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Fighting mass incarceration of youth

By AustinTalks | May 14, 2015

Representatives from Black Youth Project 100, We Charge Genocide and Palestine Youth Collective will also discuss juvenile detention and the militarization of the police May 16th.

Community

Public invited to reception for new alderman

By AustinTalks | May 12, 2015

The event will be hosted by Chris Taliaferro May 18, hours after he’s sworn in to represent the 29th Ward.

Community

Meeting tonight about state budget cuts

By AustinTalks | May 11, 2015

Learn how the proposed reductions could affect social services on the West Side.

News

Speed camera in Columbus Park issuing lots of tickets

By AustinTalks | May 11, 2015

The city has issued more than $1.3 million in fines since the camera was installed in December 2013.

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Lead found in hundreds of Austin children

By AustinTalks | May 5, 2015

The Chicago Tribune reports the brain-damaging substance continues to plague the West Side’s youngest residents.

Community

West Side clergy rally to help earthquake victims

By AustinTalks | April 30, 2015

The Leaders Network will discuss their efforts April 30th at New Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, 4301 W. Washington Blvd.

Community

Free health fair Wednesday

By AustinTalks | April 27, 2015

The Bernie Mac Foundation is sponsoring the April 29th event to put the spotlight on sarcoidosis.

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Elected official wants deputies to help police West Side

By AustinTalks | April 24, 2015

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin says Austin has been neglected by the city and plans a May 2nd community meeting to discuss the violence.

Community

Anti-violence event Saturday

By AustinTalks | April 23, 2015

Anyone who’s lost a loved one to violence on the streets of Chicago is invited to an event April 25th.

News

Bike-sharing program bypasses West Side – again

By AustinTalks | April 22, 2015

Austin still doesn’t have a Divvy station, and that’s not right, says Ald-elect Chris Taliaferro.

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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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