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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


Northwestern University. NU donated $1 million to Evanston’s Good Neighbor Fund for the third year in a row to help support some municipal projects and services.

NU donation to Evanston to go toward facility improvements, youth job training

November 17, 2017

Northwestern donated $1 million to Evanston’s Good Neighbor Fund for the third year in a row to help support some municipal projects and services, the city announced in a Thursday news release. The...

Evanston resident and breast cancer survivor Paula Williams speaks Sunday at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center. Roughly 40 community members attended the event, which was held to raise awareness of the fight against breast cancer.

Evanston community members gather to raise awareness of fighting breast cancer

October 22, 2017

In a small dance studio decorated with pink balloons and pink roses, roughly 40 community members, mostly black women, gathered Sunday to raise awareness of the fight against breast cancer. The event,...

Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. Two of Evanston’s five upcoming equity town halls — planned to address “issues of access, equity and empowerment” — will be held in the Civic Center.

City to host series of equity town halls starting this week

April 17, 2017

Following the appointment of Evanston’s first equity and empowerment coordinator, the city on April 5 announced a series of town hall meetings to address “issues of access, equity and empowerment.” The...

(Maytham Alzayer/The Daily Northwestern) State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) speaks at a town hall on Tuesday. Biss urged attendees to engage in politics.

State Sen. Daniel Biss urges citizens to speak up in 2017 at town hall

January 18, 2017

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) urged residents at a town hall meeting on Tuesday to not remain silent on political and social issues in 2017, especially as uncertainty reigns at the state and federal...

Around 50 Evanston residents gathered at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center Saturday for a free screening and subsequent discussion of Spike Lee’s movie “Chi-Raq.” The film, which was released in 2015, explores the issue of gun violence in Chicago.

Evanston residents discuss alleviating gun violence after ‘Chi-Raq’ screening

January 18, 2016

Around 50 Evanston residents discussed possible solutions to Chicago-area gun violence after city officials hosted a free screening of Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center...

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