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The Chicago Police Department’s 15th District is encouraging residents and businesses to turn on their porch lights from 7 to 10 p.m. through Memorial Day in support of “heathy awareness and social distancing.”
Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School has organized a classic vehicle parade that kicks off at 11 a.m. May 23. To promote life, uplift the human spirit, champion physical safety and support mental health, Saturday’s parade is the culminating event in the high school’s unity week.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Austin Coming Together invite all Austin residents to participate in a COVID-19 virtual town hall at 1 p.m. April 25. It will be streamed live through Facebook, or participants can call in.
Stop by the Westside Health Authority’s Good Neighbor Campaign meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. March 10 at 5437 W. Division. Forty Acres Fresh Market will be selling fresh produce; cash, credit card and SNAP will be accepted.
Photographer Sasha Phyars-Burgess recently discussed her work “UNTITLED,” a photographic exploration of race, class and space in Austin, at the Oak Park Public Library. The project was supported by a short-term summer fellowship from the Black Metropolis Research Consortium.
Don’t be guilty of excluding people from your churches, communities and organizations based on gender, class, cliques, partisan politics and personal agendas, writes Valerie F. Leonard. Engaging in such behavior stunts progress.
Fernando Jones will perform the show at 1 p.m. Feb. 8 in the community room of the 25th District Police Station at 5555 W. Grand Ave. Space is limited so organizers ask that you RSVP to the event.
Stop by Friendship Baptist Church, 5200 W. Jackson Blvd., from 1 to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 8. All are invited to the monthly community event.
The sixth annual event will feature a quilt show, craft fair, food, music, poetry readings and more. It will run from 2 to 8 p.m. at 6200 W. Bloomingdale Ave.
Chicago officials will hold the second of four city-wide meetings to promote the new Invest South/West program Jan. 18 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kehrein Center, 5608 W. Washington Blvd. The focus will be on the Austin, Humboldt Park and North Lawndale neighborhoods.