View this email in your browser The 31st Ward Independent Political Organization's (IPO) is an independent organization dedicated to improving the lives of residents of Chicago's 31st Ward. The ward includes the residents of Logan Square, Avondale, Hermosa, Belmont-Cragin, and Portage Park. Join us for the 31st Ward Townhall!

Join the 31st Ward IPO for its FIRST townhall. In this meeting, the organization will do community envisioning and will start to form the key issues constituents in the Ward want to see the IPO focus on. State Representative Will Guzzardi will be present to help guide facilitation and take questions.

When Saturday, May 19th

12:00-2:00PM Where Portage-Cragin Library

5108 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60641 Add event to calendar Join our Facebook Page!



Join our Facebook page and Twitter to stay up to date with our latest announcements and events. Social Mixer and Canvassing Recap Our social mixer last month went well! We discussed what precincts our candidates succeed in, why they underperformed in other regions, and what we need to do to continue to build people power in the ward.



Also, throughout April and May we have been canvassing the ward, asking people about their chief issues and how we can build people power to make our collective hopes and dreams become reality. Will Guzzardi House Party The 31st Ward IPO held a house party for State Representative Will Guzzardi last Saturday. Will's District is the primary House assembly district for the 31st Ward. The congress person is in the process of creating a Progressive Caucus in Springfield Members of the 31st Ward IPO explained some of the key issues we want to see changed including a $15 minimum wage, elimination of subminimum wage for tipped employees, universal free healthcare/college, more regulation over generic pharmaceuticals, and checking the hegemonic power of the Democratic Machine.