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

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Curt’s Cafe is one of the finalists in the running to win up to $100,000 through a social innovation competition. The Evanston restaurant employs at-risk youth with training in life skills and food services to give them a future after incarceration.

Curt’s Cafe named finalist in competition for $50K award

October 19, 2014

Curt’s Cafe, a local restaurant that employs formerly incarcerated young adults, was named a finalist in a social innovation competition, bringing the nonprofit one step closer to winning up to $100,000. Project...

Kotlowitz spoke at the Hilton Garden Inn on Wednesday about youth homelessness. An award-winning journalist, Kotlowitz is also a writer-in-residence at Northwestern.

Connections for the Homeless hosts Alex Kotlowitz talk on youth homelessness

October 8, 2014

Award-winning journalist Alex Kotlowitz spoke Wednesday to about 100 people about the detrimental effects of youth homelessness at a luncheon in Evanston organized by local nonprofit Connections for...

Curt's Cafe, located at 2922 Central St., helps train at-risk youth. Two Evanston residents started a fundraising campaign to open a second Evanston storefront for the cafe.

Two Evanston residents seek funds to open new Curt’s Cafe

August 5, 2014

An online fundraising campaign has been started to raise money to open a second Evanston storefront for Curt’s Cafe, a nonprofit restaurant that provides training and employment programming for at-risk...

Evanston nonprofit tackles restorative justice

May 27, 2014

Evanston community members convened Tuesday night to learn about resolving school-related conflicts through mediated dialogue with local nonprofit Restorative Justice Evanston. About 10 participants...

Four panelists address an audience Tuesday night at a Democratic Party of Evanston panel on drug sentencing. Speakers discussed not only their personal intimacy with the drug sentencing and incarceration situations, but also the racial disparity existing in Evanston arrests and tickets.

Panel addresses concerns with racial disparities related to drug sentencing

May 20, 2014

A panel hosted by the Democratic Party of Evanston on Tuesday discussed problems with punishments for drug possession in light of racial disparities in arrests and citations in Evanston. “Our goal...

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