Donate/Join Citizen Action of Wisconsin! Driftless Region Healthcare Town Hall Draws Strong Turnout, Media Coverage On Wednesday, February 4th, Citizen Action’s Driftless Region Healthcare Action Team hosted a town hall at the Black River Beach Neighborhood Center in La Crosse to address the impact of state and federal healthcare policy changes on local families and workers. About 50 people attended,…
Donate/Join Citizen Action of Wisconsin! Help us meet the organizing challenges of this moment! Attend First Citizen Action Governors Forum in La Crosse, Saturday, February 28th, 9:30am. Citizen Action of Wisconsin’s 2026 Governor endorsement process will consist of in-person candidate forums in our five co-op regions around the state, and one virtual forum.Forum attendees will be asked for feedback on…
Donate/Join Citizen Action of Wisconsin! Citizen Action is building the grassroots power across the state to protect democracy from an authoritarian onslaught and to enact cutting-edge reforms on pressing issues like affordable health care, energy costs, the climate crisis, and raising wages for working people. Help us meet the organizing challenges of this moment! Citizen Action announces Governor Forums across…
Join/Donate to Citizen Action of Wisconsin Organizing for a $20 Wage in Wisconsin Let Wisconsin workers fight inflation and the high cost of living with their work. Make all work pay! Learn more and take action in support of soon-to-be-released state legislation raising the Minimum Wage to $20/hour. There are 800,000 Wisconsin workers who make less than $20/hour, 30% of…
Donate/Join Citizen Action of Wisconsin to start 2026! In 2026, Citizen Action is building the grassroots power across the state to protect democracy from an authoritarian onslaught and to enact cutting-edge reforms on pressing issues like affordable health care, energy costs, the climate crisis, and raising wages for working people. Help us meet the organizing challenges of this moment! Citizen…
Donate/Join Citizen Action of Wisconsin to start 2026! Citizen Action of Wisconsin and our national network People’s Action are organizing the power of working people to build a Bigger We and win the change we need. At Citizen Action we understand that the threat to democracy is twofold: not only the assault on its basic mechanisms but also the democracy’s…
Happy Holidays. See you in 2026! Donate/Join Citizen Action of Wisconsin Important Progressive Tax Package introduced in the State Legislature Wednesday, Citizen Action joined state legislators at the Capitol to release a three bill package that transforms how we fund K-12 schools and other public goods in Wisconsin. If enacted, Wisconsin would become the first state to fund K-12 schools…
Donate/Join Citizen Action of Wisconsin Citizen Action member Chrysa Ostenso speaks at healthcare media event in Washington D.C Citizen Action member, Chrysa Ostenso, from Ladysmith, WI speaks at Senate Democrats media conference on why letting healthcare tax credits expire will hurt millions of Americans. Chrysa has an outrageous $1500 increase per month for her healthcare premiums. Listen to Chrysa speak…
Friday, December 5th Laurel Wales, New Managing Director, joins Citizen Action Wisconsin team. This week a very experienced and skilled organizer with local and national experience joined Citizen Action’s senior staff team. Laurel Wales is the new Managing Director at Citizen Action Wisconsin, where she will play a leading role in building Citizen Action’s issue campaigns, electoral program, organizing, and…
Saturday, November 22nd Join Citizen Action of Wisconsin Today! Support NEW Utility Rate Cap Bill. Contact your State Legislators and urge them to co-sponsor. Big utilities rig the system against all of us to jack up prices and make the climate crisis worse. Several states have laws capping the percentage of income people have to pay for utilities. Wisconsin has…
