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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


Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th). Rue Simmons hosted a Thursday town hall to discuss Evanston’s reparations fund.

City hosts second town hall on Evanston reparations fund

May 21, 2020

Just over 100 participants gathered through Zoom on Thursday for a virtual town hall on Evanston’s historic reparations fund. The fund, established through a city resolution passed in November 2019,...

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...

Shorefront founder Dino Robinson stands among archives. The city will honorarily name a portion of Church St. after Robinson for his work preserving Black history in the North Shore.

Evanston Organizes: Evanston’s black community lacked recognition for decades. Shorefront Legacy Center aims to give it to them.

November 8, 2018

This story is part of a series of profiles of activist and community groups across Evanston. In 1995, Dino Robinson — anxious to explore the city’s black history — picked apart local archives,...

A man holds a sign outside the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. Over 70 residents gathered outside on Monday to protest a number of proposed budget cuts, chanting “prioritize our people, we shall not be moved.”

Faith leaders demand aldermen put people first in budget

October 29, 2018

Over 70 residents gathered outside the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center Monday to protest a number of proposed budget cuts, chanting “prioritize our people, we shall not be moved.” Attendees at the...

Protesters gather in Springfield to fight against systemic racism and poverty. The Poor People’s Campaign held the rally Monday, and a bus of Evanston-area residents attended.

Evanston residents protest systemic racism, poverty in Springfield

May 22, 2018

A bus of Evanston and other North Shore protesters drove to Springfield for a statewide rally against systemic racism and poverty Monday. Almost 400 people attended the rally organized by the Poor...

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