Evanston Township High School hosted the 22nd annual African-American Youth Achievement Awards on Feb. 7 to honor 38 African-American students from ETHS and District 65, recognizing their daily actions that pay homage to the visions and legacy of African-American pioneers.
2019 AAYA recipients
Evanston Township High School
- Lys Acacia
- Beyonce Bailey
- Dystonae Clark
- Demarcus Dennison
- Donald Gibbs
- Darius Johnson
- Sarah Parisien
- Elisa Walker
Middle Schools
Chute
- William Campbell
- Ava Moseley
Haven
- Jahvar Quire
- Ariana Williams
Nichols
- Tyler Shaun Alexander
- Sadaya Deeble
District 65 Elementary and Magnet Schools
Bessie Rhodes
- Olaitan Dada
- Cecily Jordan
Dawes
- Noah Nelson
- Hani Ramos
Dewey
- Teshawna Rhaburn
- Arnon Timms
King Arts
- Tyler Dobson
- Shaneil Henderson
Kingsley
- Abdul Ouedraogo
- Kayla Strickland
Lincoln
- Anna Iwuagwu
- Carter McIntosh
Lincolnwood
- Dylan Quire
- Rhiana Ruddock
Oakton
- Cross Mitchell
- Elyse Pinckney
Orrington
- Jakyra Lockhart
- Edouard Josef Millner
Walker
- Ethan Carpenter
- Skylar Lomax
Washington
- Ashlee Murray
- Billy Price
Willard
- Eleanor Ghogomu
- Micah Smith
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 2019 recipient of the Living Legend-Trailblazer Award is Hecky Powell, founder and owner of Hecky’s Barbecue.
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, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Evanston North Shore Alumnae Chapter, Family Focus Evanston, Dr. Gilo Kwesi Logan, The Joe “Butch” Martin Fund, Northwestern University, McGaw YMCA, NAACP, Omega Pi Zeta of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Shorefront and Gerri Sizemore, in conjunction with Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School District 202.