Community
Austin library to hold repair cafe
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Do you need help repairing a broken household item or mending some clothes? Stop by the Austin branch of the Chicago Public Library from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25.
Community
Your voice is needed
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Take part in a discussion at 6 p.m. May 23 about the resource officers in Chicago Public Schools. Representatives from the Office of the Inspector General will also be discussing the gang database. Dinner will be served at the free event, which will be held at Sankofa Culture Center at 5852 W. Chicago Ave.
Community
Public invited to this weekend’s hands-on learning festival
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Events will be held May 16-19 at Michele Clark High School, the West Side STEM Learning Center and La Follette Park.
Community
Spotlight on maternal health in Austin
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The City Bureau will be hosting a free event 6 to 8 p.m. May 16 at New Moms, 5317 W. Chicago Ave. Come with your questions about maternal health. Refreshments will be provided.
Community
Austin Neighborhood Choir to perform Wednesday
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The choir will be joined by several in-school choirs as they present a free community concert at 7 p.m. May 15 at Michele Clark High School, 5101 W. Harrison St.
2020
Advocate for gun violence prevention and health care running for Congress
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Kina Collins, a gun violence prevention and healthcare advocate, is challenging longtime Congressman Danny Davis in the 2020 election.
Community
Local teacher, police on West Side to be honored
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The Good Neighbor Campaign will be recognizing the Chicago Police Department’s first response team as well as an exemplary teacher at its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. May 14 at 5437 W. Division.
Community
Free community meal this weekend
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The Friendship Baptist Church, at 5200 W. Jackson Boulevard, hosts the monthly meal on the second Saturday of the month. Join West Side residents on May 11 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Community
Austin homeowners could lose their property at tax auction
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There are more than 3,000 properties in Cook County’s District 1 – much of it on Chicago’s West Side – in danger of being sold at the annual tax auction that begins May 3.
housing
Cook County Board passes ‘just housing’ amendment
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The measure, which will take effect in November, will ensure that housing providers don’t consider certain aspects of someone’s criminal record — such as arrests, juvenile records, and sealed and expunged records — when making housing determinations. Commissioner Brandon Johnson, an Austin resident who was elected to the board last year, was the chief sponsor of the amendment.