Citizen Action is hiring Deep Canvass Field Organizers in Eau Claire, Green Bay, and Milwaukee. For more information contact Priscilla Bort at priscilla.bort@citizenactionwi.org Citizen Action welcomes Kat Klawes as our new Southeast Wisconsin Co-op Organizer Kat Klawes is the new Southeast Wisconsin Co-op Organizer! Kat has lived in both Milwaukee and Northeast Wisconsin. She has a bachelor’s degree in Education…
Join us Saturday, June 3rd, Noon in Green Bay for a Badgercare Expansion Canvass! It’s all hands on deck to get Badgercare expansion back in the budget! We are hitting the doors in the Northeast to talk to voters about Badgercare expansion and urge folks to call the Governor. Sign up here to come canvass. Want to canvass but can’t…
Memorial Weekend Help Us Win a Green New Deal By: Robert Kraig, executive director Green New Deal Resolution Reintroduced in Congress: We Must Fight for It A revised version of the Green New Deal Resolution was recently introduced in Congress, the only federal legislation that both requires Congress to do what is necessary to prevent runaway climate change and to…
Call Governor Tony Evers today in support of BadgerCare expansion (608) 266-1212 or send a message. VOLUNTEER with Citizen Action making calls to voters about expanding BadgerCare in the State Budget! EVERY MONDAY, 3pm – 5pm. RSVP Send a message to Governor Tony Evers Today! Kanisha Johnson, a young mother of 1 daughter who suffers from mental health Issues, believes…
Happy Mother’s Day Weekend Citizen Action has statewide media tour in support of BadgerCare! This week Citizen Action traveled around the state holding media events to draw attention to our campaign to get Govenor Tony Evers to use his strongest in the nation veto pen to force Speaker Vos and the GOP leadership to the negotiating table. The tour featured…
May 5th-7th Citizen Action calls for Gov. Evers to use strongest in the nation veto to bring Speaker Vos and the Republican leadership to negotiate. Wisconsin Republicans denied healthcare to tens of thousands of low-wage workers this Tuesday. Once again, Speaker Vos and the gerrymandered Legislative leaders ignored the opinions of 75% of Wisconsinites and removed BadgerCare Expansion from the…
Citizen Action members trek to the final JFC state budget public hearing in Minocqua. This Wednesday, the Legislature’s budget writing committee, the Joint Finance Committee) held it’s forth and final public hearing on the next state budget in Minocqua. Before the public hearing in Minocqua, Citizen Action hosted a media conference on the critical regional impacts of major budget proposals…
Tax Day Report: Families Face Cuts Unless Congress Stands Up to Billionaire & Corporate Tax Dodgers Watch media event As middle class and working Wisconsinites do their civic duty by filing their taxes by today’s deadline, many ultrarich Americans and the most profitable corporations avoid paying their fair share. Citizen Action of Wisconsin is releasing a new report from Americans…
Friday, April 14th Citizen Action members attend Back-to-Back Joint Finance Committee State Budget Public Hearings in Eau Claire and Wisconsin Dells. On April 11 and 12th, The Joint Finance Committee continued their four-part series of public hearings about the state budget. Citizen Action is going to every event to advocate for BadgerCare Expansion. Eau Claire; Tuesday, April 11th Citizen Action…
Friday, April 7th Grassroots Democracy Won the Supreme Court Race. By: Robet Kraig, Executive Director This week, Janet Protesiewicz won the most pivotal State Supreme Court election in Wisconsin history! But the real winner is democracy in Wisconsin. Make no mistake a growing grassroots progressive movement made this victory over right-wing extremism possible. And it is a strong and bolder…
