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Hear from some of Austin’s ‘everyday activists’

By AustinTalks | March 10, 2022

A panel and reception will be held Sunday starting at 2 p.m. at the Austin library branch, 5615 W. Race Ave.

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Panel, reception on ‘Everyday activists’ exhibit postponed

By AustinTalks | January 4, 2022

The reception and panel discussion was to be held at the Austin library branch but had to be postponed because the library is closed due to the number of staff who’ve tested positive for COVID. The exhibit, which opened in December at the library, highlights the work of 19 Austin and Oak Park residents.

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Watch a new film about Austin

By AustinTalks | August 17, 2021

A short documentary about Austin will be released Aug. 18 on Facebook. The “year in review” film documents the work more than 40 West Side leaders and dozens of partner groups have done on Austin’s quality-of-life plan throughout the pandemic.

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New podcast seeks to spotlight Austin’s many positives

By Zach Cunning | May 11, 2021

The new youth-led podcast aims to tell a more accurate narrative about Austin the bigger media outlets miss. West Side residents Tobias Bell, Tamia Crawford and Ziolet Nellum want to help Austin residents share their stories. Listen to “Austin Has the Mic” on Spotify.

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Photographer shares her portrayal of Austin

By Suzanne McBride | March 8, 2020

Photographer Sasha Phyars-Burgess recently discussed her work “UNTITLED,” a photographic exploration of race, class and space in Austin, at the Oak Park Public Library. The project was supported by a short-term summer fellowship from the Black Metropolis Research Consortium.

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New series explores the effects of gun violence on the South, West sides

By Mateusz Janik | November 12, 2019

One of the experts featured in “FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence” is Jermaine Harris, a community policing sergeant in the Chicago Department’s 15th District, who talks about using social justice as a means of supporting the Austin community. The series launches Nov. 12 on WTTW.

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Non-profit takes photos of West Side residents to show different side of Austin

By Mateusz Janik | September 29, 2019

The Project Stamp photo project, organized by the local non-profit Alt Space Chicago, documents everyday residents in their community. With help from Austin Coming Together, the group will soon be displaying the images throughout Austin.

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Austin residents invited to take part in quality-of-life plan

By AustinTalks | April 24, 2018

Over the next several days, Austin Coming Together and LISC Chicago will be holding the last set of community meetings in a year-long process to develop the improvement plan.

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