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Community

Youth can spend spring break gearing up for summer jobs

By AustinTalks | April 8, 2014

Participants who attend all three days of next week’s program will be able to apply for work.

Opinion

Local NAACP chapter pushes for criminal justice reforms

By AustinTalks | February 27, 2014

The local branch urges everyone to get involved in the fight for economic and social justice. These issues will be discussed at a conference in April and at local meetings the first Saturday of every month.

Community

New state law should make it easier for felons to get work

By AustinTalks | November 5, 2013

Some companies are now joining the state of Illinois in removing the box on employment applications that asks job seekers whether they have a criminal record.

Community

Program helps local residents seeking work

By AustinTalks | May 28, 2013

Bethel New Life is accepting participants in its Workforce Development Career Prep program.

Community

West Side job fair at Peace Corner Youth Center

By AustinTalks | February 26, 2013

Hiring managers will be on site Feb. 28 at the Peace Corner Youth Center, 5022 W. Madison St., from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Opinion

Poverty, violence contribute to Chicago’s education gap

By Jesse Sharkey | January 21, 2013

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey highlights nationwide programs that address poverty and violence while engaging students and parents.

News

Rep. Ford hosts town hall to address violence, unemployment

By Ashlee Rezin | September 3, 2012

The Aug. 28 meeting invited residents, community leaders and representatives from state agencies to discuss issues affecting those living in Austin and other African-American communities.

News

Spend spring break at the Austin YMCA for Youth Empowerment Week

By Ellyn Fortino | March 29, 2012

The S.W.A.G., or Stand up, Win and Achieve your Goals program will offer different workshops for teens and young adults that focus on career preparation, healthy living and violence prevention.

News

Emanuel’s economic development plan to create jobs, fix roads on West Side

By Ellyn Fortino | March 12, 2012

Investments in manufacturing and improvements in infrastructure are outlined in the 64-page report released last month.

Community

Urban weatherization initiative aims to provide job training, improve homes

By AustinTalks | March 9, 2012

The North Lawndale Employment Network is one of 10 organizations statewide to run training programs, and they’re looking for applicants.

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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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