by Cynthia | Feb 22, 2026 | Community Updates
On February 21, CVI joined coalition partners — including El Centro de Conexion de Chippewa Valley — for a rally outside the Altoona Police Department, demanding answers about local law enforcement cooperation with ICE. By design, the press credited the impacted...
by Cynthia | Jan 11, 2026 | Community Updates
On January 10, more than 180 community members gathered at the Peace Circle in Chippewa Falls for an ICE accountability rally — one of the largest winter turnouts the valley had seen. The message was clear: immigrant families are our neighbors, and our community...
by Cynthia | Dec 20, 2025 | Community Updates
When an ICE surge reached western Wisconsin in late 2025 — families taken from small towns like Baldwin and River Falls — CVI reached out to help and found no rapid-response or mutual-aid network in place. Within days, CVI helped stand one up across more than a dozen...
by Cynthia | Nov 6, 2025 | Community Updates
When a federal budget standoff cut off SNAP benefits in early November, families across the Chippewa Valley faced a sudden gap in food assistance. CVI didn’t just protest the gap — it filled it. On November 4 and 5, volunteers gathered to pack meals for local...
by Cynthia | Oct 19, 2025 | Community Updates
On October 18, roughly 6,000 people marched through downtown Eau Claire for No Kings 2.0 — nearly doubling the 3,200 who came out for the first march just four months earlier. In Chippewa Falls, 280 marched simultaneously, up from 140. The growth was staggering, and...
by Cynthia | Oct 10, 2025 | Community Updates
On October 9, ABC News published an investigation into the deadly cost of rural hospital closures. Every source in the story came from CVI — including two CVI members. The reporting was powerful enough to prompt a response from the White House. CVI’s name never...
