Community input initiative Evanston150 will mark its first Northwestern collaboration on May 20 when steering committee member and NU law student Patrick Keenan-Devlin hosts an on-campus brainstorming session, the project’s coordinator, Stephanie Kulke, announced Tuesday evening.

The idea generation event will be from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Norris University Center, and it will be preceded by a special session for Dance Marathon participants to offer their own suggestions for city improvement.

The student group partnership presents a unique opportunity to enrich NU’s North Shore home, NUDM public relations co-chair Sourav Bhowmick said in an email Tuesday night.

“At Dance Marathon, we have always been committed to strengthening our community,” he wrote. “Evanston150 is one more step toward honoring that commitment. Many NU students and DM participants give back to Evanston through community service and volunteer work, but Evanston150 allows for the unique and powerful opportunity to share ideas that will have long-lasting impacts. This is a chance to not only give back to our community but to help shape its future.”

Keenan-Devlin echoed that Evanston150 is a productive stride toward strengthening city-University bonds. He said NU students are a “vital and vibrant part” of Evanston that can seriously enhance community life.

“The contributions students make to Evanston are invaluable,” Keenan-Devlin added. “We need their ideas to ensure that this city-wide initiative truly reflects our whole community.”

Free pizza will be provided at the 4 p.m. session by Evanston Community Foundation and at the 5 p.m. session by NU.