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Gonring stationed outside Foster Walker Complex on Sunday, collecting donated winter gear to distribute.

[Photo] NUCNC is continuing to press Northwestern to abolish NUPD

January 28, 2021
NU alumni discuss the student protests to abolish NUPD and the University’s responses. Some are considering withholding donations to the University.

[Photo] NU alumni talk student protests, stop University donations due inadequate response

November 20, 2020
protest-meets-twerk session. Photo: Binah Schatsky/The Daily Northwestern Photo caption:

[Photo] NUCNC, B. Burlesque twerk in front of Tech, protest NUPD

November 17, 2020
Evanston Police officers block off Sherman Avenue as students disperse following the conclusion of the march.

[Photo] NUCNC celebrates Black love on day 33 of actions to abolish NUPD

November 15, 2020
Wednesday marks the 17th consecutive day of action led by NUCNC demanding the abolition of University Police. When the group paused outside the EPD precinct, one car issued a warning over the intercom saying “local law will be enforced by citation or arrest.”

[Photo] NUCNC marches in honor of Walter Wallace Jr., stands with Philadelphia protests

October 28, 2020
On Thursday, Student Organizing for Labor Rights paired with NU Community Not Cops, emphasizing that abolition and mutual aid are linked.

[Photo] SOLR, NUCNC demand divestment from police, investment in service workers and Black lives

October 23, 2020
A protester holds up a sign on June 14, 2020 on S Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Chicago. Protests calling for racial justice and an end to abusive policing have spread nationwide in response to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many others at the hands of the police.

[Photo] “A badly broken system”: Northwestern professors respond to Breonna Taylor ruling

September 25, 2020
The Rock. After “White Silence Kills” was painted over with “NU,” students painted it to say “enough.”

[Photo] “Your silence is deafening”: After three months, the Rock was repainted twice to reflect ongoing student demands

September 20, 2020
Tables and chairs are spaced six feet apart in preparation for in-person dining at Northwestern.

[Photo] Dining services adjust to Wildcat Wellness, COVID-19 restrictions

September 18, 2020
Hillel

[Photo] A new kind of New Year: Hillel’s virtual plans for the High Holidays

September 17, 2020
The theatre department’s initial statement from faculty to students on June 2.

[Photo] Northwestern theatre students demand anti-racist action, accountability from department

August 9, 2020
The Loop. Protestors painting the street at the intersection of State Street and Jackson Boulevard at 10 p.m. Saturday.

[Photo] Solidarity Street: Students take Millennium Park, the Loop calling for an end to university-police contracts

August 3, 2020
The painted street in front of Evanston Township High School. On Tuesday, City Council voted to rename the portion of Dodge Avenue “Black Lives Matter Way.”

[Photo] A weekend of youth-led street painting: “BLACK LIVES MATTER,” “DEFUND EPD” painted on major Evanston streets

July 5, 2020
State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) in front of the war memorial at Fountain Square in Evanston at 11am Thursday. The press conference raised awareness for his bill addressing systemic racism in Illinois K-12 education, which emphasizes teaching black history as vibrant and essential to American history.

[Photo] State Rep. La Shawn Ford, Evanston community discuss anti-racism in K-12 education

June 25, 2020
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