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No response from Ald. Mitts to debate request

By Reema Amin | January 16, 2015

The longtime alderman faces three challengers in the Feb. 24 city election.

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.

News

Rev. Ira Acree wants to be next NAACP president

By Reema Amin | September 23, 2013

The longtime pastor of Greater St. John Bible Church has started an online petition seeking support in his quest to replace Benjamin Jealous.

News

NAACP holds first primary election candidate forum

By Ellyn Fortino | February 15, 2012

The event gave residents the opportunity to learn more about those running for Cook County positions that will be on the March 20 ballot.

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Elected officials, activists working to revise state’s criminal record law

By Ellyn Fortino | January 31, 2012

They say amending the Illinois expungement and sealing law could give reformed offenders a fair chance at obtaining jobs and housing.

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Austin residents attend education conference

By Ashlee Rezin | November 17, 2011

The event, sponsored by the Better Government Association and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, featured several workshops for parents.

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Freedom Rider tells group history must not be forgotten

By Patrick Smith | September 14, 2011

Thomas Armstrong III shared his story as a civil rights worker at a West Side barber shop, part of a monthly Cafe’ Society-hosted discussion.

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Jabs, jeers take center stage at 28th Ward forum

By Sarah Ostman | February 11, 2011

The three candidates along with two others who’ve been knocked off the Feb. 22nd ballot answered questions Wednesday night.

News

29th Ward candidates weigh in during NAACP forum

By Deborah Kadin | February 10, 2011

Four of the eight people on this month’s ballot offered their views Tuesday night on a variety of issues.

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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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