We have a special interview this week with Eau Claire City Council member Andrew Wethmann about a California water company’s failed scheme to get access to city water. It was a victory for community organizing and local democracy and a cautionary note about the threat of big water companies cutting secret days to steal our water resources. Speaking of conspiracies…
For Immediate Release–June 16, 2022 Contact: Robert Kraig (414) 322-5324, robert.kraig@citizenaction.org Madison: At a News Conference at the State Capitol today, Citizen Action of Wisconsin joined State Representative Supreme Moore Omokunde and State Senator Chris Larson to unveil a framework for what will be the first comprehensive legislation ever introduced in Wisconsin or in the Upper Midwest to actually meet…
The Issue There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that we face runaway climate change unless we start a bold transition very soon and achieve dramatic reductions in greenhouse emissions by 2030. While many Wisconsin elected leaders believe in science and are publicly committed to addressing this generational challenge, we lack state legislation up to the scale of the challenge. The…
We welcome Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, Citizen Action’s newly endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate, to discuss his historic campaign and why Citizen Action endorsed in the hotly contested primary to take on Mega MAGA Senator Ron Johnson. We debrief our 3rd Congressional District Candidate Forum, which featured the 4 Democratic candidates running to replace Ron Kind in one of the…
|Listen to a special interview with Mandela Barnes about our endorsement and his campaign. Volunteer to make phone calls for Mandela Barnes with People’s Action and Citizen Action. Every Wednesday, 5pm – 8pm. Citizen Action of Wisconsin and our national network People’s Action announced this Thursday our endorsement of Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes to represent Wisconsin in the United States…
Citizen Action is hiring! Campaigns Director Citizen Action North Central Organizing Co-op Climate Action Plan Meeting For the better part of a year, the Sustainability Committee for the City of Wausau has been discussing the creation of a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Resolution. Approximately 6 months ago, members of Citizen Action asked this committee to consider committing and working to develop…
We welcome guest panelist Isiah Holmes, an award-winning journalist from the Wisconsin Examiner, for an extended conversation focused on recent revelations on police accountability and mounting book censorship. We discuss the news that no charges will be filed against Police Officer Joseph Mensah in the fatal shooting of Jay Anderson. This came despite a botched investigation that led Judge Yamahiro…
Memorial Weekend Citizen Action is hiring! Movement Politics Director Campaigns Director Eau Claire media event highlights 1.5 million Wisconsin residents eligible for free or low-cost internet access. Citizen Action Northwestern Organizing Cooperative, Opportunity Wisconsin, and For Our Future held a media event this week in Eau Claire as part of the new “Paving the Way” statewide tour, highlighting how the…
We welcome State Representative Supreme Moore Omokunde as a guest panelist for a serious discussion of the proliferation of guns and lack of political courage to do anything real about it. With our government ground to a standstill on everything that matters to voters, can democracy survive? We break some news, as Rep. Moore Omokunde gives us a preview of…
RSVP for Citizen Action Brewfest 2022! Wednesday, June 22nd, 6pm, Milwaukee Office. Join us as we take an evening to celebrate! We’ll be giving our first ever Democracy Defenders Awards to two Milwaukeeans who have courageously stood against the right-wing conspiracy to end multiracial democracy in America. There will be refreshments and hors d’oeuvres! We’ll have a variety of craft…
