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FREE Vol. 37 No. 23
June 7, 2023 ■ Also serving Garfield Park ■ austinweeklynews.com
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Credit union aims to create financial opportunity
Self-Help Federal Credit Union provides financial services at North Avenue branch By FRANCIA GARCIA HERNANDEZ Staff Reporter
On the left side of the building, a wall is covered with black-and-white photographs of labor and civil rights activists Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez and historic institutions like the Food Processors Credit Union and the Seaway National Bank of Chicago, among other notable figures. The words on the wall read “We lend. We build. We serve.” On the opposite side are the doors to a large-capacity meeting room that is available to nonprofit groups and other community members at no cost. This is Self-Help Federal Credit Union’s Oak Park branch at 6011 W. North Ave. At this location, which opened earlier this year, the branch is poised to serve individuals and families in surrounding Chicagoland communities like Austin, Galewood and Belmont Cragin. “We’re a full-service financial institution,” Roman See CREDIT UNION on page 8
IGOR STUDENKOV
Hermosa Neighborhood Association Executive Director Alma Kreuser told the 25th Police District council she was worried about sentencing laws making the community unsafe.
Residents question 25th Police District council on safety issues, powers First-ever meeting pushed back a day due to notice requirements
The last-minute change of meeting date and venue didn’t stop around 20 people from all over the 25th Police District from filling up Avondale’s Fenix Café, 2959 N. Pulaski Rd., for the first-ever 25th Police District Council meeting.
By IGOR STUDENKOV
See 25TH DISTRICT on page 4
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