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Stop by MacArthur’s restaurant, 5412 W. Madison St., between 11:30 and 1 p.m. Oct. 20. If you can’t make it this weekend, the alderman holds ward night on Mondays from 5 to 7 p.m. at 6272 W. North Ave.
Columnist John W. Fountain III longs for the time when barbershops were the mecca of black men conversation. “This was the only place where we could have real talk.”
Tamara Tucker, who was engaged to the office when he was shot to death in late 2011, organizes the event each year. “I do it because it’s a passion, and I wanted it to be in remembrance of the officer who patrolled the Austin area who loved his job.”
“This was a growth year for us,” said Malcolm Crawford, race organizer and executive director of the Austin African American Business Networking Association. “We’re looking for bigger and better next year. We got a lot of good experience this year, so we are looking forward to next year.”
For the first time in the citywide festival’s eight-year history, 11 locations in Austin will be featured.
Supporters gathered last week on the South Side to discuss a mayoral bid for the Austin lawmaker; another meeting will be held tonight.
Residents can help fight the epidemic by carrying naloxone, the opioid blocker that can stop an overdose. African Americans are dying at a higher rate than whites, experts said at the meeting, held late last month in Austin.
Columnist John W. Fountain III urges us not to forget about Kalief Browder, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner. The conviction on Friday of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke in the shooting death of teen Laquan McDonald is no cause for celebration, Fountain writes.
The free event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 6 at Plato School Hall, 5545 W. Harrison St. The dinner is being sponsored by the Assumption Greek Orthodox and Saint Martin de Porres Churches.
The third annual event, put on by the Clifton P. Lewis Foundation, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 6 at the West Chicago Library branch, 4856 W. Chicago Ave. There will be food, entertainment by the Jessie White Tumblers and a school supply giveaway.