The Links, Inc., is an organization boasting more than 16,000 professional women of African descent in 292 chapters across the United States and abroad.
Family Focus Evanston honored residents and organizations during its annual benefit event Thursday.
The event, themed “Evanston’s Black Heroes,” featured students from Family Focus’s after-school program who performed biographies of prominent Black Evanston residents from both the past and present.
Family Focus President and CEO Dara Munson said she is proud of the role that the organization plays in supporting Evanston’s Black community. Its Evanston center has operated out of 2010 Dewey Ave. for over 40 years, serving as a central point of resources and programming for the 5th Ward. Family Focus has since expanded, adding six other centers across the Chicago area.
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Family Focus merges with Chicago Child Care
Family Focus, the child welfare agency founded in Evanston 44 years ago, has merged with the Chicago Child Care Society.
Dara Munson.
Family Focus, the child welfare agency founded in Evanston 44 years ago, has merged with the Chicago Child Care Society.
The merger was first reported this week by Chicago Business.
The merged organization, with 44 board members, 22 from each group, plans to operate under the Family Focus name.
Dara Munson, president and CEO of the combined organization, previously headed the Chicago Child Care Society. She takes over from Merri Ex who headed Family Focus until her recent retirement.