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The Daily Northwestern

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

Davies: What Tarana Burke taught me about nonbinary students at Northwestern

Davies: What Tarana Burke taught me about nonbinary students at Northwestern

January 29, 2020

Martin Luther King Jr. once described how our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Yet time and time again, Northwestern and the individuals who work and study here have...

Activist Tarana Burke delivers a keynote address on community healing from sexual abuse in marginalized communities. Burke has been organizing for years and is the founder of the #MeToo movement

Tarana Burke talks MeToo movement during keynote address for MLK Dream Week

January 28, 2020

Before #MeToo became a rallying cry for the global movement against sexual misconduct, Tarana Burke had been organizing communities of color for years to address sexual violence. At Pick-Staiger Concert...

DePaul University professor Kaveh Ehsani. Ehsani spoke as part of a panel of five professors at Evanston Public Library Monday afternoon.

EPL panel evaluates mass protest movements for MLK Jr. Day

January 21, 2020

Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of direct action, Evanston Public Library and Northwestern University’s Center for International and Area Studies partnered to host a panel discussion about...

Panelists discuss black progress at the Martin Luther King Day candlelight vigil.

Alpha Mu hosts annual Martin Luther King Jr. candlelight vigil

January 20, 2020

Northwestern’s Alpha Mu Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity hosted its 41st annual candlelight vigil in honor of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this Monday at Alice Millar Chapel....

Interfaith Action of Evanston volunteer Birch Burghardt checks in team leaders at the organization’s inaugural Walk for Warmth. Participants raised over $20,000 to maintain the six faith communities that host an overnight shelter from mid-November to mid-March.

Walk for Warmth raises $20k for overnight homeless shelters

January 20, 2020

Community members, religious leaders and local politicians raised over $20,000 for Interfaith Action of Evanston’s overnight emergency cold shelters at Monday’s inaugural Walk for Warmth. Participants...

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