by Cynthia | Mar 20, 2025 | Community Updates
On March 19, the Washington Post published a feature story on what was happening in western Wisconsin: angry voters demanding answers from representatives who wouldn’t face them. The story — “Have You Seen My Congressman?” — centered on the growing...
by Cynthia | Mar 19, 2025 | Community Updates
When organizers for a Tim Walz town hall in Eau Claire on March 18 asked the City Council for residents with healthcare stories to tell, the ask reached CVI — and CVI put forward member Kayanna Spooner. Kayanna’s story — of navigating the healthcare system as...
by Cynthia | Mar 13, 2025 | Community Updates
On March 12, hundreds of Chippewa Valley residents gathered outside the federal courthouse in downtown Eau Claire for a Defend Democracy rally — one of the largest public demonstrations the city had seen in years. The message cut across party lines: the institutions...
by Cynthia | Mar 9, 2025 | Community Updates
On March 8, hundreds packed Altoona High School for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Fighting Oligarchy rally — and a CVI leader was the one who opened it. Just days after Rep. Van Orden’s staff locked constituents out of his district office, Cyndi Greening took the...
by Cynthia | Feb 28, 2025 | Community Updates
When Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s staff agreed to meet Eau Claire constituents at the public library on February 27, CVI members were ready — questions in hand, hoping to be heard. Then the staff canceled once word got out about the turnout. CVI held the session...
by Cynthia | Jan 26, 2025 | Community Updates
On January 25, 2025, twenty-eight people gathered in the Chippewa Valley with a shared conviction: democracy works only when people show up for it. That evening, Chippewa Valley Indivisible was born — part of the national Indivisible movement, rooted in western...
