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The City of Evanston became sister cities with the Dnieprovsky District of the City of Kyiv, Ukraine in 1988, and sister cities with Belize City, Belize in 1992. [citation needed] Evanston has a council-manager system of government and is divided into nine wards, each of which is represented by an Alderman, or member of the Evanston City Council.
Mayors of the city of Evanston, Illinois Order Image Name Tenure Notes Cite 1 Oscar Henry Mann: 1892 – March 31, 1895 [1] 2 William Andrew Dyche: March 31, 1895 – April 25, 1899 [2] [3] [4] 3 Thomas Bates: April 25, 1899 – April 23, 1901 [4] [5] 4 James A. Patten: April 23, 1901 – 1903 [6] 5 John Thomas Barker: 1903–1907: 6 Joseph ...
Morton continued her long career of community service and public engagement when she agreed to serve as alderman of the Fifth Ward of Evanston, [11] an Evanston City Council position she held from 1982 to 1991. As a member of the Evanston City Council, she served in committees on Housing and Community Development, Police Services, Planning and ...
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As talk of reparations ripples through the federal and local governments nationwide, Evanston, Ill., has become the first city in the U.S. to put money in the hands of Black residents affected by ...
Rue Simmons was born and raised in the largely segregated [1] 5th Ward of Evanston, Illinois. From 2017 to 2021, Rue Simmons served as the alderman of the 5th Ward. As alderman, she led the passage of the United States' first government-funded reparations legislation .
In 2021, Evanston became the first city in the U.S. to implement a reparations program, offering payments to Black residents affected by discriminatory zoning in place from 1919 to 1969.
Joan W. Barr (née Worthy; later Barr-Smith; November 22, 1939 – March 21, 2015) was an American politician and the first woman elected as mayor of the city of Evanston, Illinois. [1] Barr Smith was elected in 1985 and sworn into her position on April 22, 1985, by Cook County Circuit Judge Michael Toomin. [ 2 ]