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Alderman Deborah Graham

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29th Ward candidates go head-to-head at Galewood debate

By T.J. Kremer III | March 19, 2015

Deborah Graham and Chris Taliaferro are set to debate the issues at other events before the April 7th runoff.

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Residents work on plan for a sustainable Austin

By Reema Amin | October 15, 2013

The next meeting will be held Nov. 6 at Columbus Park.

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Community hosts “Back 2 School Throwdown”

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | July 21, 2013

Dozens attended the free event held last weekend at Columbus Park.

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Campaign highlights dangers of driving drunk

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | July 9, 2013

The consequences can be severe, warn the Prevention Partnership and the Chicago Police Department.

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West Siders mobilize to bring changes to their neighborhoods

By Reema Amin | March 18, 2013

Citywide project asks residents for ideas on how to improve individual neighborhoods.

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Ald. Deborah Graham and Congressman Danny Davis debate for 29th Ward committeeman position

By AustinTalks | February 24, 2012

The two candidates discussed their views about the position’s responsibility and addressed callers concerns about creating jobs on the West Side.

Community

Ald. Deborah Graham visits Catalyst Circle Rock Charter School

By AustinTalks | January 27, 2012

She spent the morning interacting with parents, students, teachers and administrators as part of Take Your Alderman to School Week.

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Community leaders march against domestic violence

By Ellyn Fortino | October 25, 2011

This is the second year Ald. Deborah Graham organized the event.

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New proposal calls for watchmen at vacant buildings near schools

By Ellyn Fortino | October 3, 2011

Owners would be responsible to make sure children are safe from illegal activity inside or near the properties

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Loretto Hospital’s TIF project has yielded no jobs

By Ellyn Fortino | August 15, 2011

Ten positions were to be created by an emergency room renovation and expansion.

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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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