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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Evanston Community Foundation President Sara Schastok (right) reacts to receiving a check from Dance Marathon for $103,476.58 in 2014. DM 2015 will be Schastoks last year as CEO and president of DMs secondary beneficiary.

Evanston Community Foundation president to retire after long relationship with Dance Marathon

March 7, 2015

After 15 years at the helm of the Evanston Community Foundation, Sara Schastok will retire by the end of the year, which also marks a milestone in her long relationship with Dance Marathon. ECF has...

Gail Schechter, the executive director of Open Communities, speaks at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. The lecture, called “Race and the Economy: Jobs, Housing, Poverty,” discussed housing segregation and inequality.

Holocaust Museum speakers discuss housing segregation in Chicago area

January 15, 2015

The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center hosted more than 120 people for a lecture and discussion on racial segregation and economic disparity Thursday night. David Stovall, a professor at...

Northwestern Prof. Miriam Petty presents her views on how slavery and race are depicted in television shows. Professor Nick Davis also joined Petty at the event, called “Slavery on Screen,” on Thursday night at the Evanston Public Library.

Northwestern professors discuss depiction of slavery, race in TV, movies

November 21, 2014

Two Northwestern professors discussed Thursday the ways in which slavery and race are depicted on screen, in both films and television ranging from "12 Years a Slave" to the "Roots" miniseries. In...

YWCA sponsors Illinois art exhibit focused on race

October 8, 2014

The YWCA Evanston/North Shore has partnered with the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center to bring an exhibit about race and its origins to the museum starting Sunday. The exhibit, called...

One Book selection ‘Whistling Vivaldi’ focuses on issues of race, stereotypes

April 7, 2014

“Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do” has been selected as the book for the 2014-15 One Book One Northwestern program.  “Whistling Vivaldi,” written by social...

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