Why Reimagine Wisconsin?

Reimagine Wisconsin started first as a partnership in 2022 between the High Road Strategy Center, The Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Organization (MASH), Worker Justice Wisconsin (WJW), and Kids Forward.

Dedicated to empowering and enforcing worker justice for all the working families of Wisconsin, this collaboration launched its ‘Building Worker Power’ platform in September 2024.  

The partners on this project are deeply committed to critical policy analysis, participatory research, and protecting worker power. We are especially committed to supporting and building campaigns to protect and empower Black and Brown workers in the state with close attention to immigrant workers who are exploited in their jobs and in the nation.

Over the past two years our multiracial team—based in both small and large communities—has engaged with more than 75 community partners across the state, including both direct service providers and statewide advocacy groups. The full Reimagine Wisconsin agenda—which includes 4 pillars now total—is the culmination of these partnerships, providing unique insights into the challenges and policy solutions facing families furthest from opportunity. 

Goals

• Engage communities most impacted by Wisconsin’s failed policies.

• Identify the policy solutions that reflect community priorities and make Wisconsin’s economy more just and equitable.