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Northwestern University announces the 2021 recipients of the Racial Equity and Community Partnership grants program. Ten organizations will receive. ....
When Tiffany McDowell was hired at the YWCA Evanston/North Shore in September 2018 to lead the organization’s new Equity Institute, she said no one had a clear picture of what equity could look like in Evanston. In an effort to understand Evanston’s equity landscape, McDowell helped to create Equity in Evanston, a roadmap for advancing. ....
City Council approves creation of Reimagining Public Safety Committee City Council approved the creation of the Reimagining Public Safety Committee, an ad-hoc committee tasked with analyzing Evanston Police Department’s relationship with the city and presenting “community-informed” recommendations for the 2022 budget process, on Monday. In one of his first acts as mayor, Mayor Daniel Biss announced the formation of the committee at the first meeting of the 81st City Council. According to a memo prepared by Deputy City Manager Kimberly Richardson, the committee will review the city’s funding allocation in relation to public safety and police department functions and allocations. ....
As one of his first acts in office, Mayor Daniel Biss created the Reimagining Public Safety Committee, he announced at Monday’s City Council meeting. The committee, which comprises 17 city officials and community members, plans to analyze the city’s public safety efforts which encompasses the Evanston Police Department and provide recommendations for the 2022 city budget. “We are prepared to take on what is perhaps the most difficult and controversial issue before us,” Biss said. “But it’s also, from both a quality of life and a budgetary standpoint issue, perhaps the most significant one and I cannot wait to get started.” ....
Write-ins trigger primaries in three more races Nine people have filed statements declaring themselves write-in candidates for Evanston city offices, triggering primary elections in three more races. Nine people have filed statements declaring themselves write-in candidates for Evanston city offices, triggering primary elections in three more races. And with Thursday the deadline for declaring a write-in candidacy that would trigger a primary, it’s possible even more aldermanic contests could end up with primaries. Under state law a primary is held if there are more than four candidates in the race for any office including both those who have filed nominating petitions to appear on the ballot and those who have filed a declaration that they’re running a write-in campaign. ....