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Evanston Reparations Committee looks to move fund to Black-owned bank, hires construction advisor
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Evanston Reparations Committee is looking to move its reparations fund to a Black-owned...
Evanston boosts uses property sales taxes to boost reparations fund
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvanston’s Reparations Committee is searching for new revenue sources to bolster the reparations...
Evanston plans event to select descendants for reparations funds
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Evanston Reparations Committee has announced the selection event for reparations for the...
Evanston planned $20M for reparations, spent only $400K and helped 16 people
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Chicago suburb of Evanston initially set aside $10 million for reparations in 2019, but three...
Evanston reparations program has strong support among residents, says study by Northwestern, U of...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSupport is strong for Evanston’s reparations program nearly four years after the City Council voted...
How reparations pioneer Evanston, Ill., is rolling out payments to Black citizens
Yahoo News via AOL· 10 months agoAs talk of reparations ripples through the federal and local governments nationwide, Evanston, Ill.,...
Evanston determines order for next round of reparation disbursements
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEvanston’s Reparations Committee hosted a selection event on Jan. 11 at Evanston Township High School for the next round of reparations fund recipients. A total of 453 direct descendants, those ...
Evanston Reparations Committee greatly increases number of disbursements since June
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEvanston’s reparations program has ramped up its operations and met with 76 eligible recipients to go over the benefits of the program and help them navigate the process, bumping the number ...
Evanston Reparations Committee looking to give direct cash payments
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvanston’s Reparations Committee unanimously voted Thursday to amend the Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program to add direct cash payments as a fourth option for residents who were directly ...
Evanston’s groundbreaking reparations plan was stumbling. A brother and sister pushed it forward.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKenneth Wideman loves his apartment near downtown Evanston. It’s a spacious one bedroom with an eat-in kitchen that opens to the living room and its four big windows, where he can sit in his ...