Black Business Month in Evanston!

Visit local Black-owned businesses from August 9 - August 31

August is National Black Business Month! Join the Evanston Public Library as we highlight and support Black owned businesses in the community!  This program will run from August 9th-August 31st.

Here is how you can participate and support!

• Visit one of the two library locations to pick up a punch card of local Black owned businesses. 
• Choose at least 5 businesses to visit.
• In order to get credit for visiting a business, you must make a purchase and get a signature for your punch card or ask staff a trivia question about the business and jot down the answer. 

Once your punch card is full, bring it back to a library location to be entered in a raffle for your chance to win a $50 gift card to one of the businesses! EPL will be raffling multiple gift cards.

Of course, we also recommend celebrating Black Business Month with kids' books!

Dr Jean Murphy, co-owner of Evanston's YoFresh Cafe, and beloved former professor at Chicago State, Erikson Institute, and National Louis University, has graciously put together a recommended reads book list for younger kids to enjoy for National Black Business Month!
Check out our National Black Business Month booklist (3rd - 8th grade) to learn about great entrepreneurs and trailblazers, historical and current. Also, help your kids find out more about past and current black entrepreneurs with this article.

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