Evanston North Shore Branch NAACP

Evanston North/Shore Branch NAACP

An Official Complete Count Census Partner

CEnsus 2020

President's Report April 2020

Dr. Michael C. R. Nabors
President Evanston/North Shore NAACP

I pray all is well with each of you. These are trying times for our world, our nation and especially for our people. Since our last dialogue from March 17th, life has dramatically changed due to COVID-19. Our Governor’s Executive Order for shelter-in-place has been in full affect for nearly a month. All businesses, stores, community organizations and houses of worship not deemed “essential services” have been suspended. To my knowledge, none of our Black houses of worship have had services in the past four to five weeks. Family Focus, Fleetwood Jourdain, the Levy Center and Gibbs Morrison have also been shut down, with the exception of those who serve lunches to seniors. Every barber shop and beauty salon has been closed for more than a month. All of this has been done for the express purpose of mandatory social distancing to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.

On March 10th, Mayor Hagerty established a COVID-19 Task Force consisting of representatives covering an array of sectors in the city:

Mayor’s Office- Kimberly Richardson
The City Health Department- Director Ike Ogbo
Northwestern University- Dave Davis and Luke
Private/Non-Profit- Monique Jones
Evanston Businesses Chamber of Commerce- Roger Sosa
Districts 202 and 65- Eric Witherspoon
Senior Center Services- Mary Leary
Mental Health - NAMI
Faith Community- Michael Nabors and Andrea London
AMITA St. Francis- Kenneth Jones
North Shore Evanston- Doug Sliverstein
Legislative Offices- Jan Schakowsy, Robyn Gabel, Laura Fine, and Larry Suffredin

The Task Force has conference calls on Tuesdays and Fridays offering updates and information in respective areas. When it first began, we made sure African American businesses were represented with the Evanston Chamber of Commerce. The calls begin with the Mayor offering an update received from his conference calls with Illinois Mayors and the Office of the Governor. Each area then offers reports and updates. Each call has a spotlight on one of the areas.

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