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Evanston’s first phase of the reparations program provided $25,000 to eligible Black residents. The City Council allocated $10 million of the city’s cannabis sales tax revenue for local ...
The Evanston Reparations Committee was established by the City Council of Evanston, Illinois in 2019 as the first publicly funded reparation program for Black Americans. The first program approved for using the funds, cash payments for housing support, was passed by the city in March 2021.
As talk of reparations ripples through the federal and local governments nationwide, Evanston, Ill., has become the first city in the U.S. to put money in the hands of Black residents affected by ...
Evanston (/ ˈ ɛ v ən s t ən / EV-ən-stən) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan.A suburb of Chicago, Evanston is 12 miles (19 km) north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wilmette to the north, and Lake Michigan to the east.
CHICAGO - An Evanston man has been arrested and charged in connection with a July shooting incident.. On July 29, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Evanston police responded to reports of gunfire in ...
Evanston Township High School (ETHS) (District 202) is a public high school in Evanston, Illinois. The campus is located in a northern suburb of Chicago along the Lake Michigan shore. ETHS was established in 1883 and serves the city of Evanston and a small portion of the neighboring village of Skokie for a total district population of ...
Robin Rue Simmons (born March 12, 1976) is an American former politician and national leader for local reparations for African Americans . Rue Simmons was born and raised in the largely segregated [1] 5th Ward of Evanston, Illinois . From 2017 to 2021, Rue Simmons served as the alderman of the 5th Ward. As alderman, she led the passage of the ...
Steve Hagerty. Stephen H. Hagerty (born November 15, 1968) is an American entrepreneur, businessman, and politician. He was the 21st mayor of Evanston, Illinois from May 8, 2017, to May 10, 2021. [2] A month after Hagerty retired from office, Evanston was recognized as an All-American City by the National Civic League due to its local ...