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NU-Q prof. exits from $700,000 project
Professor withdraws after community raises concerns By MAIA PANDEY
the daily northwestern @maiapandey
A professor at Northwestern University in Qatar has withdrawn from a $700,000 research project after members of the NU-Q community voiced concerns about a racist and sexist article she reposted online. NU-Q announced in January that political science Prof. Jocelyn Mitchell and two of her colleagues had received a grant from the Qatar National Research Fund to study women entrepreneurs in Qatar. In 2008, two years before she began teaching at NU-Q, Mitchell reposted an email on her blog which said “the ratio of ugly women to not so ugly women (in Qatar) is 9:1.” Screenshots of the post circulated online in November 2019, and Mitchell apologized in a community town hall and subsequently took part in antiracism training under supervision of the University. After the post resurfaced online this month, NU-Q released a statement on Feb. 5 acknowledging that the incident “continues to cause pain in our community — both within NU-Q and the wider Qatari community.” “We acknowledge that the pain is real and, as an institution, we pledge to renew our efforts to heal the wounds,” the statement said. While the statement reiterated NU-Q’s commitment to “creating an environment that is free of any form of discrimination,” the University did not take any further action on the project or Mitchell’s role in it. On Feb. 15, several weeks after QNRF announced its grant winners, eight NU-Q faculty members sent a letter to the community criticizing
» See QATAR, page 6
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Heather Bublick and D’Andre Carter, founders of Feast & Imbibe and Soul & Smoke, have been honored by the Evanston Chamber of Commerce as Businessperson of the Year.
City celebrates Carter, Bublick with award
D’Andre Carter, Heather Bublick named Businessperson of the Year for entrepreneurship By JORJA SIEMONS
the daily northwestern @jorjasiemons
When thinking of his introduction to the art of cooking, D’Andre Carter remembers
making peach cobbler in his grandmother’s kitchen. “Cooking was always a celebrated thing in my household,” Carter said. After studying at the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago, Carter worked
his way from intern to executive sous chef at Moto Restaurant, the Michelin-starred molecular gastronomy restaurant in the Fulton River District that closed in 2016. There, he met his wife, Heather Bublick, who worked as a chef. Now, over ten years later, the
Evanston Chamber of Commerce is honoring Carter and Bublick as Businessperson of the Year for their entrepreneurship at Feast & Imbibe, the catering company they began in 2013. The couple also owns and operates Soul & Smoke, established
in 2015, which is a more casual dining experience known for its barbeque. Bublick said Feast & Imbibe started with pop-up dinners, where they would serve gourmet
» See IMBIBE, page 6
EFBL installs community fridge at Dodge Ave.
Evanston Fight for Black Lives to facilitate mutual aid, install community fridge
By DELANEY NELSON
daily senior staffer @delaneygnelson
Evanston Fight for Black Lives organizer Maia Robinson said she wants all community members to feel a “sense of pride” over the community fridge EFBL will install in the upcoming weeks — as well as a responsibility to take care of it. As a form of mutual aid, she said the guiding principle for the fridge is to “leave what you can, take what you need.” “It’s not trying to point out who’s the one in need and who’s the one volunteering,” Robinson said. “That, to me, is what mutual aid is, doing whatever you can to take care of the community. That fits
well with abolition, because the whole foundation of abolition is to look after one another and not depend on the state or the government to do life-affirming things. They should, but if they’re not doing it, we can do it ourselves. We can take care of one another.” The fridge, which will be located outside the Childcare Network of Evanston building at 1335 Dodge Ave, will be open for all community members to take and add food. A dry pantry will be built next to the fridge. Robinson said the fridge should be operating in the next few weeks, depending on weather conditions. The organization will post food safety guidelines on the fridge and monitor the fridge
to ensure it stays full. Community members will restock the Evanston fridge, and EFBL is also looking to partner with Evanston restaurants. Maggie Quinn, a resident collaborating with EFBL, said residents should not contribute any raw meat or expired food, and all items should be dated and labeled with ingredients. People can also bring individually-wrapped and labeled baked goods and preprepared meals. There will be no income or residency prerequisites for using the fridge, which will be open to members both inside and outside the Evanston community. Quinn said ideally, the fridge will be accessible 24/7.
» See FRIDGE, page 6
Photo courtesy of Maia Robinson
The Evanston Fight for Black Lives community fridge, outside of the Childcare Network of Protection building at 1335 Dodge Ave.
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