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Opinion

Protest march planned for Thursday in Austin

By AustinTalks | March 12, 2014

Parents and teachers will march from DePriest School to the now-closed Emmet Elementary to put the spotlight on standardized testing and the right for students to opt out.

Community

Austin school closed last year on endangered building list

By AustinTalks | March 6, 2014

Preservation Chicago included Francis Scott Key Elementary School, which now sits empty.

News

Task force for an elected school board sought

By Christa Smith | March 5, 2014

State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) wants a panel to evaluate whether the mayor should continue appointing the Chicago Board of Education.

Community

Candidates for local school council sought

By AustinTalks | February 21, 2014

Feb. 26 is the deadline to run for a two-year term. Parents, school teachers and other staff, and residents in the neighborhoods around each CPS school are eligible.

Community

West Side residents protest charter school expansion

By AustinTalks | January 21, 2014

They question why the Chicago Board of Education is expected this week to approve more charters after four Austin public schools recently closed.

Opinion

Teachers or tissues?

By Dwayne Truss | January 10, 2014

Advocates urge residents to attend a community meeting Monday night about more proposed charter schools for Austin.

News

Austin presence at charter schools conference

By Katie Kather | December 7, 2013

Students from Legal Prep Charter Academies performed, and state Rep. La Shawn Ford spoke on a panel of lawmakers.

Community

Residents urged to attend town hall meetings on education

By AustinTalks | November 12, 2013

School performance, funding issues and other topics will be discussed Nov. 18, 23 and 25 at a West Side church.

News

New charter school welcomes community

By Reema Amin | October 28, 2013

Horizon Science Academy Belmont opened this fall in Austin, and student ambassadors recently gave a tour to local leaders, including Ald. Emma Mitts (37th).

News

Charter school proposed across from Prosser

By Katie Kather | October 19, 2013

Local School Council members and others question Ald. Emma Mitts’ support.

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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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