Community
Free community meal Saturday
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Join members of Friendship Baptist Church, 5200 W. Jackson Blvd., on March 10 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Community
29th Ward meeting Wednesday in Austin
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Ald. Chris Taliaferro will host the Feb. 7th meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson Blvd. Victoria Vann of the Illinois Housing Development Authority will be a guest at the monthly get together.
Ald. Chris Taliaferro
29th Ward residents choose community projects to be funded in 2018
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About 390 residents cast votes last month to decide how to spend Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s $1 million menu money. Sixty-five percent will go to street and alley resurfacing, while $312,500 will be spent on four community projects.
News
Stronger relationship in 2018 priority for Austin ministers, residents and police
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Churches, community groups and law enforcement need to focus on collaboration and increasing participation at various events, West Siders said at a meeting held last week at the 15th District Police station.
legal help
Free community law clinic this week
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Call now to make an appointment to meet with an attorney from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Legal Prep Charter Academy, 4319 W. Washington Blvd.
budget
29th Ward residents, cast your votes now for 2018 community projects
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Voting runs through Nov. 20th on five neighborhood projects on the list to be funded out of Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s $1.3 million “menu money” budget. This is the second year those living in the ward have been able to take part in “participatory budgeting.”
Community
Free community event at Austin Town Hall
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Monterrey Security – in partnership with BUILD Chicago and The Resurrection Project – invite West Side residents to participate in a live art contest, enjoy music and food, and take part in other activities the evening of Nov. 15.
Chicago Police Board
West Siders push for reform at police board meeting
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A day before the third anniversary of teenager Laquan McDonald being shot to death by a Chicago cop, members of the Central Austin Neighborhood Association and activists from Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) demanded changes of the city’s top law-enforcement officials.
Community
Celebrate fall Saturday in Austin
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There will be goat milking, live blues music, free lemonade and fresh farm products on sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at GlennArt Pasture, one block east of the farm at 457 N. Waller. From 8 to 9 a.m watch goat milking — or try your hand at it yourself — at GlennArt Farm (behind the house at 5749 W. Midway Park).
criminal justice
Austin residents attend restorative justice forum, voice concerns over local resources
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The forum, held at BUILD’s headquarter last weekend, addressed the healing practices that require community involvement to accomplish repair and re-entry for ex-offenders.