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Anti-violence event Saturday

By AustinTalks | April 23, 2015

Anyone who’s lost a loved one to violence on the streets of Chicago is invited to an event April 25th.

News

Murders down citywide in 2014, but not in Austin

By Cara Ball | January 15, 2015

Major issues need to be addressed before homicides and other crime will decline, say local residents and advocates.

News

Youth plea for end to violence

By T.J. Kremer III | December 8, 2014

Students at Austin’s Banner Academy held a press conference Friday to push for peace.

Community

Game pits West Siders against the Chicago Police Department

By AustinTalks | August 6, 2014

Thursday’s game features players from BUILD’s Donna Dudley Peace Project.

News

Rev. Ira Acree launches television show

By Jessica Wenck | July 14, 2014

All Hands on Deck airs Fridays from 5 to 5:30 p.m. on CAN-TV Channel 21.

News

Stand up for peace this month in Austin

By Keyanna Johnson | July 7, 2014

The 100 Blocks, 100 Churches campaign against violence continues on Wednesday nights through the end of July.

Opinion

The ongoing threat of violence

By Rasheena Fountain | July 2, 2014

Teens yearn for some freedom this summer, but their concerned parents keep them close.

News

West Side residents march to stop the violence

By Jessica Wenck | June 30, 2014

About 40 people participated in the walk down Madison Street.

Opinion

Shots fired

By Terry Redmond | May 30, 2014

There’s yet another shooting in Austin, and one resident says enough is enough.

News

Local church to host special dinner in May

By Katie Kather | April 22, 2014

St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy in Oak Park will put on the event as part of The Chicago Community Trust’s On The Table project.

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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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