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Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin will host the event from 9 to noon Jan. 27 at 5100 Harrison St. Breakfast will be served at 9 a.m., with the discussion starting at 10 a.m. Adam Alonzo, Iesha Hollins and Valerie Leonard will serve as moderators.
The forum, organized by the Chicago Westside NAACP, will be held at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at Michele Clark Magnet High School, 5101 W. Harrison St.
Learn about careers in health care, IT, manufacturing and more from 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 25 at 5049 W. Harrison St. Reservations encouraged.
Home ownership could be a key to keeping African Americans in Chicago, says state Rep. La Shawn Ford.
If more Black dollars were re-circulated in Black American communities, Black dollars would produce Black companies, help hire Black employees, support Black families and rebuild Black communities, writes Phillip Jackson, founder and chairman of the board of The Black Star Project.
The free event, part of the South Austin church’s community outreach ministry and the second Saturday of each month, takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. at 5200 W. Jackson Blvd.
Randel Josserand, the chief of schools in the Austin and Belmont Cragin neighborhoods, will talk at 10 a.m. Jan. 14, followed at 11 a.m. by Brenetta Howell Barrett, who will discuss the lessons she learned from the civil rights movement.
The Austin African-American Business Networking Association is hosting its annual celebration Dec. 30 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Malcolm X College, 1600 W. Jackson Blvd. Tickets are $40. 37th Ward Ald. Emma Mitts, Deputy Police Chief Betts and businessman Howard Blake will be honored.
As we mark our eighth year of publishing news and information about the Austin community, we want to thank you one and all for your readership and support. We’re looking forward to another year of covering the West Side.
Several photos taken by deceased Austin photographer Dorrell Creightney were put up last month under the Laramie and Kinzie viaduct. The picture, selected by Austin photographer Vanessa Stokes and Ceightney’s daughter, were installed in the 37th Ward as part of the city’s 50 x 50 Neighborhoods Arts Project..