Citizen Action of Wisconsin 2020 Statewide Field Director

Job Description: Citizen Action of Wisconsin 2020 Statewide Field Director

Citizen Action of Wisconsin is seeking to hire a 2020 Statewide Field Director (SFD) beginning as soon as January 27th of 2020.This position is full-time salaried (40-50 hours per week on avg), and temporary. The position is guaranteed through May 15, 2020 with the possibility of extension through November 2020, pending funding.  The Statewide Field Director will report to the Organizing Director.  This position will include frequent in-state travel, and some overnight stays, thus applicants must have unlimited access to a reliable vehicle and be able to provide a valid driver’s license and proof of liability insurance upon hire.

Preference will be given to applicants who currently live in or near these areas, however applicants who are willing to temporarily relocate will also be considered:

  • La Crosse/ Coulee Region
  • Northcentral Wisconsin (Marathon, Portage, Lincoln, etc..)
  • Fox Cities
  • Eau Claire/Chippewa Valley Region
  • Southeastern Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha area)

Citizen Action of Wisconsin is an issue and electoral focused non-profit organization committed to achieving social, racial, gender, economic, and environmental justice. We are dedicated to achieving a Wisconsin and an America where every human being has an equal opportunity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. Citizen Action of Wisconsin brings together thousands of activists and allied groups across Wisconsin to deepen democratic participation and create an issue environment that advances a progressive public policy agenda. More information on current Citizen Action of Wisconsin programs can be found at citizenactionwi.org.

The Statewide Field Director (SFD) will hit the ground running in January to implement an issue and electoral deep canvass program in up to 5 regions across the state.  This deep canvass program will incorporate voter registration, issue identification, race class narrative messaging, and other cutting edge components into an electoral turnout program. The SFD will work with Citizen Action Management team to conduct recruitment, hiring, training, ongoing development, and management of a field team including regional Field Organizers and Canvassers.   Additionally, the SFD will work with regional Co-op Organizers and staff to implement a lead generating and follow-up program with contacts made in the field.

Citizen Action of Wisconsin is an equal opportunity employer, and individuals from communities of color, veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals from the LGBTQ3 community, formerly incarcerated individuals, and women are all strongly encouraged to apply.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Work with organizational management to implement, experiment with, track, evaluate, and tweak a deep canvass program that advances strategic goals to ensure successful completion.
  • Work with organizational management to recruit, hire, develop, and manage project field staff.
  • Work with regional Co-op Organizers and Program Staff to identify and develop activists and volunteers to participate in the deep canvass program and other Citizen Action specific activities.
  • Spend an average of 10 hours per week in the field with field staff/activists knocking doors.
  • Utilize Voter Activation Network (VAN) and EveryAction and other technological tools to track, implement, and generate project reports as well as embrace and effectively utilize new communications technology, working within Citizen Action’s cutting-edge social networking and web technology programs to augment on-the ground organizing activity.
  • Participate in weekly staff meetings and check-ins with supervisor to provide weekly reporting of organizing progress to goal.
  • Work with Citizen Action’s Management team to conduct weekly, monthly, interim, and post project reporting for internal use and for funders.
  • Conduct quality control and ensure data integrity of field data collected, and work with Project Data Manager to implement data maintenance between databases.
  • Work with organizational management to create and maintain office, team, and organizational culture that is equitable and inclusive for all people.
  • Embrace a culture of philanthropy where fundraising is seen as necessary and valued as a key tool of action and change dictated by the people most impacted by the lack of action and change, and not just those who already have power and money.  Provide input into grant applications, participate in funder meetings, and assist with small dollar fundraising efforts as needed and requested.

Required Qualifications:

  • Philosophical commitment to progressive values, gender and racial equity and inclusivity, social and economic justice, and health care freedom for everyone in America, and experience with or commitment to working in communities of color and/or other communities that are currently oppressed and underrepresented in our industry and our democracy.
  • 2 years collective experience in implementing field campaigns.
  • 1 year collective experience in managing field staff to success.
  • Strong accountable self care ethic that leads to personal time management and task prioritization, organization skills, and the ability to be effective in peak stress work times.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to produce effective external and inter-office communications, conduct social media outreach, and provide reporting on program.
  • Beginner to intermediate technology and tools skills or aptitude for learning tech and tools including e-mail, composing documents, working with data-bases, and digital networking (Familiarity with VAN, Google Suite, Microsoft Office, and managing Facebook pages and/or Twitter accounts)

Desired Qualifications:

  • Bilingual a plus
  • Ability or aptitude to learn how to understand complex public policy issues and translate them into compelling organizing issues that motivate people to act
  • Experience with productive and collaborative conflict resolution processes and the ability to resolve conflict while maintaining effective and productive working relationships as well as excellent listening, interpersonal, and problem solving skills.
  • Experience with short and  long term strategic issue, campaign, and/or organizational planning.
  • Some experience with small dollar fundraising

Salary and Benefits:  This is a full-time position which includes health care, dental, cell phone allowance, and other benefits.  Weekend and evening hours required. Base salary rate is $40,00.00 annually, and is negotiable upon offer of employment based on experience and qualifications.

 

To apply:  Please send a cover letter and resume to angelique.rogers@citizenactionwi.org. Please, no in person or phone inquiries.

Citizen Action of Wisconsin 2020 Regional Field Organizer

Citizen Action of Wisconsin is seeking to hire 2020 Regional Field Organizers (RFO)  beginning as soon as January 27th of 2020. This position is full-time salaried (40-50 hours per week on avg), and temporary. The position is guaranteed through April 7th, 2020 with the possibility of extension through November 2020, pending funding. The Regional Field Organizer will report directly to the Statewide Field Director.  This position will include frequent in-state travel, and some overnight stays, thus applicants must have unlimited access to a reliable vehicle and be able to provide a valid driver’s license and proof of liability insurance upon hire.

We are currently looking to hire Regional Field Organizers in the following regions.  Preference will be given to applicants who currently live in or near these areas, however applicants who are willing to temporarily relocate will also be considered:

  • La Crosse/ Coulee Region
  • Northcentral Wisconsin (Marathon, Portage, Lincoln, etc..)
  • Fox Cities
  • Eau Claire/Chippewa Valley Region
  • Southeastern Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha area)

Citizen Action of Wisconsin is an issue and electoral focused non-profit organization committed to achieving social, racial, gender, economic, and environmental justice. We are dedicated to achieving a Wisconsin and an America where every human being has an equal opportunity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. Citizen Action of Wisconsin brings together thousands of activists and allied groups across Wisconsin to deepen democratic participation and create an issue environment that advances a progressive public policy agenda. More information on current Citizen Action of Wisconsin programs can be found at citizenactionwi.org.

The Regional Field Organizer will hit the ground running in January to implement an issue and electoral deep canvass program in one of five regions of the state. This deep canvass program will incorporate voter registration, issue identification, race class narrative messaging, and other cutting edge components into an electoral turnout program. The RFO will work with the Statewide Field Director to conduct recruitment, hiring, training, ongoing development, and day to day supervision of canvassers.   Additionally, the RFO will work with regional Co-op Organizers and staff to implement a lead generating and follow-up program with contacts made in the field, as well as mobilizing existing members and volunteers.

Citizen Action of Wisconsin is an equal opportunity employer, and individuals from communities of color, veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals from the LGBTQ3 community, formerly incarcerated individuals, and women are all strongly encouraged to apply.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Work with Statewide Field Director to implement, experiment with, track, evaluate, and tweak a deep canvass program that advance strategic goals to ensure successful completion.
  • Assist Statewide Field Director with recruitment, hiring, and ongoing day to day supervision and professional development of 1-5 canvassers.
  • Spend 20-30 hours a week on average knocking doors in the field and 5-10 hours a week on average making phone calls for volunteer mobilization, utilizing the  Voter Activation Network (VAN/Mini-VAN) and other technological tools to implement and track field activities and generate project reports as well as embrace and effectively utilize new communications technology, working within Citizen Action’s cutting-edge social networking and web technology programs to augment on-the ground organizing activity.
  • Work with regional Co-op Organizers and Program Staff to identify and develop activists and volunteers to participate in the deep canvass program and other activities, and provide training for those volunteers and activists to participate in the deep canvass program and other activities specific to Citizen Action of Wisconsin.
  • Work with  Statewide Field Director to conduct daily, weekly, monthly, interim, and post project reporting for internal use and for funders via daily check ins and weekly team meetings..
  • Work with organizational management to create and maintain office, team, and organizational culture that is equitable and inclusive for all people.
  • Embrace a culture of philanthropy where fundraising is seen as necessary and valued as a key tool of action and change dictated by the people most impacted by the lack of action and change, and not just those who already have power and money.  Provide input into grant applications, participate in funder meetings, and assist with small dollar fundraising efforts as needed and requested.

Required Qualifications:

  • Philosophical commitment to progressive values, gender and racial equity and inclusivity, social and economic justice, and health care freedom for everyone in America, and experience with or commitment to working in communities of color and/or other communities that are currently oppressed and underrepresented in our industry and our democracy.
  • 1 years collective experience in implementing field campaigns.
  • Strong accountable self care ethic that leads to personal time management and task prioritization, organization skills, and the ability to be effective in peak stress work times.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to produce effective external and inter-office communications, conduct social media outreach, and provide reporting on program.
  • Beginner to intermediate technology and tools skills or aptitude for learning tech and tools including e-mail, composing documents, working with data-bases, and digital networking (Familiarity with VAN, Google Suite, Microsoft Office, and managing Facebook pages and/or Twitter accounts)

Desired Qualifications:

  • Bilingual a plus
  • Ability or aptitude to learn how to understand complex public policy issues and translate them into compelling organizing issues that motivate people to act
  • Some management experience
  • Experience with productive and collaborative conflict resolution processes and the ability to resolve conflict while maintaining effective and productive working relationships as well as excellent listening, interpersonal, and problem solving skills.
  • Experience with short and  long term strategic issue, campaign, and/or organizational planning.
  • Some experience with small dollar fundraising

Salary and Benefits:  This is a full-time position which includes cell phone allowance, paid sick and vacation days, and other benefits.  Weekend and evening hours required. Base salary rate is $36,500.00 annually, and is negotiable upon offer of employment based on experience and qualifications.

To apply:  Please send cover letter and resume to angelique.rogers@citizenactionwi.org. Please, no in person or phone inquiries.

Citizen Action of Wisconsin 2020 Regional Field Organizer

Job Description: Citizen Action of Wisconsin 2020 Regional Field Organizer

Citizen Action of Wisconsin is seeking to hire 2020 Regional Field Organizers (RFO) beginning as soon as
January 27th of 2020. This position is full-time salaried (40-50 hours per week on avg), and temporary. The
position is guaranteed through April 7th, 2020 with the possibility of extension through November 2020,
pending funding. The Regional Field Organizer will report directly to the Statewide Field Director. This position
will include frequent in-state travel, and some overnight stays, thus applicants must have unlimited access to a
reliable vehicle and be able to provide a valid driver’s license and proof of liability insurance upon hire.
We are currently looking to hire Regional Field Organizers in the following regions. Preference will be given to
applicants who currently live in or near these areas, however applicants who are willing to temporarily relocate
will also be considered:
● La Crosse/ Coulee Region
● Northcentral Wisconsin (Marathon, Portage, Lincoln, etc..)
● Fox Cities
● Eau Claire/Chippewa Valley Region
● Southeastern Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha area)
Citizen Action of Wisconsin is an issue and electoral focused non-profit organization committed to achieving
social, racial, gender, economic, and environmental justice. We are dedicated to achieving a Wisconsin and an
America where every human being has an equal opportunity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. Citizen
Action of Wisconsin brings together thousands of activists and allied groups across Wisconsin to deepen
democratic participation and create an issue environment that advances a progressive public policy agenda.
More information on current Citizen Action of Wisconsin programs can be found at citizenactionwi.org .
The Regional Field Organizer will hit the ground running in January to implement an issue and electoral deep
canvass program in one of five regions of the state. This deep canvass program will incorporate voter
registration, issue identification, race class narrative messaging, and other cutting edge components into an
electoral turnout program. The RFO will work with the Statewide Field Director to conduct recruitment, hiring,
training, ongoing development, and day to day supervision of canvassers. Additionally, the RFO will work with
regional Co-op Organizers and staff to implement a lead generating and follow-up program with contacts made
in the field, as well as mobilizing existing members and volunteers.
Citizen Action of Wisconsin is an equal opportunity employer, and individuals from communities of color,
veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals from the LGBTQ3 community, formerly incarcerated
individuals, and women are all strongly encouraged to apply.
Primary Responsibilities:
● Work with Statewide Field Director to implement, experiment with, track, evaluate, and tweak a deep
canvass program that advance strategic goals to ensure successful completion.
● Assist Statewide Field Director with recruitment, hiring, and ongoing day to day supervision and
professional development of 1-5 canvassers.
● Spend 20-30 hours a week on average knocking doors in the field and 5-10 hours a week on average
making phone calls for volunteer mobilization, utilizing the Voter Activation Network (VAN/Mini-VAN)
and other technological tools to implement and track field activities and generate project reports as well
as embrace and effectively utilize new communications technology, working within Citizen Action’s
cutting-edge social networking and web technology programs to augment on-the ground organizing
activity.
● Work with regional Co-op Organizers and Program Staff to identify and develop activists and volunteers
to participate in the deep canvass program and other activities, and provide training for those
volunteers and activists to participate in the deep canvass program and other activities specific to
Citizen Action of Wisconsin.
● Work with Statewide Field Director to conduct daily, weekly, monthly, interim, and post project
reporting for internal use and for funders via daily check ins and weekly team meetings..
● Work with organizational management to create and maintain office, team, and organizational culture
that is equitable and inclusive for all people.
● Embrace a culture of philanthropy where fundraising is seen as necessary and valued as a key tool of
action and change dictated by the people most impacted by the lack of action and change, and not just
those who already have power and money. Provide input into grant applications, participate in funder
meetings, and assist with small dollar fundraising efforts as needed and requested.
Required Qualifications:
● Philosophical commitment to progressive values, gender and racial equity and inclusivity, social and
economic justice, and health care freedom for everyone in America, and experience with or
commitment to working in communities of color and/or other communities that are currently oppressed
and underrepresented in our industry and our democracy.
● 1 years collective experience in implementing field campaigns.
● Strong accountable self care ethic that leads to personal time management and task prioritization,
organization skills, and the ability to be effective in peak stress work times.
● Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to produce effective external and
inter-office communications, conduct social media outreach, and provide reporting on program.
● Beginner to intermediate technology and tools skills or aptitude for learning tech and tools including
e-mail, composing documents, working with data-bases, and digital networking (Familiarity with VAN,
Google Suite, Microsoft Office, and managing Facebook pages and/or Twitter accounts)
Desired Qualifications:
● Bilingual a plus
● Ability or aptitude to learn how to understand complex public policy issues and translate them into
compelling organizing issues that motivate people to act
● Some management experience
● Experience with productive and collaborative conflict resolution processes and the ability to resolve
conflict while maintaining effective and productive working relationships as well as excellent listening,
interpersonal, and problem solving skills.
● Experience with short and long term strategic issue, campaign, and/or organizational planning.
● Some experience with small dollar fundraising
Salary and Benefits: This is a full-time position which includes cell phone allowance, paid sick and vacation
days, and other benefits. Weekend and evening hours required. Base salary rate is $36,500.00 annually, and
is negotiable upon offer of employment based on experience and qualifications.
To apply : Please send cover letter and resume to angelique.rogers@citizenactionwi.org . Please, no in person
or phone inquiries.

Medicaid/BadgerCare Expansion Better for Addressing Opioid Crisis Report


New report shows anti-opioid medications much more affordable for those with BadgerCare coverage than marketplace health insurance

Taking federal Medicaid dollars to expand BadgerCare would remove financial barriers to opioid treatment

The report shows that out-of-pocket costs for anti-opioid medications are often unaffordable on the private health insurance marketplace, costing as much as 72 times more than they do for BadgerCare enrollees. The report provides an additional critical policy consideration for lawmakers to weigh as they deliberate over the Governor’s proposal to accept federal Medicaid dollars to expand BadgerCare.

Download Full Report

 

Applauds BadgerCare Expansion Legislation


Statewide: Today, Governor Tony Evers, State Senator Jon Erpenbach, and State Representative Daniel Riemer announced their intention to introduce legislation to accept additional federal money to expand BadgerCare at a news conference in Wauwatosa. GOP legislators stripped this provision from the Governor’s budget during the Joint Finance Committee process.

“It’s time for leadership of the Legislature to put the people of Wisconsin first,” said Robert Kraig, Executive Director of Citizen Action of Wisconsin. “BadgerCare expansion will provide over 80,000 Wisconsinites who do not receive health insurance at work with affordable coverage, enabling them to receive life-saving treatment and redirect their hard-earned money to other necessities.”

Regional Citizen Action organizers also spoke to the benefits of BadgerCare expansion across Wisconsin.

Eau Claire: “BadgerCare expansion would mean almost 1,400 hard-working Eau Claire County residents would be eligible to receive quality, affordable care,” said Citizen Action of Wisconsin Organizer Noah Reif. “In addition, the expansion would bring millions of dollars in federal healthcare investments back to northwest Wisconsin. As an individual, I have benefited from state health insurance plans when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was 2 years old. Simply put, I would not be here if not for Wisconsin’s investment in me and my family. BadgerCare expansion is an opportunity to extend that life-saving investment to other people like me who need it.”

Wausau: “In rural Wisconsin, you often hear folks claim that we send our money to Madison and we don’t get our fair share back,” said Citizen Action of Wisconsin Organizer  Joel Lewis. “Not accepting the Medicaid money is similar in that we sent our money to Washington, DC and when they offered it back, we turned it down. Not only does this make no sense from a budget standpoint, but it also puts people’s lives on the line. This is our money and we need to take it back.”

Oshkosh: “BadgerCare expansion would help thousands of working people in northeast Wisconsin get health coverage,” said Citizen Action of Wisconsin Organizer Jolie Lizotte. “This will help families in the Fox Valley area afford healthcare they desperately need. Expanding BadgerCare coverage to these families is the right thing to do.”

Health Care is a Human Right and a Public Good


Our current healthcare system is driven by profit and governed by insurance and pharmaceutical companies, rather than by the people. In calling for Medicare for All we are fighting to shift power away from insurance and drug corporations, move health care resources into the public sphere (and people into public coverage), increase community control, and combat racial, national, and gender exclusion. Fighting for universal health care allows us to put corporate power, commodification, immigrant exclusion, and racial and gender inequity at the center of the debate.

We believe that health care should be:

  • In public hands
  • Driven by our health, not profits
  • Simple, universal, and available
  • Fully resourced
  • Inclusive and comprehensive (including medicines, medical equipment, vision/dental/hearing care, reproductive care, mental health care, harm reduction and treatment for substance misuse, preventive and long-term care, and homecare)
  • Equitable across race, gender, ability, and region
  • Inclusive of care for the people who care for us

Under Medicare for All:

  • Health care will be financed in a way that benefits us. We all pay into a system that is managed by one entity. Instead of lining the pockets of insurance company executives or funding company advertising, our money goes where it should: toward our health care.
  • We all participate in the decisions that affect our health. Medicare for All takes the power from insurance companies and puts it in our hands and the hands of our democratically elected representatives. Insurance companies would not be allowed to determine how much we pay for health care services and which services we can get.
  • Everyone receives quality health care. A universal health care system guarantees universal coverage. There are no more financial barriers. This promotes equality and equity in our health care system, meaning everyone has a fair shot at being healthy.
  • We will have freedom of choice in our health care. There will no longer be doctor’s offices that don’t take your insurance. You can choose which doctor you see or which hospital you go to.

 

To join our fight for universal and high-quality health care, become a member of your local co-op!

 

Southeastern Wisconsin Co-op Organizer

Job Description: Southeastern Wisconsin Co-op Organizer

Objective: Citizen Action of Wisconsin seeks a dynamic and socially committed person to join our organizing team and lead an innovative multi-issue membership organizing project. This is a full time (40-50 hrs/week) salaried permanent position located in Milwaukee.  Some evenings and weekends required, as well as in-state travel and occasional out-of-state travel.

Description of Work: This position reports to the Organizing Director, and the successful applicant will work to advance a revolutionary membership organizing model pioneered by Citizen Action of Wisconsin known as an Organizing Cooperative. This position involves organizing, maintaining, and growing a critical mass of dues-paying supporters in our locally based, member-led co-op model.  The Co-op Organizer together with member-leaders and Citizen Action staff will advance diverse issue and electoral campaigns that have real impact on their community and make large scale changes in Wisconsin to open up opportunity for all. The position includes a 6 month training and trial period. More information about Citizen Action of Wisconsin Organizing Cooperatives can be found here.

Organizational Background: Citizen Action of Wisconsin is an issue focused non-profit organization committed to achieving racial, gender, economic, and environmental justice. We are dedicated to achieving a Wisconsin and an America where every human being has an equal opportunity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. Citizen Action of Wisconsin brings together thousands of activists and allied groups across Wisconsin to deepen democratic participation and create an issue environment that advances a progressive public policy agenda.

In late 2017, Citizen Action adopted a cutting edge 8 year issue agenda that was written by hundreds of members across the state. Most fundamentally, we believe that issues matter. It is through transformative issues that capture the public imagination and reveal the dissonance between our nation’s ideals and its economic, social and environmental realities that average people see their stake in the public sphere and are motivated to participate in their democracy and fight for meaningful and lasting change.

Citizen Action is spearheading the development of innovative new grassroots organizing techniques, and seeks candidates who are interested in embracing new dynamic approaches. More information on current Citizen Action of Wisconsin programs can be found at citizenactionwi.org.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Work with staff and local member teams to lead a local Organizing Cooperative.
  • Recruit new, and retain current, dues-paying co-op members through relationship building, fundraising, and leadership development.
  • Directly organize and develop activists and leaders to participate in Citizen Action issue and election campaigns. This may include leadership of some issue campaigns. Current issues include Healthcare For All, Voting rights and Good Government, and 100% renewable energy/100% living wage jobs.
  • Coordinate program and logistics for public events, mobilizations and other grassroots activity.
  • Participate in small and large dollar fundraising in collaboration with CAW staff.

Specific Responsibilities also include

  • Embrace and effectively utilize new communications technology, working within Citizen Action’s cutting-edge social networking and web technology programs to augment on-the ground organizing.
  • Help organize coalitions and networks of members to advance critical issues of local importance in tandem with Citizen Action staff together with a wide range of prospective allies.
  • Work in a focused way to advance strategic goals, and provide timely weekly reporting of organizing progress.
  • Integrate Citizen Action’s values-based communication into all organizing work.

Desired Experience:

  • Experience in labor, community, political or faith-based organizing, experience with or a strong interest in learning relational organizing as well as a commitment to working on racial justice issues,  working with communities of color, and with a multicultural base of individuals.
  • Experience with large and/or small dollar fundraising.
  • Experience working with a broad array of organizations in a coalition on issues of social and economic justice.

 

Required Qualifications:

  • Philosophical commitment to progressive values of economic, gender, racial, anti-oppressive, and environmental justice and equity along with health care freedom for everyone in Wisconsin and America.
  • Ability to understand public policy issues and translate them into organizing issues that motivate average people to act.
  • Strong creative strategic thinking skills and willingness to innovate in fast moving issue campaigns and meet deadlines.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to produce effective flyers, email alerts, coalition reports, blogs, and effective social media posts.
  • Excellent listening, interpersonal and problem solving skills, strong personal time management skills, organization skills, and the ability to work under pressure, and the ability to resolve conflicts while maintaining effective relationships.
  • Intermediate computer skills including email, composing documents, designing flyers, working with databases, and social networking (Familiarity with NationBuilder, GoogleDocs, Google Analytics, Hootsuite, as well as managing Facebook pages and/or Twitter accounts).
  • Ability to undertake periodic travel in Wisconsin and occasionally out-of-state.

 

Desired Qualifications (Not required):

  • Experience with designing and implementing strategic legislative and or electoral issue campaigns.
  • Experience working with a broad array of organizations in a coalition on issues of social and economic justice.
  • Experience with working on racial justice issues and/or working in communities of color.
  • Experience with online list-building and voter files a plus.
  • Demonstrated ability to meet fundraising goals.
  • Bilingual/multilingual a plus.

 

Salary and Benefits:  This is a full-time position which includes health care, dental and employer-matched 401K, life insurance, disability insurance, cell phone allowance, and other benefits.  Some weekend and evening hours required. Base salary rate is $40,000.00 annually, and is negotiable upon offer of employment based on experience and qualifications. This is a union position, represented by OPEIU Local 9, AFL-CIO. 

 Application Process:  E-mail cover letter and résumé to Rafael Smith (Civic Engagement Program Director) at rafael.smith@citizenactionwi.org. Please, no calls.

Citizen Action Weekly – July 26th


Friday, July 26th

Eau Claire City Council Takes Action on Affordable Housing Crisis

Thanks to the excellent work of Citizen Action members on the ground and our elected members, the Eau Claire City council allocated $200,000 to purchase and prepare land for small, single-family homes. In addition City Councilors Andrew Werthmann and Kate Beaton authored an amendment to move $500,000 from the 2023 budget to next year, 2020, to fund the development of multi-family affordable housing. We are proud of our co-op members who spoke in support of additional funding and our elected officials for demonstrating true shared governance and responsibility to the needs of their community. You can find out more about the story and other important local issues through our member Julian Emerson’s excellent independent reporting!
(Councilmember & Co-op Member Andrew Werthman)

Burnett County Board Passes CAFO-Moratorium

The Burnett County Board voted 16-3 in favor of the proposed moratorium on livestock facilities licensing after nearly three hours of a public hearing at the Government Center. Citizen Action members Kim Dupree and Linda Hendrix joined in the fight, in addition to their current work on CAFO expansion in Polk County.

Our members and allies are merely the latest in communities taking action to fight ruinous factory farms from taking hold in Northwest Wisconsin.

HealthCare Co-op is looking for leads

Do you know anyone that has had the following experiences with our healthcare System:

Surprise Medical Bills:

Patient has a procedure done at an in-network hospital with an in-network doctor, only to receive a bill after (SUPRISE!) from the anesthesiologist.

Preventative VS. Diagnostic:

Women patients that go in for the yearly mammogram but because of dense tissue, need to have an ultra sound and because of that, the screening cost ends up costing the patient hundreds of dollars instead of being free under preventative care.  A similar scenario happens to patients that go in for their screening colonoscopy.

If so, please refer them to our healthcare organizer Karen Kirsch @ 414-588-0927 or karen.kirsch@citizenactionwi.org

Updates from North Central Organizing Co-op

What an exciting week it has been.

First, leaders with the Wausau Chapter of OWR (Our Wisconsin Revolution)  wanted to organize a response to Duffy’s support of Trump’s hateful speech aimed at AOC and the squad.

Some Co-op members, including Steering Committee member Lauren Henkelman, are active with OWR. Several groups came out in support of the squad, and in opposition to hate. You can see coverage of the rally here.

That was Monday.

On Tuesday, Citizens for a Clean Wausau, which also has several members from our Co-op, gave a presentation to the Park and Rec Committee at Wausau City Hall. Tom Kilian led the presentation, and it was encouraging, because City aldermen and City staff really seemed to take it seriously. As usual, fears over the cost of cleaning up any environmental contamination are seemingly the biggest hurdle we have in getting a good remediation plan in place. But progress was certainly made. You can see some media on this here.

Then, Tuesday night, love won again! Last month, Marathon County followed Gov. Evers’ lead, and passed a Pride resolution.

Several Co-op members were involved in this. Then, some County Board Supervisors decided to bring it back for a revote! It seemed like they had the votes…but, the attempt to bring it back for a revote was defeated! All of the no votes to the left are the people who support June being recognized as Pride month. Here is some coverage of that meeting.

Thank you to everyone who has made this one heck of a good week. If we continue to stand together and fight together, there is nothing that we cannot accomplish!

Southeastern Co-op

Big moment in Wisconsin history and for Citizen Action! A coalition of various organizations, activist, and elected officials got together and help pass a local version of Green New Deal at the Milwaukee County Board. In general, the plan will be to focus on giving poor communities and communities of color an economic opportunity to train and obtain for “green” new jobs. While tackling unemployment we will also combat climate change and racial injustices. We are proud of all our comrades and honored to be part of this movement.

What’s Next?

We have a huge event scheduled for Aug 1st at 6 pm at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society (2620 W Center St. Milwaukee, WI 53206). Join us to celebrate Milwaukee’s Green New Deal!  It’s all about creating jobs for North and Southside Milwaukee residents, and putting an end to climate genocide! Click on the link for more information: Milwaukee’s Green New Deal Kickoff Celebration

 

Good Government Meeting

We are kicking off our Good Government team next week. Come join us at Black Sheep 216 S. 2nd St. Join us at 6 pm Monday Aug 29th. We will be talking about ranked choice voting, tuition free college, Wisconsin pensions, fair maps, voter registration and more!

Check out Citizen Action Press Clips!

Facebook post of the week:

 

Press Clips

 

 

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