Community
Mask giveaway in Austin on Thursday
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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.
Community
Learn how to determine if your name is in CPD’s gang database
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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.
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Mayoral candidate Lightfoot had West Side stage to herself
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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.
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Mayoral candidates talk West Side investment at NACCP forum
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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.
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Inspector general seeks transparency in Chicago Police Department’s gang database
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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.
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Community event to support black-owned business in Austin
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The Austin African American Business Networking Association will host the event at Surf’s Up restaurant, 5815 W. Madison St.
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37th Ward candidates square off at forum
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Hear what Tommy O. Abina, Maretta Brown-Miller, Shanika J. Finley and Ald. Emma Mitts had to say.