Chippewa Falls • Saturday, May 19th, 9:00am – 8:00pm o Fighting BobFest North 2012, Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds, Chippewa Falls. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/287507951311669/
Fond du Lac • Saturday, May 5th, 10:00am – 5:00pm o Occupy Wisconsin Statewide General Assembly, Veterans Memorial Park, Western Avenue and Main St., Fond du Lac. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/351862304859329/
Green Bay • Saturday, April 28th, Noon o Green Bay Unite Against the War on Women, Help Planned Parenthood defend women's rights and pursuit of equality. Join Americans all across the United States on April 28th, 2012, as we come together as one to tell members of Congress in Washington DC and legislators in all 50 states, "Enough is enough!" Speakers include: Peg Lautenschlager, Emcee; Sen. Dave Hansen; Representative Penny Bernard Schaber; Representative Gordon Hintz; Stephanie Bloomingdale- WI AFL-CIO; and more. Green Bay Labor Temple, 1570 Elizabeth St., Green Bay. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/274771425940775/
Madison Area • Tuesday, April 17, Noon o Equal Pay Day Rally at Capitol. State Capitol, 1st floor in rotunda. Join Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, local advocates & business leaders to send the message that it is not acceptable for women to receive 78 cents on average for every dollar paid to men. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/242781969154237/ • Saturday, April 28th, Noon
o Wisconsin's Unite Against the War on Women Protest, State Capitol, Madison. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/248264448593700/ • Every Weekday, Noon and Every Thursday, 4:30 – 5:30pm o Solidarity Sing-A-Long, Capitol rotunda, Madison. Join Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice on the ground floor Capitol Rotunda for a solidarity sing-along at noon, featuring best-loved songs from the labor and civil rights movements. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Solidarity-Sing-Along/144005335667532 • Throughout April o City of Madison Voter ID Workshops. Learn about recent changes to state election law, including voter ID requirements. Learn more about locations and times: http://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/Calendar.cfm; voting@cityofmadison.com, 608-266-4601
Manitowoc
• Sunday, April 22nd, 4:00pm o Protest Sen. Grothman at GOP Manitowoc Lincoln Dinner, Holiday Inn Manitowoc, 4601 Calumet Ave, Manitowoc. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/152228241571457/
Milwaukee Area • Tuesday, April 17th, 5:15pm o Jobs and Equal Pay March. April 17th is National Equal Pay Day. Sponsored by: 9 to 5. Meet at Milwaukee County Courthouse, 9th and W Wells. Following brief rally group will march to ReFUND Wisconsin Tax Day Rally at MMAC, 756 N. Milwaukee. For more information: dana@9to5. • Tuesday, April 17th , 6:00pm o ReFUND Wisconsin Tax Day Rally, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, 756 N. Milwaukee St. If corporations and the rest of the wealthiest 1% paid their taxes like the 99% do, we could reFUND our priorities: BadgerCare, public schools, a real jobs program, restore workers’ rights. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/2012/03/april17-join-hundreds-at-the-intersection-of-the-1-and-politics/ • Thursday, April 19th, 4:00pm o Rally: Full Funding for Public Transit, ATU Local 998, 734 N. 26th St. Milwaukee. Sponsored by: Occupy Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/301223719950153/ • Saturday, April 21st, 9:00am – Noon o Milwaukee Riverkeeper's Annual Spring Cleanup, Check out website for details site locations: http://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=177 for details and site locations. • Sunday, April 29th, 12:30pm – 4:00pm o May Day Solidarity March. Meet at Voces de la Frontera and march to Veterans Park. Voces de la Frontera, 1027 S. 5th Street, Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/368913903139007/ • Sunday, May 6th, 3:00pm o Bay View Tragedy Reenactment, Russell and Superior St, Milwaukee.
Racine • Monday, April 23rd, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Bray Center, 924 Center St. Racine. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
On the eve of Scott Walker’s talk to a group of corporate lobbyists in Springfield, a bi-state Citizen’s Truth Squad detailed how the controversial governor’s policies have hurt Wisconsin and would mean disaster for Illinois.
The panel of citizen experts on small business, health care, the environment and women’s rights took place today via tele-news conferenceto outline the hardships imposed north of the border by Walker’s policies over the last year.
“Wisconsin was once the proud birthplace of progressivism,” said William McNary, co-director of Citizen Action/Illinois that will co-host the news conference with its sister organization, Citizen Action of Wisconsin. “Under Governor Walker, progress has been rolled back on job creation, health care access, environmental protection, and women’s equality.”
Joining McNary was
ON JOB CREATION & THE ECONOMY:Jennifer Epps-Addison, Economic Justice Director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin and David Borris, Lake County, Illinois small business owner.
ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION:Shalla Warner, Director of the Sierra Club/Wisconsin Chapter and Jack Darin, Director of the Sierra Club/Illinois Chapter.
ON HEALTH CARE:Kevin Kane, Health Care Organizer, Citizen Action of Wisconsin and John Peller, vice president of public policy of the AIDS Foundation in Illinois.
ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS:Dana Schultz, Director of 9 to 5 Wisconsin and Melissa Josephs, Advocacy Director of Women Employed.
“Economic growth is about one thing: job creation. During the first year of the Walker administration, Wisconsin lost some 11,500 jobs—the worst jobs record in the nation—even as Illinois’ sluggish economy added 36,500 new ones,” said David Borris, a Highland Park restaurant owner.
“What small businesses need to grow are customers—people with paychecks to spend. The worst thing for the Illinois economy would be to follow Walker’s plan for cutting jobs and public services to fund more corporate tax giveaways.”
Listen to "Post Election - What's wrong with Waukesha" Battleground Wisconsin Podcast We review the GOP Presidential Primary crazy train that swung through Wisconsin the past week, including Mitt Romney's gaffes, subs-for-votes, and Waukesha County's continued in-ability to count its votes in a timely manner. We welcome Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin's Nicole Safar to talk about the attack on their Appleton Clinic. We spotlight a teacher's union leader who stood up to right-wing bullying and defended the movement. We also review the week's recall news, redistricting, Obama's vehement critique of Paul Ryan's budget, and more!
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Other Events: Eau Claire • Thursday, April 12th, 11:30am – 1:00pm o Affordable Care Act, What it means for small businesses. CVTC Gateway Plaza, 2320 Alpine Rd. Sponsored by: Alliance for Strong Communities. For more information or to RSVP: Pam Campbell, campbellp13@att.net.
Green Bay • Monday, April 9th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Heritage Hill, 2640 S. Webster Ave., Green Bay. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
Madison Area • Saturday, April 7th, Noon o Hoodie Rally in Memory of Trayvon Martin and Bo Morrison, Capitol Square, Madison. Rally to seek justice and to oppose laws that allow killing of our youth. To stand against the stereotyping of our young men. Speakers include: Mahlon Mitchell, Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, Kaleem Caire, Lisa Graves, Matt Rothschild. Family and friends of Bo Morrison will be there. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/363164820395470/ • Tuesday, April 10th, 7:00pm – 9:00pm o Challenging the Power of the Super Rich, Pyle Center Auditorium, 702 Langdon Street, Madison. “From Wisconsin to Wall Street: Challenging the Power of the Super Rich" with Stephen Lerner of SEIU International. Lerner is a labor and community organizer who has spent more than three decades organizing. He is the architect of the justice for janitors campaign, which has organized and helped win a union for hundreds of thousands of immigrant janitors. For more information: http://www.havenscenter.org/vsp/stephen-lerner • Saturday, April 28th, Noon
o Wisconsin's Unite Against the War on Women Protest, State Capitol, Madison. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/248264448593700/ • Every Weekday, Noon and Every Thursday, 4:30 – 5:30pm o Solidarity Sing-A-Long, Capitol rotunda, Madison. Join Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice on the ground floor Capitol Rotunda for a solidarity sing-along at noon, featuring best-loved songs from the labor and civil rights movements. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Solidarity-Sing-Along/144005335667532 • Throughout April o City of Madison Voter ID Workshops. Learn about recent changes to state election law, including voter ID requirements. Learn more about locations and times: http://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/Calendar.cfm; voting@cityofmadison.com, 608-266-4601
Milwaukee Area • Tuesday, April 17th, 5:15pm o Jobs and Equal Pay March. April 17th is National Equal Pay Day. Sponsored by: 9 to 5. Meet at Milwaukee County Courthouse, 9th and W Wells. Following brief rally group will march to ReFUND Wisconsin Tax Day Rally at MMAC, 756 N. Milwaukee. For more information: dana@9to5. • Tuesday, April 17th , 6:00pm o ReFUND Wisconsin Tax Day Rally, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, 756 N. Milwaukee St. If corporations and the rest of the wealthiest 1% paid their taxes like the 99% do, we could reFUND our priorities: BadgerCare, public schools, a real jobs program, restore workers’ rights. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/2012/03/april17-join-hundreds-at-the-intersection-of-the-1-and-politics/ • Thursday, April 19th, 4:00pm o Rally: Full Funding for Public Transit, ATU Local 998, 734 N. 26th St. Milwaukee. Sponsored by: Occupy Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/301223719950153/ • Saturday, April 21st, 9:00am – Noon o Milwaukee Riverkeeper's Annual Spring Cleanup, Check out website for details site locations: http://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=177 for details and site locations. • Sunday, April 29th, 12:30pm – 4:00pm o May Day Solidarity March. Meet at Voces de la Frontera and march to Veterans Park. Voces de la Frontera, 1027 S. 5th Street, Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/368913903139007/
Racine • Monday, April 23rd, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Bray Center, 924 Center St. Racine. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
Sheboygan • Sunday, April 15th, 11:00am - 7:00pm o Sheboygan: 7th Annual Workers’ Celebration Brat Fry, Emil Mazey Hall, 5425 Superior Ave., Sheboygan.
Wausau • Friday, April 13th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Rose Garden, 131 W. Thomas St., Wausau. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
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Health Care Forums and Town Halls. Statewide Calendar Other Events: Eau Claire • Thursday, April 12th, 11:30am – 1:00pm o Affordable Care Act, What it means for small businesses. CVTC Gateway Plaza, 2320 Alpine Rd. Sponsored by: Alliance for Strong Communities. For more information or to RSVP: Pam Campbell, campbellp13@att.net.
Green Bay • Monday, April 9th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Heritage Hill, 2640 S. Webster Ave., Green Bay. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
Janesville • Thursday, April 5th, 2:30pm - 3:30pm o Medicare: Get the Facts on Paul Ryan’s Budget, Union Labor Temple, 1605 Center Avenue, Janesville.
Madison Area • Saturday, April 7th, Noon o Hoodie Rally in Memory of Trayvon Martin and Bo Morrison, Capitol Square, Madison. Rally to seek justice and to oppose laws that allow killing of our youth. To stand against the stereotyping of our young men. Speakers include: Mahlon Mitchell, Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, Kaleem Caire, Lisa Graves, Matt Rothschild. Family and friends of Bo Morrison will be there. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/363164820395470/ • Saturday, April 28th, Noon
o Wisconsin's Unite Against the War on Women Protest, State Capitol, Madison. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/248264448593700/ • Every Weekday, Noon and Every Thursday, 4:30 – 5:30pm o Solidarity Sing-A-Long, Capitol rotunda, Madison. Join Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice on the ground floor Capitol Rotunda for a solidarity sing-along at noon, featuring best-loved songs from the labor and civil rights movements. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Solidarity-Sing-Along/144005335667532 • Throughout April o City of Madison Voter ID Workshops. Learn about recent changes to state election law, including voter ID requirements. Learn more about locations and times: http://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/Calendar.cfm; voting@cityofmadison.com, 608-266-4601
Milwaukee Area • Thursday, April 5th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Recall Candidate Forum. Serb Hall, 5101 W. Oklahoma Ave., Milwaukee. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1 • Tuesday, April 17th, 5:15pm o Jobs and Equal Pay March. April 17th is National Equal Pay Day. Sponsored by: 9 to 5. Meet at Milwaukee County Courthouse, 9th and W Wells. Following brief rally group will march to ReFUND Wisconsin Tax Day Rally at MMAC, 756 N. Milwaukee. For more information: dana@9to5. • Tuesday, April 17th , 6:00pm o ReFUND Wisconsin Tax Day Rally, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, 756 N. Milwaukee St. If corporations and the rest of the wealthiest 1% paid their taxes like the 99% do, we could reFUND our priorities: BadgerCare, public schools, a real jobs program, restore workers’ rights. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/2012/03/april17-join-hundreds-at-the-intersection-of-the-1-and-politics/ • Thursday, April 19th, 4:00pm o Rally: Full Funding for Public Transit, ATU Local 998, 734 N. 26th St. Milwaukee. Sponsored by: Occupy Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/301223719950153/ • Saturday, April 21st, 9:00am – Noon o Milwaukee Riverkeeper's Annual Spring Cleanup, Check out website for details site locations: http://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=177 for details and site locations. • Sunday, April 29th, 12:30pm – 4:00pm o May Day Solidarity March. Meet at Voces de la Frontera and march to Veterans Park. Voces de la Frontera, 1027 S. 5th Street, Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/368913903139007/
Platteville • Wednesday, April 4th, 6:00pm o Recall Campaign Kick Off Party, United Wisconsin is sponsoring a rally featuring food, videos, and special guests. Above the Pig in Platteville. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/230139470435361/
Racine • Monday, April 23rd, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Bray Center, 924 Center St. Racine. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
Sheboygan • Sunday, April 15th, 11:00am - 7:00pm o Sheboygan: 7th Annual Workers’ Celebration Brat Fry, Emil Mazey Hall, 5425 Superior Ave., Sheboygan.
Wausau • Friday, April 13th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Rose Garden, 131 W. Thomas St., Wausau. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
Other Events: Eau Claire • Thursday, April 12th, 11:30am – 1:00pm o Affordable Care Act, What it means for small businesses. CVTC Gateway Plaza, 2320 Alpine Rd. Sponsored by: Alliance for Strong Communities. For more information or to RSVP: Pam Campbell, campbellp13@att.net.
Green Bay • Monday, April 9th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Heritage Hill, 2640 S. Webster Ave., Green Bay. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
Madison Area • Saturday, April 28th, Noon
o Wisconsin's Unite Against the War on Women Protest, State Capitol, Madison. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/248264448593700/ • Every Weekday, Noon and Every Thursday, 4:30 – 5:30pm o Solidarity Sing-A-Long, Capitol rotunda, Madison. Join Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice on the ground floor Capitol Rotunda for a solidarity sing-along at noon, featuring best-loved songs from the labor and civil rights movements. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Solidarity-Sing-Along/144005335667532 • Throughout April o City of Madison Voter ID Workshops. Learn about recent changes to state election law, including voter ID requirements. Learn more about locations and times: http://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/Calendar.cfm; voting@cityofmadison.com, 608-266-4601
Milwaukee Area • Monday, April 2nd, 7:00pm o An Evening with Cornel West – Democracy in Crisis, UWM Union Wisconsin Room, 2200 Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/387969164563505/ • Thursday, April 5th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Recall Candidate Forum. Serb Hall, 5101 W. Oklahoma Ave., Milwaukee. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1 • Thursday, April 19th, 4:00pm o Rally: Full Funding for Public Transit, ATU Local 998, 734 N. 26th St. Milwaukee. Sponsored by: Occupy Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/301223719950153/ • Saturday, April 21st, 9:00am – Noon o Milwaukee Riverkeeper's Annual Spring Cleanup, Check out website for details site locations: http://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=177 for details and site locations. • Sunday, April 29th, 12:30pm – 4:00pm o May Day Solidarity March. Meet at Voces de la Frontera and march to Veterans Park. Voces de la Frontera, 1027 S. 5th Street, Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/368913903139007/
Platteville • Wednesday, April 4th, 6:00pm o Recall Campaign Kick Off Party, United Wisconsin is sponsoring a rally featuring food, videos, and special guests. Above the Pig in Platteville. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/230139470435361/
Racine • Monday, April 23rd, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Bray Center, 924 Center St. Racine. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
Sheboygan • Sunday, April 15th, 11:00am - 7:00pm o Sheboygan: 7th Annual Workers’ Celebration Brat Fry, Emil Mazey Hall, 5425 Superior Ave., Sheboygan.
Wausau • Friday, April 13th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Rose Garden, 131 W. Thomas St., Wausau. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
Listen to “Recall the Supreme Court” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast After covering this week's recall election news, we discuss the historic Supreme Court testimony on the Affordable Care Act and Paul Ryan's disastrous new House Budget passed on Thursday.
Green Bay • Monday, April 9th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Heritage Hill, 2640 S. Webster Ave., Green Bay. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
Madison Area • Friday, March 30th, 7:00pm – 9:00pm o Screening of the documentary Brothers On The Line. A timely tale of one family’s quest to compel American democracy to live up to its promise of equality, Brothers On the Line is a dramatic blueprint of successful social action. Monona Terrace, One John Nolen Drive, Madison. Tickets: Free. For more information: http://bit.ly/GHRY7k For more information about the movie: http://www.defendwisconsin.org/2012/03/23/wisconsin-premiere-screening-of-the-documentary-brothers-on-the-line/ • Saturday, March 31st, 7:30pm – 8:30pm o Solidarity Singalong, Stagenorth 123 Omaha, Washburn. Call 715.209.5471 for information. • Saturday, April 28th, Noon
o Wisconsin's Unite Against the War on Women Protest, State Capitol, Madison. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/248264448593700/ • Every Weekday, Noon and Every Thursday, 4:30 – 5:30pm o Solidarity Sing-A-Long, Capitol rotunda, Madison. Join Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice on the ground floor Capitol Rotunda for a solidarity sing-along at noon, featuring best-loved songs from the labor and civil rights movements. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Solidarity-Sing-Along/144005335667532 • Throughout March and April
Milwaukee Area • Friday, March 30th, 6:30pm o Hands Across the Viaduct Community Rally, Bethesda Baptist Church, 2909 N. 20th St., Join us to strengthen Milwaukee on issues of healthcare, voting and shared resources. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/166601136794735/ or contact Sharon: sharonmicah@gmail.com • Saturday, March 31st, 9:00am o Hands Across the Viaduct Neighborhood Canvass, Meet at Bethesda Baptist Church, 2909 N. 20th St., Milwaukee. For more information, contact Sharon: sharonmicah@gmail.com • Saturday, March 31st, 8:00am – 10:00am o 9to5 Wisconsin’s, Flapjacks, maple syrup and leaders Fundraiser, Applebee’s, 6750 W. State St., Wauwatosa. 9to5 is raising money for 10 grassroots members to attend our Annual Leadership Conference in DC that's happening in May. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/135177156607710/ • Monday, April 2nd, 7:00pm o An Evening with Cornel West – Democracy in Crisis, UWM Union Wisconsin Room, 2200 Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/387969164563505/ • Thursday, April 5th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Recall Candidate Forum. Serb Hall, 5101 W. Oklahoma Ave., Milwaukee. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1 • Saturday, April 21st, 9:00am – Noon o Milwaukee Riverkeeper's Annual Spring Cleanup, Check out website for details site locations: http://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=177 for details and site locations. • Sunday, April 29th, 12:30pm – 4:00pm o May Day Solidarity March. Meet at Voces de la Frontera and march to Veterans Park. Voces de la Frontera, 1027 S. 5th Street, Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/368913903139007/
Racine • Monday, April 23rd, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Bray Center, 924 Center St. Racine. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
Sheboygan • Sunday, April 15th, 11:00am - 7:00pm o Sheboygan: 7th Annual Workers’ Celebration Brat Fry, Emil Mazey Hall, 5425 Superior Ave., Sheboygan.
Wausau • Friday, April 13th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Rose Garden, 131 W. Thomas St., Wausau. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: http://refundwisconsin.org/register/?org=ca&orgsource=email1
Wisconsin Rapids • Saturday March 31st, 1:00pm o Affordable Care Act Presentation: How does the healthcare reform affect you and your community? First Congregational Church UCC, 311 2nd St. S., WI Rapids. For more information: Kevin.kane@citizenactionwi.org
Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal is yet another attack on working Americans, young children, students, older people, individuals with disabilities, the unemployed and people without access to health care. At the same time, Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, would give Americans who earn more than $1 million a $125,000 annual tax break by making the George W. Bush tax cuts permanent, and he would cut the effective tax rates for both rich people and corporations.
The U.S. House took up the Ryan Republican Budget yesterday. A vote is expected today.
Paul Ryan is living in another universe. It’s a universe run by millionaire 21st Century robber barons – greedy millionaires and their politicians in Congress who do their bidding. It’s certainly not a universe made up of people who believe that the strength of our economy and our country depends on the decisions and investments we decide to make together. That means investing in health care, education, and even in making sure that our families have enough to eat. Paul Ryan would sacrifice all of this so that a few people at the top of the economy enjoy even larger tax breaks at the expense of the rest of us.
Among the cuts the Ryan Republican Budget proposes: • Raising the age of Medicare eligibility, leaving millions without coverage, while simultaneously repealing the Affordable Care Act. • Converting Medicaid into a block grant program to states, resulting in more than $800 billion in cuts and taking away coverage from at least 14 million low-income Americans. • Cutting SNAP (food stamps) by $134 billion over the next ten years – at a time when hunger in America is increasing. • Devastating cuts to public education, and the elimination of access to Pell Grants for many college students. • Other sweeping cuts to safety-net programs like Head Start, child care, WIC, veterans’ assistance, Community Development Block Grants and jobs programs.
At the same time that the Ryan Republican Budget would cut the most basic necessities like health care and food assistance, it would drastically lower tax rates for the wealthiest Americans and corporations while making the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy permanent.
USAction is organizing the Fight for the 99% Campaign, an effort to create jobs and build an economy that works for all of us. In April, USAction affiliates will organize “tax day” events across the country to highlight economic injustice and the plight of our nation’s shattered middle class.
Citizen Action of Wisconsin is the state affiliate of USAction. USAction is a federation of 22 state affiliates that organize for a more just America. With our state partners, we build broad coalitions to win progressive campaigns that enrich people’s lives.
Green Bay • Monday, April 9th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Heritage Hill, 2640 S. Webster Ave., Green Bay. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: www.ReFUNDWisconsin.org
Madison Area • Thursday, March 29th, 1:00pm o Foreclosure Prevention Taskforce meeting, The Village on Park, 2300 S. Park Street, Madison. Please join Mayor Soglin and County Executive Joe Parisi for an update on the Dane County Foreclosure Prevention Taskforce! For more information: www.daneforeclosurehelp.org • Thursday, March 29th, 5:30pm o Open Forum on Tenants' Rights in Wisconsin, The Wisconsin Alliance for Tenants’ Rights is convening an open forum on the history and future of tenant organizing in Madison. Union South (Room TBD), UW-Madison Campus, Madison. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/111758962281773/ • Friday, March 30th, 7:00pm – 9:00pm o Screening of the documentary Brothers On The Line. A timely tale of one family’s quest to compel American democracy to live up to its promise of equality, Brothers On the Line is a dramatic blueprint of successful social action. Monona Terrace, One John Nolen Drive, Madison. Tickets: Free. For more information: http://bit.ly/GHRY7k • Saturday, April 28th, Noon
o Wisconsin's Unite Against the War on Women Protest, State Capitol, Madison. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/248264448593700/ • Every Weekday, Noon and Every Thursday, 4:30 – 5:30pm o Solidarity Sing-A-Long, Capitol rotunda, Madison. Join Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice on the ground floor Capitol Rotunda for a solidarity sing-along at noon, featuring best-loved songs from the labor and civil rights movements. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Solidarity-Sing-Along/144005335667532 • Throughout March
o City of Madison Voter ID Workshops. Learn about recent changes to state election law, including voter ID requirements. Learn more about locations and times: http://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/Calendar.cfm; voting@cityofmadison.com, 608-266-4601
Milwaukee Area • Friday, March 30th, 6:30pm o Hands Across the Viaduct Community Rally, Bethesda Baptist Church, 2909 N. 20th St., Join us to strengthen Milwaukee on issues of healthcare, voting and shared resources. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/166601136794735/ or contact Sharon: sharonmicah@gmail.com • Saturday, March 31st, 9:00am o Hands Across the Viaduct Neighborhood Canvass, Meet at Bethesda Baptist Church, 2909 N. 20th St., Milwaukee. For more information, contact Sharon: sharonmicah@gmail.com • Saturday, March 31st, 8:00am – 10:00am o 9to5 Wisconsin’s, Flapjacks, maple syrup and leaders Fundraiser, Applebee’s, 6750 W. State St., Wauwatosa. 9to5 is raising money for 10 grassroots members to attend our Annual Leadership Conference in DC that's happening in May. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/135177156607710/ • Monday, April 2nd, 7:00pm o An Evening with Cornel West – Democracy in Crisis, UWM Union Wisconsin Room, 2200 Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/387969164563505/ • Thursday, April 5th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Recall Candidate Forum. Serb Hall, 5101 W. Oklahoma Ave., Milwaukee. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. For more information: www.ReFUNDWisconsin.org • Saturday, April 21st, 9:00am – Noon o Milwaukee Riverkeeper's Annual Spring Cleanup, Check out website for details site locations: http://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=177 for details and site locations. • Sunday, April 29th, 12:30pm – 4:00pm o May Day Solidarity March. Meet at Voces de la Frontera and march to Veterans Park. Voces de la Frontera, 1027 S. 5th Street, Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/368913903139007/
Racine • Monday, April 23rd, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Bray Center, 924 Center St. Racine. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: www.ReFUNDWisconsin.org
Sheboygan • Sunday, April 15th, 11:00am - 7:00pm o Sheboygan: 7th Annual Workers’ Celebration Brat Fry, Emil Mazey Hall, 5425 Superior Ave., Sheboygan.
Wausau • Thursday, March 29th, 6:00pm o Wisconsin Women Win with the Affordable Care Act: Educate & Celebrate Event, YWCA 613 5th Street, Wausau. Join Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health to celebrate the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Learn how Wisconsin women are winning and continue to learn the benefits of meaningful health care reform in our state. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/112593055531634/ • Friday, April 13th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Rose Garden, 131 W. Thomas St., Wausau. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: www.ReFUNDWisconsin.org
Wisconsin Rapids • Saturday March 31st, 1:00pm o Affordable Care Act Presentation: How does the healthcare reform affect you and your community? First Congregational Church UCC, 311 2nd St. S., WI Rapids. For more information: Kevin.kane@citizenactionwi.org
Hearing Scheduled Less Than 24 Hours After MKE Jobs Act Coalition Packs Committee Meeting
Milwaukee Alderman Ashanti Hamilton has scheduled a hearing on the Milwaukee Jobs Act less than 24 hours after the Milwaukee Jobs Act Coalition packed the Steering and Rules Committee meeting. Members of the Milwaukee Jobs Act Coalition will call on the Common Council to draft, introduce, and pass the real Milwaukee Jobs Act which includes all 5 policy ideas submitted by the Milwaukee Jobs Act Coalition. What: Public Hearing on the Milwaukee Jobs Act Where: City Hall, 200 E. Wells St. When: Today, March 29, 1:30 PM Who: Community Leaders and Milwaukee residents speaking out for city action on Milwaukee job crisis, including supporting MKE Jobs Act.
The Milwaukee Jobs Act Coalition is made up of 25 local community, faith and labor groups. The Coalition has been working on the Milwaukee Jobs Act since approaching the legislation's lead sponsor with the idea seven months ago. They introduced the idea to numerous members of the Common Council, President Hines and Mayor Barrett at a town hall meeting on November 21st, 2011. The Coalition has forwarded the Council 9 pages of ideas, held numerous public meetings, and engaged thousands of Milwaukee residents.
The MKE Jobs Act will 1) Ensure jobs created with taxpayer money are good jobs with benefits; 2) Put young people to work year-round in Milwaukee small businesses and non-profits; 3) Require community reinvestment from banks that benefit from taxpayer money; 4) Put Milwaukee residents to work restoring our infrastructure and maintaining foreclosed properties; 5) Hold businesses that receive our tax dollars accountable for creating the jobs they promise. For more information on the MKE Jobs Act.
Organizational supporters: Citizen Action of Wisconsin, 9to5 Milwaukee, Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH), League of Young Voters, Voces de la Frontera, Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association, Wisconsin Jobs Now, United Wisconsin, South Side Organizing Committee, Milwaukee Area Labor Council, Milwaukee Building Trades, Laborers Local 113, Urban Underground, Tikkun-Hair, Move to Amend, African-American Chamber of Commerce, SEIU WI State Council, United Steelworkers Local 2-232, IBEW Local 494, We Are Milwaukee, and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 998
Green Bay • Monday, April 9th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Heritage Hill, 2640 S. Webster Ave., Green Bay. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: www.ReFUNDWisconsin.org
Madison Area • Thursday, March 29th, 1:00pm o Foreclosure Prevention Taskforce meeting, The Village on Park, 2300 S. Park Street, Madison. Please join Mayor Soglin and County Executive Joe Parisi for an update on the Dane County Foreclosure Prevention Taskforce! For more information: www.daneforeclosurehelp.org • Thursday, March 29th, 5:30pm o Open Forum on Tenants' Rights in Wisconsin, The Wisconsin Alliance for Tenants’ Rights is convening an open forum on the history and future of tenant organizing in Madison. Union South (Room TBD), UW-Madison Campus, Madison. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/111758962281773/ • Friday, March 30th, 7:00pm – 9:00pm o Screening of the documentary Brothers On The Line. A timely tale of one family’s quest to compel American democracy to live up to its promise of equality, Brothers On the Line is a dramatic blueprint of successful social action. Monona Terrace, One John Nolen Drive, Madison. Tickets: Free. For more information: http://bit.ly/GHRY7k • Saturday, April 28th, Noon
o Wisconsin's Unite Against the War on Women Protest, State Capitol, Madison. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/248264448593700/ • Every Weekday, Noon and Every Thursday, 4:30 – 5:30pm o Solidarity Sing-A-Long, Capitol rotunda, Madison. Join Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice on the ground floor Capitol Rotunda for a solidarity sing-along at noon, featuring best-loved songs from the labor and civil rights movements. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Solidarity-Sing-Along/144005335667532 • Throughout March
o City of Madison Voter ID Workshops. Learn about recent changes to state election law, including voter ID requirements. Learn more about locations and times: http://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/Calendar.cfm; voting@cityofmadison.com, 608-266-4601
Milwaukee Area • Wednesday, March 28th, 10:30am o Protest Rahm Emanual’s Attack on 99%, Join Occupy the Hood-Milwaukee, Occupy Riverwest, Occupy Milwaukee and other groups to protest Rahm Emanuel for supporting a series of First Amendment killing policies for the G-8 Summit previously scheduled in Chicago. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/112294275564390/ • Wednesday, March 28, 1:30pm o Demonstration in Support of the Milwaukee Jobs Act at Steering and Rules Committee, Milwaukee City Hall, 200 E Wells, Room 301-B, Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/394790820531727/ • Friday, March 30th, 6:30pm o Hands Across the Viaduct Community Rally, Bethesda Baptist Church, 2909 N. 20th St., Join us to strengthen Milwaukee on issues of healthcare, voting and shared resources. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/166601136794735/ or contact Sharon: sharonmicah@gmail.com • Saturday, March 31st, 9:00am o Hands Across the Viaduct Neighborhood Canvass, Meet at Bethesda Baptist Church, 2909 N. 20th St., Milwaukee. For more information, contact Sharon: sharonmicah@gmail.com • Saturday, March 31st, 8:00am – 10:00am o 9to5 Wisconsin’s, Flapjacks, maple syrup and leaders Fundraiser, Applebee’s, 6750 W. State St., Wauwatosa. 9to5 is raising money for 10 grassroots members to attend our Annual Leadership Conference in DC that's happening in May. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/135177156607710/ • Monday, April 2nd, 7:00pm o An Evening with Cornel West – Democracy in Crisis, UWM Union Wisconsin Room, 2200 Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/387969164563505/ • Thursday, April 5th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Recall Candidate Forum. Serb Hall, 5101 W. Oklahoma Ave., Milwaukee. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. For more information: www.ReFUNDWisconsin.org • Saturday, April 21st, 9:00am – Noon o Milwaukee Riverkeeper's Annual Spring Cleanup, Check out website for details site locations: http://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=177 for details and site locations. • Sunday, April 29th, 12:30pm – 4:00pm o May Day Solidarity March. Meet at Voces de la Frontera and march to Veterans Park. Voces de la Frontera, 1027 S. 5th Street, Milwaukee. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/368913903139007/
Oshkosh • Wednesday, March 28th, 6:00pm o Wisconsin Women Win with the Affordable Care Act: Educate & Celebrate Event, UW Oshkosh Reeve Memorial Union Room 221, Oshkosh. Join Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health to celebrate the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Learn how Wisconsin women are winning and continue to learn the benefits of meaningful health care reform in our state. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/112593055531634/
Racine • Monday, April 23rd, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Bray Center, 924 Center St. Racine. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: www.ReFUNDWisconsin.org
Sheboygan • Sunday, April 15th, 11:00am - 7:00pm o Sheboygan: 7th Annual Workers’ Celebration Brat Fry, Emil Mazey Hall, 5425 Superior Ave., Sheboygan.
Wausau • Thursday, March 29th, 6:00pm o Wisconsin Women Win with the Affordable Care Act: Educate & Celebrate Event, YWCA 613 5th Street, Wausau. Join Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health to celebrate the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Learn how Wisconsin women are winning and continue to learn the benefits of meaningful health care reform in our state. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/112593055531634/ • Friday, April 13th, 6:30pm o ReFund Wisconsin Town Hall and Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Forum. Rose Garden, 131 W. Thomas St., Wausau. Join unemployed and underemployed workers, nurses, teachers, BadgerCare recipients, union members, community groups, and the rest of the 99% to demand that the recall candidates take up our agenda. All candidates have been invited. For more information: www.ReFUNDWisconsin.org
Wisconsin Rapids • Saturday March 31st, 1:00pm o Affordable Care Act Presentation: How does the healthcare reform affect you and your community? First Congregational Church UCC, 311 2nd St. S., WI Rapids. For more information: Kevin.kane@citizenactionwi.org
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