AustinTalks - News and information covering Chicago's Austin neighborhood on the West Side

AustinTalks (http://austintalks.org/author/admin/page/33/)

  • Home
  • About
  • Community
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Events
  • Donate
  • Global Navigation
Subscribe

AustinTalks

Opinion

It’s not easy being young and black in Oak Park

By AustinTalks | May 5, 2011

One woman shares her thoughts about how her friend, a youth, black youth from Austin, has been treated. This piece was originally published in the Wednesday Journal.

Community

Help Austin Town Hall win a makeover

By AustinTalks | May 4, 2011

Five out of 10 community buildings nationwide will each get $50,000 in renovations.

Community

Officers celebrated at local event

By AustinTalks | May 4, 2011

More than 60 officers participated in the 1st annual day of appreciation for Chicago Police Department’s 15th District.

Community

Celebrate the 15th District all day Friday

By AustinTalks | April 28, 2011

A free continental breakfast will be served at 5811 W. Chicago Ave. from 7 a.m. to noon. There will be free ice cream from 12 to 6 p.m. at 5845 W. Chicago Ave.

Opinion

Five scams that hurt the black community

By AustinTalks | April 21, 2011

This commentary first appeared in The Black Truth News. Let us know what you think.

News

Does Illinois have your money?

By AustinTalks | April 20, 2011

See if your name shows up in the state treasurer’s “cash dash” database, which catalogs unclaimed property.

News

Spotlight on Austin Wal-Mart

By AustinTalks | April 11, 2011

An investigation by Crain’s Chicago Business raises questions about who benefited from the building of the retail giant’s first Chicago store.

Community

Easter egg hunt set for Moore Park

By AustinTalks | April 8, 2011

Kids ages 5 to 10 can participate in the free event April 15 from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Community

March against violence planned for next week

By AustinTalks | April 7, 2011

Join Healing Temple Head Start and others who want to show young people the community cares about them at the April 14th event.

News

The 24th Ward’s next alderman picked today

By AustinTalks | April 5, 2011

Voters will choose between Ald. Sharon Dixon and challenger Michael Chandler. Polls close at 7 p.m.

Load more posts

News

  • Expungement, record sealing event helps West Siders get jobs after leaving prison

    Austin resident Anthony Jefferson has been working over the past six years to expunge his criminal record. With help from the Monroe Foundation, he's moving toward the clean slate he wants to achieve to secure employment.

  • Get free groceries, other help from these Austin groups

    On a recent Thursday, volunteers from What About Us Charitable Enterprises spent the morning filling dozens of grocery bags with fresh food and staples that soon filled the arms of West Side residents in need. Dorin “Pastor Mac” McIntyre, executive director and co-founder of What About Us Charitable Enterprises and pastor of Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, is one of many helping Austin residents struggling with food insecurity.

  • 29th Ward residents invited to holiday events on Tuesday

  • 29th Ward residents invited to propose how to spend $450,000

    Austin residents are invited to participate in this year's participatory budgeting cycle. The annual process lets ward residents ages 14 and up decide how to spend a portion of the aldermanic menu money.

  • Forty Acres Fresh Market marks important moment this week in bringing store to Austin

    Austin moves one step closer this week to getting a new grocery store with the groundbreaking of Forty Acres Fresh Market in the heart of the Soul City Corridor. Another effort to expand food offerings on the West Side continues with the Austin Community Food Co-op, which held a virtual info session last week on its efforts to bring a grocery store to the area.

  • Healing in nature workshop set for Saturday

    The Westside Cultural Alliance continues its "See, Feel and Heal" nature series Saturday at Garfield Park Nature Area, 100 N. Central Park with a workshop on making memory boxes. The workshop sessions focus on art and nature as vehicles of healing through art therapy, which provides wholistic healing for the body, mind and spirit.

  • Illinois residents can apply for help with paying gas, electric bills

    Applications are now open for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for qualified residential customers who are over the age of 60, have a disability or have children under the age of 6 to receive financial assistance to pay their energy bills. LIHEAP is a federally funded bill payment assistance program that helps low- and fixed-income families pay their utility during the winter heating season.

  • West Siders turn out for chili cook off in Austin’s Soul City

    Over a dozen local chefs competed in the second annual "It’s Getting Chili in Soul City" event on Saturday. A team of five who make up the Austin African American Business Networking Association board – Malcolm Crawford, Shirley Fields, Sharmine Rickett, Ronald Smith and Marshawn Felton – created the chili contest last year.

  • Chicago Marathon runner raises money for West Side girls

    Over the last 20 years, Ashley Graham has run 56 marathons - including the Chicago Marathon five times. Several of those marathons she raised money for charity - and this year was no different.

  • Stop by Austin farmers market this week

Like Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterSubscribe via RSS

Search This Site

Browse Archives

© Copyright 2025, AustinTalks

Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News.

Back to top ↑