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Austin P.O.W.E.R. 5K brings community together for 11th year
Austin P.O.W.E.R. 5K brings community together for 11th year. The annual race continued its focus on health, unity and violence prevention
How one Austin native helps West Side youth find their voices
How one Austin native helps West Side youth find their voices.
For youth advocate, community starts at home
By the time Aisha Oliver’s train reached the West Side, she had already changed clothes. Every afternoon on her ride home from Trinity High School for Girls in River Forest,…
A chance to see Chicago’s West Side through its history
Emmy Award-winning historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas led about 50 people on a two-hour bus tour through Chicago’s West Side neighborhoods, highlighting its architecture, businesses and history while sharing stories and…
Lil Rel Howery’s comedy still carries the energy of Chicago’s West Side
From Crane High School to the national comedy stage, Howery reflects on the experiences that helped shape him
An Austin native building bridges between Chicago and The Bahamas
Michael Fountain carries his West Side upbringing with him as he represents the Caribbean country across the midwest
North Lawndale exhibit brings the experience of sickle cell disease to life
Through paintings, sound and light, North Lawndale artist Terreon Collins is turning his own experiences with sickle cell disease into an immersive art exhibition titled “Where the Blood Flows at…
After running every Chicago street, Joabe Barbosa extolls Austin
Joabe Barbosa has already run every street in Chicago. Now, he is exploring the city’s 77 community areas, highlighting the people, businesses and history that make each neighborhood unique.