What is step up louisiana

Organize!

Our multiracial and multigenerational membership engages in campaigns that directly affect our lives. Organizing for economic and education justice in the South is fundamentally a fight against structural racism. This power analysis is essential to our work. We do the long term base-building work we need to win and are flexible to respond in times of crisis.

Organizing Committees are the vehicle for how we decide campaigns and strategies. Step Up members have formed an Economic Justice Committee and a Parent Union in New Orleans.

Training and Leadership Development, including new member political orientations and ongoing skills training, strengthen and grow our membership.

Statewide work, including convening the Louisiana Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools (LAROS) table and working with the Power Coalition, will work to improve public policy at the state level.

Clear Political Vision and Civic Engagement Strategy, including on the local level. Our Economic Justice 3-Point Platform of Ban the Box, Equal Pay, and $15 minimum wage with the New Orleans and East Baton Rouge Councils and work Sustainable Community Schools with the Orleans Parish School Board have had an immediate impact on municipal policy.

Mission

Step Up Louisiana, along with our sister organization Step Up for Action, is a community based organization committed to building power to win education and economic justice for all.  We work with multiracial and intergenerational Louisianans to “Step Up” by campaigning, organizing from a racial justice perspective, and holding public officials accountable. We organize with parents, workers, students, and community members to disrupt systemic oppression in our schools and workplaces through voter education, advocacy, and action.

Step Up Louisiana is a 501c3 organization. All donations at this page are tax deductible.