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For immediate release 6/15/2022 MORAN CENTER DEVELOPMENT TEAM WELCOMES JARED DAVIS Former Moran Center Board Member to Serve as Major Gifts Officer EVANSTON, IL –The Development Team at the Moran Center is delighted to announce that former Wintrust Banker Jared Davis will be joining the team in the role of Major Gifts Officer. He begins …

For immediate release 6/16/2022 MORAN CENTER TO HOST ONE MORE LEGAL CLINIC BEFORE EXPIRATION OF TEMPORARY LAW THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO SEAL A PAST EVICTION  SBCLC ERASE Clinic Open to the Evanston Public June 30 at Robert Crown Branch Library  Evanston, Il-The Moran Center for Youth Advocacy, in partnership with the Evanston Public Library, …

Safe spaces for our young people from the Evanston Collective A year ago, Evanston’s youth-serving organizations united in response to escalating youth violence in our community to launch the “My City, Your City, Our City” Safe Summer Initiative. We employed young people to select and approve the activities. We centered their voices. We paid them …

A reflection for Gun Violence Awareness Day Among the many fabled tribes of Africa, no tribe had more fearsome or mightier warriors than the Masai. The Masai warriors traditionally greeted each other by asking, “And how are the children?” Even warriors with no children of their own responded with, “All the children are well.” This …

Moran Center to Host Legal Clinic for Eviction Sealing and Criminal Expungement Advice SBCLC ERASE Clinic Open to the Evanston Public May 24 at Robert Crown Branch Library  Evanston, Illinois–The Moran Center for Youth Advocacy, in partnership with the Evanston Public Library, AbbVie, and Kirkland & Ellis, will hold a walk-in legal clinic May 24 to …

SBCLC ERASE Clinics Open to the Evanston Public March 15 and 17  Evanston, Illinois–The Moran Center for Youth Advocacy, in partnership with the Evanston Library, will hold two walk-in legal clinics March 15 and 17 to help people in Evanston and the surrounding areas to take advantage of a new Illinois State law that allows …

MORAN CENTER RELEASES PANEL RECORDING ON RESTORATIVE JUSTICE Conversation with Restorative Judges Who Are Reshaping Justice Now Available for the Public  Evanston, Illinois–On November 22, the Moran Center for Youth Advocacy hosted a virtual panel featuring four Chicago-area judges who have presided over Restorative Justice Courts and/or widely promoted the practice: Judge Sophia H. Hall, …

The Moran Center releases report outlining recommendations to create a safer, more restorative, and racially equitable school community at Evanston Township High School (“ETHS”); urges ETHS to remove the two Police Officers from campus. Evanston, Ill.–The Moran Center for Youth Advocacy has announced the release of its comprehensive report about school safety at Evanston Township …

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Moran Center statement on tragic shooting on November 28 in Evanston near the intersection of Green Bay Road & Asbury Avenue