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City Council gets equity training Aldermen learn about history of racial segregation By ANDREA BIAN
daily senior staffer @andreabian_
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Matthew Wylie at the podium at an Associated Student Government meeting. ASG swore in 20 undergraduate students elected seven committee members. The meeting also included a presentation about the 2019 climate survey.
20 new ASG senators sworn in Associated Student Government saw more demand this year By YUNKYO KIM
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Associated Student Government swore in 20 new Undergraduate School senators in their first meeting of the quarter on Wednesday and conducted elections for three committees. The new caucus comes after
a particularly competitive election cycle with more than 40 candidates overall and 22 candidates competing for the nine Weinberg seats. The two School of Communication seats will remain empty as no one ran for election. The number of candidacies was a huge increase from last year, said Speaker of the Senate and Weinberg sophomore Matthew Wylie. After observing
dwindling interest in senate positions last year, the ASG increased its outreach initiative to encourage more people to run, he said. “I’m just excited for some engaged senators who are willing to have some fierce debates over legislation pertaining to anything that the student body wants it to,” Wylie said. ASG’s new senators may bring new energy to upcoming
caucus sessions as seven new senators joined three committees. Arin Zwonitzer, Joe Maino and Zack Lori will serve on the Rules Committee. Julia Karten, Megan Radcliffe and Josif Bozovic joined the Wellness Judicial Board and Molly Molloy into Emergency Funding. Weinberg freshman and » See ASG SENATE, page 11
As a part of a focus on racial equity, Evanston’s City Council underwent a training about the historical impacts of racism, as they move forward with actions and programs to engage and empower minority residents. NU Professor Alvin Tillery, who is also the director of the Northwestern Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy, led the training on Sept. 30. The program came out of a June resolution presented by Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th), which describes structural racism, includes a land acknowledgment for indigenous communities and joins the Government Alliance for Racial Equity. Tillery said in an email he was thankful to lead the training for the council, and that he was “incredibly impressed with how seriously the council is taking this work.” Dino Robinson — founder of the Shorefront Legacy Center, an organization dedicated to documenting the history of black Evanston residents — said the trainings for City Council
are especially important given historically racist policies in Evanston. For decades, the city had passed discriminatory policies that disenfranchised black residents, including redlining and discrimination in Evanston/ Skokie School District 65. Interim city manager Erika Storlie said the training drew attention to the need to acknowledge racial inequity in Evanston’s history. She said Tillery addressed underlying causes of racial disparities in the city. “Resources were allocated in a way that was never going to move the needle on anything,” Storlie said. “And that really opened a lot of people’s eyes.” As the city begins to construct concrete policy related to racial injustice, Storlie said the training aimed to make sure the council understands the meaning of equity. Deputy city manager Kimberly Richardson emphasized that the training was not the first time the city had discussed racial injustice, but they are looking to put more concrete plans in action. “Equity is about fairness,” Richardson said. “We’re not talking about equality, which is about sameness.” The city held the training as council begins to envision a plan » See TRAINING, page 11
Faculty Senate Data shows payroll discrepancies talks mental health Evanston pays white employees higher salaries than minorities Professors receives response training By JAMES POLLARD
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David Shor, director of clinical services at Counseling and Psychological Services, led the Wednesday Faculty Senate in Question, Persuade, and Refer Training for suicide prevention. CAPS has seen a 50 percent increase in the utilization of its services over the past ten years, Shor told the Faculty Senate at their first meeting of the year. Last year, the primary mental health service on campus served about 3,200 different students, including over 1,000 urgent care appointments, he said. Faculty Senate President Lois Hedman said that while she hopes as many faculty members as possible receive QPR training, she said the members present can at least return to their departments more informed. “We thought this was one way for us to not only put a focus on this at the beginning of the
academic year,” Hedman said. “But at the same time, also train many of us who are all from different departments.” Shor described mental health as a continuum. Wellness issues like stress and fear are similar to mild to moderate health concerns like muscle aches, irritability or sleep/ appetite change. Those concerns could also be symptoms of severe mental health concerns like obsessive thinking or medical issues, which could relate to mental illnesses, Shor said. For students whose performance may be poor because they do not feel engaged, Shor suggested inquiring about the student’s “activities of daily living” — wellness issues like sleep schedule, eating habits and proper hygiene. For students who might be over engaged and stressed, he suggested professors lead the students in a three-second inhale, five-second exhale breathing exercise. Caring confrontation, with statements like “I noticed this” is where the conversation should begin, Shor said. Those indirect questions can then lead to more direct ones like “Have you been
» See FACULTY SENATE, page 11
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By JOSHUA IRVINE
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Evanston paid white employees significantly higher salaries while underpaying and employing smaller numbers of people of color, city documents from 2018 show. Payroll data obtained by
The Daily showed full-time white city employees received a median income of $91,089 in 2018, nearly $5,000 greater than the city’s overall median salary and roughly $15,000 more than black employees, the next largest racial group. White employees also composed about 76.7 percent of the 30 highest income earners on the city payroll, with an all-white,
principally male group holding the five highest-paid jobs in the city — and a total of $1 million in collective income. Evanston paid out roughly $68 million to 774 full-time employees last year. Of those employees, 30 identified as Asian, 184 as black, 79 as Latinx, 10 as multiracial and 470 as white. Only one respondent identified as
Native American. Besides white employees, Asians were the highest paid group, receiving a median salary of $88,450 compared to the overall median of $90,904. All other groups were paid less than the median. Black employees received a median salary of $76,423; Latinx » See PAYROLL, page 11
Graphic by Roxanne Panas
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