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Economics summit set for this weekend

By AustinTalks | April 29, 2014

The Austin African American Business Networking Association (AAABNA) hosts the three-day-event that starts Friday at 3 p.m.

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Chicago Board of Education votes to fire teachers, staff at McNair

By AustinTalks | April 24, 2014

The school will be turned over later this year to non-profit operator AUSL.

Community

Free dance workshops this weekend

By AustinTalks | April 23, 2014

The Chicago Park District presents Community Rhythms from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Austin Town Hall Cultural Center, 5610 W. Lake St.

Community

Talent show Saturday in Austin

By AustinTalks | April 23, 2014

Final Explosion Team of Performing Arts presents its annual “stop the violence” event at Douglass High School, 543 N. Waller Ave.

Community

Lifeguards sought for West Side

By AustinTalks | April 21, 2014

The Chicago Park District is accepting applications for its pools at Austin Town Hall, and Columbus and La Follette parks.

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Free health and wellness seminar Saturday

By AustinTalks | April 18, 2014

Sista’s of the Hood and Father, Families in Transition have organized the event, which will be held at the Austin Community Resource Center, 501 N. Central Ave.

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Chicago media shine spotlight on Austin homicides

By AustinTalks | April 17, 2014

The deaths of 20-year-old Tiara Groves and 57-year-old Maurice Harris are two of several examined.

Community

Free seminars start this week

By AustinTalks | April 16, 2014

Learn how to stay safe on the road April 19 and 26, and May 3 at the offices of Because I Care Inc., 5811 W. Chicago Ave.

Community

Dramatic storytelling and song featured Sunday

By AustinTalks | April 12, 2014

The Afrikan Village & Cultural Center of Chicago will host Momma Kemba from 3 to 5 p.m.

Community

Mentoring recruitment fair set for Saturday

By AustinTalks | April 11, 2014

Circle Urban Ministries will host host the event from 10:30 a.m. t0 12:30 p.m. at its Austin campus, 118 N. Central Ave.

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  • 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

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