Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, October 11th

Friday, October 11th Northeast Wisconsin Co-op: Message from your New Organizer My name is Noah Reif, and I am your new Citizen Action co-op organizer in Northeast Wisconsin. I am very excited to get to work on the issues that matter to our community like Healthcare for All, a Green New Deal, and fighting back against systemic oppression felt by…

Citizen Action Weekly: New Driftless Organizing Co-op Launched!

Friday, October 4th Driftless Organizing Cooperative launches in LaCrosse Thursday October 3rd the Driftless region had its official launch event. It was a great event. Big thanks to Carla Pena and Emmy Sterling for helping us secure the location.  A huge thank you also goes out to UU La Crosse for the use of their building. We had 26 potential…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, September 27th

Friday, September 27th Citizen Action of Wisconsin Members Travel to Iowa for Presidential Candidate Forum   Nearly 50 Citizen Action Members from all over Wisconsin traveled to Des Moine, IA last Saturday, September 21st to participate in the People’s Action Presidential Candidate Forum. 2,500 people attended the event featuring Julian Castro, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Pete Buttigieg. The candidates…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday September 20th

Friday, September 20th Watch People’s Action Presidential Candidate Forum from Iowa this Saturday @ Noon. Where do candidates stand on Housing? Worker’s rights? Reproductive justice? We don’t know because the #DemDebate moderators didn’t ask. That’s why we’re switching up the rule book and letting real voters run the show. Watch People’s Action Peoples Forum live from Iowa this Saturday 9/21…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday September 13th

Friday, September 13th Join Us for Brew Fest, Thursday, September 19th, 5pm in Milwaukee RSVP for Brew Fest North Central Organizing Co-op has Great Turnout for The Role of the State Treasurer Event in Wausau! Citizen Action Organizing Co-op member, and State Treasurer, Sarah Godlewski, visited Wausau this Wednesday. The event was hosted by the Citizen Action of WI North…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, September 6th

Friday, September 6th Join members and allies in Wausau to learn about the role of the State Treasurer Citizen Action co-op member Sarah Godlewski fought hard to save the Office of the State Treasurer by leading a campaign to defeat a 2018 referendum to destroy the office. Following the referendum, Sarah ran for state treasurer and won last November 2018!…

Citizen Action Weekly: Labor Day Weekend

Happy Labor Day Weekend Attend a Labor Day event. On Monday, September 2, America will celebrate the achievements of the union movement – safe workplaces, the 8-hour workday, collective bargaining contracts that build our middle class — and we pledge to keep up the fight for all working people. Celebrate Labor Day on September 2. Join with union brothers and…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, August 23rd

Friday, August 23rd Fond Farewell to Northeastern Wisconsin Co-op Organizer Jolie Lizotte and Welcome Home Noah Reif! This week we say a fond farewell to Northeastern Wisconsin Co-op Organizer Joile Lizotte. While we will miss Jolie very much, we are really excited about her new role with our partner and ally SEIU!  Jolie and Northeastern Wisconsin Co-op members accomplished some…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, August 16th

Friday, August 16th The AMA Gets Out Of The Way Of Medicare For All The American Medical Association leaves Partnership for America’s Future which is fighting Medicare for All. In a huge win for Citizen Action and our partner organizations in other states, the American Medical Association (AMA) has ended their relationship with the Partnership for America’s Future. If you…

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, August 9th

Friday, August 9th TAKE ACTION: State legislation introduced this week to accept federal Medicaid money.  This week state legislators who support accepting federal Medicaid money to expand BadgerCare introduced new legislation to save the state money and cover tens of thousands more Wisconsinites with health coverage. The media announcement event in Wauwatosa featuring the Governor, Lt. Governor and state legislators…