![]() ![]() The new direction comes as a growing number of cities and states look to follow Evanston’s lead, even as some of its longtime Black residents continue to raise alarms over what they see as persistent racial disparities hidden beneath a veneer of tolerance. ![]() “That was always number one over anything else that the reparations committee was trying to sell everybody on.” “The community was always wanting direct cash payments,” said Meleika Gardner, 53, an Evanston resident and creator of the online “ Evanston Live TV” show. ![]() And they accelerated efforts to create a new reparations program that would pay out an as-yet undetermined amount of money with no conditions attached. Instead, the committee - a mix of residents and council members - voted in March to push the program in a direction its sharpest critics had always wanted: They carved out a fourth option to existing rules, allowing the Widemans and 600-plus other waiting applicants to receive a direct cash payment to be used toward rent or other housing expenses. ![]()
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