Creating the Good with AARP IL

Creating the Good with AARP IL

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Creating the Good with AARP IL episodes

  • The Bicycle Lady of Chicago’s South Side

    This week we have a very special guest who will speak about how hopping on a bike is not only good for your overall well-being, it’s also a great way to help make your community a more livable place. Deloris Lucas is known as “the bike lady” in the Riverdale neighborhood on Chicago’s far South Side and has been organizing a community bike ride for the past five years to bring awareness to the transportation needs where she grew up.


    Hear Bob, Rosana and Deloris discuss the growing need for alternate transportation in Chicago's far south side, how Deloris has been influential in the opening of three new bike share stations in her neighborhood, and what she hopes others can learn from her experience. 

    24 min
  • Lifting Sails and Spirits

    Today we have two very special guests who will talk about a real inspiring program that helps those with limited mobility gain more independence and gives them a boost of self-esteem. Peter Goldman is a co-founder of The Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Program, which provides on-the-water sailing classes for the physically disabled in Chicago and Patrick LoDuca, who started out as a participant and is now an instructor.


    Hear Bob and Rosanna discuss the inspiration behind the program, how it has caught on with people with disabilities of all kinds, and what they hope others can learn from their experience. 

    24 min
  • Art with a Purpose

    Today we have two very special guests who will talk about a wonderful program that offers art workshops to older Latinos, especially those with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, or dementia. It’s called La Brocha, which is Spanish for “The Paint Brush.” The workshops are held in Chicago’s Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods, and participants and their loved ones work on an art program led by artists and art therapists.


    Judith Rocha is an assistant professor at Northeastern University and Co-Founder of La Brocha, and Connie Saldivar is the caregiver of her husband, who’s a La Brocha participant.

    Hear Bob and Rosanna discuss how the program started, how Connie and her husband have benefited from the classes, and what they hope others can learn from their experiences. 

    24 min
  • A Restaurateur Who Rises to the Occasion

    In the inaugural episode of Creating the Good with AARP IL, hosts Bob Gallo and Rosanna Márquez sit down with Amy Morton, a restaurateur from Chicago who has seen her world change drastically in the wake of COVID-19.


    Amy Morton grew up working alongside her father Arnie Morton, founder of Morton’s Steakhouse. She started her first restaurant, Mirador in Chicago’s Old Town back in the 1990s, and is currently the owner of Found Kitchen and Social House and The Barn Steakhouse in Evanston, as well as Stolp Island Social in Aurora. She is also a long-time supporter of “Connections for the Homeless,” a non-profit group bringing essential services to people facing homelessness and housing insecurity. During this coronavirus pandemic, Amy and the Found team have been cooking breakfast seven days a week for 200 people facing homelessness.

    Hear Bob, Rosanna and Amy discuss how her community involvement came to be, what inspires her and how she hopes others can get involved during these uncertain times.

    40 min

About Creating the Good with AARP IL

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A show about inspiring Illinoisans hosted by Bob Gallo and Rosanna Marquez of AARP Illinois. Each week, the show features extraordinary people 50-plus who are giving back to their communities in…