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Rep. Ford holding town hall

By AustinTalks | March 25, 2023

An open meeting on mental health, drug reform and human rights will be held from 12 to 2 p.m. March 27 at University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Community comes together to destigmatize opioid epidemic

By Blair Paddock | October 9, 2018

Residents can help fight the epidemic by carrying naloxone, the opioid blocker that can stop an overdose. African Americans are dying at a higher rate than whites, experts said at the meeting, held late last month in Austin.

Community

Community leaders to meet to discuss pressing drug problem

By AustinTalks | October 25, 2016

The Heroin Task Force will hold a town hall meeting Oct. 26 at Loretto Hospital.

News

Heroin treatment advocates speak of personal connections to deadly drug

By Terry Dean | September 15, 2016

Several residents share the stories of friends and loved ones who’ve struggled with drug addiction.

News

Report: West Side “epicenter” of heroin crisis in Illinois

By Terry Dean | September 7, 2016

State Rep. La Shawn Ford and others are pushing for more funding for treatment rather than incarcerating addicts caught with low amounts of the drug.

News

Owners fight city’s plan to demolish South Austin buildings

By AustinTalks | September 25, 2012

Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell recently visited properties targeted for leveling because of gang and drug-related activity near eight row houses.

News

National Night Out at Levine Park

By Ellyn Fortino | August 15, 2012

The Aug. 7 event brought hundreds of West Siders out to discuss ways to prevent crime and drugs in the community with activities for all to enjoy.

News

West Siders march against violence and drugs

By Ashlee Rezin | August 8, 2012

The 24th annual event at the Healing Temple Church of God in Christ added an anti-violence message to its yearly “say no to drugs” parade.

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Drug hot spot shut down at Laramie and Adams avenues, but community presence still needed

By Ellyn Fortino | April 26, 2012

The 5200 block of West Adams Avenue will hold its first meeting Saturday, and more events and meetings will follow to address crime in the neighborhood.

News

Juvenile justice system is failing West Side kids, advocates say

By Sarah Ostman | June 28, 2011

There are alternatives to simply sending troubled teens to jail, says the Illinois Juvenile Justice Initiative.

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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