DANGER: Supreme Court disses Wisconsin voters

Friend, the U.S. Supreme Court has again threatened our freedom to vote—this time in Wisconsin. As part of their "shadow docket," the right-wing majority just [threw out a map]( that would have given Black voters the representation they deserve. Now is the time to get angry, but to also build the groundwork to defend our democracy. Wisconsin is the ultimate "tipping-point" state. President Biden won it by 21,000 votes in 2020, and in 2022 we have a key U.S. Senate race and an open House seat. And with the state's restrictive voter ID laws designed to keep people of color, disabled, rural, and older people from voting, community groups have a lot of work to do. [Daily Kos has selected eight organizations in Wisconsin who are doing the groundwork necessary to engage frontline communities. Click here to donate $1 to each of these groups that will pay dividends in 2022 and beyond.]( [DONATE]( Your money will go very far to help these groups more effectively engage their community—not just for this election, but year-round. In 2020, Daily Kos raised over $100,000 for six Wisconsin grassroots groups. In 2022, we are excited to expand this effort and support the following eight organizations that have good plans in place: - Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC) focuses on community-based organizing and face-to-face conversations to create change. Through coordinated political action and by empowering Black leaders with the tools, training, and resources, BLOC works towards substantial and transformative change. Based in Milwaukee, BLOC has expanded its work to organize communities in Racine, Kenosha and elsewhere. - Citizen Action of Wisconsin is a membership organization dedicated to economic, racial, and environmental justice. They believe the pathway to progressive power in Wisconsin is multiracial organizing that bridges the urban, rural and suburban divide. They have chapters across the whole state, and a permanent field team that does deep canvassing. - Hmong American Women's Association organizes Southeast Asian women, girls, queer and trans people to champion gender justice and collective liberation in the Miwaukee area. They have expanded their work to also include civic engagement, helping to navigate Southeast Asian people through the citizenship process and voter outreach & mobilization. - Leaders Igniting Transformation (LIT) is a youth of color led independent nonprofit. LIT engages in values-based issue and electoral organizing, direct action, advocacy for public policy, and leadership development. On campuses and communities in Milwaukee’s key geographies, they organize young people to build independent political power for social, racial and economic justice. - Progress North is a new organization (founded in 2020) that connects the people of northwestern Wisconsin to each other across the deep divisions of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and generation. The 5 counties where Progress North is active are a rural, working-class part of the state that has historically been very blue—but has trended red, and where building progressive infrastructure can reverse this trend. - Souls to the Polls Milwaukee is a coalition of 500 predominantly Black churches in the Milwaukee area to engage voter participation & advocate for issues important to the community. Founded and run by Rev. Greg Lewis, they have a plan to reach 200,000 people in this upcoming election who don't normally vote in midterm elections. - Voces de la Frontera Action is a 25-year-old membership-based community group led by low-wage workers, immigrants and youth whose mission is to protect and expand civil rights and workers’ rights through leadership development, community organizing and empowerment. Using proven methods of relational organizing, VLFA was so effective in 2020 that Republicans recently targeted them in a sham audit. [Fortunately, the subpoena was dropped after an outcry](. - Wisconsin Conservation Voices works to help Native American people in Wisconsin get proper representation so their voices can be heard and their land can be protected. Their Native Vote program organizes tribal communities and significantly increased voter turnout in 2020 in the Red Cliff, Bad River, Mole Lake, Menominee and Stockbridge communities. [Click to donate $1 to each of these Wisconsin organizations who are doing the hard work to engage frontline communities for this election and beyond.]( [DONATE]( Thank you for all you do, Paul Hogarth, Daily Kos Daily Kos Relies on Readers Like You We don't have billionaire backers like some right-wing media outlets. Half our revenue comes from readers like you, meaning we literally couldn't do this work without you. Can you chip in $5 right now to help Daily Kos keep fighting? [Chip in $5]( If you wish to donate by mail instead, please send a check to Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.