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Rally set for Monday to push for Obama library on West Side

By AustinTalks | February 12, 2015

Supporters will gather from 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 16 at United Missionary Baptist Church, 4242 W. Roosevelt Road.

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Early voting began this week

By AustinTalks | February 12, 2015

Chicagoans can go to any one of 51 sites across the city to cast their ballots for the city council and mayor.

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Free documentary tonight

By AustinTalks | February 11, 2015

“Reel Black Love: Black Romance in Film” will be screened 6:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at Austin Town Hall; reservations are required.

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Austin church honors two local business owners Sunday

By AustinTalks | February 7, 2015

Malcolm Crawford and Charmaine Rickette will be recognized as Greater St. John Bible celebrates its pastor’s 50th birthday.

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West Side lawmaker wants to ban red light cameras

By AustinTalks | February 5, 2015

Rep. La Shawn Ford recommends that a task force be created to study the best practices and require Chicago to show it can improve its system.

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Time running out to sign up for Obamacare

By AustinTalks | February 4, 2015

Two events will be held this Saturday, Feb. 7, one at Sankofa Cultural Arts Center and the other at Loretto Hospital.

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Westside Health Authority getting $300,000 grant

By AustinTalks | January 22, 2015

State Rep. La Shawn Ford helped secure the funding, which will be used to provide crisis intervention to North Austin residents with critical health needs.

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Celebrate MLK Day by seeing the movie “Selma”

By AustinTalks | January 18, 2015

Insurance agent Darren Tillis will host local senior citizens and young people Monday afternoon at a Cicero theatre.

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Free breakfast Monday to remember MLK

By Roman Morrow | January 17, 2015

It will be held from 9 to 11 a.m., on a first-come, first-serve basis, at Alice’s restaurant, 5638 W. Chicago Ave. La Coulton J. Walls, a candidate running for the 29th Ward seat, is the sponsor.

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Teens can apply for After School Matters

By AustinTalks | January 13, 2015

Programs start in schools, parks and many other locations the week of Feb. 2.

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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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