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Author to speak on separation of church and state

By AustinTalks | April 10, 2014

Susan Jacoby will be appearing at Third Unitarian Church 11 a.m. Sunday. All are welcome to attend.

Community

Walk/run club starts Saturday in Austin

By AustinTalks | April 10, 2014

The group will meet at 8 a.m. by the Columbus Park Refectory. Some participants will be training for the Chicago Marathon as part of the Team World Vision and Austin/Chicago team.

Community

Free camp offeed to teens next week

By AustinTalks | April 9, 2014

Call now to register for the Austin Dream Makers’ spring break program.

Community

Funding being offered to West Side nonprofits

By AustinTalks | April 9, 2014

April 18 is the deadline for groups to apply for a grant of $5,000 to $50,000 from the Advocate Bethany Community Health Fund (Bethany Fund).

Community

Youth can spend spring break gearing up for summer jobs

By AustinTalks | April 8, 2014

Participants who attend all three days of next week’s program will be able to apply for work.

Community

Register now for youth baseball, softball

By AustinTalks | April 8, 2014

The Garfield Park Little League is looking for players, coaches, volunteers and sponsors for its 7th season.

Community

Youth compete in public speaking contest

By AustinTalks | April 4, 2014

Cheer on young people who will be competing for a scholarship 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 8 at BUILD headquarters, 5100 W. Harrison St.

Community

Free classes offered on managing your money

By AustinTalks | April 3, 2014

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is sponsoring a series of seminars April 5-12 in Austin and throughout the city as part of Money Smart Week.

Community

West Side gathering to discuss the dream

By AustinTalks | April 2, 2014

The 46th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death will be commemorated Friday night at New Tabernacle of Faith Baptist Church.

Community

Participate in national walking day

By AustinTalks | April 2, 2014

Meet at Columbus Park tonight at 5:30 p.m. to do a 5K walk sponsored by the Westside Health Authority and the American Heart Association.

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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

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