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Students can apply for after-school program

By AustinTalks | January 11, 2019

After School Matters is accepting applications for its spring 2019 programs, which begin the week of Feb. 12.

Community

After School Matters applications being accepted for summer

By AustinTalks | May 4, 2017

There are 12,000 slots available for Chicago teens to work an apprenticeship or internship through the program started by Maggie Daley.

youth boxing

Family-owned West Side business launching youth boxing program

By Terry Dean | July 27, 2016

The Ahmeds hope to be have an Austin location, next to their liquor store in the 5900 block of West Division, up and running by November.

Community

Apply now for After School Matters summer programs

By AustinTalks | May 19, 2015

There are 9,000 paid opportunities for students 14 and older enrolled in school.

Community

CPS students can sign up for after-school activities

By AustinTalks | September 3, 2014

Some participants in After School Matters will earn a stipend for the fall program, which starts Sept. 29.

News

Youth showcase their talent and vision for Austin

By Keyanna Johnson | July 28, 2014

7th and 8th graders from Ella Flagg Young and Duke Ellington Elementary schools who participated in the 21st Century’s Beyond the Bell summer program performed Friday.

Community

Free summer activities starting for youth

By AustinTalks | June 18, 2014

The Chicago Public Schools’ Safe Haven and LunchStop programs run through early August.

Community

Teens can apply now for summer program

By AustinTalks | May 27, 2014

After School Matters is accepting applications for paid apprenticeships and internships that start the week of June 23.

Community

West Side patients learn about healthy living

By Jinnie Hoggarth | May 1, 2014

Participants get help with managing their diabetes in group sessions at the PCC Austin Family Health Center.

Community

Applications being accepted for After School Matters

By AustinTalks | December 3, 2013

Hundreds of programs citywide – including several in Austin – begin Jan. 27, so teens should apply now.

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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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