Reparations and its allies
In the latest installment of our People You Should Know video series, Pastor Michael Nabors interviews Robin Rue Simmons and Chuck Lewis. As an Evanston City Council member, Robin Rue Simmons introduced the first government-funded…
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Nonprofit to donate $20,000 in repairs to some reparations recipients
At the May 5 meeting of Evanston’s reparations committee, former Council Member Robin Rue Simmons announced that the city has begun dispersing the $25,000 housing grants to the 16 beneficiaries of the restorative housing program. Now, some of those…
Reparations committee looking at other funding models
Evanston’s reparations committee is planning to increase the current reparations fund by $2.6 million, but they’re still deciding how best to go about it. So far, the $10 million dollar city reparations commitment has been paid for via use-based…
City programs collaborate to advance Burton’s home makeover
Ramona Burton’s home is getting a makeover. The city of Evanston has begun its local reparations program, dispensing $25,000 grants to the 16 inaugural beneficiaries, and Burton, who was one of the first to be selected, is planning to…
Evanston leaders discuss reparations with Northfield temple
Former Evanston Council Member Robin Rue Simmons and Mayor Daniel Biss brought the reparations conversation to Temple Jeremiah in Northfield in a conversation moderated by Rabbi Paul F. Cohen. “I feel like I was elected to be a cheerleader…
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Evanston honors first reparations recipients – ‘a long overdue redress’ of past wrongs
Evanston officials paid special tribute to the first recipients of grants through the city’s historic reparations program April 25, holding a dinner in their honor and expressing hope their participation…
Evanston won’t change terms of first reparations grants to allow rental assistance
Wary of legal complications, Evanston’s Reparations Committee has decided it will not adjust the first housing reparations program to accommodate renters unable or unwilling to get a mortgage. Committee members…
One-year anniversary of Evanston’s reparations vote: Reflection, discussion with local newsmakers
One year has passed since the Evanston City Council voted to authorize the restorative housing program, the first of the local reparations initiatives, and it’s been more than two months…
At least 3 recipients of Evanston reparations grants are renters, who may not be able to take money
The City of Evanston has begun meeting with the 16 beneficiaries of restorative housing grants, but so far three of those selected are renters who do not own homes and…
First United Methodist sets example for reparations with major gift
A congregational representative from First United Methodist Church of Evanston presented a check for $50,000 to Sol Anderson, CEO of the Evanston Community Foundation, for the Reparations Stakeholders Authority of…