Citizen Action Weekend
Citizen Action Weekend 2025, January 10th

Citizen Action Weekend 2025, January 10th

Join/Donate Citizen Action of Wisconsin Today!

We face a triple threat! Authoritarianism threatens democracy. The climate crisis threatens to displace millions from their homes. And there is a decline of civil society resulting from disconnection and despair.

Fight back! Build connection and community.

Join Citizen Action and help organize the future we all need.

Attend Fundamentals of Organizing Training

Wednesday, January 25th, 5pm – 8pm CST
Wednesday, February 5th, 5pm – 8pm CST

Join us and our national network, People’s Action, in a two day training on community organizing to build power. There will be four trainings led by organizers from across the nation. This is an opportunity to learn more about base building and what type of power we need to build. Please join our network of 30 states focused on governing where we live.

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Citizen Action Driftless Organizing Co-Op Update

Driftless Co-op Members Attend 2025 WI Assembly Swearing-In Ceremony

On January 6th, Driftless Co-op members Leanne Stokes, Suzanne Morgan, and Co-Op Organizer Kristie Tweed had the exciting opportunity to attend the 2025 Wisconsin Assembly swearing-in ceremony in Madison. The event marked the start of a new legislative session, and with fair maps and a shifting political landscape, we are optimistic that meaningful  progress can be made this cycle. We are gearing up to organize around important issues, including the state budget, healthcare, public education, and climate equity. Together, we can make a meaningful impact for communities across Wisconsin. Be watching for more information on how you can join us in our critical work in 2025.

Happy New Year! To get involved contact, Kristie Tweed, Driftless Co-Op Organizer, 608-317-1331 or [email protected]

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Citizen Action in the News

Robert Kraig was on the Earl Ingram Show for the full hour to look beyond the reality TV style destactions, such as the threat to invade Greenland, and focus on the implications of the real Trump agenda, such as closing the Dept of Education to fund massive tax cuts for billionaires.

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Listen to “America’s fire” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast

We open reflecting on the horrific climate generated fires burning in Los Angeles as we record the show. The scale of the fires is unprecedented, yet they are already being politicized by Donald Trump as families are being evacuated, a likely preview of future presidential efforts to divide us when we need unity to make it through such horror and pain.

In Wisconsin, we can see how the AI revolution is threatening the climate. Microsoft Data Center will be Wisconsin’s largest energy user, consuming more energy than all the houses and apartments in Milwaukee combined. Can we do this, and a second data center in Port Washington, and meet the climate emergency?

We review the latest massive health system merger in Wisconsin that will surely continue to drive up healthcare costs.

The state budget battle has begun. This week Speaker Vos took a shot at reasserting total control of the Legislature and the budget process, as he has for the last three state budgets. Vos threatened to do nothing to increase public school funding if he didn’t first get massive tax cuts for the wealthy and large corporations. Will the Governor or other state legislators stand up to Vos’ threats?

We preview the 2025 Spring election as nomination papers are submitted and a new Voter ID constitutional amendment passes the Senate and heads to the Assembly for certain placement on the the April 2025 ballot

We close by highlighting the great work of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB), which finalized a new rule so Medical debt will no longer appear on credit reports for all Americans. The effort was part of a broader final push on anti-trust by the Biden Administration.

Listen to the show.

Learn more about the state legislature’s power to put the guardrails back in place to lower healthcare costs for consumers and stabilize our healthcare system.

Read Citizen Action’s letter to Governor Tony Evers on the state budget.

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