Robert Woods was a Curie High School Honor student and football player. He was a victim of gun violence in 2002 when he was gunned down in our neighborhood at the corner of Mason and Fulton. His life and promise is honored every year by his mother JoEthel Brown who with the help of community…
More Scenes of Residents, Duke University Alumni and other volunteers at Corner Planting Event
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Here are more pictures from our May 21st Corner Planting Event thanks to Third Church and CANA Member Allen Matthews! Neighbors, residents and Duke University Alumni Engage volunteers work to improve our community.
CANA May 17th Meeting attended by ACLU
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Our May monthly meeting was well attended and tackled diverse issues like our upcoming neighborhood beautification projects and strategy to improve police response times in minority communities. We invited the Chicago Office of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to educate our members and speak to residents about strategies to get the city to comply…
CANA Collaborates on Corners!
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The May 21st Planting of Intersection Corners was a wonderful success! We had volunteers from the community, the city and as far away as Durham NC! We had volunteers from almost every block from Madison to Corcoran and from Austin to Menard streets. Thanks so much to so many people. A special thanks to all the…
Preparation underway for May 21st Corner Planting Initiative
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CANA volunteers have been out almost daily since May 14 to prepare the ground for our May 21st Corner planting. The community has benefitted from the the efforts of six men so far performing the heavy lifting of tilling the ground. We discovered the ground was very hard and required manual digging before we could…
Day of Service for Christ the King High School and CANA
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Austin’s Jesuit College Preparatory High School – Christ the King, joined CANA on May 7 for a second neighborhood cleanup this year! This event was unique in that it was comprised of students, teachers and parents. This dynamic group was wonderful to work with. The energy, service learning and relationship building should be a model for other…
Scenes from our Spring Cleanup
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CANA conducted a street by street cleanup throughout our 16 blocks. We were joined by neighbors and students from Christ the King High School here in Austin. Many neighbors that were not able to clean the entire neighborhood came out to take care of their blocks.
CANA Monthly Meeting Tuesday March 15th
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Please join C.A.N.A. on Tuesday, March 15th 2011 from 6:30pm-8pm 301 North Mayfield Avenue Chicago, IL 60644 The Central Austin Neighborhood Association (C.A.N.A.) seeks to bring together members of our community to be advocates for improvement. Our members pool their time, expertise, and resources to accomplish our goals and get…
CANA on WVON’s African Diaspora radio program this past Sunday
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CANA’s president appeared Sunday February 27th on WVON’s”African Diaspora” radio program. She represented a community view on the role of police officers in predominately African American communities. The program explored the way officers interact with our community and especially our youth. There is tremendous room for improvement by all officers, and particularly from African American officers…
CANA Elevates Police Response Time Issue on Fox News
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Your neighbors have once again focused attention on a major issue for many Chicago neighborhoods. We appeared on Fox News again last night. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/investigative/chicago-911-diversion-program-311-police-calls-burglaries-fill-out-reports-online-20110228# The lack of police response to certain types of 911 calls in our neighborhood has contributed to a diminished quality of life in Chicago’s less affluent wards and districts. We are…
CANA’s Work mentioned on local NPR affiliate WBEZ91.5
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CANA’s work was mentioned in a news story on WBEZ, 91.5 last week. If you missed it, you can also hear or read the report at: http://www.wbez.org/story/24th-ward/crime-issue-boils-some-ward-races-simmers-others
BGA Citizen Watchdogs and CANA Sound Alarms Over 911 Response
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Hey Watchdogs! Check out the latest Watchdog Wall Post! http://watchdogwall.bettergov.org/ Ron and Serethea Reid came to the Citizen Watchdog Training Session in Austin. Now, they’re making news and making a difference as they fight for faster 911 response times in the Austin neighborhood. What have you been…
CANA’s work was featured on FOX evening news on Monday.
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Click on the link below to view. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/austin-neighborhood-police-response-times-911-chicago-cops-20110131 The filming took place at the January CANA meeting as well as at the January Police Board meeting. If you weren’t there you missed an opportunity to speak out to the entire city of Chicago about the issues we face in Austin. You never…
CANA Members and Family Attend the Better Government Association’s “Citizen Watchdog Training”
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On November 29, 2010 the venerable “Better Government Association (BGA)” conducted part one of the “Citizen Watchdog Training” course on Chicago’s West Side, the first time it has been offered in this part of the city. The training focuses on creating citizens who understand government and how to hold officials accountable. CANA was well represented with members…
Issues Raised at Nov 18th Police Board Meeting
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Ron Reid representing the Central Austin Neighborhood Association I spoke last month about the moral imperative to address the epidemic levels of “nuisance crimes” that have devastated the quality of life in the Austin Community. We have seen some improvement in reducing levels of loitering and public drinking on a few of our corners. We…
CANA Designs War Room, A Place to Coordinate Austin Revitalization Efforts
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The CANA Think Tank has begun to explore and plan for a “War Room” .. a place where all efforts can be coordinated and managed for the long term community revitalization efforts. This permanent place will house all the tools and project management for the many organizations and individuals who want to work toward serious…
Summary of Issues Raised at the Police Board and with District Management
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The Central Austin Neighborhood Association, CANA, represents 16 blocks in the 015ThDistrict. Our mission is to unite institutions and residents to build and protect an excellent place to live, work, play, raise children, run a business and worship. Our goal is to identify, strategize, and organize around significant community issues To improve the physical and…
CANA Cleans up the Neighborhood
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CANA Members begin Anti-Litter Campaign by picking up trash throughout the neighborhood! Twelve neighbors and members joined Facilitator Marvin Marshall picking up trash along Austin, Mason, Mayfield and Menard this past Saturday morning. Yes we can make a difference! Working to make our neighboorhood beautiful! The team relaxes after a full day at 3rd Unitarian Church and…
Neighborhood Trash Pickup Day – Sat Oct 16th 9:00 AM
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LET’S PICKUP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY PICKING UP THE TRASH COME LEND A HAND AS CANA EMBARKS ON A NEIGHGORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION CAMPAIGN. SATURDAY OCTOBER 16, 2010, BEGINNING AT 9:00AM THRU 1:00PM Meet at Corner of Madison and Austin REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS EVENT. ALL ARE WELCOME Any questions, contact Marvin Marshall…
CANA Neighbors and business owners attend Ahmad Jamal concert at Millennium Park
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Neighbors and CANA area business owners attend Ahmad Jamal concert at Millennium Park concert.
CANA Holds Successful 2nd Public Meeting
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We had another great turnout with several new attendees. This meeting focused on building out the committees and gaining committments from a number of neighbors to lead and work for improvements in our community.
Public Relations
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This committee will manage our image with the Austin community, the City of Chicago and the Country at large. If you are interested in working on this committee, please contact Diana Carpenter @ 708 524 0576
CANA Meeting Flyer
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Please review the flyer and comment or add input! CANA Meeting Flyer – PDF
The Future of Policing in our neighborhood
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Participate in a meeting and discussion of the systemic problems in adequate policing in the Austin community. Police response times and inability to stop drug dealing has grown to epidemic levels. We are looking for solutions … response time standards for the police, litigate failure to respond to calls in our neighborhood, bring back beat…
CANA Anti Litter Campaign
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We need your help in putting together and anti-litter campaign for our community and our schools. Please contact Ron Reid or Marvin Marshall for more information and to help!
