Friday, April 5th Citizen Action members win in local elections this week! A top goal of Citizen Action’s organizing co-ops is to prioritize recruiting and supporting members running for local and state offices on our long term agenda. In 2018, 70 of our co-op members ran for office. In last nights spring elections 7 co-op members won election!
“Challenging Trump & Foxconn” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast In the first half of our show Rebecca Lynch and Robert Kraig discuss the current field of Democratic presidential contenders preparing to challenge Trump in 2020. In the second half of the show, we interview Citizen Action organizer Fabi Maldonado about his courageous effort to challenge Foxconn as a Racine County Supervisor and…
“Scott Walker Alert” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast This week we welcome Rebecca back! We discuss why Scott Walker is out touting a constitutional convention and the ramifications of such an event. The panel also discusses some of the bubbling-up 2020 electoral issues such as dumping the Electoral College, high school students fighting climate change, healthcare, student debt relief and much, much…
Join the State “Joint Finance Committee” public budget hearings… 1. Janesville, Friday April 5th 2. Milwaukee, Thursday April 11th 3. River Falls, Monday April 15th 4. Green Bay, Wednesday April 24th Address and exact time TBA. How do use the invite link: Invite others on Facebook (in a very particular way!) If you have a Facebook profile, a very helpful tactic is…
Friday, March 15th “The Mandela Barnes interview” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast We welcome Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes to discuss his first couple of months in the office and the his vision for creating opportunity in Wisconsin over the next few years. In our third installment of Sarah “what the Godlewski does the state treasurer do?” We review her effort to help…
“The Mandela Barnes interview” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast We welcome Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes to discuss his first couple of months in the office and the his vision for creating opportunity in Wisconsin over the next few years. In our third installment of Sarah “what the Godlewski does the state treasurer do?” We review her effort to help UW system graduates…
Friday, March 8th Make Phone calls for Supreme Court Justice Candidate Lisa Neubauer from home! We are calling into rural areas of Wisconsin to talk to women voters about why candidate Lisa Neubauer is the right choice for Wisconsin. We’ve removed all the bad numbers from your calls in 2018, and added some new people in who are likely to…
Citizen Action Northeast WI Co-op member, Eric Genrich, was endorsed by the Citizen Action of Wisconsin in his race for mayor of Green Bay. Eric is a former state representative and a founding member of the Northeast co-op. Eric was a leader on expanding access to healthcare in the legislature, co-sponsoring the BadgerCare Public Option bill that is now supported…
Rural Wisconsin is in big trouble. Wisconsin farmers are beset with ongoing low prices and loss of vital foreign markets (Trump’s trade wars). The state has lost over 700 family dairy farms in an economy that isn’t working. And, the resultant economic fallout is threatening small towns. Community banks, family businesses and local health care providers will be hit hard,…
Citizen Action of Wisconsin is excited to announce Fabi Maldonado as our new Greater Milwaukee Co-op Organizer. Fabi has strong progressive values and is dedicated to movement work stretching from resisting at Standing Rock – sacred grounds, to leading the $1 decriminalization of cannabis efforts in his hometown of Racine, which is now spreading throughout the state. Fabi is committed…
