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The city’s One Summer Chicago program is accepting applications from teens and young adults ages 14 to 24. Government institutions, community groups and local companies will be offering more than 20,000 employment and internship opportunities.
Fresh Start Fathers, the Greer Family and Austin residents will hold the 13th annual anti-gun violence prayer vigil from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the corner of Lotus Avenue and Congress Parkway. Since 17-year-old Marcus Greer was killed in 2008, an annual prayer vigil has been held in his memory to speak out against gun violence.
Apply now for up to $15,000 from the city of Chicago’s Micro Market Recovery Program (MMRP). For more information, contact the MMRP coordinator at Austin Coming Together at austinmmrp@austincomingtogether.org or call (872) 205-6615.
The community-focused mural by local artist Tia Etu was unveiled last week at the store, 4650 W. North Ave. Etu said she featured the things she thought were wonderful about the community in the mural, which is right inside the store’s entrance.
Make an appointment now to get the COVID-19 shot at one of three West Side locations April 10. Call 773-261-3309 to get scheduled for the 4540 W. Washington, 2622 W. Jackson or 5151 W. Madison sites. All seniors, essential workers and people ages 18 to 64 with underlying health conditions are eligible to register as long as they’re Chicago residents.
About 50 Austin residents came out last weekend to clean up several blocks for Wecycle’s first annual spring cleaning rally. Wecycle CEO David Fleming said Saturday’s cleanup went great, but there’s still work to do. “We’re going to get this place nice. We’re going to go green. And we’re going to get it beautiful,” said Fleming, an Austin native.
The West Side organization is working with the Chicago Botanic Garden on developing the urban farm and wellness hub in the 4900 block of West Thomas and Division streets. Mildred Wiley, a longtime community leader and advocate for Austin who worked at Bethel New Life, died two years ago.
Chicago’s bike-sharing program wants input from West Side residents about where to locate new docking stations. Austin has 14 stations out of 600 citywide.
Advocates continue to push for more civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department. Panlists discussed a proposed ordinance before the Chicago City Council that would take power from the mayor’s office and give it to a civilian-led commission.
Fathers Who Care and West Side community stakeholders are putting on the event, which will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 3 at Clark Park, 4615 W. Jackson Blvd.