Y.O.U. members came together on Jan. 17 to perform their annual Diverse Evanston Walks United.
At the Music Institute of Chicago, Y.O.U. members performed musical numbers celebrating Martin Luther King’s efforts to put an end to violence. The “Diverse Evanston Walk United” focused on how the Evanston community can come together to put an end to the violence specifically in this city. Evanston’s Y.O.U. sponsored its fifth annual performance. Y.O.U. is an organization that seeks to help disadvantaged youth by providing them with services that help them create a positive identity, according to their website. These services include “academic assistance, life skills education, social skill development, recreational and athletic activities, cultural and artistic activities, parental support, crisis intervention, mentoring, case …
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Evanston’s MLK Community Peace Pledge Day featured a nondenominational prayer service, a discussion on diversity and a candlelight vigil.
Difficult questions and pointed discussions marked the second half of Evanston’s MLK Community Peace Pledge Day. Evanston residents showed up in numbers, as near 150 people congregated at Evanston’s Second Baptist Church, at 1717 Benson Avenue, for Monday afternoon’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Day events. At noon began the “MLK Interfaith Convocation,” a nondenominational service held in the main sanctuary, complete with an invocation, prayers, hymns and spirituals. In attendance were several prominent community representatives, including Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin (13th District), Illinois Sen. Jeff Schoenberg (9th District) and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (9th District). All three spoke during a portion of the service titled “…
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