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Launched in 2012, Skills for Chicagoland’s Future has helped place about 4,500 people in jobs across Chicago, approximately a third of whom come from the West Side,
A day before the third anniversary of teenager Laquan McDonald being shot to death by a Chicago cop, members of the Central Austin Neighborhood Association and activists from Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) demanded changes of the city’s top law-enforcement officials.
The idea of opening a new Austin high school was met with mixed reviews at a meeting earlier this month; parents and other West Side residents discussed ways to ensure the schools that are losing students remain open.
Di Reed co-wrote the scenes performed in the play, which ends this weekend, with a student actor. The play features both both disabled and able-bodied actors. Performances end this weekend.
Vision Zero Chicago recently held a meeting at Austin Town Hall to solicit feedback from West Side residents on how to make the roads safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.
With more than 380 shootings recorded so far this year in Austin, residents and advocates gathered last week to discuss how to combat this longstanding problem.
The controversial penny-an-ounce sweetened beverage tax could be repealed next week by the Cook County Board of Commissioners. West Side residents discussed the controversial tax Wednesday at the North Austin Branch Library. The event was co-sponsored by the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Westside Branch of the NAACP.
That’s good news, though some advocates say West Side students continue to suffer from too little funding over the years.
Michele Clark Academic Magnet Prep High School will receive the grant over three years from SocialWorks, Chance the Rapper’s education non-profit.
At a press conference Thursday, the first-term official said he had decided not to challenge Board President Toni Preckwinkle.