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Lawmakers to discuss whether CPS should have an elected school board

By AustinTalks | November 5, 2015

The Chicago Westside branch of the NAACP is hosting the event Nov. 7 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

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Chicago Police Department seeking more diverse workforce

By AustinTalks | November 4, 2015

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chief Garry McCarthy announced this week that applications for new officers are due Dec. 16, and the entrance exam will be given in February.

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Free flu shots available

By AustinTalks | November 3, 2015

The Chicago Department of Public Health and Walgreens are offering the vaccinations.

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West Side children and families invited to Halloween festivities

By AustinTalks | October 28, 2015

Roman Morrow is sponsoring an Oct. 30th event, while Friendship Baptist Church and state Rep. La Shawn Ford will be hosting their own celebrations Oct. 31.

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State of the 37th Ward meeting set

By AustinTalks | October 21, 2015

It will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 22 at 4926 W. Chicago Ave.

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It’s a beautiful day for a bike ride

By AustinTalks | October 18, 2015

Join Slow Roll Chicago today from 1 to 3 p.m. The free event begins at Columbus Park, 500 S. Central Ave.

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Ald. Chris Taliaferro to hold budget meeting

By AustinTalks | October 15, 2015

29th Ward residents are invited to the Oct. 20 event, which will be held at the Columbus Park Refectory.

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Free legal assistance

By AustinTalks | October 14, 2015

The Westside Chicago chapter of the NAACP and the Cook County Bar Association are sponsoring the event Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.

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Residents, groups to gather Saturday to improve early childhood education

By AustinTalks | October 8, 2015

Austin Coming Together will hold its 3rd annual symposium Oct. 10 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at By the Hand Club, 415 N. Laramie Ave.

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West Side aldermen join call to oust police chief

By AustinTalks | October 7, 2015

The Chicago City Council’s Black Caucus wants Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fire Superintendent Garry McCarthy.

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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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