Friday, March 11th Citizen Action Spring General Election Endorsements Vote by Tuesday, April 5th Request an absentee ballot. Find your polling location. All endorsed Spring Election candidates completed a Citizen Action of Wisconsin candidate questionnaire and were recommended for endorsement by leaders from one of our (5) regional organizing cooperatives. All recommended candidates were than approved by Citizen Action of…
Vote by Tuesday, April 5th Request an absentee ballot. Find your polling location. All endorsed Spring Election candidates completed a Citizen Action of Wisconsin candidate questionnaire and were recommended for endorsement by leaders from one of our (5) regional organizing cooperatives. All recommended candidates were then approved by the Citizen Action of Wisconsin Board of Directors. Northeast Wisconsin Nick Ross,…
By Robert Kraig, Executive Director Overview Some context is needed to understand why our Board of Directors made the decision to not endorse in the Milwaukee Mayoral race. Unlike conventional political organizations, social justice groups like Citizen Action see elections not as ends in themselves but as means to higher purposes. Citizen Action does not endorse in every race, and…
Friday, March 4th Citizen Action and Wisconsin Legislators roll out BadgerCare Public Option Democratic legislators, together with members of Citizen Action and the Main Street Alliance introduced the BadgerCare Public Option Act during a virtual press conference on Monday, Monday February 28th. The bill, an ambitious effort to expand access to health care for Wisconsinites, was introduced by Reps. Kristina…
Please make a donation to Citizen Action of Wisconsin. Saturday, February 26th George Goehl: What I Love About the New Director of People’s Action For those who believe the primary challenge is not that the choir is unorganized, but that the choir is too damn small, we bring good news! Our Board of Directors has chosen Sulma Arias to be…
We open the show with immediate reactions to the full scale invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin, and the odd split on the conflict in the Trump-era GOP. Is the backing of Putin by Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump himself, and others the new normal in Republican foreign policy? We welcome new WEAC president Peggy Wirtz-Olsen for her first interview on…
Sometimes, the back-and-fourth of politics can be exhausting, and frustrating. This week we talk a bit about that through a range of topics. From the State of the Tribes address in Wisconsin’s capital, to climate change, to the ongoing fight against teaching painful yet true U.S. history. It’s true, sometimes ignorance is a privilege afforded to some, not all. P.S….
For those who believe the primary challenge is not that the choir is unorganized, but that the choir is too damn small, we bring good news! Our Board of Directors has chosen Sulma Arias to be the next director of People’s Action. I’ve always kept a short list of my favorite organizers. When I think about who is on that…
Please make a donation to Citizen Action of Wisconsin. Friday, February 18th RSVP for Citizen Action’s Lobby Week Join Citizen Action of Wisconsin for our 2022 Lobby Week to speak to Democratic state legislators about a more fair and accessible healthcare system and for a bold reconstruction of our economy into a green economy that creates good paying jobs and…
We welcome Courtney Hayward and Tanya Atkinson from Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin to the show to talk about the impending threat to reproductive healthcare in Wisconsin. In addition to the looming threat to Roe v. Wade by a lawless right-wing Supreme Court, the State Legislature introduced a Texas style ban, which could end reproductive freedom even if Roe is…
