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West Siders march against domestic violence

By Angelica Jimenez | October 7, 2011

Dozens of people participated in a rally Thursday that was organized to bring attention to the issue.

Community

Free event offers tips for teaching young children

By Susan Banks | August 7, 2011

MindBloom Preschool of Chicago has organized Wednesday night’s session, which will be held Downtown at The John Marshall Law School.

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Young moms find new life in Austin

By Jennifer T. Lacey | April 27, 2011

Local officials and West Side residents celebrate a facility for teen mothers and their children.

Community

March against violence planned for next week

By AustinTalks | April 7, 2011

Join Healing Temple Head Start and others who want to show young people the community cares about them at the April 14th event.

Community

Good health and fitness at every age

By Cody McSellers-McCray | January 5, 2011

Cody McSellers-McCray of the Westside Health Authority offers tips and well wishes for a healthy 2011.

Community

Holiday festival fills town hall

By Brian Stephens | December 31, 2010

A few hundred people attended the sixth annual event earlier this month.

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Austin native inspires dozens with her life journey

By Ann McArthur | December 27, 2010

Alice Gaskin shared her story of hard work and determination at a dinner earlier this month for participants in the Chosen Women for Destiny program, sponsored by Sistas of the Hood and Sankofa Community Outreach and Restoration.

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Summer food program available to Austin children

By Maya Ferdynus | July 26, 2010

Kids in need of breakfast and/or lunch can get a free meal through Sept. 3.

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City collects more than 4,000 weapons

By Deborah Kadin | May 10, 2010

Austin was one of 22 sites where citizens turned in guns over the weekend. Weapons can still be dropped off at the District 15 station.

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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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