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Working Class Neighborhoods
This is an open letter written to the Wausau City Council where they want to once again change the zoning back to industrial in a working class neighborhood.
Working class neighborhoods are constantly at risk. Historically they always face higher pollution levels which lead to less access to opportunities for a better quality of life. We are so quick to develop and create an aesthetic appearance in our city, but what about under the surface? How do most of our residents live? Most of our citizens are working class. There is pride in being working class, it is what our city was built on. The citizens in the Cleveland Avenue area are working class, ...
LABOR DAY POSTCARDS
SAY IT IN ONE SENTENCE POSTCARD CAMPAIGN!!
Yep, that’s right. Write one sentence “I WORK HARD FOR A LIVING AND THIS IS MY MESSAGE TO YOU: Then address them to your elected officials, -we have the addresses for you. The postage is already on them, just drop them in the mail. THESE ARE AVAILABLE AT THE LABOR TEMPLE.
HAPPY LABOR DAY!! There will be burgers and brats after the parade!
WOMEN FOR WOMEN
All Women for Women Wisconsin meetings are virtual and take place on the first Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. The goal of W4W is to help citizens better understand the issues impacting our communities and to help voters make the best decisions when going to the polls.
September 4th at 6 PM
“Women Who Rise”
Our guest speaker will be Bianca Shaw in a continuation of National Women’s Equality Day. Bianca is the founder of Thrive National and also the author of the book “From Striving to Thriving.” Bianca will be speaking the week before at the Center for Visual Arts.
All membership meetings use the same link.
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WAUSAU LABOR DAY PARADE
Please Note the Route Change.
AND WE WOUND UP ON RACHEL MADDOW
Since Middle Wisconsin has been offline for a few weeks for repairs, you have missed a lot.
We are holding protests every Friday in August from noon until 1 PM at Representative Tom Tiffany's Office. This beach bash one was notably the best, landing us with honorable mention on Rachel Maddow. Every Friday has a different theme and on August 15 we brought about awareness for Toxic Tom doing nothing to protect water in Wisconsin. This awareness is anything from PFAS to wanting to open the state to bad mining business. Below are a few photos highlighting what we do and we sure hope you will join us for more.
This is your Official Undercover ...
Protecting Wisconsin Waters
Are we doing enough to protect our waters in Wisconsin?
I have been keeping an eye on the potential for drilling at the Bend site in Taylor County for over a year and here we are seeing this come to fruition with no regard for social license. I look at the damage done by mining operations worldwide. Is that something we really want here? Clean water is a right. Once it is destroyed there is no getting it back. It is also rumored that this company will again be back to make another attempt within the year at exploratory drilling just below the Dells of Eau Claire, known as the Reef project.
Many of us have been out to the Bend ...
WAUSAU – FAIR MAPS COMMUNITY HEARING
The Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition is hitting the road, and we want to hear from YOU! Join us and local leaders for a Fair Maps Community Hearing to shape the future of redistricting in Wisconsin.
We may have fair maps now, but they’re only temporary. Without lasting legislation, we risk going back to a system where politicians pick their voters—and ignore the will of the people and we are not that far from the 2030 census. When maps are rigged, we don’t get what we want or need: clean air and water, strong public schools, affordable healthcare, and real accountability.
Drawing these maps is a highly technical, mathematical process. ...
JUNE 2025 THOMAS STREET NEIGHBORHOOD TOUR WITH THE FRIENDS OF WAUSAU HISTORIC LANDMARKS.
Citizens for a Clean Wausau and the Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks teamed up in the Thomas Street Neighborhood this month. With the Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks, we learn about the history of Wausau, the ornate landmarks, the lumber barrons, and how Wausau was formed. This month was a unique blend of the beauty, as well as the damge done from former factories in the area. Thomas Street was the home to Crestline (the area is now owned by Wauleco/Sentry Insurance) and across the street was the former site of Connor Industries, where St Vincent DePaul sits today.
Approximetely 55 people came for the tour this month. There was ...