Transit Equity Day

Did you know that transportation is the second highest expense in most U.S. households? Did you know that the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the American Automobile Association report that it costs almost $12,000 per year to own and operate a car? Did you know that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation estimates that forty percent or more of City of La Crosse residents are non-drivers? Did you know that transit riders in Wisconsin spend 63 percent more time commuting than car drivers?

Transit Equity Day, February 4, Rosa Parks' birthday, calls attention to the need for better, stronger transit to ensure that everyone, no matter their age, physical condition, or wealth, can get to a full life. In fact, as Martin Luther King, Jr., noted, "Public transportation--buses, subways, trains, and more--is a genuine civil rights issue." Read more about that in this CityFix article.

Join the movement for better transit to improve equity, reduce air pollution and carbon emissions, and make our streets safer.

FREE FARES ALL DAY ON THE MTU February 4

OPEN HOUSE AT THE TRANSIT CENTER from 4 to 7

February 6 - SMRT Education & Outreach trip to Viroqua

Learn more: tinyurl.com/TEDLaCrosse-2026

Freedom March #4 - Feb. 7 in Winona

From Buffalo County Dems

On Saturday, Feb. 7th, concerned Wisconsinites in coordination with the Buffalo County Dems & Friends and the Winona Rapid Response Team will gather at the Latsch Island Beach (101 Latsch Sq, Winona, MN 55987). The exit is at the base of the Winona Bridge immediately after the green “Winona” road sign and crosses under the bridge toward Old Duke Road.

Freedom March #4 over the Winona Bridge will start at 1 PM. We will meet Minnesotans at the top of the bridge, and then proceed over to Windom Park (one block from the bridge) for brief comments from Puentes/Bridges Co-Founder (and Buffalo County's own) John Rosenow. For over 20 years, they have been building cultural bridges between the immigrants' home communities and our rural farming communities in west central Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota.

This will be a family friendly, peaceful, and non-violent event in the spirit of MLK Jr. (i.e. no "F" ICE signs, etc.). Bring your signs, flags, and voices.

Terry Schoonover, Chair, Buffalo County Dems & Friends

info@buffalodems.org, (608) 248-1100

Abolish Ice

 

ABOLISH ICE Protest

Solidarity Event

Hosted by La Crosse Indivisible

Saturday, January 31

Noon to 2 p.m.

State Road & Losey Blvd.

Click here for more info.

Flip the 3rd CD

 

Fundraiser for 3rd CD candidate Emily Berge

Sunday, February 1, 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Pearl Street Books, 323 Pearl Street

RSVP

General Strikes Change Everything

 

If you can, withhold your economic activity from this odious regime on Friday, January 30.

If you can, no work, no school, no shopping.

If you need something, find alternatives - locally owned, independent businesses; co-ops; second-hand, Etsy, allies ...

If you can, use the day to contact our elected  officials. Use 5Calls.org or Indivisible if needed. (Find your elected officials here.)

If you can, withdraw from Amazon, Target, Delta, Hilton, Enterprise, Home Depot--enablers of the occupation. Or spend time researching other collaborators. Boycotts work.

If you can, start disentangling from the oligarchs' networks - FB, IG, TikTok, etc. Here's a guide.

If you can, donate to StandWithMinnesota.com or local agencies like What I Need Now, Coulee Region Immigration Task Force, or Hunger Task Force.

If you can, find and read about or watch an online training about how to document, oppose, and protest ICE.

If you can, help Ellie Leonard comb through the released Epstein file documents.

If you can, connect with neighbors to strengthen our local support systems.

If you can, organize a Visibility Brigade.

If you can, write a blog post or letter to the editor.

Whatever you can do will make a difference. The general strikes here seem small and scattered but they matter.