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Loretto Hospital offering free rapid HIV testing this month

By AustinTalks | December 13, 2023

The free screenings are available on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to uninsured or underinsured residents of Austin and surrounding neighborhoods.

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Chicago HIV/AIDS documentary premiers on West Side

By Michelle Meyer | February 16, 2023

The Chicago Department of Public Health premiered its HIV/AIDS documentary at Malcom X. College last week, on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

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Free AIDS testing available this week in Austin

By AustinTalks | June 24, 2019

On June 27, Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS are offering free, confidential HIV testing and counseling in three Walgreens Austin locations. No appointment is needed, and results will be available immediately on site.

Community

Celebrate national HIV testing day Wednesday by getting tested

By AustinTalks | June 25, 2018

Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS have partnered with community groups to provide testing and counseling from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 27 at 22 Chicago Walgreens locations, including six in the Austin area.

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Today’s heroin epidemic similar to HIV/AIDS scourge in the 1980s

By Rep. La Shawn Ford | May 3, 2017

West Side residents can take action to protect their friends, family and neighbors from this sweeping problem that’s more deadly than gun violence and motor accidents.

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West Siders to take part in AIDS walk/run

By Jessica Wenck | September 12, 2014

It’s not too late to register for Sunday’s event at Grant Park.

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Free HIV screening available in Austin this summer

By Step Up. Get Tested. | May 21, 2014

Rapid test available June 5 at the Central Avenue and Lake Street Green line CTA stop.

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Forum puts spotlight on preventing HIV/AIDS

By AustinTalks | November 8, 2013

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. is sponsoring the free event, which will take place from 9 to noon Saturday at Loretto Hospital.

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Austin residents receive free HIV testing

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | August 13, 2013

West Siders can check their status the first and third Friday of the month; the next event will be Sept. 6 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Austin Wellness Center.

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Learn your HIV status

By AustinTalks | June 17, 2013

The Austin Planned Parenthood office, at 5937 W. Chicago Ave., is offering free testing.

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  • 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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