roman). ¥ Spacing: single ¥ Placement: flush left, rag right ¥ Reel ID: in bold at the 5" mark at the top right-hand of your first transcript page, first line, give your transcript the same name as the 3-digit master tape. 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SAMPLE PAGE: REEL 001 09:01:00:00 JOHN DONOHUE: (at desk) This is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and this is the ahi told him and then i .... sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and this is the ahi told him and... then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes .... on and on and on and on and on 09:02:00:00 and and this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and on this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and .... on and on and on and on and on dand 09:03:30:00 and on and on and on and on and on. (leaves room) 10:06:30:00 ROBIN LAFLEUR: (in polling space) It goes on and on and on and on and on and on dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and on this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and on. It goes on and on and on and on and on and on dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and on this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and on.the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on andsai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and on. It goes on and on and on and on and on and and on and on and this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it 10:08:00:00 on and on and on and on and this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and on. It goes on and on and on and on and on and on dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and on this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and on. sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and on. It goes on and on and on and on and on and goes on and on and on and on and on and on this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on and on and on and on and on and this is the ahi told him and then i sai dand so it goes on 10:09:00:00 and on and on and on and on and on (leaves polling place). Reel 069 04:00:40:00 City Worker walks on lower wa 04:01:00:29 City worker spraying lower wac 04:02:02:27 City truck driving on lower wa 04:02:29:22 City worker sprays lower wacke REEL 070 04:06:21:21 TREEMAN: (walking down street with crew) How's the arms look? MAN WITH CAM: Good. DONOHUE: Watch behind you; there's a cab coming up. GIRL: This guy in this cab is like, 'what's up with the dude?' TREEMAN: Something's getting me in my side here. Is there a branch going into my side? MAN W/ CAM: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'll move it. Right here? TREEMAN: Yeah.We got the fires. COP 1: You can't go no further than this DONOHUE: No? COP 1: Yeah. This as far as you can go. You can talk to everybody when they come out, but this as far as you can go, okay? Do whatever you can do to cooperate DONOHUE: .That was the word I was given RODGREGEZ: .This officer here said we could stand here. COP 1: Stay at this corner. Stay at this corner. That's all I ask you to do, okay? And we'll have no problem. Stay at the corner. COP 1: The police, the police are nervous as it is they don't need no problems, today. DONOHUE: We, we just, we just wanted to try to get close to the mayor, to get him to notice. COP 1: Okay, but see. DONOHUE: We don't want, we don't want to mess with.we want to be able to take advantage of the mayor's speech. COP 1: I understand that. Like I explained to some of your colleges, on they're way out they can speak to anyone they want to speak to. DONOHUE: I want to speak to the mayor. COP 1: He'll come right past here. He'll come right this way. There's only one way out. There's only one way out. DONOHUE: Really? COP1: There's only.yeah, he's gonna come out right this way. There's only one way out. DONOHUE: He not gonna go down the alley or something? COP 1: Everybody's got to come out this way. COP 2: You can't go down here. DONOHUE: You're stopping the tree from walking. COP 2: Trees don't care. COP 3: We'll be glad to help you, but only the press can get through DONOHUE: We won't disrupt the press conference. COP 3: We understand that, but that's the orders that was given to us and we have to abide by them. 04:09:21:22 DONOHUE: Treeman, you gotta' stay right here for a second. 04:09:43:27 (sound of cop walkie-talkie and Daley speach in background) 04:10:20:11 ?whispering with blond boy 04:11:06:21 ? " " " " TREEMAN: Right there, across the street, that's his bodyguard. GIRL: Wow. You can see four. Pretty impressive. ??? 04:12:00:26 OFF SCREEN VOICE: ...and the housing's gonna' be air conditioned. This isthis is a pretty important occasion represents the mayor indicate. 04:12:11:13 OFF SCREEN VOICE: I'd like to mention the organization.The Berger Association has HUD House and Interprise Development are gonna be in construction soon with 45 scattered seculants and the Near West Development Co. along with MCL and ASP Co. are going to be building 35 scatteredÉ (turns inaudible) OFF SCREEN VOICE: What is, we believe the nation's most innovative and promising job training and skill program. (Donohue and blond boy mumbling) DONOHUE: (To treeman) If we do it right out here, we're not disrupting what their doing. And there's no access out that way; there's several cars there so. 04:14:38:29 MAN SPEAKING: (man on podium at Henry Horner Homes)...housing and just as importantly to help pay for the infastructure because the whole concept here is to restore the street grid and make this super block a part of the, uh, neighbourhood. I'd also like to thank Ernist Gate and the rest of the West Haven community, uh, this is a community who, while we, uh, had some differences that have to be ironed out, uh, they have always been responsive and willing to work with us in terms of accomplishing something that we hope to be improvements to the entire neighbourhood and we're very appreciative of it, uh, the program that, I'd also like to thank Ron Patterson, you've heard a lot about the program that will help our residence get jobs. Mr. Patterson had a lot to do with it, uh, I oh to would like to thank, BPI as the plantiff of the control case and Habitat as the reciever for their assistance in this and of course, lastly, uh, but certainly not least and perhaps most important, I'd like to thank Mrs. Vaughn and the residence here who have undergone the conditions of Horner, who have began this struggle and who are begining to see it today. Lastly I just want to make two points, one, of course, this is about good housing but as Mr. Gates says, as the mayor said, uh, this is more than housing, this is really about a neighbourhood and for us, I guess it means two things: that we were here a year ago when the demolishings occur and that we're here today with the beginings of, uh, housing coming back, that this is evidence of the credibility that CHA and HUD hope to have in the community as we do similar things in other existing public housing communities. And lastly, although, even today, even with this start, it still seems almost oximoronic to say it, but, I would like to believe we're working to a time in which to concepts of CHA and good neighbour can actually be said in the same sentence. Uh, this is the down- payment, uh, on that effort. Lastly, it's really my pleasure to introduce someone who not only has profoundly inpacted on, on, on the way that I look at public housing, when I came to HUD I'd already run the New York City Housing Authoritys and Los Angelos Housing Authority, uh, you know, I thought I knew some things, uh, but, uh, Sec. Cisneros is, uh, someone who really doesn't let you remain in the box you're in no matter how big that box is he is someone who is always pushing his staff at the edge of the envelope about thinking how we can do this better for the benefits of the people that we're here to serve, uh, now that I've been away, if I may, for almost a year, I get to see it from a different perspective and I even more appreciate the efforts of the secretary has made in this time in age when it's not fashionable to be on the side of low-income people, when it's not fashionable to talk about the fact that we need more money and we need to integrate people more into the larger society, the larger society more with low-income and minority people, uh, the secretary has continued to make that pitch across the country and to do it in a very articulate and persuasive matter. Without further ado, let me introduce to you, Sec. of HUD, Henry Cisneros. (crowd claps) SEC. CIS: Thanks Joe. Joe, thank you very much. Mayor Daley, senator, alderman, Mr. Leven, Mrs. Bone, Mr. Gates, Joe, Edwin, friends of Chicago one and all, let me tell you that, on my job, I move around America's cities. I've been to all fifty states as secretary of Housing and to 150 cities. And I have to tell you, very honestly, having fashions myself as a sort of a student of cities, that Chicago is America's most real city. America's most vibrant city. And I say that having been to all these places all across America. This is a powerhouse of a city. (crowd claps). I also had this conversation with the president and with the first lady not too long ago, we were talking privately about some of the problems confronting America's cities and we talked about just what a powerhouse Chicago is. That strong business that influences the whole United States. That vibrant sky-line and waterfront and and and architecture is renown world-wide. You have schools that are in transformation, neighbourhoods that are real, parishes in in in all parts of Chicago, and a mayor who is trying to put all of this together and keep up with the change that cities have to confront. Cities cannot stand still. A formula for standing still is a formula for falling behind. Cities have only two choices, they can either go forward or they can fall backward and I've got to tell you, I have come to admire this mayor as one who knows only one direction and that is keep moving Chicago forward. Mayor Daley, congradulation to you and your leadership. (Crowd applauds) I see in Mayor Daley and so many other Chicagoans a kind of a passion for this city. If you haven't read the Washington Post Outlook section of Sunday, of which had two or three articles on the city of Chicago. I'm not a resident of this city. I come from another part of the county, but I was almost moved to tears by reading the love that people have for this city and their desire and passion to do the right this for this city. What we are witnessing today is a continuation of that committment and that committment to change. When we were here a year ago, as several have said, people openly questioned whether or not bringing down the highrises was the right thing to do. Luckily we had neighbourhood leaders like Mrs. Bomme who said, 'we cannot leave things the way they are.' Leaving these highrises the way they were in Henry Horner, in Cabrini, on the State Street corner is not a strategy for bringing a city together. Here, on this site at Henry Horner, a book was written several years ago called There Are No Children Here. It wasn't describing the lack of people of chronological age of children, not at all. It was simply saying there are no children because of the loss of innocence, the loss of lives, the loss of childhood, the loss of joy that happens in these places we have called public housing in our country. Here we have a mayor who is willing to call the federal government to a partnership and call it to a count to change public housing. We started in Henry Horner, we're working in Cabrini, we're working in Robert Taylor, we're working in Abler, we're working in Dearborn, we're working in the rest of these places because this is not just a one stop effort, this is, what you see today, the beginning of a philisophical transformation. The highrises were built forty, fifty years ago, they've outlived their usefullness, times have changed, it's time to move on and the right thing to do is to create housing that is dignified and decent and safe and clean and works for the people who are starting to get a start on their life in public housing. (crowd applauds) This is not a final destination for people, this is a platform from which people can launch to a self-sufficient life. We believe that and we're working with this mayor and with the city council and with the leaders of Chicago to make that so. Today is more than just the demonstration of what new housing will look like that replaces that. This is much better. But its more than that. This is an announcement of how people will have improved schools, how there is a Michael Jordan Civic Center nearby and how the city has invested in a library nearby and how policing is improved and how people are going to have jobs. Already some of the residents that work in this development and work on other construction jobs, are people that have been put together in a part of an apprenticeship with the unions so that they will not only get training and get jobs and get a GED, but the dignity of knowing they are working and amassing an income and able to move on with their lives. Finally, what you see here today is more than just a hand-full of houses in a great American city. What you see here is living testimony that we can do this all over America. This is an urban committment to re---- bring back America's cities. I think we're on the egde of an historic time in our country in many ways. As we near the end of the 20th century, as we welcome in a new century as we think about the transformation of the American economy. But I'm here to tell you I believe we're on the edge of an historic time for America's citites. No institution in America was hurt worst by the economic transformation and loss and manufacturing losses of the last years. The cities like Chicago had 30% of their jobs in manufacturing. It could help it when those jobs began to go off shore and to the south and to the suburbs and to disappear completely. The cities were hurt badly; not only did they lose their jobs, but they were left with the residue of the crime that would stay behind. Now, as the economy has sort itself out, 22 straight months of under 6% unemployment, 10 1/2_ million new jobs on President Clinton's watch and 68% of thoughs good- paying jobs we're starting to see the effects of that strong economy and good interest rates and economic management come home to America's cities. Things are possible when the economy is strong. Things are possible from the lessons we have learned. And things are possible when people commit to the cities. It's not just Chicago, but I've seen this in Youngstown and I've seen it in Newark and I've seen it in Cleaveland and I've seen it in Baltimore. If we work together, neighbourhood leader and city leaders, non-profits and profit-making companies. If we work together, we can bring America's cities back, we can bring our neighbourhood back, we can bring our families back and we, in the process, will save our country. This is a very powerful testiment of what can be done and I'd like to congradulate and thank everybody in Chicago who's working to build this Chicago dream but this American dream as well. Thank you very much for allowing me to be here today. (crowd applauds). A CITY REP: I've been given the impossible task of opening this thing up for questions and answers and asking the press to keep the questions locally related. (a question was asked off mic) SEC CIS: Well I think Jack kept some good things on his watch as Secretary. I had the assignment following it. Among the good things he did was end the period of corruption that characterized the Reagan and Pierce years of when HUD was characterized by scandle and outright corruption and Jack took some steps to put some distance between that HUD and the new HUD but there were many other things that he did a good deal more to talk about than to actually do. One of those things he talked about endlessly was to sell public housing himself to residence. Found out after the fact that after talking about it endlessly and making hundreds of speeches, there was one development in the whole United States that was sold to a residence management corporation. And only three that moved to be sold to the residence themselves out of thousands, you have to know the scale we're talking about here, we're talking about 3400 housing authourities and 1.4 million families who live in public housing. It was a strategy that wasn't viable. What we encounted when we came to the office was housing authourity after housing authourity that had been allowed to slip into district hair over the years under Kemp and Pierce before them while they talked about grand schemes. What we did was, we entered a partnership with the mayor of Chicago to turn around the Chicago Housing Authourity and what you see here and the strategy of bringing down the highrises and of taking over the managment and turning around the finances and privatizing section 8 and privatizing management and development is something that had happened on this watch so they can talk a whole lot but I think what you see here is the result of what we tried to do on President Clinton's watch. DALEY: I would like to comment on that. The difference is a lot of people talk and make conversation about this community. And when Henry Cisneros was appointed Sec. of HUD he got away from speaches and a lot of conversation and has made decisions in partnership with the community in cities all across America. And the difference is, instead of having conversation/speaches what you need is decision-makers and that is what the diffence HUD has become. HUD has become a decision-maker. He has moved that process along and I think that is the difference. Instead of talking about a young boy in Henry Horner. And I know, uh, Alderman Barnett or Ernist Gates, Congressman Davis or Senator Hendon, you can come out here and do something about it. I think that's what we have to tell people. You can come out here and work with people and show what people are doing right here in their own backyard, in the churches in the schools in the communities and the difference is this will be built on President Clinton and Henry Cisneros' watch. 04:29:08:05 DALEY: .Not about the unions . PRESS QUESTION: Last week, the Republians largely by the media, I must say about how tightly they managed their convention do you agree that you shouldn't have to make appologies for the convention? CISNEROS: Well I think you're gonna see an efficiently run convention but also one that's very real and I think the first question here today focused on how the message is going to go to the neighborhoods and I can tell you from conversations from just the last 24 hours with the White House that they expect tabinet officers should be here, in Chicago, in the community meeting with people, meeting with delegate caucauses, meeting with others who are here at the convention but are not delegates to talk about the critical issues. Look, this is a big country and there is no realistic way to take all of the differences and passions and real problems of the country and hide those under some sort of glass cage. It's not gonna happen. The challenges before the American people are too real, the times are too difficult. So I think, what you always get from Democrats, is a much more real airing of questions and I suspect that you'll see that here in Chicago next week. But I think it's gonna be positive, I think it's gonna be constructive because we're all working in the spirit on trying to solve things and get things done, grow the economy and harvest it and try to make it work for people and creating real opportunity for everyone. SEC. CISNEROS: Rev. Jackson play a part. I think it's too early to decide that anybody's been ruled out. DALEY MAN: Okay, after, after the benediction we will have a tour of the building with the secretary and the mayor. MINISTER: Now may the grace of our Lord and savior Jesus the Christ, the love of God, the father, the fellowship and sweet communion of the Holy Spirit rest, rule and abide with us all now, hense forth and forever more, let the people of God say Amen. 04:32:17:29 DALEY: (greets people as he goes into the new homes. audio is bad) QUESTION: (in new homes)How much will the rent be here? WOMAN IN DRESS: The CHA residents will pay no more than 30% of their income for rent in many cases it would be a very nominal amount. What we're commenting on is the construction cost because they are extremely reasonable for buildings that are soundly built and this attractive at 87 thousand a unit. QUESTION: How many of these will be for CHA residents? WOMAN IN DRESS: All of these homes, as I understand, are intended for CHA residents but it will be across a range of incomes so it will be households earning anywhere from 0 to 80% of the area median. So it will an opportunity for welfare families to live with people who work and to have role models. So...(crowd exits building. audio bad) Reel 078 b 04:35:30:26 BILLY: (Tree planting) Mayor Daley and his crew trying to gentrify this neighborhood is wrong. TREEMAN: That's right! BILLY: ... (indecipherable) And all of this is part of a general assault on homeless and us poor people is being waged by this country. And it's wrong. You know when police get careless on us homeless and poor people. You know that gives you an idea of the level of assault, the general assault in this society against us period. They just threw people off public aid. But uh, they're putting, putting people on the street. There are gonna be many, many, many more homeless people. Unless action like we're doing now, today, can stop it. TREEMAN: That's right. BILLY: So let's fight it. Let's give em the fire. Let's show em we're real. Let's go to the end with this. That's all I have to say. Thank you. (applause) (indecipherable)that he and she loves you. I would like to let you know that I do. I love you, I love you, I love you, Thank you. JOHN DONOHUE: OK Billy, OK Billy. BILLY: Hey. JOHN: I'm gonna stand here on the side for a minute. Course you all you all know Treeman who's putting his leaves in my face. But that's OK Treeman. You deserve to be here. (laughter) Right? (crowd) deserves to be here in the South Loop. (crowd) In the mayor's neighborhood. (crowd) And we call Juan Rodriguez the mayor of the South Loop. He lived 34 years in that little building just along side that big one, and he was pushed out and died recently. 34 years there. Somebody bought the building raised the rents $100 in a week, and 11 Latino families had to move out in 1 week and now they're making lofts for the rich. Next door the city gave $2 million to keep ___(?) to do $100,000 condominiums there, and didn't set aside any for poor people. Down the street they're building townhomes and they're gonna have 7 bathrooms in them. (boos) And Mayor Daley lives in Central Station to the tune of a $250,000 home. (boos) And (?) is trying to (?) single occupancy hotels in this area. And (?) has not committed to building housing for homeless families. And we have had children in the communityhomeless and living in public housing in Hilliard homes draw the homes that they want to live in. JOHN: Draw their neighborhood. Isn't this art beautiful? (crowd agrees) They have upscaled the South Loop neighborhood but they haven't even fixed the drinking fountain in Hilliard homes, part of the South Loop, Mayor Daley. (crowd booos) This is your neighborhood. (booos) So, at this time, we would like to reiterate our demands in the South Loop. We want the 1,026 single room occupancy dwellings in the South Loop preserved, rehabbed, or replaced. (crowd cheers) Now the city has a dream to build 370 units, but that doesn't add up to 1,026. (crowd) If they start knocking them down they're gonna subtract and not add.(crowd) And we should add to the housing not subtract. Because homelessness is because there ain't enough affordable, affordable housing. 04:39:52:29 CROWD: (Protesting, chanting) Open the door Richard! WOMAN IN PINK: Richard! CROWD: Open the door Richard! Open the door, Richard! Richard, why don't you open that door? Open the door, Richard. Open the door, Richard. Open the door, Richard. Richard, why don't you open that door? VOICE IN CROWD: (indecipherable) WOMAN IN PINK: (in reaction) Yeah! SPEAKER: (indecipherable) last Thursday, some of them. And we almost started last night. We have children from Hilliard homes and (?) homes from around the city. Are there any children here right now that participated in the drawing last Thursday? Any moms with children here? (indecipherable) We had a drawing last Thursday down at the Chicago Temple. JOHN: And the momma (?) was worth a dinner. C'mon up here mommas. SPEAKER: C'mon up kids. JOHN: C'mon up kids. (applause) (indecipherable) 04:41:16:09 SPEAKER: (still tree planting) We need housing. We need housing. This is about tomorrow. (applause) (indecipherable) But they can do an excellent job expressing themselves through the arts. VOICE: That's right. SPEAKER: (indecipherable) But at six years old they know they want a clean building to live in. (applause) 04:41:50:21 There is a bit of chanting before thisÉ JOHN: Oh wait a minute, there's a limo, is it Mayor Daley. (crowd) Oh maybe it's not. OK.(laughter) After the tree planting, with the tree, we got the tree. We got the tree. A silk lilac tree. FEMALE VOICE: Yeah. MALE VOICE: Yea. We need the boys, we need the boys here. Come here. Come here. JOHN: (indecipherable) TREEMAN: My fellow tree! CROWD: 000! JOHN: All right (indecipherable) TREE MAN: We went out in the forest and got the next best tree to me. This is the new tree. MALE VOICE: Yes! (applause) VOICE: Beautiful. (Tree is being planted.) (applause) TREEMAN: We are here Mayor Daley, we have planted our roots. (crowd joins in) We are here Mayor Daley, we have planted our roots. We are here Mayor Daley, we have planted our roots. (clapping.) MALE VOICE: Help the kids put the flowers in the dirt. C'mon there we go. JOHN: I would ask everybody to step back a bit. join hands, and while the kids are planting the flowers, we're gonna sing "We Shall Overcome." (applause) Alright? Everybody join hands. Everybody join hands. MALE VOICE: Photographer, reporter, it doesn't matter, policemen, anybody's hand. JOHN: Everybody join hands, join hands with everybody. Join hands with everybody. Wait. (crowd cheers) JOHN: And now we're gonna join hands and sing We Shall Overcome. (singing) We shall overcome, (with crowd) we shall overcome. We shall over come someday. 0h, deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome someday. We shall live together we shall live together, we shall live together someday. Oh, deep in my heart I do believe we shall live together today. We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace, we shall live in peace someday. Oh, deep in my heart I do believe we shall live in peace someday. We shall live in the South Loop,(laughter) we shall live in the south Loop, we shall live in the South Loop someday. Oh, deep in my heart, Mayor Daley we do believe we shall live in the loop. (crowd cheers throughout) What do you want? When do you want it? CROWD: Now! JOHN: Let's have a big hand for Treeman. (applause) Let's have a big hand for the work crew. Let's have a big hand for these children. And it didn't cost $12.3 million. It didn't cost JOHN: anything, donated. Now Mayor Daley, we'll get it donated for you if you build us housing. (applause) In your neighborhood. 04:48:03:13 (Crowd sounds, indecipherable talking) 04:48:13:00 (Parade of demonstrators leaving tree planting.) MAN: Can I pass? Thank you. TWO MEN: (singing) We shall overcome, we shall overcome. ANOTHER MAN: I left you something. Here you go. WOMAN: Thanks. MAN 3: I thought they (?) MAN IN CRUSH SHIRT: What are you going to do about the picnic? I'll talk you out there, okay? Oh my, God, what ya (?) 04:49:30:11 KEYMAN: (In front of St. James hotel holding up keys) Long time. I waited for a long time. I mean I waited for three or four years straight. You know what it's like when you're cramped in somebody's hallway. Maybe they've got a little carpeting on the stairs. They 've got a radiator. It's warm on the stairs. But now I've got door keys. I've got door keys. But I know what it's like for my partner. It ain't that nice. When you ain't got nowhere to go. Suffering. And you're freezing cold. You're hungry. You're clothes don't fit ya. You got nowhere to go, nobody cares. Understand? Then God gives you door keys. Understand? It means alot, pal. If you've ever been out there. You know what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying, man. It's rough. But I've got door keys, now. You see 'em. That's something to me. I'm somebody, now. I got fucking door keys. Nobody can keep me out. My rent is fucking paid, too. Understand? And its gonna get better, you watch and see. Stick around and you'll see me. That's all I've got to say. (walks away to different part of sidewalk) I worked at Burger King. I got kids off the street. Understand what I'm saying? And I 04:51:06:25 prayed alot. And finally, finally I found a guy who believed in me. I went back. I sold Streetwise. I went back. I got my driver's license. See things are, things are looking up. I've got my driver's license. FRIEND OF KEYMAN: What got you out of , what got you out of the, out of the hell? KEYMAN: I got tired of being down. For so long. I got tired people kickin me around. And I prayed hard. I emptied people's garbage. I, I did everything that it took. You know. And I stopped drinking. I prayed. I went to church. I got my KEYMAN: driver's license. Next month I'm going to school to get my CDL. I drive an 18 wheeler, 18 bucks an hour. (el noise) I've got my driver's license. I'm gonna get my CDL. Then I'll be somebody. Then I'll come back down here. I'll get four or five guys and take them over there and I'll get something to eat. And I'll let them know it's the way out. It's the way out. It is the way out, it is the way out. You can make it out. Uh-huh. My brother died in '91. I thought, I said God why do you do this to me? I start drinking heavy. You know liquor, the drugs, the whole shot. It took me three years, up until November '95, when I finally woke up. And I haven't slept in an alley since then. I haven't slept in an alley since then. Finally for a whole year straight I had a roof over my head for a long time. Finally for a whole year, you know, you know. FRIEND: Uh-huh. KEYMAN: And that's a miracle for me. By God I pray to my God to help me. Please. You know what I mean. And now I'm OK. You know. I'm grateful. I'm grateful. FRIEND: What, what do, what do people got to know about the South Loop? That, that the city's doing? KEYMAN: The people need to know that the South Loop has been politically enterprised that the Mayor and a lot of the aldermen. But the South Loop should be for everybody. Not just Maxwell Street. But the whole South Loop. We need a place where we know where we can afford, but not just for the poor people, but for everybody. I mean all of one (?). You know. And I think the South Loop should be based on your income. If you're making 10,000 a month maybe you should pay 7,000. If you're only making $30, $30 a month maybe you should pay $15. But it should be based upon your income so we can all live good. You know? If you make $300 a month maybe you should pay $100. FRIEND: What's going to happen if people can't live in South Loop, near the city? KEYMAN: It's going to be ruined. And it's going to be ruined because its only going to push the people back to the ghetto. And it's going to push the people to the suburbs. What's happening in the suburbs? Drugs. Crime. Everything that they've tried to do it, it, it hasn't worked. So we need to all live together. And maybe we can come up with some kind, some kind of solution. This is what we need right now, you know? We don't need to be separated. From what I understand the Mayor wants this to be a part of the Upper Middle Class or just for the rich. OK? But it hasn't worked. He needs to bring the people together. So we can be one core. Because he hasn't been a solution to the problem but he's been a solution to his own politics. And his politics don't work. FRIEND: What, what are his politics to you? KEYMAN: His politics, to me, is getting what he wants and what he wants is for his people to come in, and when I say his people, I means his vote, his Meigs Field, his stone wall in the Stadium. He wants to beautify this because who lives in the South of the Loop? Mayor Daley. Right? He lives right there. You know what I'm saying? But the poor people has been here for so many years--the South Loop belongs to the people. As a vote. But he wants to push us out. Why? Because he wants to beautify his neighborhood or plant a tree and flowers. Well, why can't we all be a part of the flowers? Why can't we all smell the roses? We want to smell the roses in the South Loop. FRIEND: How are you going to use your vote in this next election? KEYMAN: I'm going to- FRIEND: Are you going to vote? KEYMAN: I'm going to vote for the wisest candidate. FRIEND: What do you have to say to homeless people about voting? KEYMAN: I think homeless people should get out and register. Every able body that can walk, and that's of age, especially the homeless people. Whether it's Hispanic, White, Black whatever you are. But especially the homeless people should get out and let their voices, their voices be heard at the polls. FRIEND: And what's that voice saying? KEYMAN: That voice is saying that we want our share. Because all homeless people hasn't been just homeless. We you got homeless people, you're looking at a man .... END 05:00:30:00 Keyman continues.. I cant find the transcript.. sorry 05:03:26:11 ANGRY WOMAN: (Walking to camera, arms flailing). ÉThis is what you do? Shit!ÉAnd now weÕre trying to stand up on our feet, okay? Let me tell you what to do. Get some political power, okay? Clinton is gonna win. ItÕs clear. He ainÕt nothinÕ but a pig. He done fucked women. He done did all kind..he did. I know he did, Ôcause a woman came to me. When I, I put Fulani (Communist party candidate) on the ballot. Did you know it was a black woman on the ballot in 1988 and 1992? Do you know that? I put her on the ballot. And I raised ..how much money. You all out here donÕt know even what the fuck youÕre doing. You donÕt know who youÕre up against. (unclear) You got people who will shoot your ass. You think they wonÕt? They will shoot you. Just Ôcause you got white skin? IÕm telling you. Deal with the reality. You know whoÕs going to lead this world? Black women. Black women is going to lead this world? Because the rest of you all donÕt know what the fuck youÕre doing. ThatÕs itÉItÕs true. And IÕm telling the truth. Sitting here talking demonstrate. They donÕt give a shit. Nobody even saw you. Have a couple of cameras. They donÕt give a shit about you demonstrating here. Demonstrate where they fucking have the convention. And get somebody like her. Like her. That pretty child right there. That has some sense. And get in there and say, "Look. You want to have this convention? You want to have it? Then youÕre going to have it on our terms". DonÕt let them have the convention on their terms. (Walks away, unintelligible, then turns back to camera), Have it on your own terms. You wanna fight? IÕll teach you to fight. Man, IÕve been fighting since I was a kid. IÕll teach you how to fight. You brought me out here in the street? Fuck! IÕm through. (Walks away. Unintelligible)Éabout bullshit! (Out of camera still raving but unintelligible). 05:06:17:00 people standing around tree 05:06:40:15 Puppet parade / festival of the oppressed (no sound) 05:07:48:02 Puppet parade / festival of the oppressed 05:08:51:20 Puppet parade / festival of the oppressed 05:09:21:04 Puppet parade / festival of the oppressed- police 05:09:40:02 Puppet parade / festival of the oppressed- police REEL 81 05:11:35:19 LADY IN BLUE (at table): He was interviewed. I donÕt know whether they used it or not, but they did pick up the mike. GUY IN BLUE (at table): Right, what IÕm saying is like Channel 2 and all the other channelsÕ cameramen they sort of like uh walked away from it yesterday but they glimpsed at the Treeman but they didnÕt really take notice of it until today. ED (at table): I think the reason is we were in his face today. I mean we were blocking his exit. We were there right up front. And we chose not to really do it yesterday because of the nature of the event. It could have backfired on us. In terms of what was going on it just didnÕt seem right to us to go up in his face there. And then they exited in different directions yesterday so we couldnÕt catch up. Today it was a little different. I think the newsworthiness is not that weÕre there, but how close we are to him and whether or not we can get somehow to talk to him. Because if weÕre out of the picture, they donÕt pick up on the conversation with Treeman, they pick up on the conversation Treeman is trying to get at the mayor. JOHN DONOHUE (at table): Exactly, you gotta be in his face, you gotta be there in his face. GUY IN BLUE: You know, another good thing about it is that, we beat Mayor Daley there this time. So we saw his entrance and were there for his exit. ED: Yeah, right by there. MARK: Yesterday, another key part was that we got tickets, invitations to the Cisneros and to the Daley boat. We went right up and shook their hands right as we got in and on the boat. So I mean that weÕre definitely making our presence felt. Well, um, it seems to me that the message, the question as we go forward, do we keep the same message? And I think we need to think about what that message is and how that ties into Saturday too. Well... ED: One of the things the Mayor said today, Mark, is he said when we got there and he saw us there and we started talking to him, he says "Keep planting those trees. I like to see trees planted." So weÕre taking that theme and weÕre building for Saturday. WeÕre in fact going to do that right in this neighborhood like he told us to do. You know, and I think that the buildup If we do this for the next several days and there are we can get coverage, then Saturday could be sizable. MARK: OK well, should we turn to the message for Saturday? Specifically, Are we caught up on what weÕve done with the treeman so far? Enough? TIMID GUY: Do we want to evaluate it all? I mean does anybody have some things that they would have liked to have seen out of it or not or? GUY #1: I think we need to brief our Treeman down on the numbers, exact numbers so weÕre not saying something that uh thatÕs not true. JOHN DONOHUE: ItÕs real important that we don't talk about homelessness in general. WeÕre talking about a mixed-income community south loop for development without displacement. We want 1000 to 1000 units of single room occupancy hotel protected, rehabbed, or replaced in the South Loop. And 600 units of family housing and 50% of the jobs. But the idea is weÕre not hitting the Democrats. WeÕre hitting Daley and the South Loop. And thatÕs really important. And he has told I mean youÕve hit on this a lot , Ron, that he said he would meet with us and he has not done it. LADY IN BLUE: And I think that the sign that heÕs carrying should say, "Mayor Daley, If I were a tree would you care about me?" so his name would be JOHN DONOHUE: TheyÕre done. TheyÕre done already. We made them. TIMID GUY: I would even make if that sign could be bigger. JOHN DONOHUE: That sign is too small he needs a mortarboard. TREEMAN: You know not even a mortarboard. You know what we should do is we should get a burlap thing made like a vest-type thing to go know over before I put the headpiece on And have it on the front and the back. You what IÕm saying Mark? MARK: Well a mortarboard would put it on both sides. TREEMAN: OK well a mortarboard I donÕt care but it does need to be on the front because people come up behind me and tap me on the back and IÕve got to turn around but they look and we saw some of the things and they look at the back. We did make up new ones that say "Mayor Daley, If I were a tree would you care about me?" Uh they just got through doing a bunch of them so we should get it bigger and on both sides. MARK: We could just tie 2 pieces of poster-board together. JOHN DONOHUE: Right. MARK: The other thing that would be good would be to have an all purpose press release or some some what is I mean Who is treeman? That isnÕt specific to the first event that we had. I think we were sort of short on specific written information. GUY #1: On specific what? MARK: Well on written information that was detailed that like outlined the campaigns goals and so if we really do have a specific message that weÕre trying Treeman to get across it would be good to have that specific message on a piece of paper to be able to give to everybody. JOHN DONOHUE: Yeah and even Treeman has asked us to write that down. So heÕs keying in on the items TREEMAN: (unintelligible) somebody write a script for me. Give it to me tonight and IÕll have it down in my mind. GUY #1: And I guess the other thing I guess we should consider IÕve gotten close to Daley twice and without too much of a hassle, I should be handing him a letter with something inviting him something. I need to give him something. I mean they didnÕt make the effort that they did yesterday from me getting to him. LADY IN BLUE: Well, I think these points here that we mentioned it would be good to hand to him. Just these points that he probably has them but to keep reminding him of what we want in the South Loop. Remind him but also I think the other part of it. You know, meet with us. GUY #1: Yeah, the other day, yesterday, and today. JOHN DONOHUE: You know if we donÕt know only say that but we hand him a letter wherever we are you know. Bam! you know. 05:17:32:23 ED: coughs JOHN DONOHUE: In the why, the tree will be planted in the median on Wabash in front of the James Saint James hotel because it is one of the buildings I would not say where the city has designated for removal. ThatÕs not exactly right. TheyÕre hoping that somebody will buy it and knock it down so they wonÕt be directly involved. ED: Wants to see removed. Which the city wants to see removed. TIMID GUY: Which the city wants to see demolished. MARK: Yeah, I think I did it because I used the word removal and somewhere else I thought had used destruction yeah thatÕs what I (unintelligible) LADY IN BLUE: Yeah and I donÕt know if this one makes any difference or if thereÕs some drawings that IÕm not aware of, but the drawings are coming from children from shelters. 05:18:44:05 JOHN DONOHUE: ThatÕs not adjacent. MARK: No well not immediately adjacent but sort of in the area was the idea. OLD LADY: Are we well maybe this can get around both those issues. Are we trying to be too more specific than we need to be in the why? I mean like talking about why exactly there on Wabash. I mean maybe we donÕt need to be...point out the south the St. James and maybe the why should be the more broader message. MARK: IÕll tell you why I put the St. James is just because I was looking for the tie to this Tuesday morningÕs hit that seems to have focused on the St. James at least thatÕs what the press picked up so that would continue that theme. um. TIMID GUY: Why right there at that corner. MARK: Right, and thatÕs why I suggest the symbolism of it so that was my thinking on it. OLD LADY: We have to change the low rent because itÕs not um, MARK: But MARK: Um, but this is evidence of what is going to the city sponsoring it is going to bring about. So thatÕs we donÕt have to do it in this case, but I think we should think about making an example of that and saying here go...here go the first nine families. JOHN DONOHUE: ThatÕs a very big ThatÕs a very big ThatÕs a very big um piece of our tour I mean thatÕs one thatÕs one of the places we hit on our tour. MARK: OK so weÕll just take that part out. JOHN DONOHUE: Yeah. 05:20:22:20 MARK: IÕll have to say this tree is different from than what the mayor has been doing and thatÕs where it gets complicated. JOHN DONOHUE: Right. LADY IN BLUE: IsnÕt there some way to phrase what the actual sign is saying into the news release "If I were a tree would you care about me?" in in something that picks up the slogan. JOHN DONOHUE: Yeah and the tree would be placing down our roots and would symbolize planted there all the low income and the homeless people who live in the community. And weÕre setting down our roots...So hereÕs a permanent symbol you know Treeman isnÕt going to be around forever but this tree represents the low income and itÕs gonna be a permanent symbol there...A tree not planted by the city but planted by all those people...Homeless and low income. 05:21:29:07 TIMID GUY: Well the cops were down here when we did they were right with you? LADY IN BLUE: Yeah sitting out there. ED: It is a major problem. TIMID GUY: I think carrying that stuff is a major problem and I realize you have difficulties in doing that but I think I think IÕd say well we gotta figure that out because otherwise I I I have a feeling it wonÕt happen. ED: ItÕs always been a concern because these things are not light and the only other way to do it is if we had a dump truck, literally a dump truck that it fell out of the back and itÕd be all over the street. TIMID GUY: What if we had a trailer? ED: A what? TIMID GUY: A trailer. Then you could just drive the trailer to the median and dump it or at least get it so you donÕt have to carry it so you could just so you could just. GUY#1: One of those U-Hauls? TIMID GUY: Yeah, a U-haul open-air trailer. MARK: So you could leave the dirt and the ties in your Catholic Charities lot the night before and just haul it out in the morning. TIMID GUY: I just think that if youÕre walking down Wabash at 10 oÕclock with a railroad tie and the cops already know youÕre going to be doing it. I think they could make it difficult for you. Then you could move your ties and you could pick it up and you could pick it up and you could...I donÕt know what theyÕd do. JOHN DONOHUE: ThatÕs a good idea a U-Haul trailer. Just tell them that just go out there with a U-Haul trailer put it in the trailer. 05:23:00:10 ED: If we have a (unintelligible) cause itÕs so close. Here we are having a picnic afterwards at home. ThatÕs what weÕve been selling. JOHN DONOHUE: Yeah, I talk as a matter of fact I talked to St. Lucas and Taste of St. Lucas is really a a a lunch for homeless people. TRACY: Oh thatÕs what it is. JOHN DONOHUE: Yeah that's what it is. And they ask for a ten-dollar donation for people who can pay it. But theyÕre gonna have a hundred homeless people there and weÕre going to bring another hundred so I told them weÕd give them a hundred bucks for the food. TheyÕre going to have chicken, rice, beans, and salad. ED: Perfect. Perfect. MARK: And thatÕs at what time? JOHN DONOHUE: ItÕs at 1 oÕclock but theyÕre going to be feeding all afternoon, so whatever time we get there is no problem. ALL: Murmur JOHN DONOHUE: ItÕs in the yard at St. Lucas the (unintelligible) OLD LADY: Maybe we should ask if thereÕs a room we can use for that. ED: I'll go there and ask. JOHN DONOHUE: You know what would be great Ed? If you could get them mobilized real early. ED: Yeah. JOHN DONOHUE: To do something with the ties and uh dirt. Get it out in the street. OLD LADY: Yeah but if thereÕs I hope that thereÕs 50 of them thatÕs an awful lot of people. TRACEY: We canÕt bring it out early. JOHN DONOHUE: Just to get them involved some. 05:24:18:08 MARK: Throwing this back and forth and not doing the things weÕve got to be doing. WeÕve got to play (unintelligible) right here. And just hope that we get a good turnout of people from St. James who come across the street and you know join us in this. ED: And also do we know anybody at the St. James that we could work with in there that we could get flyers to? JOHN DONOHUE: Yeah there is a guy. ED: Is there? JOHN DONOHUE: Yeah. ED: You didnÕt tell me about that? The guys that clean the cars, arenÕt most of them from the St. James? JOHN DONOHUE: Yeah theyÕre from the St. James. TREEMAN: They got run out this morning by the way. JOHN DONOHUE: But thereÕs a..thereÕs a guy who works there. 05:24:55:00 JOHN DONOHUE: Because thatÕs the guy who knows the ED: But somebody should go somebody should be at PGM. 05:25:05:07 LADY IN BLUE: Somebody needs to JOHN DONOHUE: Could you go to the halfway house in St. (unintelligible) TIMID GUY: So now we canÕt do that. GUY#1: So now someone needs to drive the truck. MARK: Well youÕre gonna youÕre gonna be back right Ed? Now, youÕre gonna be back. ED: Yeah. MARK: The truck the truck is gonna be here, loaded sitting by the side of the road ok. Ed is definitely going to be back at what 10:45. WeÕre not going to do anything until the buses show up, because we want the people around to protect us and to make the event happen. So assuming that when all the buses are here all the staff will be here too. ED: No I'm just getting stressed thatÕs all. JOHN DONOHUE: WhatÕs not gonna work? OLD LADY: Well, I think I think it is ok because the truck goes with the construction. YouÕre coming back to do the construction. ED: Right. OLD LADY: You need people to help you. ED: Right. OLD LADY: So itÕs ok for him to drive. MARK: WeÕre gonna have a hundred guys off these buses who can help you do the construction once we get to that point and I think ED: But you have to count on some people I mean yeah, youÕre right Mark. Well weÕre gonna be there. JOHN DONOHUE: Well at that point weÕll all be there. MARK: Well yeah. GUY #1: WeÕll be there for you Ed. WeÕre youÕre grunts. WeÕre your grunts Ed. MARK: Well I think as long as you sort of run the show weÕre fine. ED: Well just so you know itÕs basically thereÕre 12 railroad ties. WeÕre making a square 2 high. We put them up in a square, we dump the dirt in. We get this tree and some flowers, we plant it. I mean the hardest part is getting it all off the truck and just loading it. I I thought twice about railroad spikes because theyÕre like 9 inches and you have to take a big mallet and you have to hammer it in. ItÕll take forever. IÕm not gonna use those. I think weÕll just use the ties. TheyÕre heavy enough because theyÕre going to be taken apart anyway. ItÕs not like weÕre gonna keep it there right? So itÕll work. ItÕll work though. JOHN DONOHUE: Are we going to have 12 ties or 8? ED: WeÕre gonna have 12 ties I said 12. TRACEY: So 3 high? ED: I was figuring on 12 we should probably just have 8, because 2 high is enough. JOHN DONOHUE: And what do we have a tree? ED: 3 high gets a little shaky. That could fall. JOHN DONOHUE: Do we have a we donÕt have a tree? Huh? TREEMAN: IÕll jump in the middle of the dirt. JOHN DONOHUE: WhoÕs ED: IÕll work on the tree. JOHN DONOHUE: YouÕll work on the tree? TRACEY: No, theyÕre making a box out of ties. ED: We want a tree and we want some flowers right? MARK: LetÕs imagine how this whole thing unfolds step for step. JOHN DONOHUE: Wait a minute Mark. You were saying no? TIMID GUY: IÕm nervous. Maybe I shouldnÕt be but I I donÕt know. Having 4 people doing 4 things er, I donÕt know. IÕm just nervous. You know itÕs gonna be a big deal. ItÕs a big deal and I agree itÕs gonna happen like everybodyÕs going to just pitch in and it's all gonna happen I prefer to plan it like. I prefer one person like. I prefer Ed to be here at 10, know who his 4 people are who he can count on. Know that at 10:47 heÕs in that truck and driving to the corner. Know that at 10:30 all the buses are going to arrive. Knowing. You know what I mean? ThatÕs you know thatÕs all IÕm saying. But if that canÕt happen, then then weÕll just kind of do it the way JOHN DONOHUE: Where do you see the (unintelligible)? MARK: Are we gonna get back to what we just OLD LADY: I donÕt think we ED: maybe if we just put it on the board so we itÕs clear all right? 05:28:44:20 ED: I would get there at 7:30. JOHN DONOHUE: You would get there at 7:30? ED: Yeah. JOHN DONOHUE: YEAH? Um, could you recruit 10 guys? ED: Yeah. JOHN DONOHUE: Recruit 10 definite guys. But youÕd be over there with a couple other people. 2 people from JudyÕs place. You recruit 10 people and you bring them over here and train them. ED: OK on what to do. JOHN DONOHUE: On what to do. ED: OK JOHN DONOHUE: You know, you take them out to breakfast. ED: Yeah. JOHN DONOHUE: You talk about what youÕre gonna do you know ED: Yeah you get them excited. JOHN DONOHUE: YouÕre gonna get them excited. Then you bring them over here, you show them the ties, the dirt, the place youÕre gonna do it. Walk them around. You begin to build your crew right, then at 10:30 everybody comes. YouÕre youÕve got your crew. You know whoÕs gonna do what. ED: OK. JOHN DONOHUE: That sound good? ED: Yeah. JOHN DONOHUE: And then somebody else stay back there revving up the troops. TREEMAN: Mark likes it. ItÕs true. ItÕs a good TIMID GUY: So Tommy and Tracey are at PGM at 7:30 on 05:30:02:10 MARK: Um, I think we get everybody down to the site on the sidewalks around the median before they show up with their truck. And then when their truck drives up, stops, they start pulling the stuff out, but theyÕre being watched the whole time by all of us, right? So then we get some protection. ED: Say that again Mark. I get my truck with my 10 guys. MARK: You and your 10 guys go to the truck, but you donÕt come out until all of the spectators ED: Are there. MARK: Are there around that median watching. You drive up, you unload, and that gives us a certain amount of one. It looks good for the event. And two, it gives us a certain amount of protection. ED: This is a closed bed truck so the guys could actually be in the truck. MARK: Sure. MURMURS MARK If the police wanna be really mean, they could ticket you for doing that though. If you open up and there are 10 guys standing in the back. TIMID GUY (at board): The people who turn out should come to the Coalition for the Homeless, come upstairs inside the in here and then leave here at 10:55. MARK: And then we walk down. TIMID GUY (at board): You wait and Ed youÕre just waiting for them to be at the outside. ED: IÕm waiting for them to be Somebody should give me a signal that theyÕre all there, right? BEDLAM ENSUES until