The Reparations Committee announced that it will deposit the Evanston Reparations Fund into Liberty Bank, one of the largest Black-owned banks in America, at the committee’s Thursday meeting. Effective immediately, a minimum of $17 million will be deposited. “Seventeen million dollars in a Black bank is going to give more lending power and access to.
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The Evanston Reparations Committee determined the order in which direct descendants of residents affected by housing discrimination will receive reparations from the city at a meeting at Evanston Township High School Thursday. In March 2021, the city passed the Restorative Housing Program to fund home ownership, home improvement and mortgage assistance. Recipients can now choose.
Evanston’s Reparations Committee announced they will use a randomized selection tool to determine a payment order for the next group of reparations recipients at a meeting Thursday. Selection will begin December 7. An estimated 20 residents attended the hybrid meeting at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center in person, with over 15 present virtually. At.