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West Side candidates for City Council, new police districts start filing petitions

By Michelle Meyer | November 23, 2022

Candidates wanting to represent residents of the 29th and 37th wards in the Chicago City Council began filing their petitions Monday, and so did residents seeking a seat on the new Police District Council. Candidates have until Nov. 28 to file petitions with the Chicago Board of Elections.

Community

West Siders invited to job fair this week

By AustinTalks | December 4, 2016

37th Ward Ald. Emma Mitts and the Chicago Department of Aviation are holding the event Dec. 8th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at LaFollette Park. Bring your resume.

Community

Prayer breakfast and leaders meeting this weekend in the 37th Ward

By AustinTalks | July 8, 2016

Pastors, ministers, clergy and others are invited to the July 9th event organized by Ald. Emma Mitts.

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West Side group says new tax needed to help stop the violence

By T.J. Kremer III | November 30, 2015

The Greater Austin Independent Political Organization will holds it next meeting Dec. 12.

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West Side leaders call for calm with release of police shooting video

By Terry Dean | November 24, 2015

Elected officials, clergy urge residents to peacefully protest and avoid violence after they see the footage of Laquan McDonald’s death.

Community

State of the 37th Ward meeting set

By AustinTalks | October 21, 2015

It will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 22 at 4926 W. Chicago Ave.

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West Side aldermen join call to oust police chief

By AustinTalks | October 7, 2015

The Chicago City Council’s Black Caucus wants Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fire Superintendent Garry McCarthy.

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West Side aldermen start to weigh in on mayor’s 2016 budget

By AustinTalks | September 25, 2015

The Chicago City Council will hold hearings next month before voting on the spending plan.

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Mitts holds first listening tour meeting

By Reema Amin | June 9, 2015

The 37th Ward alderman will hold two more gatherings June 11 and 18 to discuss issues important to residents.

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Fifteen-year incumbent reelected in historic runoff

By Reema Amin | April 8, 2015

Ald. Emma Mitts defeated challenger Tara Stamps in a closely watched race.

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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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