Step Up Louisiana

Step Up Louisiana 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 vote r education, advocacy, and action.

Step Up Louisiana is building power with multiracial intergenerational Louisianans to fight for good jobs, good schools, and healthy communities. In the past few years, our members won $15/hour minimum wage for New Orleans city workers and city contract workers, passed a groundbreaking Workers' Bill of Rights, and organized parents who are fighting against public ed cuts, school closures, and school buses with no AC. Last fall we made a historic investment in organizer training through the Fall for Liberation and our Organizer in Training program has graduated over 65 organizers and turned out thousands of voters in low-turnout Black precincts. From marching with dollar store workers demanding safety and fair wages to advocating for community schools to fighting to stop carbon capture to securing real wins for families at the ballot box and in the streets, Step Up is creating change from the ground up. Every dollar you give supports grassroots leadership, organizing, and transformative campaigns led by directly impacted people. Join us in stepping up for justice-because Louisiana deserves better.

Testimonials

"My vision is long and wide as Louisiana. I got involved with Step Up because I just didn't want to go back to the days of Jim Crow or worse. The crux of the matter is schools and voting. If we don't educate our children and if we don't vote, the shackles that once enslaved our ancestors will come back and shackle us mentally." - Mama Jen, Step Up Louisiana member.