WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.069 IS HOMELESSNESS. >> I GOT A CHANCE TO VISIT 00:03.070 --> 00:03.870 >> I GOT A CHANCE TO VISIT "SESAME STREET" RECENTLY AND 00:03.871 --> 00:06.673 "SESAME STREET" RECENTLY AND MEET THE NEWEST MUPPET THAT’S 00:06.674 --> 00:10.644 MEET THE NEWEST MUPPET THAT’S TEACHING AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE. 00:10.645 --> 00:11.244 TEACHING AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE. ♪ SUNNY DAY 00:11.246 --> 00:14.180 ♪ SUNNY DAY SLEEPING THE CLOUDS AWAY ♪ 00:14.181 --> 00:15.982 SLEEPING THE CLOUDS AWAY ♪ >> Reporter: "SESAME STREET." 00:15.983 --> 00:17.884 >> Reporter: "SESAME STREET." THE AWARD-WINNING CHILDREN’S 00:17.918 --> 00:19.352 THE AWARD-WINNING CHILDREN’S SHOW HAS BEEN FILLED WITH FUN. 00:19.387 --> 00:23.089 SHOW HAS BEEN FILLED WITH FUN. >> WHAT SHOULD WE EAT? 00:23.124 --> 00:24.157 >> WHAT SHOULD WE EAT? FRUIT OR COOKIE? 00:24.192 --> 00:25.459 FRUIT OR COOKIE? >> Reporter: AND EDUCATIONAL 00:25.460 --> 00:27.994 >> Reporter: AND EDUCATIONAL MOMENTS FOR 50 YEARS. 00:28.029 --> 00:28.962 MOMENTS FOR 50 YEARS. >> WHO KNOWS WHERE IN YOUR BODY 00:28.996 --> 00:29.796 >> WHO KNOWS WHERE IN YOUR BODY IS YOUR HEART? 00:29.797 --> 00:31.698 IS YOUR HEART? >> WHAT’S THE MATTER, JULIA? 00:31.732 --> 00:33.233 >> WHAT’S THE MATTER, JULIA? >> Reporter: AND THE SHOW HAS 00:33.267 --> 00:35.202 >> Reporter: AND THE SHOW HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM TAKING ON 00:35.236 --> 00:38.272 NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM TAKING ON TOUGH TOPICS, LINE 00:38.306 --> 00:38.705 TOUGH TOPICS, LINE INCARCERATION. 00:38.740 --> 00:40.240 INCARCERATION. >> ALL THIS TALK ABOUT MY DAD 00:40.274 --> 00:42.308 >> ALL THIS TALK ABOUT MY DAD AND WHERE HE IS, HAS ME REALLY 00:42.310 --> 00:42.609 AND WHERE HE IS, HAS ME REALLY UPSET. 00:42.610 --> 00:43.510 UPSET. >> Reporter: AND BULLYING. 00:43.544 --> 00:44.878 >> Reporter: AND BULLYING. >> YOU ARE WAY TOO BIG. 00:44.912 --> 00:47.214 >> YOU ARE WAY TOO BIG. YOU CAN’T BE INCLUDED IN THE 00:47.248 --> 00:49.116 YOU CAN’T BE INCLUDED IN THE GOOD BIRDS CLUB. 00:49.117 --> 00:52.252 GOOD BIRDS CLUB. RIGHT BIRDS? 00:52.287 --> 00:53.120 RIGHT BIRDS? >> RIGHT. 00:53.121 --> 00:54.321 >> RIGHT. >> Reporter: I RECENTLY VISITED 00:54.322 --> 00:56.523 >> Reporter: I RECENTLY VISITED THE ICONIC SET TO TALK ABOUT 00:56.524 --> 00:58.125 THE ICONIC SET TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER DIFFICULT SUBJECT, 00:58.126 --> 00:58.525 ANOTHER DIFFICULT SUBJECT, HOMELESSNESS. 00:58.560 --> 00:59.659 HOMELESSNESS. >> YOU KNOW HOW ME AND MY 00:59.694 --> 01:00.928 >> YOU KNOW HOW ME AND MY PARENTS HAVEN’T HAD A PLACE TO 01:00.962 --> 01:02.163 PARENTS HAVEN’T HAD A PLACE TO STAY FOR A WHILE, RIGHT? 01:02.197 --> 01:03.097 STAY FOR A WHILE, RIGHT? >> YEAH. 01:03.098 --> 01:05.232 >> YEAH. ELMO KNOWS. 01:05.233 --> 01:10.604 ELMO KNOWS. >> Reporter: SHERRY WESTON IS 01:10.605 --> 01:12.940 >> Reporter: SHERRY WESTON IS PRESIDENT FOR FOR SESAME 01:12.941 --> 01:15.142 PRESIDENT FOR FOR SESAME WORKSHOP, THE FOLKS BEHIND 01:15.143 --> 01:17.845 WORKSHOP, THE FOLKS BEHIND "SESAME STREET." 01:17.846 --> 01:18.846 "SESAME STREET." WHAT MADE "SESAME STREET" FOCUS 01:18.880 --> 01:19.680 WHAT MADE "SESAME STREET" FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS? 01:19.714 --> 01:21.415 ON HOMELESSNESS? >> THAT’S AN AREA WHERE WE KNOW 01:21.416 --> 01:23.317 >> THAT’S AN AREA WHERE WE KNOW WE CAN HELP. 01:23.318 --> 01:25.419 WE CAN HELP. WE’VE CREATED A LOT OF CONTENT 01:25.420 --> 01:28.155 WE’VE CREATED A LOT OF CONTENT TO HELP CHILDREN EXPERIENCING 01:28.156 --> 01:29.356 TO HELP CHILDREN EXPERIENCING TRAUMATIC EVENTS. 01:29.357 --> 01:30.558 TRAUMATIC EVENTS. AND WE CAN LOOK AT THIS THROUGH 01:30.592 --> 01:31.926 AND WE CAN LOOK AT THIS THROUGH THE LENS OF A CHILD. 01:31.960 --> 01:33.360 THE LENS OF A CHILD. THAT’S WHY WE’RE STEPPING UP. 01:33.361 --> 01:35.863 THAT’S WHY WE’RE STEPPING UP. >> Reporter: WHEN KIDS WATCH 01:35.864 --> 01:37.765 >> Reporter: WHEN KIDS WATCH THESE SCENES, WHAT DO YOU HOPE 01:37.799 --> 01:38.232 THESE SCENES, WHAT DO YOU HOPE THEY TAKE AWAY? 01:38.266 --> 01:40.267 THEY TAKE AWAY? >> WE HOPE WHEN THEY SEE LILY, 01:40.301 --> 01:41.568 >> WE HOPE WHEN THEY SEE LILY, THE CHARACTER THAT HAS 01:41.570 --> 01:42.603 THE CHARACTER THAT HAS EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS, THEY 01:42.637 --> 01:43.971 EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS, THEY CAN IDENTIFY WITH HER AND FEEL 01:43.972 --> 01:45.072 CAN IDENTIFY WITH HER AND FEEL LESS ALONE. 01:45.073 --> 01:46.273 LESS ALONE. >> Reporter: I WANTED TO TALK TO 01:46.308 --> 01:48.308 >> Reporter: I WANTED TO TALK TO LILY AND SOME OF HER FRIENDS 01:48.343 --> 01:49.543 LILY AND SOME OF HER FRIENDS FIRSTHAND, ABOUT THE TOPIC. 01:49.544 --> 01:53.381 FIRSTHAND, ABOUT THE TOPIC. SO, WE MET UP ON THE "SESAME 01:53.415 --> 01:53.948 SO, WE MET UP ON THE "SESAME STREET" STOOP. 01:53.982 --> 01:56.884 STREET" STOOP. WHAT WAS IT LIKE, LILY, TO 01:56.885 --> 01:58.252 WHAT WAS IT LIKE, LILY, TO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS? 01:58.253 --> 02:00.855 EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS? >> WELL, IT’S HARD BECAUSE, 02:00.856 --> 02:02.290 >> WELL, IT’S HARD BECAUSE, WELL, YOU FEEL LIKE NO ONE ELSE 02:02.291 --> 02:05.593 WELL, YOU FEEL LIKE NO ONE ELSE IS GOING THROUGH IT. 02:05.628 --> 02:06.494 IS GOING THROUGH IT. BUT YOU REALIZE THAT PEOPLE -- 02:06.495 --> 02:09.330 BUT YOU REALIZE THAT PEOPLE -- EVERYONE’S GOING THROUGH IT. 02:09.364 --> 02:12.499 EVERYONE’S GOING THROUGH IT. WELL, SOFIA, WE STAY WITH HER. 02:12.501 --> 02:13.201 WELL, SOFIA, WE STAY WITH HER. AND SHE TAUGHT ME THIS REALLY 02:13.202 --> 02:15.870 AND SHE TAUGHT ME THIS REALLY COOL THING CALLED CONNECT THE 02:15.871 --> 02:16.170 COOL THING CALLED CONNECT THE DOTS. 02:16.171 --> 02:18.906 DOTS. >> WHAT’S THAT? 02:18.907 --> 02:22.009 >> WHAT’S THAT? >> SHE SAID TO MAKE A DOT FOR 02:22.010 --> 02:23.077 >> SHE SAID TO MAKE A DOT FOR EVERYONE WHO LOVES ME. 02:23.078 --> 02:26.714 EVERYONE WHO LOVES ME. LIKE MY MOM, MY DAD AND FRIENDS. 02:26.748 --> 02:28.916 LIKE MY MOM, MY DAD AND FRIENDS. AND I SHOULD CONNECT ALL THOSE 02:28.917 --> 02:29.216 AND I SHOULD CONNECT ALL THOSE DOTS. 02:29.218 --> 02:31.419 DOTS. WHEN I DID, IT WAS A HEART. 02:31.420 --> 02:33.888 WHEN I DID, IT WAS A HEART. AND SHE SAID, I WAS IN THE 02:33.922 --> 02:35.489 AND SHE SAID, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT HEART AND I WAS 02:35.491 --> 02:38.293 MIDDLE OF THAT HEART AND I WAS SURROUND BY LOVE. 02:38.294 --> 02:38.927 SURROUND BY LOVE. I WASN’T ALONE. 02:38.928 --> 02:42.530 I WASN’T ALONE. >> GROVER, YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN A 02:42.532 --> 02:42.897 >> GROVER, YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN A SMART GUY. 02:42.898 --> 02:44.599 SMART GUY. HOW DO YOU DEFINE HOME? 02:44.600 --> 02:45.333 HOW DO YOU DEFINE HOME? >> HOME. 02:45.367 --> 02:46.835 >> HOME. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT A 02:46.836 --> 02:49.004 A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT A HOME IS A HOUSE OR AN APARTMENT 02:49.038 --> 02:53.942 HOME IS A HOUSE OR AN APARTMENT OR FOR THE NAUGHTICALLY MINDED, 02:53.976 --> 02:55.677 OR FOR THE NAUGHTICALLY MINDED, A LARGE SAILBOAT. 02:55.711 --> 02:57.145 A LARGE SAILBOAT. BUT REALLY, HOME IS WHERE THE 02:57.146 --> 02:58.313 BUT REALLY, HOME IS WHERE THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE ARE. 02:58.314 --> 02:58.813 PEOPLE YOU LOVE ARE. >> YEAH. 02:58.815 --> 03:02.617 >> YEAH. >> IF YOU ARE WITH THEM, YOU ARE 03:02.618 --> 03:02.917 >> IF YOU ARE WITH THEM, YOU ARE HOME. 03:02.918 --> 03:04.018 HOME. >> THAT’S CONNECTING THE DOTS. 03:04.020 --> 03:04.753 >> THAT’S CONNECTING THE DOTS. >> YEAH. 03:04.787 --> 03:06.688 >> YEAH. >> Reporter: ELMO, HOW DID YOU 03:06.722 --> 03:08.823 >> Reporter: ELMO, HOW DID YOU HELP LILY THROUGH ALL OF THIS? 03:08.824 --> 03:13.061 HELP LILY THROUGH ALL OF THIS? >> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? 03:13.062 --> 03:16.064 >> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? ELMO THINKS THAT LILY HELPED 03:16.065 --> 03:16.364 ELMO THINKS THAT LILY HELPED ELMO. 03:16.365 --> 03:19.568 ELMO. LILY TAUGHT ELMO ABOUT -- ELMO 03:19.602 --> 03:22.538 LILY TAUGHT ELMO ABOUT -- ELMO NEVER KNEW THIS WORD BEFORE, BUT 03:22.572 --> 03:23.939 NEVER KNEW THIS WORD BEFORE, BUT IT’S CALLED HELP. 03:23.940 --> 03:26.374 IT’S CALLED HELP. IT HELPS LILY FEEL BETTER ON A 03:26.376 --> 03:27.141 IT HELPS LILY FEEL BETTER ON A SAD DAY. 03:27.143 --> 03:28.743 SAD DAY. AND THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING 03:28.745 --> 03:31.346 AND THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOOD TO HOPE FOR. 03:31.347 --> 03:32.547 GOOD TO HOPE FOR. >> DEFINITELY. 03:32.548 --> 03:33.848 >> DEFINITELY. >> Reporter: LILY, YOU HAVE YOUR 03:33.850 --> 03:36.485 >> Reporter: LILY, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN PLACE TO STAY NOW. 03:36.519 --> 03:36.985 OWN PLACE TO STAY NOW. WHAT’S THAT LIKE? 03:36.987 --> 03:39.054 WHAT’S THAT LIKE? >> IT OOH’S REALLY GREAT. 03:39.088 --> 03:40.488 >> IT OOH’S REALLY GREAT. I HAVE MY OWN ROOM. 03:40.490 --> 03:43.892 I HAVE MY OWN ROOM. AND I LIVE REALLY CLOSE TO 03:43.927 --> 03:45.594 AND I LIVE REALLY CLOSE TO SESAME STREET TO HAVE PLAY DATES 03:45.595 --> 03:46.662 SESAME STREET TO HAVE PLAY DATES WITH MY BUDDIES. 03:46.696 --> 03:47.296 WITH MY BUDDIES. >> THAT’S TERRIFIC. 03:47.330 --> 03:48.397 >> THAT’S TERRIFIC. WE’RE HAPPY FOR HER. 03:48.398 --> 03:51.099 WE’RE HAPPY FOR HER. >> I’M HAPPY TO BE HERE, GUYS. 03:51.101 --> 03:54.202 >> I’M HAPPY TO BE HERE, GUYS. >> YOU WANT TO GET A MILKSHAKE 03:54.203 --> 03:55.603 >> YOU WANT TO GET A MILKSHAKE AT HOOPER’S? 03:55.605 --> 03:56.138 AT HOOPER’S? >> Reporter: I WOULD LOVE IT.