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Stop by Veteran’s Day pop-up

By AustinTalks | November 8, 2023

The community event, sponsored by BUILD Chicago, will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 9 at 1605 N. Troy St.

Community

West Side women to be honored Saturday

By AustinTalks | April 22, 2022

Thirty women will be honored April 23 at JLM Abundant Life Center, 2624 W. Jackson Blvd. Tickets are still available.

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Vets honored during West Side Juneteenth commemoration

By Kendall Polidori | June 21, 2019

Wednesday’s celebration was organized by the West Side Historical Preservation Society, Garfield Park Advisory Council and Greg Zanis of Crosses for Losses.

News

Austin group honors local officers and teachers as good neighbors

By Kendall Polidori | May 21, 2019

The Westside Health Authority’s Good Neighbor Campaign honored the work being done by first responders and teachers. In all, five teachers and two first responders were celebrated at the May 14th event.

Community

Local teacher, police on West Side to be honored

By AustinTalks | May 13, 2019

The Good Neighbor Campaign will be recognizing the Chicago Police Department’s first response team as well as an exemplary teacher at its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. May 14 at 5437 W. Division.

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Austin street could be named after Harriet Tubman

By Austin Weekly News | May 1, 2018

A resolution to rename parts of North Avenue after the former slave who became one of the most famous “conductors” on the Underground Railroad is pending in the Illinois House, according to our partners at the Austin Weekly News.

Community

Attend memorial service for crime victims

By AustinTalks | December 8, 2016

All are welcome at the event, which will be held at 5 p.m. Dec. 11 at 647 N. Kedzie.

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Remember Nelson Mandela today

By AustinTalks | July 18, 2016

The third annual street dedication will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 18 at 4800 W. Chicago Ave.

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Local black leaders honored Sunday for their love, support of community

By Ramona Meadors | February 9, 2016

Sixteen were recognized by U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis and the Sankofa Safe Child Initiative in a festive event held at Christian Love Missionary Baptist Church.

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Longtime Austin resident honored with street sign

By Terry Dean | October 27, 2015

The corner of Congress Parkway and Leamington Avenue is now know as Lillian Drummond Parkway in honor of the 94-year-old social justice activist.

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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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