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Lockwood Avenue residents unite to help youth

By Terry Dean | August 10, 2017

Residents in the 900 block came together – as have many other blocks across Austin this summer – to share food, fellowship and hope for the future.

mentoring

Austin mentoring group receives award for helping West Side youth get to and through college

By Xueer Zhang | June 30, 2017

College Mentoring Experience received the gold star award for its quality services and impact in the community from Mentor Illinois.

Community

3,000 people turn out for last week’s “Summer of Opportunity”

By AustinTalks | June 29, 2017

The June 23rd event at Columbus Park, organized by BUILD, celebrated the end of school and provided a practical way for young people to connect to positive activities and stay safe.

Community

Free meals for needy youth started this week

By AustinTalks | June 15, 2017

Light of Liberty Church, at 2 Washington Blvd. in Oak Park, will serve free lunch through Aug. 18, while New Life Ministries, 634 N. Austin Blvd., will provide both breakfast and lunch from July 10 through Aug. 18.

chess

Austin group uses chess to educate youth, reduce crime

By Xueer Zhang | June 7, 2017

Teens and older people, too, have been meeting every Saturday morning at the Northwest Austin Council to play the board game – and learn important life lessons.

art contest

Deadline approaching for youth to enter essay, art contest

By AustinTalks | April 26, 2017

Prizes will be awarded to the winning 3rd through 12th grade participants. The deadline to enter is April 28th.

Austin Town Hall

County officials pledge $4 million to Austin, South Side for job training for youth

By Terry Dean | April 16, 2017

South Shore, Back of the Yards also will receive money as government officials look to address unemployment, violence in Chicago.

News

Roses 4 Austin youth mentoring program blooming at St. Catherine-St. Lucy

By Terry Dean | April 6, 2017

High school senior Sydney Jackson started the volunteer group to connect Oak Parkers with the Austin community.

jobs

Solutions to ending violence debated, discussed

By Abby Lee Hood | March 26, 2017

Panelists at DuSable Museum included Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin and Amara Enyia, head of the Austin Chamber of Commerce.

Community

Passions rise as local leaders tackle issues facing black men

By Terry Dean | February 28, 2017

Solutions to unemployment, gun violence, poverty spark intense debate at town hall convened by Congressman Danny Davis.

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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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