By John Byrne, includes “The first meeting was mainly a chance for the group to get organized and hear from experts on the issue of providing reparations to Black residents who are the descendants of slaves. Evanston Ald. Robin Rue Simmons talked about the important process of making sure there’s adequate community input into the plan from Black Chicagoans. Evanston opted to use sales tax revenue from marijuana sales to set up a housing reparations program there.”