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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern

The community fridge outside Childcare Network of Evanston is decorated with butterfly decals.

“The fridges belong to everybody”: Evanston’s fourth community fridge to open this fall

October 8, 2021

Evanston’s fourth community fridge will open this fall outside of Kombucha Brava at 717 Custer Ave. Community members built Evanston’s original fridge outside the Childcare Network of Evanston building...

A children’s book cover. A young Black girl with braided hair, colorful beads and a pink shirt looks at other children in the background playing in a park. She has a thought bubble which reads, “I hope they understand.”

Evanston resident publishes children’s book celebrating racial and cultural diversity

May 11, 2021

For as long as she can remember, Juleya Woodson has wanted to write a book.  After seeing how Black children were affected by the country’s reckoning with racial injustice last summer, the Evanston...

A graphic combining American flag imagery with a close-up image of Evanston, Illinois on a map. The shape of Evanston is outlined in tan with a red grid, with Lake Michigan in blue to the east and other areas of Illinois, colored in red with white stars, to the west.

Community organizer Stephanie Mendoza receives 70.82 percent of vote, becoming Evanston’s next city clerk

April 6, 2021

Candidate Stephanie Mendoza is projected to be Evanston’s next city clerk and the first Latinx resident to sit on the dais, according to unofficial results from the Cook County Clerk’s Office.  Mendoza...

The community fridge lying on its side. Foam insulation appears to be strewn across the ground and food packages are bust open, with their contents scattered on the grass. A black fence is bent and lying on its side.

Organizers look to rebuild after EFBL community fridge is destroyed

March 21, 2021

Just days before the Evanston Fight for Black Lives community fridge was set to open to the public, the fridge was destroyed in a car accident. Fridge organizers are working with the community and raising...

The Evanston Fight for Black Lives community fridge, outside of the Childcare Network of Protection building at 1335 Dodge Ave. The fridge will be moved to the front of the building and will be painted by Ziana Pearson-Muller as soon as weather conditions improve.

“Leave what you can, take what you need:” EFBL to install community fridge

February 19, 2021

Evanston Fight for Black Lives organizer Maia Robinson said she wants all community members to feel a “sense of pride” over the community fridge EFBL will install in the upcoming weeks — as well...

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