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IVI-IPO CALLS FOR OPEN PROCESS
IN BOARD PRESIDENT NOMINATION

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"IVI-IPO thanks the sponsors of our
62nd Annual Independents' Day Dinner"

 

P A T R O N S

Hon. Antonia Berrios & Hon. Manny Flores
Hon. David Fagus, Hon. Joe Moore & Hon. David Orr

S U P P O R T E R S

Hon. James Houlihan
Hon. Larry Rogers, Jr.
SEIU Illinois Council
SEIU Local 880

F R I E N D S

Paul Bonilla
Hon. Dorothy Brown
Hon. Tom Dart
Robert W. Fioretti
Hon. Leslie Hairston
Hon. Mattie Hunter
David K. Igasaki
Marilyn Jones
Kitty Kurth & Kevin Lampe
Hon. Lisa Madigan
Hon. Tony Peraica
Hon. Toni Preckwinkle
Hon. Kwame Raoul
Debra Shore

 

IVI-IPO's 62nd Annual
Independents' Day Dinner

Saturday, June 3, 2006, 6:00pm
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
350 North Orleans

Illinois Decision 2006

Invited Speakers:

Governor Rod Blagojevich
Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka
State Senator James Meeks

Award Winners:

Leon Despres Award:
Congressman Lane Evans

Legal Eagle Award:
Freedom to Read Foundation

Barbara Merrill-Rudy Lozano Labor Award:
Jorge Ramirez, UFCW Local 1546

Harold Washington Award:
Rafael “El Pistolero” Pulido

Kit Pfau Voting Rights Award:
Equip for Equality

Saul Mendelson Social Justice Award:
Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights

 

 


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IVI-IPO thanks the sponsors of our Meet the Candidates Party

Gold Sponsors:

Frank B. Avila,
candidate for MWRD Commissioner 		  Dean Maragos,
candidate for MWRD Commissioner
     
Thomas Byrne,
candidate for Circuit Court Judge 		  Judge Martha Mills
candidate for Circuit Court Judge

 

 

 

Joy Cunningham,
candidate for Appellate Court Judge

 

Sharon Patterson,
candidate for Circuit Court Judge

 

 
Alexander Giannoulias,
candidate for State Treasurer 		  Mary Colleen Roberts,
candidate for Circuit Court Judge
     
Attorney General Lisa Madigan   John Stalmack,
candidate for Circuit Court Judge
     

Silver Sponsors:

Sylvester Baker
candidate for Cook County Sheriff 		  MWRD President Terrence O'Brien
     
Tom Dart
candidate for Cook County Sheriff 		  Dian M. Powell
candidate for 5th district County Board Commissioner

 

 

 

Congressman Danny K. Davis

 

Barbara Ann Riley
candidate for Appellate Court Judge

 

 
Johnny Hap
candidate for 5th district Congress 		  Roxanne Rochester
candidate for Circuit Court Judge
     
Cook County Assessor Jim Houlihan   Stephen Stern
candidate for Circuit Court Judge
     
Judge Kathleen Kennedy
candidate for Cook County Appellate Court 		  Cook County Board President John Stroger
     
John Laesch
candidate for 14th district Congress 		  Judge Pamela Hill Veal
candidate for Cook County Appellate Court
     
Siobhan Murphy
candidate for Circuit Court Judge 		  Chris Welch
candidate for 7th district State Representative

 

Meet The Candidates
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
6:00 - 8:00 PM
WVON Talk Show Host Cliff Kelley
to emcee Meet The Candidates Party


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Everything You Need to Know About
Campaigns... From A to Z
Workshop
January 7, 2006


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2005 Aldermanic Accolades

Thursday, November 10th at 5:30-7:30PM
at the Union Park Lounge, 228 S. Racine, Chicago, IL

Aldermanic Accolades

 

Call the IVI-IPO office at 312-939-5105 for more information.

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2005 Alderman Accolades

2005 Honorees

Rey Colon (35)   Ricardo Munoz (22)
Manuel Flores (1)   Toni Preckwinkle (4)
Leslie Hairston (5)   Eugene Shulter (47)
Madeline Haithcock (2)   Helen Shiller (46)
Freddrenna Lyle (6)   Ed Smith (28)
Joe Moore (49)   Ted Thomas (15)

 

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Congratulations to IVI-IPO's Annual Independents’ Day Dinner Award Winners

Legal Eagle Award
Dean Strang & T. Christopher Kelly

Leon Despres Award
Sen. Carol Ronen, Rep. Larry McKeon & former Rep. Susan Catania

Barbara Merrill-Rudy Lozano Labor Award:
Mary Crayton, AFL-CIO

Harold Washington Award
Bill McNary, Citizen Action

Kit Pfau Voting Rights Award
Midwest Democracy Center

Saul Mendelson Social Justice Award
Emma Lozano

Congratulations to IVI-IPO's Annual Independents’ Day Dinner Award Winners

Legal Eagle Award
Dean Strang & T. Christopher Kelly

Leon Despres Award
Sen. Carol Ronen, Rep. Larry McKeon & former Rep. Susan Catania

Barbara Merrill-Rudy Lozano Labor Award:
Mary Crayton, AFL-CIO

Harold Washington Award
Bill McNary, Citizen Action

Kit Pfau Voting Rights Award
Midwest Democracy Center

Saul Mendelson Social Justice Award
Emma Lozano

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