Friday, December 14th Citizen Action of Wisconsin Stands with Wausau Council member Mary Thao Citizen Action of Wisconsin members in North Central Wisconsin are very troubled by the events on the Wausau City Council that prompted Council member Mary Thao to recuse herself from closed sessions of the Council. Mary experienced these sessions as an unwelcoming space where diverse perspectives…
Happy Thanksgiving Weekly Brew Fest: Mandela Barnes, Gwen Moore and Lisa Neubauer speak; Members who ran for office highlighted. This Monday evening the 10th Annual Citizen Action Brew Fest was held at the historic Coakley Bros. Building on Milwaukee’s southside. Brew Fest featured inspiring speeches from Lt. Governor-Elect Mandela Barnes, Congresswoman Gwen Moore and State Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer.
Citizen Action members help set agenda for health care, and show growing grassroots power, making tens of thousands of door knocks and phone calls Statewide: Years of grassroots organizing by Citizen Action of Wisconsin members across the state helped build healthcare into the dominant issue in the 2018 elections. The election results create a mandate for Governor Evers to pursue…
Get Out the Vote 2018 Help Elect Citizen Action members and endorsed candidates for the State Legislature
For Immediate Release– October 31, 2018. Contacts: Robert Kraig (414) 322-5324 [email protected] or Kevin Kane (414) 550 8280, [email protected] New federal data shows allowing Wisconsinites to buy-into Badgercare as a “Public Option” would slash premiums and deductibles. Data also shows gap with Minnesota is widening STATEWIDE: On a media call Wednesday morning Citizen Action of Wisconsin, with key state lawmakers and the…
For the past nine years Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund (CAWEF) has hosted a small but very successful beer taster and silent auction fundraiser. This social event helps raise funds for the important work that Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund and it’s sister organization, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, does. This year the event will be on Monday, November…
Friday, October 19, 2018 Citizen Action members join Mandela Barnes and former HHS director Kathleen Sebelius at media conference Highlight importance of the ACA’s ban on discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions. Denise Patton, a Citizen Action co-op member and small business owner, flanked by fellow co-op members, Mandela Barnes & former US HHS director Kathleen Sebelius, sharing how…
Friday, October 12th, 2018 Scott Walker Misleading Voters With Health Care Cost Reduction Claims Walker’s election year plan impacts a tiny fraction of health consumers, is dwarfed by premium reductions in neighboring Minnesota, and does not make up for cost of his sabotage After 7 years of working to sabotage the Affordable Care Act in Wisconsin, Scott Walker is making…
For Immediate Release– October 11, 2018 Contact: Robert Kraig (414) 322-5324 [email protected] Walker’s election year plan impacts a tiny fraction of health consumers, is dwarfed by premium reductions in neighboring Minnesota, and does not make up for cost of his sabotage Statewide: After 7 years of working to sabotage the Affordable Care Act in Wisconsin, Scott Walker is making misleading…
WXPR Radio (December 26, 2017) BadgerCare Public Option Still in Limbo in Madison Duluth News Tribune (December 21, 2017) Wisconsin Insurance Costs Vary Widely WRRD 1510am (December 15, 2017) Kevin Kane on Earl Ingram on Child Poverty Campaign WQOW (December 14, 2017) Ending child poverty campaign kicks off in Eau Claire WEAU (December 14, 2017) Groups combine to launch End…
