Delta Sigma Theta, Evanston NAACP host get-out-the-vote event

From left: Kimberly Holmes-Ross, Jenna Arceneaux and Tierra Lemon cheer on early voters outside Robert Crown on Sunday. Credit: Heidi Randhava Evanston s Delta Sigma Theta Sorority chapter teamed up with the Evanston/North Shore NAACP for a get-out-the-vote event on Sunday afternoon to encourage early voting. Representatives of both organizations were outside the Robert Crown Community Center cheering on those who came to cast their midterm election ballot. Rev. Eileen Wiviott, senior minister at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Evanston, came out to support the effort. Nothing could be more important. Our individual and collective power to make our voices heard still resides in our vote, Wiviott said. We’ve got to do a lot more than just vote, but it starts with voting and needs to continue with holding our leaders accountable, being in community with each other, taking care of each other.” According to the Cook County Clerk’s Office, 892 people voted at Rob