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The Chicago suburb s reparations program was established in 2019, with a $10 million fund established from a 3 per cent tax on recreational marijuana sales.
March 12, 2021
On a December day in 2019, hundreds of Evanston residents sang, cheered and cried together in the pews of the First Church of God in celebration of the first funded Black reparations program in the city â and in American history.
âIt was a special moment for our city,â said Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th), who has led city reparations initiatives. âThat meeting was really the convening of what is a lifetime of work ahead of us.â
Evanston City Council had just passed a resolution allocating $10 million dollars over 10 years from cannabis city tax revenue to a Black reparations fund. The legislation was the first in the country â on a local, state or federal level â to commit public funding to reparations for Black Americans. Upon its passage, Evanston garnered national attention for its commitment to addressing over a century of discrimination.
After conducting church services virtually for approximately a year because of COVID-19, faith leaders are urging their congregants to continue living safely.
A group of residents has launched a campaign to pressure City Council from voting to approve distribution of the first $400,000 of the city’s reparations fund, characterizing the current reparations plan as “racist” and “fake.” Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) told the Daily she expects to vote on the Restorative Housing Reparations program on March.