Statement of Solidarity with the Hmong/Lao Community in Wausau
Released: 5/25/23 Joint Statement of Solidarity by Citizen Action and WISDOM In Support of the Hmong Community in Wausau Citizen Action of Wisconsin and WISDOM stand in solidarity with the Hmong community in Wausau and offer support to the Vongphakdy family as they seek a just response to the racist and homophobic comments their student experienced at the hands of…
TAX DAY 2023: Congress Should Make the Rich and Corporations Pay Their Fair Share, Not Cut Critical Services
TAX DAY 2023: Congress Should Make the Rich and Corporations Pay Their Fair Share, Not Cut Critical Services This Tax Day, Washington is gearing up for the latest edition of a familiar debate over federal spending and revenue. On the one side, President Biden and Democrats in Congress want the rich and corporations to pay a fairer share of taxes….
Tax Day Event: Families Face Cuts Unless Congress Stands Up to Billionaire & Corporate Tax Dodgers
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR APRIL 17, 2023 Milwaukee: As middle class and working Wisconsinites file their taxes, Citizen Action will host a news conference on the cost of the refusal of billionaires and major corporations to pay what they owe in taxes. At the event, we will release a new report from Americans for Tax Fairness which shows that when billionaires…
Wisconsin Supreme Court Endorsement
Citizen Action of Wisconsin, a statewide grassroots social justice organization with members in every region of the state, announced the dual endorsement of Judge Janet Protasiewicz and Judge Everett Mitchell in the pivotal four way race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The election will decide the balance of the court, determining whether Wisconsin has a constitutional Supreme Court which fairly…
The Ongoing Plot Against Democracy – Battleground Wisconsin Podcast
This week host Matt Brusky is on vacation, and we have as a special guest panelist State Senator Chris Larson. Chris and Robert Kraig dig into the latest revelations from the January 6th Committee documents which putt more of Senator Ron Johnson’s fingerprints on the insurrection; the constitutional impasse in the House over the next Speaker, Trump’s obsession with overturning the results…
Articles exemplifying Citizen Action’s Theory of Change
Criminal Justice Reform: In an editorial for In These Times, Citizen Action Executive Director Robert Kraig explains how social movement breakthroughs such as the historic Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 create opportunities for the defenders of the status quo to foment public backlash, and how establishment politicians backslide under the pressure. Community organizing can turn the tide back towards…
CLIMATE & JOBS Package – Wisconsin State Legislature
Citizen Action Explainer: THE ISSUE There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that we face runaway climate change unless we immediately start a bold transition and achieve dramatic reductions in greenhouse emissions by 2030. While many Wisconsin elected leaders believe in science and are publicly committed to addressing this generational challenge, we lack a plan up to the scale of the…
