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Commissioner Richard Boykin

Community

West Side residents invited to breakfast to set priorities

By AustinTalks | January 26, 2018

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin will host the event from 9 to noon Jan. 27 at 5100 Harrison St. Breakfast will be served at 9 a.m., with the discussion starting at 10 a.m. Adam Alonzo, Iesha Hollins and Valerie Leonard will serve as moderators.

election

CTU organizer running for Cook County Board in 2018 primary

By Xueer Zhang | November 28, 2017

Austin resident Brandon Johnson filed his nomination petition Monday to run against first-term Cook County Commissioner Richard Bokyin for the 1st District seat. Boykin also filed his petition on the first day candidates for the March 20 primary were able to do so.

election

Congressman Davis endorses Kennedy for governor

By Alex Cornwell | November 21, 2017

Other West Side officials, including Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, are also backing Kennedy, who is seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination in the March 2018 primary.

Community

New Cook County soda tax to be discussed Wednesday in Austin

By AustinTalks | October 3, 2017

The Austin Chamber of Commerce and Westside Branch of the NAACP is holding the town hall discussion 6 p.m. Oct. 4 at the North Austin library branch, 5724 W. North Ave.

mental health

Twitter town hall focuses on mental illness, gun violence

By Abby Lee Hood | June 23, 2017

Commissioner Richard Boykin and Cook County Sheriff Dart organized the June 19th discussion.

Community

Town hall on preventing violence set for this week

By AustinTalks | June 4, 2017

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin is hosting the event 10 a.m. to noon June 10.

resource fair

What can government do for you?

By AustinTalks | May 16, 2017

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin invites residents, other stakeholders to a resource fair May 20 at Austin Town Hall.

Opinion

Elected official meets with Facebook to discuss ways to stop violence acts from being livestreamed

By Commissioner Richard Boykin | May 11, 2017

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin urges the social media giant to hire West Siders to monitor images and videos posted.

art contest

Deadline approaching for youth to enter essay, art contest

By AustinTalks | April 26, 2017

Prizes will be awarded to the winning 3rd through 12th grade participants. The deadline to enter is April 28th.

Crime

Violence at Central and Lake sparks community concern

By Terry Dean | April 23, 2017

The recent shooting that left one dead and five injured is just the latest in a string of crimes at the busy intersection in the heart of Austin.

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News

  • 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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