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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


City facilities and various local organizations are offering warming centers and other necessary services for housing-insecure Evanston residents.

Where to finding warming centers, shelters in Evanston during frigid temperatures

January 16, 2024

As temperatures reach below zero in Evanston, city facilities and local organizations are available for housing-insecure residents to stay warm and receive essential services. The Daily compiled a map...

A group of demonstrators waves its signs to the camera and smiles.

‘Until justice just is’: Evanston residents unite against racism in YWCA campaign

April 27, 2023

More than 100 Evanston residents lined Ridge Avenue on Thursday morning for the YWCA Evanston/North Shore’s annual “Unite Against Racism” campaign. For 20 minutes, attendees waved signs with anti-racist...

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The Daily Explains: Who’s running for City Council in 2023?

March 15, 2023

Following the resignations of two former councilmembers in 2022, Evanston will hold a special City Council election April 4 to confirm who will fill the 2nd and 9th ward seats until 2025. Typically,...

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New YWCA Evanston/North Shore CEO Cherese Ledet plans to tackle community outreach, equity in the workplace

March 7, 2023

As a child, Cherese Ledet said her mom sent her to a YMCA center on the West Side of Chicago after school.  Ledet studied accounting in college and then went into project management. She started looking...

Three people are in a commercial kitchen and holding baking sheets with cinnamon rolls.

‘An upward journey’: YWCA hopes to continue culinary training program after receiving Jacques Pépin Foundation grant

February 13, 2023

In 2019, YWCA Evanston/North Shore began offering job training to women interested in food service industry careers. Nearly four years later, the YW Culinary Program is still going strong. In January,...

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