Nathan Norman

Youth Task Force meets to discuss youth employment, violence prevention

February 21, 2013

The Mayor’s Youth Task Force met for the first time this year on Thursday to discuss strategies for youth violence prevention and youth employment in Evanston. The task force, formed in 2010, is...

Evanston reinvigorates jobs program

October 10, 2012

Evanston recently took control of a program previously run by the Youth Job Center designed to give low- and middle-income workers the personal and vocational skills necessary to enter their desired careers. About...

Evanston outreach worker inspires through example

October 9, 2012

Dajuan Blackwell was “mad and frustrated” when he dialed Evanston street outreach worker Nathan Norman’s number. Blackwell, 21, had just been shot and was considering joining a gang to retaliate....

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