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Summer meals available for CPS students starting this week

By AustinTalks | June 21, 2023

Free meals are available starting this week and running through early August at hundreds of locations across Chicago, including more than a dozen in Austin.

Community

Time running out for young people to apply for summer jobs with the city

By AustinTalks | May 25, 2023

Chicagoans ages 14 to 24 can apply for city jobs through One Summer Chicago.

BUILD Chicago

Youth showcase Wednesday in Austin

By AustinTalks | August 9, 2022

BUILD Chicago will be celebrating youth at an end-of-summer showcase Aug. 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Michele Clark High School, 5101 W. Harrison St.

15th district

100 Blocks/100 Churches, other peace-building community initiatives taking place this summer in Austin

By Francia Garcia Hernandez | June 12, 2022

The 15th Police District and faith leaders will host several community events throughout the summer in an effort to reduce violence.

News

After-school program accepting applications

By AustinTalks | May 31, 2022

Thousands of spots are available this summer through After School Matters. The programs begin July 5 and will be held across the city.

Chicago

Teens, young adults can apply now for summer jobs

By AustinTalks | May 13, 2022

Applications are being accepted for One Summer Chicago. The deadline for Chicagoans ages 16 to 24 to apply for one of the thousands of opening is June 10.

15th district

Many summer activities available for Austin youth

By Francia Garcia Hernandez | May 5, 2022

The 15th Police District and its community partners will be offering a number of programs to young people, including a camping trip over Memorial Day weekend.

News

Young West Siders explore summer job opportunities

By Francia Garcia Hernandez | April 28, 2022

Young people ages 14 to 24 learned how to apply for work through the One Summer Chicago program at a job fair held last week at La Follette Park.

BUILD Chicago

Westside group hosts summer camp, offers kids safe space

By Zach Cunning | August 13, 2020

BUILD Chicago has bee n hosting a summer camp in Austin, providing 60 young people with a much needed outlet this summer. Their activities have included peace circles, basketball, volleyball and a small farm with some very friendly chickens.

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After School Matters accepting applications for summer programs

By AustinTalks | June 17, 2020

Students can apply for more than 400 programs in the arts, communication, leadership, sports and STEM that begin the week of July 6. Teens will earn a stipend between $336 and $850 depending on the length and level of expertise required for the program.

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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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