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Community discussion this weekend

By AustinTalks | January 18, 2017

Enjoy a free hot breakfast while discussing priorities for Cook County in 2017 with Commissioner Richard Boykin.

Community

Job seekers invited to career conference

By AustinTalks | January 17, 2017

BUILD is hosting the event 10 a.m. Jan. 21 at 5100 W. Harrison St. Register online today.

Community

Spend Monday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with day of service

By AustinTalks | January 16, 2017

First Defense Legal Aid and the Chicago Westside Branch of the NAACP invite youth and families to the West Side Justice Center, 601 S. California, from 1 to 7:30 p.m.

Community

Chicago Police Department seeking officers

By AustinTalks | January 15, 2017

Apply Jan. 16th from 12 to 4 p.m. at By the Hand Club, 415 N. Laramie. The application deadline is Jan. 31.

Chicago Police District

Seeking West Siders wanting to improve community-police relations

By AustinTalks | January 8, 2017

Commanders from the 11th, 15th and 25th districts will be meeting with all stakeholders 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 9 at 4540 W. Washington Blvd. All are welcome.

Community

Free job assistance being offered in Austin

By AustinTalks | January 5, 2017

Weekly workshops will be offered on Wednesdays, starting Jan. 10th, at Greater St. John Bible Church.

Community

29th Ward meeting tonight will focus on crime

By AustinTalks | January 4, 2017

Ald. Chris Taliaferro will host 15th Police District Commander Dwayne Betts Jan. 4th at Columbus Park Refectory.

Community

Calling all artists, performers under 18

By AustinTalks | December 26, 2016

The Chicago Westside NAACP chapter’s youth council will hold a talent competition at 5 p.m. Dec. 28th.

Community

We wish you a merry Christmas

By AustinTalks | December 24, 2016

AustinTalks is thankful for each and every one of our readers. Thank you for another successful year.

Community

Free breakfast for first 200 people today

By AustinTalks | December 23, 2016

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin sponsors “Hope Friday” 8 to 10 a.m. Dec. 23 at MacArthur’s restaurant, 5412 W. Madison St.

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News

  • 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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