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Collins refuses furlough days; county employees slated for lay offs

By AustinTalks | January 26, 2012

She was one of four Cook County Commissioners who didn’t take any or part of the unpaid days, a measure they agreed on when the 2011 budget was passed last February.

Community

West Siders honored at Martin Luther King Jr. Day Awards Breakfast

By AustinTalks | January 20, 2012

The Leaders Network of Chicago recognized individuals for service and commitment to their community.

News

Senior citizen honored by governor

By Victoria Salinas | December 28, 2011

Roberta Wilson was recognized for her volunteer work at Third Unitarian Church and elsewhere in Austin.

Community

Austin group receives city-wide honor

By Ron Reid | October 16, 2011

Keep Chicago Beautiful Inc. gave the award to the Central Austin Neighborhood Association.

Community

Tour Columbus Park and help clean it up

By AustinTalks | August 24, 2011

Stretch your mind and legs Aug. 27th with the Chicago Conservation Corp. Bike ride begins at 9 a.m.

News

Austin churches help Alabama tornado victims

By Vee L. Harrison | May 30, 2011

Religious leaders plan to conduct similar missions to other parts of the country.

Community

Exelon teams with Frederick Douglass students to work on community garden

By Exelon Corp. | April 14, 2011

Students and company employees spread mulch, planted shrubs and built park benches.

Community

Local federal employees volunteer at Austin school

By Chicago Federal Executive Board | March 31, 2011

Five volunteers are working with 10 students at DePriest School. The hope is to expand the program to other Chicago public schools.

Community

Little League baseball coming to Austin

By AustinTalks | February 17, 2011

To sign up to play or to volunteer, contact the Westside Health Authority or Austin Safety Net Works.

News

New community garden offers more than food

By Deborah Kadin | June 2, 2010

High school students working on Harambee Garden earn service hours and learn the value of helping others.

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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