Mayor Daniel Biss announced the launch of a survey to assess Evanston residents’ views on the reparations program on Thursday, almost two years after the city implemented the program. Evanston is running the survey in conjunction with Northwestern and research institution NORC at the University of Chicago. The city is requesting all residents 18 and.
The Reparations Committee and Evanston Arts Council selected four winners in the city’s first-ever youth art contest. The prompt for the contest was the question, “What comes to mind when you think of reparations?” The four winners are Maia Faith Hadaway, a UCLA student; Asiah Williams, an Evanston Township High School student; and Margo Stonebraker.
A team including Northwestern researchers found in a recent study that the Suicide and Accident Prevention resource offered through Family Education Firearm program might not be an equitably provided option for all parents. SAFE Firearm promotes conversations during routine pediatric checkups on how to keep firearms out of kids’ hands during them. The program also.
The Reparations Committee voted 5-1 Thursday to extend its contract with affordable housing group Community Partners for Affordable Housing for 90 days, meaning CPAH will temporarily continue managing housing grants for Evanston’s Restorative Housing Program. In January 2022, the committee first approved CPAH to help reparations recipients manage and spend their $25,000 housing grants. So.
The Reparations Committee discussed the status of fund allocations and resident testimonials on the reparations program Thursday. The Reparations Fund is supported by an adult-use municipal cannabis tax and public donations. In November, the City Council approved an additional $1 million per year for the next 10 years to be disbursed from the city’s real.