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Roundtable on preventing gun violence

By AustinTalks | June 2, 2015

Cook County Board Commissioner Richard Boykin will hosts the event from 6 to 8 p.m. June 4 at Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St.

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Fresh from the PCC Austin community farm

By AustinTalks | May 29, 2015

This year’s season starts Tuesday, June 2 at 330 N. Lotus Ave.

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Learn about your government

By AustinTalks | May 27, 2015

The youth and law project of the Wiley Resource Center hosts a weekly one-hour event every Saturday at 11 a.m. at 4540 W. Washington Blvd.

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Free music concert

By AustinTalks | May 21, 2015

Westside Instructional String and Harp program presents its spring recital 11 a.m. May 30 at Garfield Park Golden Dome.

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Apply now for After School Matters summer programs

By AustinTalks | May 19, 2015

There are 9,000 paid opportunities for students 14 and older enrolled in school.

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Family fun at Columbus Park, Austin Town Hall

By AustinTalks | May 14, 2015

Swimming, stepping and more will take place Sunday, May 17 at both locations to help the Chicago Park District launch night out in the parks.

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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.

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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.

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Meeting tonight about state budget cuts

By AustinTalks | May 11, 2015

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

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Public invited to reception for departing Ald. Deborah Graham

By Ald. Deborah Graham | May 6, 2015

Light refreshments will be served from 6:30 to 8 p.m. May 6 at Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson.

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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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