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Fathers Who Care, other community groups to host Christmas party

By AustinTalks | December 15, 2016

All are welcome, though space is limited, at the 1 p.m. Dec. 16th event at George Leland School, 512 S. Lavergne.

Community

Free Halloween celebration

By AustinTalks | October 28, 2016

State Rep. La Shawn Ford has organized the event, which will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31 at 4800 W. Chicago Ave. All are welcome.

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Catalyst Circle Rock celebrates nearly 200 men for Dad-take-your-child-to-school day

By Terry Dean | September 18, 2016

Last week’s event is one of several planned throughout the year to celebrate fathers and their presence in children’s lives.

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Westside Health Authority hosts community stage

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | July 31, 2013

The free event was an opportunity for residents to come together and enjoy a variety of performances.

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A spooky Halloween celebration in Austin

By Corina Ferrer-Marcano | October 31, 2012

The Oct. 25 event was held at the Austin Town Hall Park. More fun is yet to be had on the West Side. Read more to learn where you can celebrate Halloween tonight.

Community

Austin celebrates Ed Bailey-Leola Spann Community Garden

By Malcolm Crawford | September 11, 2012

The official dedication Sept. 8 brought a crowd including representatives from various sponsoring businesses and organizations, state Rep. Camille Lilly and Ald. Deborah Graham.

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Austin preschoolers read, play at Dr. Seuss Day

By Darryl Holliday | March 13, 2012

This is the third year Jumpstart, a program that pairs college students with three to six-year-olds, has hosted the event.

Community

Ruby Greer celebrates 105th birthday

By AustinTalks | March 3, 2012

Ald. Deborah Graham and our partners at the Austin Weekly News attended the celebration at Mayfield Healthcare and Rehabilitation Centre Feb. 27.

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Local youth direct a “community healing”

By Darryl Holliday | February 2, 2012

The Jan. 28 event included motivational speeches and performances to celebrate the student’s efforts to address issues young people face.

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Church awards thousands in college scholarships

By Mario Lekovic | June 8, 2011

Fifteen students are getting financial help from the Third Unitarian Church program, which started in the 1970s.

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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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