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African-American Youth Achievement Awards recognize Evanston students

Feb 27, 2020  10:00am CT

 

2020 African American Youth Achievement Awards

Students from Evanston/Skokie school districts 65 and 202 were honored at the African-American Youth Achievement Awards program on February 21. (Photo: Evanston Photographic/Genie Lemieux)

 

Evanston Township High School hosted the 23rd annual African-American Youth Achievement (AAYA) Awards to honor 37 African-American students from Evanston/Skokie public schools. These students were recognized on February 21, 2020, for their daily actions that pay homage to the visions and legacy of African-American pioneers.  

 

The AAYA program is part of a Black History Month initiative and was sponsored by the Ivy Pearl Foundation, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Delta Chi Omega Chapter, Byline Bank, Chessmen, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Evanston North Shore Alumnae Chapter, Evanston Community Bank & Trust, Family Focus Evanston, The Joe “Butch” Martin Fund, McGaw YMCA, NAACP, Northwestern University, Omega Pi Zeta of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Hecky Powell, Shorefront, Gerri Sizemore, Soul Creations, Mary Wilkerson and in conjunction with Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School District 202.



2020 high school AAYA recipients

 

 

Evanston Township High School

Darrion Coleman

Nemili Cooper

Trinity Jenkins

Soumia Kaltimi

Olu Logan

Grey Miller

Ba’niah Robinson

Celister Wright



2020 middle school AAYA recipients

 

Chute — 

Gabrielle Burnett

James Edward Green

 

Haven

Heaven Adams

Joseph Erner

 

Nichols

Makani Brocks

Damarion Timberlake

  

 

2020 elementary and magnet school AAYA recipients

 

Bessie Rhodes — 

Josiah Hardy

Kara Taylor

 

Dawes — 

Ingrid Sylvestre

 

Dewey — 

Aneeya McCoy

Nicholas Williams

 

King Arts — 

Leela Gaede

Jacques Philippe

 

Kingsley — 

Zora Copeland

Kamden White

 

Lincoln — 

Makeda Hausman

Welcome Kaplan-Block

 

Lincolnwood

Nelson Mbangamoh

Ebony Turner

 

Oakton

Demarco Powell

Lyric Rogers

 

Orrington — 

Nathanael Beaubrun

Trinity Printis

 

Walker — 

Dillon Pompey

Vivian Solomon

 

Washington — 

Alexis Simon

Julian Travis

 

Willard — 

Sophia Asante

Darren Whitehead

 

As part of the AAYA program, the Living Legend-Trailblazer Award honors African-American Evanstonians for their leadership and community contributions that encourage and inspire African-American youth. The 2020 recipient of the Living Legend-Trailblazer Award is Rose Johnson.