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Residents invited to town hall on voter rights

By AustinTalks | March 8, 2016

Learn more about legislation that state Rep. La Shawn Ford has introduced in the Illinois House at the March 12 event.

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Meet the candidates running in the March 15 primary

By AustinTalks | March 4, 2016

Know the issues, ask the questions and hear their answers March 5 from 12 to 2 p.m. at Healing Temple Church, 4941 W. Chicago Ave.

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Town hall on monitoring the police

By AustinTalks | March 4, 2016

Legal avenues to increase civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department will be discussed at the NAACP-sponsored event March 8 at Jensen Elementary, 3030 W. Harrison.

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Is Chicago’s drinking water safe?

By AustinTalks | March 3, 2016

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and city officials will be making presentations at the March 10 event, sponsored by Ald. Chris Taliaferro and Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin.

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Youth to compete in public speaking contest

By AustinTalks | March 1, 2016

Hear inspiring stories March 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. at BUILD’s sixth annual event, 5100 W. Harrison.

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Financial empowerment, economic resource fair set for March 5 on the West Side

By AustinTalks | February 25, 2016

The Austin African American Business Networking Association and the Chicago Treasurer Kurt Summers are hosting the event at Sankofa Cultural Arts Center, 5820 W. Chicago Ave.

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West Side youth invited to share their views, then shoot hoops

By AustinTalks | February 24, 2016

A round table discussion with community leaders and the police will be followed by a basketball game Feb. 27 at the former YMCA, 501 N. Central Ave.

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Notable Chicagoans to be celebrated in Austin

By AustinTalks | February 23, 2016

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin will honor three local leaders and the Illinois Civil Liberties Union Feb. 27 at the Columbus Park Refectory.

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West Side residents will discuss why more African Americans should vote in 2016

By AustinTalks | February 18, 2016

The non-profit, non partisan Maps coalition is sponsoring the Feb. 23rd event to improve Illinois government by making state legislators more accountable to voters.

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Grand opening of special veterans hub set for Feb. 20th

By AustinTalks | February 17, 2016

The office at 5031 W. Montrose will be open to the public from 1 to 8 p.m. Feb. 20th. The nonprofit group Chicago Veterans has been operating it since late December.

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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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