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Town hall set for Thursday night

By AustinTalks | April 19, 2017

State lawmakers La Shawn Ford, Camille Lilly and Don Harmon want to know what you think about access to health care and other issues facing the state.

Austin

State lawmakers invite you to town hall

By AustinTalks | April 7, 2017

Rep. Camille Lilly and Sen. Don Harmon, along with Westside Community Stakeholders and Fathers Who Care, will hold the event 6 to 8 p.m. April 10 at Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St.

Community

Congressman Danny Davis invites pubic to immigration town hall

By AustinTalks | February 21, 2017

The event will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at Xilin Art Academy, 2356 S. Wentworth Ave.

Community

Community leaders to meet to discuss pressing drug problem

By AustinTalks | October 25, 2016

The Heroin Task Force will hold a town hall meeting Oct. 26 at Loretto Hospital.

Community

Attend town hall on what to do with closed CPS buildings

By AustinTalks | September 1, 2016

29th Ward Ald. Chris Taliaferro is hosting the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at Austin Town Hall.

Chicago Police Department

Don’t miss town hall meeting with Chicago’s new police chief

By AustinTalks | April 29, 2016

Superintendent Eddie Johnson will attend the event at Hope Community Church, 5900 W. Iowa St., from 6 to 8 p.m. May 4th.

Chicago

Youth, leaders offer solutions to violence

By Ramona Meadors | February 22, 2016

About 50 students and community leaders from across Chicago gathered Saturday in Austin to discuss ways to make their neighborhoods safer.

Community

Budget town hall this week

By AustinTalks | September 13, 2015

State lawmakers Camille Lilly and Don Harmon will lead the discussion 5:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at Austin Town Hall.

News

Cook County commissioner unveils plan to end gun violence

By T.J. Kremer III | June 7, 2015

Residents shared their experiences at the event organized by Richard Boykin. Another meeting will take place June 13.

News

Plenty of debate, few solutions at town hall

By T.J. Kremer III | January 5, 2015

Community comes together to discuss plans to move forward in 2015

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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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