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Action Alert   August 31, 2017
Tell WV’s Congressmen: No Healthcare Cuts to Pay for Tax Giveaways!
Thanks to grassroots action from you and folks from around the country, healthcare repeal was stopped, but the fight is not over yet. Tell your Congressman WV can't accept a budget that puts medicine and food out of reach for kids, seniors and working families, all to give a massive tax break to millionaires and billionaires. More
Issues: Budget Priorities, Healthcare, Kids and families, Medicare, SNAP

Action Alert   August 30, 2017
Show Up, Speak Out on FirstEnergy’s Bad Deal for WV
Show up and speak out to prevent West Virginians from having to bail out FirstEnergy and its shareholders! More
Issues: Energy, Energy efficiency

Citizen Action Group Blog   August 30, 2017
Coalition Opposes FirstEnergy’s Bad Deal for WV
WVCAG’s Energy Efficient West Virginia (EEWV) project has helped launch a coalition called West Virginians For Energy Freedom (WV4EF) to oppose FirstEnergy’s plan to transfer the obsolete Pleasants Power Plant to Mon Power and Potomac Edison. West Virginians don’t want to bail out FirstEnergy Corp. and its shareholders, and we shouldn’t have to! More
Issues: Energy, Energy efficiency

Citizen Action Group Blog CAG August 3, 2017
Join Us at the WV Grassroots Summit
This September, we hope you'll join us for a two-day planning and grassroots organizing summit in Buckhannon, WV. People all across our state are rising up to fight for equality for themselves, their families, and their neighbors - not for big donors on Wall Street. In West Virginia, we believe in freedom for all people regardless of gender, race, class, orientation, disability, or status. During our two day event, you will have the opportunity to join in on trainings, workshops, projects, networking opportunities, roundtable discussions, and more - if you are standing up for yourself, your family, and/or your community, this summit is for you! More
Issues: Budget Priorities, Civil Rights, Democracy, Economy, Fair taxation, Families, Healthcare

Action Alert   August 2, 2017
The Fight to Protect Our Care Continues
Thanks to increasing pressure from YOU, the Senate was unable to pass any of their repeal bills. Unfortunately, the fight to protect our care is far from over. The federal budget will be the next focus of attack. Support WV CAG and help us continue the fight for health care for all. More
Issues: Budget Priorities, Healthcare, Medicare, SNAP

Action Alert   July 18, 2017
Noon Rally Tuesday to Tell Sen. Capito “Don’t Make My Care Extinct!”
Thanks to your dedication and work we have got Senator Capito to so stay true to West Virginia, so far. She continues to express doubt and concern about the Senate healthcare bill, but make no mistake, Mitch McConnell and the Republican party are doing everything they can to get her to a ‘Yes’ on taking care from over 200,000 of our friends and neighbors. Tomorrow, Join us in Morgantown and Charleston as we send a message to Senator Capito: we are watching closely, and we won’t take anything but “NO” for an answer! More
Issues: HCAN, Healthcare

Citizen Action Group Blog CAG July 14, 2017
Trump ‘fraud’ commission is a tool for voter suppression
The Presidential Election Integrity Commission has no credibility and is a pretext for voter suppression. This waste of government resources and invasion of our privacy is all being done in an attempt to suppress people’s right to vote.  West Virginians and our state officials should refuse to cooperate in any way with this sham commission. More
Issues: Civil Rights, Democracy

Citizen Action Group Blog CAG July 12, 2017
Power to the People
Our annual fundraiser and awards dinner, the Spring Fling, was a huge success!  Thank you to all of our sponsors, silent auction contributors, those who attended and those who supported from afar. Citizen Action is only as powerful as the people and together we can make the necessary changes to live in a world that works for all of us! More
Issues: Budget Priorities, Civil Rights, Democracy, Fair taxation, Healthcare

Advocacy Letter   July 11, 2017
ACLU-WV, WV CAG Letter to Secretary of State Mac Warner re: Trump ‘Voter Fraud’ Commission
The American Civil Liberties Union of WV (ACLU-WV) and the WV Citizen Action Group (WV-CAG) have serious concerns about the Presidential Election Integrity Commission and its recent attempt to collect personal information on every U.S. voter, and urge Secretary Warner to join the many election officials around the country who are refusing to cooperate with this sham commission. More

Citizen Action Group Blog Gary Zuckett July 7, 2017
Budget Battle Over (For Now)
West Virginia dodged the bullet at the last possible moment. However, this is not a budget to celebrate. It cuts higher education and Medicaid and doesn’t raise enough new revenue to keep this annual fight over cuts v. revenue from playing out again next year and into the future. More
Issues: Budget Priorities, Fair taxation

Citizen Action Group Blog Gary Zuckett July 6, 2017
Climate March Beats the Heat
The last Saturday in April was a scorcher with temperatures in the 90’s, as we gathered in Charleston for a ‘sister’ march to the People’s Climate March. Despite the heat, we nearly 400 folks from around the state assembled and marched to a rally at the state Capitol in solidarity with the national march in DC. More
Issues: Energy, Sustainability

Citizen Action Group Blog   July 4, 2017
2017 West Virginia Solar Congress Shines
In June, more than 40 solar supporters came together to learn about solar, energy efficiency, and more at the 2017 West Virginia Solar Congress hosted by EEWV and WV SUN. The event was a huge success! More
Issues: Energy, Energy efficiency

Advocacy Letter   June 13, 2017
Citizen Action Endorses Call for a Fair Budget from Congress in 2018
As work begins on the FY 2018 budget, organizations from West Virginia are calling on Congress to increase investments in public education, affordable housing, health and nutrition, public transit, roads and bridges, clean air, clean water, clean energy, child care, and other means of making investments in communities that also create good jobs. Congress must produce a budget that moves us towards more opportunity for all, that safeguards and advances our basic living standards, and that protects our environment. More
Issues: Budget Priorities, Fair taxation

Citizen Action Group Blog CAG June 8, 2017
Attacks on Democracy Halted
A number of bills were introduced during the 2017 session that would have negatively affected our electoral process. With your help we were able to halt these attacks on democracy. More
Issues: Civil Rights, Democracy

Press Release CAG May 31, 2017
Press Release: WV Citizens Announce Support for “A 21st Century New Deal” on Infrastructure
WV Citizen Action Group hosted a media teleconference to announce support for the “21st Century New Deal”—a massive infrastructure proposal developed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus to create millions of jobs rebuilding our crumbling roadways, bridges, and schools. Executive Director of WV CAG, Gary Zuckett discussed the proposal and how it would impact WV and our unique infrastructure needs. More
Issues: Civil Rights, Economy, Energy

Action Alert CAG May 25, 2017
Potholes, A Budget for the People, and Grassroots Gatherings
Here are some important calls to action to address the increasingly urgent infrastructure crisis: a state budget that refuses to put our communities ahead of tax cuts for the wealthy. More
Issues: Budget Priorities, Civil Rights, Environment, Healthcare

Advocacy Letter   May 11, 2017
Antero Landfill NPDES Comments
WV-CAG joined more than a dozen organizations in submitting comments on the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit covering stormwater discharges from the Antero Landfill facility which will be used to dispose of the salt generated at its adjacent water treatment facility. More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Water