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Local health clinic offers free course on birth options and pregnancy

By AustinTalks | November 15, 2016

The Nov. 18th event will be held at PCC’s birth center in Berwyn. PCC also operates the Austin Family Health Center at 5425 W. Lake St.

Community

West Side birth center delivers 100th baby

By AustinTalks | June 24, 2016

Three of the babies were delivered by Austin mothers at the Birth Center at PCC. A special women’s night out event will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 24th at the Berwyn facility.

Opinion

The generation of Brenda’s babies

By John W. Fountain III | November 4, 2011

Columnist John Fountain writes about teenage pregnancy, personal accountability and the need for better parenting.

News

Information shared at sex education workshop

By V.O.I.S.E. Academy | June 13, 2011

The sessions covered how much it costs to care for a baby and the dangers of getting a sexually transmitted disease.

Opinion

Teenage pregnancy and single motherhood: Now what?

By Rasheena Fountain | June 10, 2011

A former Austin resident made it through her teen years without having a baby but not grapples with the challenges of being mom and dad.

classes

Students think some courses should be offered each year

By V.O.I.S.E. Academy | April 11, 2011

Journalist Brittany Douglas learns what her classmates want offered at V.O.I.S.E. Academy.

News

Teen moms will have another place to go

By Ann McArthur | December 22, 2010

A New Moms Inc. facility is set to open in the spring at 5327 W. Chicago Ave. State officials have applied for federal money to provide comprehensive sex education.

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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