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DEPARTMENTS EVANSTONS HEART 08. Unify America 09. Raising Awareness 18. 19.
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Editor’s Letter
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efore anything else I want to say that I hope you all are well and dealing with this deeply challenging moment as best you can. Like you, no doubt I’ve been left reeling by the dramatic changes we’ve experienced in Evanston and the Chicago Northshore as the pandemic changes. Delta is here. This variant has a lesson to teach us about the emotional challenges of striving to look after our families friends colleagues and ourselves. Evictions are about to take place in great numbers. The housing market is predicted to reflect a place of gloom. R-Kelly is convicted, and Bill Cosby publicly defends R-Kelly. Evanstons’ Mashup, Taste of Evanston and other events took place in Evanston. The mighty fifth ward is running smoothly, as strong as ever. Best of times. Or is it??? With all of those things happening, I believe the tone of Evanston seems to be changing. Evanston has always had a reputation that outsiders believed to be true. The rumor was that Evanston was racially advanced. I may have learned that it was not as advanced as first thought. After publishing the reparations issue: two issues ago, I have received quite an interesting amount of feedback. Most, seems to have a racist tone I’ve detected. I was saddened to see the responses. These are citizens of Evanston. Most cemented in the culture. Ugly messages from people we walk past, drink with or even patronize their businesses. “We”, the citizens that believe that the words “Our Evanston”, is used to reflect “klan-ish”, Karenish, and exclusionary behavior. We believe that we should be unified in Evanstons legacy but we found that there is an oporsitional group calling themselves “OUR Evanston” that’s challenging the very voice, the very existence, and the reputation of Evanston being a place of inclusion. I have learned that I no longer wonder why businesses would say they dont have money for “print ads” but when a non-person of colors “entity” showed up they magically find money for print. One such ebtity is Main Dempster Mile under- Kathryn Gostick (maindempstermile.com) who has perpetually shown bias by non support of this magazine, Evanston Woman, or Evanston Man but magically has money for “Our Evanston. Money they have to seek though Evanstons Council-- Shame Thus the cover story is very important at this time and I implore the reader to go to Amazon and read this book. Learn what you can do. The Key To Racial Equality And Salvation is “Through Economic Entrepreneurial actions”allow this magazine to help lead as we represent that. Advertise with us not against us. If your advertising in “Our Evanston” this is not an attackbut be awaire of the movement your gonna be in support of- Be on the right side of history. Your business will be the better for it. BE EQUITABLE. I don’t think I’m alone in wishing for a little bit of HOPE right now. Covid- Delta, is being defeated, lets defeat covert racism and sneaky tactics. Support equitable citizenship through one of the few positives of our current timeEvanston Magazine. Read equitable in this magazine.
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DIANE AND KARL
Diane And Karl Berolzheimer Celebrate Their Anniversary At Alcove Evanston
This is the story of Diane and Karl Berolzheimer Married on July 10, 1954. They met in September, 1952 when Karl drove Diane from Chicago to Champaign, Il. They have been together since that day. Karl graduated from U of I in June 1953 and entered the Army with an ROTC commission as a 2d Lieutenant. Diane was still in school. In June 1954 he was ordered to Germany and decided to marry before he left. Diane joined him in Germany on New Year’s Day 1955 after graduating with a degree in Occupational Therapy. They have four children, 10 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. All of their children were educated in Evanston public schools. Diane was President of the PTA at Oakton, Chute and ETHS. She also served on the boards of the YWCA, Evanston Art Center, where she took sculpture lessons for many years. For many years she volunteered as an OT at Refocus an outpatient psychiatric clinic at Evanston Hospital. Members of Beth Emet Synagogue since about 1964 and both served on its Board and various committees. Karl has served on the Evanston Mental Health Board as its chair, Evanston Community Foundation board, as its chair, and Northlight Theatre board and as vice chair. He was also on the investment committee for many years at Beth Emet and ECF. As well as president of the Chute PTA for one year. In 1955 after leaving the Army Karl entered Harvard Law School and graduated in 1958. He joined the law firm known as Ross & Hardies. After a certain level of achievement he withdrew from Ross & Hardies to join Centel Corporation as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Karl was active in Democratic politics and served as membership chair of the Evanston Democratic Party. He also chaired a number of aldermanic campaigns. Perhaps his greatest achievement in Evanston was actively working for integration of schools and PTAs. So the flowers are due while he is able to receive them. Integration is a subject dear to the Evanston Magazine staff. Karl became chair of ECF where he led ECF to establish its own office and hire its own director that resulted in greater presence in Evanston. This led to ECF becoming the wonderful organization it is today.
Historically Evanston has always had a reputation of being a city with a racially advanced attitude. There has always been stories of African-American groups advancing faster in the North Shore then in other more oppressive metropolitan areas. At the restaurant Alcove, we have the opportunity to celebrate the anniversary of one of the couples that helped advance racial and political agendas. Its the person inside that was an advocate that helped Evanston be what we wish the world as a whole would be. 6
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Karl served on the Chicago Board of the National Conference of Christians & Jews (NCCJ) as its chair. Following his retirement from Centel in 1993, he was elected National President of NCCJ and then National Board Cha ir. Karl has been listed in Who’s Who in America for many years.
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Unify America
Our Mission Is To Replace Politics With Problem Solving. In 1993, Harry Nathan Gottlieb launched a pilot with a group of young reporters to use this new thing called the “World Wide Web” to launch a new kind of journalism: one focused on exploring multiple solutions to big civic problems. Given that the internet had only become available to the public a few months earlier, that initiative was, well, a little too early. He founded a technology company The Jellyvision Lab, Inc. in 2002. The company makes software based on Behavioral sciences |behavioral sciences. Its interactive software, ALEX, interacts with people and helps them with life decisions, such as Health insurance|healthcare insurance plans, retirement savings, and managing healthcare expenses. Gottlieb founded Unify America in 2020. It is a nonpartisan grassroots group. The company is working to shift American national decision-making away from politics and move it towards problem-solving and away from conflict towards Consensus decision-making|consensus. He is also on the board of directors of Up Start Lab, a 8
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Venture Capital Firm|venture capital firm that invests in early stage technology companies run by Jews in the United States Harry went on to start two successful interactive communication companies: Jellyvision and Jackbox Games. But Harry’s dream of finding a way for Americans to directly participate in solving big problems, not by fighting each other, but by deliberating multiple solutions together never went away. In the summer of 2019, in a deeply polarized country, Harry interviewed scores of Americans from all walks of life and discovered that we are far more united than we think. Energized by knowing that we share many of the same goals, Unify America was launched in January of 2020 to reduce contempt, teach Americans to work together and build a diverse community to find ambitious solutions and solve our biggest problems.
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An email was sent to the office of Evanston Magazine. The email was sent by Elizabeth Reed, seemystory. org, alerting me to an upcoming photography exhibit. Evanston Magazine could not make that event but we were absolutely intrigued by the subject matter of the Art Exhibit therefore we did more research and was absolutely astounded by the pictures surrounding up here Of course I was intrigued because this website along with the project that is connected to it raises awareness about the homeless in Evanston. Evanston is a great place for the homeless as there are lots of different resources. Resources that a person down-on-theirluck would be able to take advantage of this. Www.seemystory.org, The website documents their stories using pictures and the other inside circumstances that might help them gain some level of self worth. That valuable part that could get the struggling- back on track.
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COVER STORY THE KEY TO RACIAL EQUALITY AND SALVATION THROUGH ECONOMIC ENTREPRENEURIAL
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There is no denying that America is something quite special. It is a wonderful country with a very unbalanced treatment of Whites and Blacks. And, like a skilled surgeon with a scalpel, Steven carves out the root causes of these differences; government laws that had the explicit objectives of subsidizing wealth creation for Whites while simultaneously almost bankrupting Blacks for over 25 generations! As an editor of A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues: What You Can Do Right Now to Help the Black Community, a book written by Evanston resident, Steven Rogers, I felt privileged to be part of the immense journey he traced of America’s passage from slavery to present. Like a mythological hero, he seeks to reclaim the narrative of Blacks embedded in American history. Unsurprisingly, a central lesson from Steven’s work is the challenge you face when reclaiming your narrative from powerful, external forces that have been molding its shape, color, and texture. 14
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As a former history teacher, I see that Steven has stepped into the familiar role of professor that he held at Harvard Business School and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. From this platform, he teaches, informs, illuminates, and motivates. He inspires and lays out a guide for how individuals, schools, and organizations may move forward with business and community building, with nation healing. In the mid-1970s, Steven and I attended Williams College. Over the passing decades, I have been aware of his successes and the passion that drives him. In his book he talked about what it means to be a “race man,” that is, a person dedicated to building up and contributing to the Black community’s development — economically, socially, and culturally. Without question, Steven is a modern day “race man.” This drives him! In fact, Steven is a fierce warrior on behalf of Black Americans. Even more so, he is very demanding, holding a standard by which he measures those who are in a position to help our people. When he
references DuBois, Ida B. Wells, A.G. Gaston, and John Lewis, he reveals the quality of leadership he respects and expects from those blessed to be in a position to effect positive change. Concurrently, he expects White Americans to feel a similar responsibility to Black America. Indeed, Steven speaks uncomfortable truths about our entwined past and future that has resulted in the intentional government led financial impoverishment of the Black community. He asserts that America’s stained past requires a cleansing, and Whites, who were intentionally enriched by government sanctioned slavery, Black Codes, and redlining, are best suited to finance the detoxification. As a teacher, Steven wants to inform, entertain, and persuade the audience of his book, getting his readers to become proactive participants in solving most of the country’s BlackWhite problems. Steven wants White Americans to embrace that they are in a position to effect profound, positive change.
An example of what Steven is demanding is represented well in the philanthropy of MacKenzie Scott, a co-founder of Amazon. Her donations of over $500 million to Dance Theatre of Harlem, where my daughter is a dancer, and to HBCUs are a wonderful guide to White Americans as to how they may reach out to assist historically underfunded Black organizations — in cultural, educational, entrepreneurial, and political arenas. Steven’s belief is that these efforts will not only help Black America bridge the wealth gap, but will also help heal the current racial rift in our country. When I met Steven in our “East College” dormitory in 1975, I never imagined that we would work together on such an important, timely, and powerful book. Almost half a century after we met, he hired me to edit this brilliant book. I loved it because the book benefits the entirety of America by recommending 4 specific actions that Whites can take immediately to help the Black community. These actions do not require soul searching as much as they require the presence of a logical mind and kind soul. Professor Steven Rogers | EvanstonMagazine.net
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AN EVANSTON MOM YOU SHOULD KNOW
AN EVANSTON MOM YOU SHOULD KNOW
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How Did You End Up In Evanston?
After college, my husband and I moved around a lot. My opera career led us to spend summers in Colorado and Santa Fe and years in Boston, and Pittsburgh. We loved travelling, but when I decided that a career in opera wasn’t for me we wanted to start a family of our own and decided to come back to the Midwest. I grew up in Glencoe and my family lives in Chicago now. We loved the idea of having our kids grow up close to family but didn’t want to live in the city itself. In many ways, we just wanted more space. Evanston allows easy access to the city and has its own vibrancy and sense of community.
What Do You Think The Best Part Of Evanston is beautiful and we love being so close to the lake and so many great parks. I love how diverse it is and that the schools here are strong. While it’s proximity to the city is definitely a plus, Evanston has so much to offer on its own with its restaurants, breweries, shops and studios.
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Who Is the Evanstonian You Admire Most? I have so much admiration for Angela Lyonsmith. I first met Angela when she was the owner of Gather and hired me for my first teaching job. Angela is an art therapist, community builder, teacher and activist who generously uses her gifts to bring people together, lift them up and foster social change. Somehow, while giving so much of herself to children and families across the Chicago area and beyond, she also manages to be an incredible mother to her 3 girls. The way Angela uses her art for good is an inspiration to me.
How Did You Choose Rice When I was looking at colleges, I knew I wanted a fantastic school of music. That being said, I wasn’t sure (who is at 18 years old!) I wanted to be a professional singer, so I also wanted a university that could offer a well-rounded education. I chose Rice University for these reasons and because I wanted to see what it was like to live in a place without our midwestern winters! I also loved that Rice is small.
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Northlight Theatre’s Purchase Of A Property For Its New Home In Evanston
“This is a breakthrough moment in the 45-year history of Northlight Theatre. We have long sought a home of our own and the acquisition of the Church Street property allows Northlight Theatre to pursue its bold vision of building a world-class theatre complex in downtown Evanston, the vibrant and diverse community where we began,” explained Executive Director Timothy J. Evans. “This future theater, education, and community complex will be a major component in the arts and cultural scene in Chicagoland and the North Shore, and will for decades bring artists, audiences, students, and community members together to experience compassionate and compelling art, entertainment, and theater education.” The 21,400-square-foot property will house the site of a three-story 38,000-square-foot state-of-the-art theater and community complex incorporating a 300-seat main stage theater, rehearsal hall, spacious community lobby, a glass-cubed rooftop “sky room” and roof deck for use as a daytime education center and nighttime event space, several lobby lounges and concession areas, theater support spaces, on-site box office, and offices for Northlight Theatre staff. Artistic Director BJ Jones comments, “I read a definition of ‘home’ once that said it was ‘a happy place where one can live, laugh, and learn; somewhere where you are loved, respected, and cared for.’ I’d like to think that Northlight Theatre will find in its return to Evanston 20
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just that—a place where we can share, through our development of new work, a common conversation and a safe space. A home, where we find love, respect, and care.” Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss adds, “Northlight Theatre in downtown Evanston will be the destination driver we need. It will attract people to our community who are not only from Evanston but also from Chicago and the North Shore; people who will spend money in our local restaurants and shops before and after attending a performance. Northlight will also serve as a cultural hub and be accessible to the entire community including our youth who will be able to experience professional theatre and participate in enriching theatre arts education.” Northlight Theatre will serve as an economic driver for downtown Evanston. In the first five years of operation in the new location, it is estimated that Northlight Theatre patrons will generate $56 million in new spending in Evanston and over $450,000 in tax revenue— a much needed boost to the economic redevelopment of the city. Northlight Theatre aspires to promote change of perspective and encourage compassion by exploring the depth of our humanity across a bold spectrum of theatrical experiences, reflecting our community to the world and the world to our community.
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