Information SpotlightUNITY Annual Scholarship Tea (Virtual) Awards
Sunday, June 26, 2022, at 4:00 pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. (Link below) The Evanston/North Shore Branch is part of the UNITY Scholarship Committee made up of 25 Black organizations giving over $60,000 of scholarships to Black Evanston high school graduates and Continuing Education college students. Juneteenth Opal's National Walk for Freedom
Celebrating the first anniversary of the federal Juneteenth holiday with Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth and Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Parade route The parade will start route at 10 a.m. staging at the Robert Crown Center area lot. Parade will travel down Dodge street and end at the Civic Center parking lot (Ingraham Park) with additional festivities food and vendors. Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 am Reparations Reconciliation & Repair
Community Launch Event for Evanston’s Interfaith Reparations Effort Monday June 13, 12:00 Fountain Square 1601 Sherman Ave., Evanston IL Celebrating 90 years of William ‘Bill’ Logan Jr.
Lorraine H Morton Civic Center 2100 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL 60201 Friday June 24 6pm Social Hour 7 pm Program Livestream available- Details to Follow Honorary Street Naming for Chief Bill Logan, Evanston’s first Black police chief whose primary goal was to make Evanston a safe and equitable place for all.
My City, Your City, Our City Block Party Saturday, June 25 1:00 PM - 10:00 PM Naming to take place around 2 pm. Location:Harbert-Payne Park Main Street and McDaniel Avenue Evanston, Illinois 60202 ![]() Racial Equity Survey - City of EvanstonThe City of Evanston's Equity and Empowerment Commission is seeking community input on issues of racial injustice through its first-ever community racial equity survey. https://tinyurl.com/EECSurvey2022EN La Comisión de Equidad y Empoderamiento de Evanston está buscando aportes de la comunidad sobre temas de injusticia racial a través de su primera encuesta comunitaria de equidad racial. https://tinyurl.com/EECSurvey2022SP Save the Date
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