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

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

The Daily Northwestern


Paper lanterns, pineapple cakes and pungmul performances: Umbrella Arts Festival celebrates ASPA community

May 18, 2022

Content warning: This video contains mentions of anti-Asian violence. At the Umbrella Arts Festival on Saturday, people painted paper lanterns, shopped for food and watched dance performances — all...

A purple book sits open on a light purple background with purple speech bubbles of different sizes scattered around it.

“Holding space” in history, The Kitchen Table Stories Project sheds light on the ASPA experience in Evanston

May 10, 2022

Signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in July, the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History Act made Illinois the first state to mandate Asian American history be taught in public schools.  Following...

The right side of an open book with light brown pages. Some of the pages are ripped. The top most page says “Asian American History?” and the background is turquoise.

TEAACH Act could make Illinois first state to mandate teaching of Asian American history in public schools

April 20, 2021

Samantha Fajardo, a first-generation Filipino American and a freshman at Oakton Community College, remembers flipping through her sixth grade social studies textbook and seeing a small paragraph titled...

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