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Mask giveaway in Austin on Thursday

By AustinTalks | April 30, 2020

The Chicago Westside Branch of the NAACP will be giving away masks and distributing information about completing the census fro 5 to 7 p.m. April 30 in the parking lot near 5820 W. Chicago Ave.

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Learn how to determine if your name is in CPD’s gang database

By AustinTalks | December 9, 2019

The free FOIA clinic and know your rights workshop, organized by the Chicago Westside NAACP branch, will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 12 at Sankofa Cultural Center, 5820 W. Chicago Ave. Dinner will be served.

election 2019

Mayoral candidate Lightfoot had West Side stage to herself

By Suzanne McBride | March 31, 2019

Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot answered questions about a number of issues before a crowd of a few hundred West Side residents on March 28. Her opponent, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, was a no show at the mayoral forum held less than a week before the April 2nd runoff.

mayoral race

Mayoral candidates talk West Side investment at NACCP forum

By AustinTalks | February 17, 2019

Eight of the 14 candidates running for mayor Feb. 26th participated in last week’s forum, which was organized by the Chicago Westside chapter of the NAACP.

gang database

Inspector general seeks transparency in Chicago Police Department’s gang database

By Ian Karbal | April 15, 2018

City official Joe Ferguson is collecting information from the public as he works on a report about the gang database. Some West Side residents shared their concerns at a meeting last week about how inclusion in the database – said to number more than 100,000 people – could be hurting innocent people as well as those who’ve turned their lives around.

News

Community event to support black-owned business in Austin

By Jessica Wenck | July 22, 2014

The Austin African American Business Networking Association will host the event at Surf’s Up restaurant, 5815 W. Madison St.

News

37th Ward candidates square off at forum

By Karl Klockars | February 18, 2011

Hear what Tommy O. Abina, Maretta Brown-Miller, Shanika J. Finley and Ald. Emma Mitts had to say.

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