Every Independence Day, I have 30 to 40 family and friends at my house in Evanston for a cookout. I always brag that my menu of chicken rice pilaf with vegetables, grilled fish, turkey burgers, chicken hot links, grilled Brussels sprouts, asparagus, cabbage and baked sweet potatoes is much healthier than the traditional cookout foods […]
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Four Community Members Appointed to City’s Reparations Committee
Submitted by the City of Evanston On Monday, April 26, the Evanston City Council voted to approve four community members to serve on the City of Evanston’s Reparations Committee, joining Council members from the 2nd, 5th, and 8th Wards. The committee will continue the work started by the Reparations Subcommittee, which is being dissolved. Committee […]
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New Program Offers Direct Cash to Evanston’s Black Residents
Submitted by the Family Independence Initiative The Family Independence Initiative (FII) on March 22 launched the Evanston Equitable Recovery Fund, a program to provide 25 Evanston qualified residents with a $300 per month payment for 10 months. The $75,000 program is privately funded by the Family Independence Initiative and supported financially by Economic Security for […]
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Council Members Comment on Reparations Vote
The RoundTable invited City Council members to share the statements they made at the March 22 meeting at which aldermen voted 8-1 to approve a resolution on reparations. The statement by Alderman Cicely Fleming, who cast the sole “No” vote, may be found here. Three aldermen – Melissa Wynne, Don Wilson, and Tom Suffredin responded […]
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E3R’s Reparation Seminar Provides Insight Into Common Ground and Divergence Around Evanston Reparations Program
At 8:50 p.m. on March 22, City Council adopted Resolution 37-R-27 authorizing the implementation of the Evanston Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program and the initial program budget of $400,000. The majority of the public comments at the City Council meeting were in response to Special Order of Business SP3, adoption of the nation’s first local […]
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Landmark Reparations Proposal Approved By City Council
Evanston City Council members approved a landmark reparations resolution on March 22, setting in motion housing assistance for eligible Black residents to redress some of the injustices they suffered over a half century of discriminatory practices. In an 8-1 vote, aldermen approved the resolution in support of a restorative housing program, which is the first […]
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D.C. Lawyer Claims Evanston Reparations Unconstitutional
A Washington D.C. based attorney, C. Boyden Gray, has written a letter to Mayor Stephe H. Hagerty and members of City Council, stating in part, “I write on behalf of the Project on Fair Representation, a not-for-profit legal defense foundation that believes racial and ethnic classifications are unconstitutional, unfair, and harmful. The purpose of this […]
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Alderwoman Fleming Opposes Resolution 37-R-27:‘If We’re Doing Reparations, Let’s Do Reparations Right’
Submitted by Cicely Fleming At the March 22 City Council virtual meeting, aldermen will be voting on the adoption of Resolution 37-R-27, which authorizes the implementation of the “Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program and Program Budget” and the initial program budget of $400,000. (See Section VII SP3 of the agenda.) As the only Evanston elected […]
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City Posts Draft Guidelines for the City’s Reparations Restorative Housing Program
On the evening of March 17, the City posted draft Guidelines for the City’s Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program on its website. It is expected that the Guidelines will be discussed, and perhaps acted upon, by City Council at its March 22 meeting. While most of the Guidelines have been discussed by the City’s Reparations […]
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City Answers Questions on Local Reparations, Community Members Invited to Apply for City’s Reparations Committee
Submitted by the City of Evanston City Answers Questions on Local Reparations, Community Members Invited to Apply for City’s Reparations Committee The City of Evanston today provided community members with answers to frequently asked questions regarding Evanston Local Reparations and the proposed Restorative Housing Program. The FAQs are available on the City’s Reparations webpage, at […]