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Thursday is deadline to donate toys, clothing

By AustinTalks | December 14, 2022

Donations will be accepted until Dec. 16th at Fathers Who Care, 4540 W. Washington Blvd. The office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Community

Thanksgiving food drive Wednesday in Austin

By AustinTalks | November 16, 2021

Families in need may pick up food at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at Michele Clark High School, 5101 W. Harrison St. The food drive is sponsored by Fathers Who Care, Michele Clark High School and Austin Parent University.

Austin

State lawmakers invite you to town hall

By AustinTalks | April 7, 2017

Rep. Camille Lilly and Sen. Don Harmon, along with Westside Community Stakeholders and Fathers Who Care, will hold the event 6 to 8 p.m. April 10 at Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St.

access

Community resource open house this week

By AustinTalks | January 22, 2017

The free event, organized by ACCESS and Fathers Who Care, will be 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 25.

Police-community relations

Residents, police discuss bridging divide between law enforcement, community

By Terry Dean | January 12, 2017

The meeting this week, hosted by Fathers Who Care, aimed to get everyone talking about how to improve the West Side.

celebrate

Fathers Who Care, other community groups to host Christmas party

By AustinTalks | December 15, 2016

All are welcome, though space is limited, at the 1 p.m. Dec. 16th event at George Leland School, 512 S. Lavergne.

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Anti-violence theater productions coming to West Side this spring

By Terry Dean | December 13, 2016

Sisters Larryann and Pearlie Aaron plan to put on the productions from March to August 2017.

News

May Community Academy after-school and community programs too valuable to lose, advocates for keeping school open say

By Ellyn Fortino | February 28, 2013

The YMCA and other service providers offer after-school, summer and weekend programs for students, parents and community members at May.

News

Local youth direct a “community healing”

By Darryl Holliday | February 2, 2012

The Jan. 28 event included motivational speeches and performances to celebrate the student’s efforts to address issues young people face.

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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