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15th district

Donate blood Wednesday in Austin

By AustinTalks | April 26, 2016

Walk-ins are accepted from 12 to 6 p.m. April 27 at the Chicago Police Department’s 15 District headquarters,

7th congressional district

Teens competing this week in national art contest

By AustinTalks | April 26, 2016

More than 40 high school students from Illinois’ 7th Congressional District are vying for the right to have their works displayed at the U.S. Capitol for the next year.

Community

Community health fair Saturday at Loretto Hospital

By AustinTalks | April 22, 2016

There will be free screenings and the chance to sign up for insurance at the event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Residents urged to discuss policing on the West Side

By AustinTalks | April 21, 2016

The Westside Writing Project and City Bureau are hosting workshops every Saturday for the next month starting April 23rd at Sankofa Cultural Center, 5820 W. Chicago.

Community

17-year-olds invited to gathering in Austin this weekend

By AustinTalks | April 18, 2016

State Rep. Camille Lilly is sponsoring the event April 23 from 12:30 to 3:30 at which self esteem, black history, social media etiquette, civic engagement and other topics will be discussed.

Community

Providence St. Mel leaders to lead discussion on education and violence

By AustinTalks | April 13, 2016

West Siders are invited to the free event, which will be held at 10 a.m. April 16 at 119 S. Central Park Blvd.

Community

Youth invited to job expo this weekend

By AustinTalks | April 6, 2016

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin is sponsoring the April 9th event, which will offer information about summer jobs, internships and youth programs.

Community

West Side library hosting event for teens

By AustinTalks | March 25, 2016

This month’s activity – to be held at the Austin branch from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. March 28 – is learning to arm knit and finger crochet.

Community

Learn how to download books, music and more this week at the Austin library

By AustinTalks | March 23, 2016

The free session will be held March 26 and then again on March 28 at 5615 W. Race Ave.

Community

Where should there be bike routes on the West Side?

By AustinTalks | March 20, 2016

The Chicago Department of Transportation is seeking input from local residents at a community meeting March 21 at the Austin Library, 5615 W. Race.

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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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