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Four years ago, Stacey Moragne Sr., an outreach worker for the Evanston Youth and Young Adult Division, helped Evanston Township High School senior Damarion Timberlake join the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program. The MSYEP is a nine-week entry-level job program that connects companies in Evanston and surrounding communities to the city’s youth. Moragne Sr. said...
Content warning: this story contains mentions of gun violence. Gun violence continues to plague Evanston, a city with a monthly average of two to three homicides for the past two decades. In September, a five-year-old Willard Elementary student was shot and killed in Roger’s Park. A mass shooting in nearby Highland Park this July also...
Mason Park was abuzz with Evanston residents enjoying music, food, games and raffles Friday night — part of a new initiative to celebrate and further the city’s restorative justice efforts. The First Friday series, a monthly festival, started this summer. Evanston founded the program with local organizations to celebrate the city’s youth and promote a...