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			1 EHC Closed EHC Closed Starts: 12:00 am Ends: January 1, 2020 - 11:59 pm More details... •	2	3	4
5	6 EHC Closed for Staff In-Service EHC Closed for Staff In-Service Starts: 12:00 am Ends: January 12, 2020 - 11:59 pm More details... •	7 EHC Closed for Staff In-Service EHC Closed for Staff In-Service Starts: 12:00 am Ends: January 12, 2020 - 11:59 pm More details... •	8 EHC Closed for Staff In-Service EHC Closed for Staff In-Service Starts: 12:00 am Ends: January 12, 2020 - 11:59 pm More details... •	9 EHC Closed for Staff In-Service EHC Closed for Staff In-Service Starts: 12:00 am Ends: January 12, 2020 - 11:59 pm More details... •	10 EHC Closed for Staff In-Service EHC Closed for Staff In-Service Starts: 12:00 am Ends: January 12, 2020 - 11:59 pm More details... •	11 EHC Closed for Staff In-Service EHC Closed for Staff In-Service Starts: 12:00 am Ends: January 12, 2020 - 11:59 pm More details... •
12 EHC Closed for Staff In-Service EHC Closed for Staff In-Service Starts: 12:00 am Ends: January 12, 2020 - 11:59 pm More details... •	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20 “A Turbulent Story of History:” The 1968 Takeover and Black Student Activism at Northwestern University “A Turbulent Story of History:” The 1968 Takeover and Black Student Activism at Northwestern University Starts: 12:00 pm Ends: January 20, 2020 - 1:00 pm Description: “A Turbulent Story of History:” The 1968 Takeover and Black Student Activism at Northwestern University A Presentation by Jenny Thompson author of The Takeover 1968 Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 20, 2020 12:00 – 1:00 pm Evanston History Center, 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston Admission: Free Please click here to RSVP Just 19 days after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis in April 1968, a group of Black students at Northwestern University submitted a list of demands to university officials. Soon, they would undertake an act of civil disobedience: the occupation of Northwestern’s Bursar’s Office. Join us for a look at this action, its history, and its connections to the larger civil rights movement in America. More details... •	21	22	23 UTB: “Local Elections:” The Past and Future of BallotReady UTB: “Local Elections:” The Past and Future of BallotReady Starts: 6:30 pm Ends: January 23, 2020 - 8:00 pm Location: Evanston History Center, 225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL 60201, USA Description: “Local Elections:” The Past and Future of BallotReady Presentation with Alex Niemczewski co-founder and CEO of BallotReady.org Thursday, January 23, 2020 Reception 6:30 pm Lecture 7:00 pm Evanston History Center, 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL Admission: $10. Payable at the door. MC/Visa/Cash. EHC Members are Free! Reservations Recommended: Make a Reservation Here. Join us for a presentation by Alex Niemczewski, co-founder and CEO BallotReady, a free nonpartisan online election voter guide. Soon after its founding in Chicago in 2015, BallotReady won the New Venture Challenge at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Since then, it has grown exponentially and now covers every race in elections nationwide. In 2018, the Chicago start-up received the Social Innovator Award at the 17th annual Chicago Innovation Awards. Niemczewski will discuss the history and future of BallotReady, and she will explore current strategies to increase voter turnout and the impact the dissemination of information can have on elections. More details... •	24	25
26 EHC Closed for Tours EHC Closed for Tours Starts: 12:00 am Ends: January 26, 2020 - 11:59 pm Description: The Evanston History Center will be closed for tours on January 26, 2020. We apologize for any inconvenience. More details... •	27	28	29	30	31

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