It's time to make our voices heard

Join our canvass or canvass neighbors on your own time. 

Residents of the 32nd ward want a greater say in how our tax dollars are spent.

Every year, $1.5 million in annual aldermanic menu funds are designated to improve the neighborhood infrastructure we use every day. Currently, Alderman Waguespack unilaterally decides how this money is allocated. This top-down process needs to change, especially since the Alderman's office hasn't held a traditional ward night for residents since 2013, leaving no formal channel for community input.

Participatory Budgeting would change that.

PB lets residents—who know our neighborhoods best—directly decide how part of this public money gets spent. We'd be joining the 14 other wards throughout Chicago who have been using this process for years. 

Some examples of what PB funds can be used for:

• Brighter street lights
• Traffic calming measures to protect pedestrians (looking at you Ashland/Elston/Armitage)
• Park equipment
• School ground improvements
• Alley repavements
• ...and More!

We're collecting signatures to put an advisory referendum on the March 2026 ballot demanding PB in the 32nd Ward. Here's the ballot language:

Should the Alderperson institute an annual participatory budgeting process where residents of the 32nd Ward who are over the age of 14 can vote on how to spend $1 million on capital improvement infrastructure projects?  □ Yes □ No

Volunteer to canvass and help us gather the thousands of signatures we need by December 15.

Can't make it this week? No worries! We are canvassing every Sunday! Here's the schedule: