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Discovering Catharine, Inspiring Action

October 8, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Free

Discovering Catharine, Inspiring Action
presented in partnership with the Woman’s Club of Evanston and the Woman’s Club of Evanston Charitable Foundation

Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 7:00 p.m.

In-person event
At The Woman’s Club of Evanston
1702 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL

Free, with suggested donation
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About the event:
Join us for a screening of the new film Discovering Catharine by Susan Hope Engel, which explores the life and legacy of Evanstonian Catharine Waugh McCulloch (1862 – 1945), an early female attorney, active Woman’s Club Member, and a fervent champion of women’s rights. Catharine’s extraordinary story will be used as a launching point for a post-film discussion with a multi-generational group of Evanston-based female activists and change-makers. Guest panelists include: Cook County Commissioner Josina Morita; Evanston Township High School senior and 2021 “Future of Evanston Award” winner Olivia Ohlson; Northwestern social policy student and public health advocate Aimee Resnick; and FirstRepair staff and board member Elisa Karen Walker.  

Guests are encouraged to attend with a family member or friend from an older or younger generation. Voter registration will be available onsite.

Panel Participants:

Cook County Commissioner Josina Wing Morita was elected in 2022. She is the first Asian American woman to serve on the Cook County board.  After having been elected in 2016 to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD). As an urban planner and policy advocate, Josina brings expertise in racial justice, water policy, environmental justice, voting rights, and language access.  Josina’s human rights, racial justice, and environmental justice work has been recognized locally and nationally.  In 2007, she was named one of the top 35 leaders under 35 fighting racism and poverty in Chicago by the Community Renewal Society. And in 2023, she was named a top Legislator in Leadership by the Illinois Women’s Bar Association. Josina is the mother of young children Kai and Meiko. She holds a B.A. in Sociology and International Race Relations from Pitzer College and a Masters in Urban Planning and Public Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Olivia Ohlson, a senior at Evanston Township High School, is actively engaged in the Black Student Union and the Community Service Club. Her commitment to community service began at six years old with her successful “Olivia’s Pink Lemonade and Pink Ribbon Cookie Stands” project, which raised over $13K for cancer research. She is a varsity golfer and initiated “Diversify Golf” to encourage more diversity in the sport; a writer for her school’s newspaper, and holds leadership positions in the Girls Play Sports Youth Advisory Board and #GivingTuesday Spark’s International Youth Leadership team. Olivia is the recipient of an honorary ESPY award, a national Point of Light Award, the Chicagoland Jewish Child and Family Service’s Extraordinary Adolescent Award, and the Future of Evanston Award from the Evanston Chamber of Commerce and Northwestern University. She has received service awards from the Illinois State Senate, the Chessmen Club of the North Shore, the Evanston NorthShore NAACP Youth Trailblazer Award, and was recognized as a Cracker Jill athlete-activist.

Aimee Resnick is a Senior studying social policy at Northwestern University in Evanston. Originally from Centennial, Colorado, Resnick hopes to return to her home state to run for the state legislature. Previously, she successfully helped write and pass three legislative acts regarding upstream mental health promotion. The bills provide crisis line information to all students statewide, establish the first public health program dedicated to preventing eating disorders, and prohibit weight-based bullying in Colorado. She also owns a small lobbying and consulting firm dedicated to public health causes.

Elisa Karen Walker, an Evanston Township High School graduate, is currently a student at Hampton University, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies. Her passion for reparative and community engagement has guided her academic and professional endeavors. At FirstRepair, a nonprofit in Evanston, IL, Elisa has taken on key responsibilities, including planning and executing local and international events, creating impactful digital communications, and mentoring a team of interns. She has represented FirstRepair at the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent at United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland; interned at the Hampton City Manager’s Office; served as a board member of FirstRepair and the Her Rising Initiative and a youth subcommittee member at the United Nations Permanent Forum for People of African Descent; and advocates for the rights of Black youth and the empowerment of girls.

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If you don’t receive a confirmation email, please email Erin Hughes at ehughes@evanstonhistorycenter.org.

Details

Date:
October 8, 2024
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Cost:
Free
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Venue

The Women’s Club of Evanston
1702 Chicago Avenue
Evanston, IL
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