Here’s who’s running for D65, D202 school boards this April
January 18, 2021
Eight candidates have filed petitions to run for four seats on the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board in the upcoming municipal election. In District 202, only three incumbents have filed petitions, while the fourth seat remains open.
The filing period for board elections, Dec. 14 to Dec. 21, has passed, and the election will be held April 6. Below is a list of all confirmed candidates.
DISTRICT 65
Angela Blaising: Blaising is the vice president of capital markets at Hyatt Hotels Corporation and a mother of two D65 middle schoolers. In an interview with the Democratic Party of Evanston, she said her background in finance would help her balance the district’s budget and strategies for safely reopening schools immediately. Blaising emphasized that she believes in safely reopening schools, and that doing so is the equitable choice for supporting Black and brown students, who have been dispropor
Evanston Now
Seven file to run for school board seats
Six incumbents and one new candidate filed nominating papers Monday, the first day to file for the eight positions to be filled on Evanston s two school boards next April.
The ETHS campus.
Six incumbents and one new candidate filed nominating papers Monday, the first day to file for the eight positions to be filled on Evanston’s two school boards in next April’s election.
Filing for the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board were incumbents Elisabeth Lindsay-Ryan, Soo La Kim and Joseph Hailpern. Hailpern finished fourth in a five-way race for four positions on the board in 2017. Lindsay-Ryan was appointed to the board in August 2019. Kim was appointed to the board last April.
What Miscegenation Means for America
Edward Dutton, American Renaissance, December 13, 2020
This essay is adapted from the new book
Making Sense of Race
, which can be purchased here.
When we hear the word “ethnicity,” we tend to think of peoples, such as the Irish or Han Chinese, that trace their ancestry and history back millennia. But, of course, race and ethnicity are dynamic and evolving. Ethnic groups that have a “timeless” conception of themselves have, in fact, experienced more genetic change and engaged in more interbreeding than they might want to admit. Furthermore, there is no reason why we wouldn’t expect new and different ethnicities to emerge in the future.