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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 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’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 ...
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 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...
They received reparations in 2022. Did it really change their lives?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn January 2022, the town of Evanston in Illinois began giving out thousands of dollars to residents...
California could soon give reparations to Black people. Here's what that could look like
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter publishing a sweeping historical account linking Black oppression from the slavery era to...
Editorial: Here’s what Evanston should be saying: Northwestern, show us the money.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFor anyone concerned about the future of Evanston, or with a strong opinion on Northwestern...
Detroit's Reparations Task Force: What it is, why it's important
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDetroit's Reparations Task Force kicked off its first meeting April 13 at the Coleman A. Young...
Evanston reparations fund moved to Black-owned Liberty Bank
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoEvanston Reparations Committee Chair Robin Rue Simmons announced the $17 million in the city’s reparations fund would be transferred to Black-owned Liberty Bank. The program has disbursed over ...
