The state invests $250 million in its latest public health crisis: gun violence. James “Big Cat” Williams on the latest in football and what’s next for the Bears. And the Black Harvest Film Festival opens. On this week’s show:

• Violence Prevention Plan Focuses on Youth, Mental Health
• How the VaxAMillion Campaign is Fighting Vaccine Hesitancy
• QB Justin Fields Impresses in Loss to San Francisco, Some Progress Ahead of Pittsburgh
• Black Harvest Film Festival Returns to Highlight Black Cinema