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Terry Dean

1963 Voting Rights Act

The right to vote takes center stage at Austin Town Hall

By Terry Dean | March 15, 2016

West Side residents recall how long and hard African-Americans battled for their rights at the polling place and urged others to keep up the fight.

37th Ward

Two elected officials square off in 29th Ward committeemen race

By Terry Dean | March 11, 2016

Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s name appears on Tuesday’s primary ballot, while state Rep. La Shawn Ford is running as a write-in candidate.

Ald. Emma Mitts

West Side Democrats urging high turnout for March 15 primary

By Terry Dean | March 10, 2016

Early voting continues through Monday, while polls on Election Day will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Ald. Emma Mitts

Chicago Board of Ed approves consolidation of Austin High School campus

By Terry Dean | February 25, 2016

Later this year, Austin Polytechnical Academy and Austin Entrepreneurship and Business Academy will close, while VOISE Academy will remain open.

Austin Business & Entrepreneuership Academy

CPS: Charter school concept not a failure as Austin HS consolidates

By Terry Dean | February 1, 2016

The Chicago Board of Education is set to approve the plan to phase out Austin Polytechnical Academy and Austin Business and Entrepreneurship Academy but keep VOISE Academy.

15th District CAPS

Cooking event brings together 15th District police, youth

By Terry Dean | January 25, 2016

Youth ages 13 to 24 are invited to participate in the Feb. 27 event that’s designed to ease tensions between the community and officers.

Austin Business & Entrepreneuership Academy

Austin High School campus headed for consolidation

By Terry Dean | January 18, 2016

The community is invited to a Jan. 19th meeting to discuss bringing together Austin Polytechnical Academy, Austin Business & Entreprenuership and VOISE Academy.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Residents launch grassroots campaign for mayoral recall bill

By Terry Dean | January 15, 2016

Austin state Rep. La Shawn Ford and dozens of others gathered last week to discuss the recently proposed legislation, which faces several hurdles.

Alice Norris

Obama gun control town hall sparks conflict, consensus

By Terry Dean | January 11, 2016

About 30 West Side Chicago and Oak Park residents discussed the issue after the event aired on CNN.

Ald. Chris Taliaferro

Getting the most out of West Side TIFs

By Terry Dean | January 4, 2016

Activists, some elected officials continue to push for the taxpayer funds to be used to improve Austin.

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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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