Citizen Action Weekly; Friday September 4th

Labor Day Weekend Citizen Action of Wisconsin Driftless Co-op 1 Year Anniversary Meeting with video For those of you who were unable to join us on Saturday for our virtual meeting on Saturday celebrating Citizen Action of Wisconsin’s one year anniversary of organizing in the Driftless region please take the time to watch a recording of the meeting. We were…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, August 28th

Friday, August 28th Citizen Action of Wisconsin Statement on the Racist Police Shooting of Jacob Blake Citizen Action of Wisconsin stands in solidarity with the family and friends of Jacob Blake, tens of thousands of protesters across the country fighting for racial justice and every person who loves humanity, in demanding that the officers involved in his shooting be brought…

Citizen Action Weekly; Friday, August 21st

Citizen Action member tells her healthcare story at Democratic National Convention Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention Wisconsin’s Julie Harling Buckholt told a national prime time audience her powerful healthcare story and how the ACA saved her life. We have an immoral profit crazed healthcare system in this county and it was worse before the ACA. If you have…

Citizen Action Weekly; Friday, August 14th

Friday, August 14th Citizen Action endorsed candidates win primary election races this week. Citizen Action had it’s most active partisan primary election program in recent history. Citizen Action endorsed 37 candidates for the state legislature before Tuesday’s primary election. 11 of our endorsed candidates had important primary election challengers this week. 9 of the 11 candidates won. 81% Citizen Action…

Citizen Action Weekly: Primary Election Get Out The Vote

Friday, August 7th Return your absentee ballot today for the Tuesday, August 11th Primary Election! See our list of endorsed candidates for State Legislature Local Citizen Action of Wisconsin members join SEIU to take a Stand Against Medical Debt Last Sunday, Aug 2nd, several Citizen Action of Wisconsin members came out to tell Gundersen Healthcare to stop suing community members…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, July 31st

Friday, July 31st Request your absentee ballot today! Protect your health vote from home.  All Registered Wisconsin voters are eligible to vote with an absentee ballot. You can request ballots for both the primary and general elections in 2020. Request your absentee ballot today. Primary Election is Tuesday, August 11th; Thursday August 6th is the last day to request your…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, July 24th

Friday, July 24th North Side Rising Campaign Keeps the Lights On for WeEnergies Customers Last week, North Side Rising and community allies held a rally and march to We Energies calling for an extension of the moratorium on We Energies and utilities from cutting of power to those who can’t currently pay their bills. As of early this week, We…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, July 17th

Friday, July 17th Citizen Action announces more 2020 State Legislative Candidate Endorsements Friday afternoon, July 17th the Citizen Action Board announced more candidate endorsements in state legislative elections. There will be more endorsements coming throughout the summer. Senate District 16: Melissa Sargent Senate District 18: Aaron Wojciechowski Assembly District 37: Abigail Lowery Assembly District 38: Melissa Winker Assembly District 69:…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, July 10th

Friday, July 10th Watch a very special Citizen Action town hall with Senator Tammy Baldwin about pandemic relief and job creation. On Wednesday July 8th Citizen Action was very proud to host a town hall about pandemic relief and job creation with special guest Senator Tammy Baldwin.  Over 150 Citizen Action members and reporters from eight media outlets joined us…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, July 3rd

Friday, July 3rd Citizen Action leads the fight for extending enhanced unemployment benefits and Federal appeals court reverses Citizen Action legal victory on voting rights. We had our first live  in person news conference during the age of COVID19 in La Crosse this week, with appropriate masking and social distancing. Our Driftless Area co-op members who participated and our speaker…