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Austin Weekly News, a 24-year-old newspaper covering Chicago's Austin community, the city's largest populated area; published by Growing Community Media
Chicago, Ill. (Not Texas)
Joined May 2009
Community members gathered at the Austin Town Hall Cultural Center for Cultural Conversations: Native American Heritage Month https://t.co/3DE1zXJzML
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Community members gathered at the Austin Town Hall Cultural Center for Cultural Conversations: Native American Heritage Month, featuring a staged reading of “Bingo Hall” and a discussion on identity,...
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Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch will face an Oak Park resident for the 7th Democratic State Central Committeeman seat next March https://t.co/eHyf0Se4jM
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Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch will face an Oak Park resident Tim Thomas for the 7th Democratic State Central Committeeman seat next March.
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Hazel Johnson ordinance, backed by Mayor Johnson, stuck in zoning committee https://t.co/Wi3B70HNqt
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Hazel Johnson ordinance, backed by Mayor Johnson, stuck in zoning committee
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The payment, non-payment, partial payment of SNAP benefits has been a legal and political rollercoaster during the shutdown of the federal government. The impact though has been immediate on the West Side https://t.co/vMRqZFfyOB
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Danny Davis spoke last week to Austin Weekly News saying that any one-time or partial payouts of benefits while welcome does not solve the dilemma.
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Free books for kids and adults abound at Open Books North Lawndale https://t.co/NIA1alGmUx
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Open Books transforms North Lawndale through literacy and community. Free books for kids and adults
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Quinten Love will pass out free meals every Tuesday to help address the need for food assistance after the Trump administration cut off SNAP funding
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The Chicago Youth Advancement Initiative has expanded at the Sidney Epstein Center in North Lawndale and Chicago Public Schools https://t.co/NpH6yETHg9
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The Chicago Youth Advancement Initiative has expanded at the Sidney Epstein Center in North Lawndale and Chicago Public Schools
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Vogue for Good honors ballroom culture and community resilience https://t.co/QuoPxDiWsB
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TaskForce celebrates 35 years of empowering LGBTQ+ youth. Vogue for Good honors ballroom culture and community resilience
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Emotional Harmon says he is ‘frightened’ by immigration actions https://t.co/vuYK932qyb
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Harmon stood before his colleagues as they prepared to vote in committee to send a bill he had sponsored to the senate floor for a full vote.
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County court diverts some from criminal court to a healing system https://t.co/MUVfu8jGfl
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Inside the circle where justice is restored. County court diverts some from criminal court to a healing system
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Rep. Danny Davis’s chief of staff focuses on barriers for Black women in the justice system https://t.co/Tk7raiXccY
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Romero strives to reshape policy and education around incarceration and recovery. Focusing on barriers for Black women in the justice system
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Led by local leaders and artist Dwight White II, the mural reflects residents’ voices gathered through listening sessions and peace circles https://t.co/ge9p7mruXU
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Antidote Inc. and Taproots Inc. brought the community together to create a mural at A.C.T. Yoga, turning a wall into a canvas for healing
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First elected to Congress in 1996, Davis has spent 46 years in elected offices https://t.co/CFnmrZWCe6
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Davis represents Illinois’ 7th Congressional District that includes parts of Cook County, announced his retirement from public office.
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Austin Community Food Co-op is developing the West Side’s first community-owned grocery store https://t.co/MbN37eapdB
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Austin Community Food Co-op is developing the West Side’s first community-owned grocery store.
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Cecily Langford guides youth in exploring community and social issues https://t.co/OvYXMohynS
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The One Lawndale Arts and Activism Incubator (OLAAI) empowers Black and Brown youth in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood
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Margaret and William Mojica are infusing Chicago’s West Side with vision and creativity through their company https://t.co/r6XYYcxU7j
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Margaret and William Mojica are infusing Chicago’s West Side with vision and creativity through their company, Kingdom Business Builders
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The opening of a new chapel space on the fourth floor of St. Catherine -St. Lucy School at 27 Washington Blvd. is bridging the gap between then and now and helping continue the church’s mission of formation of spiritual hearts https://t.co/Q9jpsApCWG
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A new chapel space on the fourth floor of St. Catherine -St. Lucy School is helping continue the church’s mission of formation of spiritual hearts.
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For over a decade, Ravinia has taught orchestra to students at Catalyst Circle Rock, and now GR Clark Elementary, Frazier and Gregory Elementary https://t.co/CMhbQqb6JJ
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For over a decade, Ravinia has taught orchestra to students at Catalyst Circle Rock, and now GR Clark Elementary, Frazier and Gregory Elementary
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The 27-year-old works at a youth-led immigration nonprofit and says ‘we need a new generation’ in office https://t.co/1dG4vO5OXy
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The 27-year-old works at a youth-led immigration nonprofit and says ‘we need a new generation’ in office for the 7th district
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