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African-American

News

West Side hip-hop artist writes about black families in new record

By Cara Ball | August 24, 2015

Ambrell “Bella Bahhs” Gambrell hopes to change the perception society has of African-American women.

Opinion

This isn’t the African-American dream

By John W. Fountain III | June 23, 2015

Racism persists and is a problem for everyone, not just blacks, writes columnist John W. Fountain III.

Opinion

My Selma is now

By John W. Fountain III | March 11, 2015

One man shares the journey he began last weekend.

Opinion

The divide within

By Renna Thomas | January 9, 2015

West Sider Renna Thomas wants the community to demand more of themselves and others in the new year.

News

Blacks pulled over at higher rates than whites

By AustinTalks | December 31, 2014

The Chicago Tribune recently reported on a new study by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.

Community

Celebrate Kwanzaa Sunday

By AustinTalks | December 26, 2014

Third Unitarian Church will hold its annual event Dec. 28th. All are welcome.

Opinion

Young leaders respond to current unrest

By Malcolm Crawford | December 17, 2014

Business leader Malcolm Crawford urges elders in the community to allow the next generation to take the lead in creating a new movement.

Opinion

The danger of a single story

By Rasheena Fountain | December 11, 2014

What did Darren Wilson and Michael Brown assume, wonders writer Rasheena Fountain.

Community

Town hall set for tonight

By AustinTalks | December 4, 2014

Local residents will discuss Chicago’s response to Ferguson from 6 to 8 p.m. at Greater St. John Bible Church, 1256 N. Waller.

Community

West Side elected officials react to Ferguson

By AustinTalks | November 25, 2014

State Rep. La Shawn Ford and U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis say relations between African-American communities and the police must improve, and there needs to be a true commitment to community policing.

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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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