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  • 2025

September 2025

FirstRepair hosts chat with two-time NBA champ and activist Craig Hodges

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August 2025

Mapping a Movement: Data Visualization Powers the Push for Reparations

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Norshore Twelve Debutante Cotillion

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FirstRepair Releasing Reparations Album

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Celebrating FirstRepair’s Elisa Walker

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July 2025

Kristi Williams, Descendant of Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors, Speaks at FirstRepair Event

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FirstRepair and Northwestern Kick Off Student Democracy Program on July 23

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An Open Letter of Gratitude to Evanston OWN IT

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University of Illinois Genealogy Testing Program 

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June 2025

Evanston Reparations Committee Milestone

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FirstRepair to Explore the Role of Poets in the Reparations Movement on June 26

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FirstRepair Hosts Breakfast to Launch Reparations Stakeholders Authority on June 28

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May 2025

FirstRepair and Decolonizing Wealth Project Launch New Mapping Tool to Visualize the U.S. Reparations Movement

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FirstRepair and Decolonizing Wealth Project Launch New Mapping Tool to Visualize the U.S. Reparations Movement

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Robin Rue Simmons reflects on Evanston’s reparations program and its ongoing legacy

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April 2025

FirstRepair Hosts Black Joy in Bloom: A Family Day of Stories and Play on April 19

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Committee studies reparations for legacy Black-owned businesses

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February 2025

Reparations committee honors community members making Black history in Evanston

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  • 2024

December 2024

FirstRepair and BLIS Collective release single ‘Agitate, Educate, Organize (AEO)’ to amplify Black reparations movement

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Reparations town hall: Panelists reflect on their work, path forward

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Reparations in Evanston, IL: Transforming lives of Black residents

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November 2024

Evanston Reparations Committee Announces $5.2 Million Given to Reparations Recipients Through Restorative Housing Program

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FirstRepair symposium focuses on state and local reparations from Dec. 4-6

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Reparations Symposium: Evanston’s FirstRepair

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October 2024

‘Discovering Catharine’: A Fascinating Documentary About a Legal Pioneer

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Reparations Nonprofit FirstRepair Serves Over 100 Local Communities, Set to Open Resource Center in December

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History is made as reparations start to flow in Evanston, Illinois

September 2024

Mural Honors Evanston Women’s History

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Advocates hope Harris will boost momentum on reparations to Black Americans

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July 2024

Reparations Group Unveils Mural

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Reparations Nonprofit FirstRepair Unveils New Mural

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Evanston’s ‘Seeds of Change’ theme inspires unity at Fourth of July parade

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Participants champion Fourth of July parade’s ‘Seeds of Change’ theme

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June 2024

Reparations chair: ‘We’re committed’ despite lawsuit

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Building Generational Wealth: Black-Owned Bank Receives Illinois Reparation Fund

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Evanston Reparations Committee chair responds to federal lawsuit

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FirstRepair discusses Evanston reparations at Swiss symposium

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May 2024

Ivory Innovations Announces Four Winners of Affordable Housing Prize

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Perspectives on reparations | Stepping toward repair

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Evanstonian Feature on FirstRepair

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Evanston Reparations Committee collaborates with Liberty Bank to boost Black homeownership and generational health

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Perspectives on reparations | Stepping toward repair

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The R Word Podcast Participants Champion Fourth of July parade’s ‘Seeds of Change’ Theme

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Conservative group files lawsuit over Evanston reparations program

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April 2024

Evanston Reparations Fund to be deposited in Black-owned Liberty Bank

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Evanston reparations fund moved to Black-owned Liberty Bank

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"The Unknowns" Host Charlie Stone Asks Reparations Advocate Robin Rue Simmons: What Is Enough?

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Black-Owned Bank In Illinois Receives $17M From State’s Reparations Fund

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IL city makes tangible effort to atone for discrimination

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Evanston Reparations Committee Announces Funds To Be Moved To America’s Largest Black-Owned Bank

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Illinois Reparations Fund Was Transferred To A Black-Owned Bank: "This Is A Very, Very Big Deal"

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