Evanston cancels the 4th
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Evanston, the suburb directly north of Chicago, in March, announced that it's cancelling 4th of July celebrations out of concern for the safety during the pandemic:
You may remember that Evanston has voted to pay reparations to those citizens whose ancestors were affected by systemic racism.
I guess that all concerns about safety have resolved in the ensuing 3 months.
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In an interview on Fox News, organizer Jamie Black said the city’s Fourth of July Association “made the decision in March based on the information that we had at that time.”
“There are deadlines for permits and to secure the fireworks, as well as taking applications for the parade that happen early in the year,” Black said. “We erred on the side of caution. If things weren’t better, we would have been criticized for being a super spreader event.”
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Today's Evanston Roundtable...
Evanston’s Juneteenth Parade and Celebration kicked off at 11 a.m. on June 19, with Grand Marshals Cheryl Judice and the Jason Powell. Presented by Evanston Present and Future in partnership with the City of Evanston, Evanston’s Juneteenth commemoration continued with a celebration lineup that included speakers, muralists, musical and spoken word performances, drumming, poetry, and dance.
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Today's Evanston Roundtable...
Evanston’s Juneteenth Parade and Celebration kicked off at 11 a.m. on June 19, with Grand Marshals Cheryl Judice and the Jason Powell. Presented by Evanston Present and Future in partnership with the City of Evanston, Evanston’s Juneteenth commemoration continued with a celebration lineup that included speakers, muralists, musical and spoken word performances, drumming, poetry, and dance.
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@axtremus said in Evanston cancels the 4th:
@copper said in Evanston cancels the 4th:
America is bad
Are you sure?
Check with democrats that you know.
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@axtremus said in Evanston cancels the 4th:
@copper said in Evanston cancels the 4th:
America is bad
Are you sure?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-olympic-athlete-chelsea-wolfe-burn-flag-podium
US Olympic athlete Chelsea Wolfe threatened to burn flag on podium
BMX Freestyle rider Chelsea Wolfe identifies as a trans woman
EXCLUSIVE - BMX Freestyle rider Chelsea Wolfe, who qualified as an alternate to represent the U.S. at this year's summer Olympics in Tokyo, said last year that her goal was to win an Olympic medal "so I can burn a US flag on the podium."
"My goal is to win the Olympics so I can burn a US flag on the podium. This is what they focus on during a pandemic. Hurting trans children," Wolfe wrote on Facebook on March 25, 2020, along with a link to a PinkNews story about the Trump administration's stance on transgender girls in female athletics.
Wolfe told Fox News that the post, which has since been deleted, doesn't mean she doesn't care about her home country.
"Anyone who thinks that I don't care about the United States is sorely mistaken," Wolfe told Fox News. "One of the reasons why I work so hard to represent the United States in international competition is to show the world that this country has morals and values, that it's not all of the bad things that we're known for. I take a stand against fascism because I care about this country and I'm not going to let it fall into the hands of fascists after so many people have fought and sacrificed to prevent fascism from taking hold abroad. As a citizen who wants to be proud of my home country, I'm sure as hell not going to let it take hold here."
Earlier this month, Wolfe posted about what it meant to qualify as an alternate for the Olympics as a transgender athlete.
"I searched for so long trying to find out if there had ever been a professional trans bmx rider to show me that who I am would be okay and unfortunately I found no one," Wolfe wrote on Instagram on June 12. "Eventually I started to meet some amazing women who helped me accept that I am a woman just like any other and that I deserve a place to exist in the world just like everyone else."
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Gee, are we trying to be the next East Germany at the Olympics?
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@jolly said in Evanston cancels the 4th:
Gee, are we trying to be the next East Germany at the Olympics?
Should we return all their medals that were taken away?
