Wellstone Action!
proudly stands with our thousands of alumni and dozens of partner
organizations in Wisconsin who are bravely fighting to take back their
state. We hope the good people of WI take Paul Wellstone’s advice today
to “Mumble, grumble, complain, wallow, hope, despair, worry, VOTE!”

Thirty-five Latino, Polish, Arab, African and Asian immigrants and children of immigrants were selected to participate in a statewide non-partisan immigrant candidate training program Saturday, July 9th.

Enough, already, of the false starts and the blame games. We Minnesotans are long overdue for some good-faith negotiations and sensible solutions for tackling the enormous state budget deficit.

Wanted: school board members who understand what it means to work in a school, or who will at least listen to those who do. With that ideal candidate in mind, educators and union leaders in Washington state in 10 areas, including three of the state's largest cities - Seattle, Vancouver and Spokane - set out to recruit school board candidates for 2011 and 2012.

Jeff Blodgett knows a thing or two about grassroots community and political organizing.

Not since Sheila Wellstone has a congressional spouse from Minnesota gotten as involved in public policy as Franni Franken, who is using her new role to push a variety of causes.

Leveraging the surprising popularity of their 'wedding entrance dance' video, Jill and Kevin Heinz decided to link the video to the Sheila Wellstone Institute, dedicated to ending violence against women and children.