Meet the Staff Team

  • Gabby Bolden Shaw

    LEAD CHAPTER ORGANIZER

  • Melissa Francis

    NEW ORLEANS PARENT UNION ORGANIZER

  • Dana Winbush

    BATON ROUGE CHAPTER ORGANIZER

  • Travis London

    CLIMATE JUSTICE ORGANIZER

  • Earlneishka Johnson

    NEW ORLEANS CHAPTER ORGANIZER

  • Charles Jean Jr.

    BATON ROUGE CANVASS MANAGER

  • Dr. Leslie Grover

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

  • Janel Washington

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

  • Kelvin Dandridge

    CANVASSER

  • Tynesha Brown

    CANVASSER

  • Ralissa Francis

    CANVASSER

  • Rahlynn Bonnet

    CANVASSER

  • Katrina Green

    CANVASSER

  • Tammy Williams

    CANVASSER

  • Anthony Edison

    CANVASSER

  • Sabrina Corner

    CANVASSER

  • Bobby Nelson

    CANVASSER

FOUNDER

&

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Maria Harmon

    Maria Harmon is from Lake Charles, LA. She is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Step Up Louisiana. She leads Step Up's education justice and climate justice work and lives in Baton Rouge. Maria has been organizing since the age of 16 with the Junior Daughters of the Knights of Peter Claver. She has a Master's Degree in Public Administration and a bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Southern University A&M College of Baton Rouge, LA. During her time at Southern, Maria built a network of over 2,000 students to become civically engaged while working with the Louisiana Democratic Party. She helped start Democracy Prep Public School of Baton Rouge by enrolling 192 students for their first school year in 2015-2016. She has also worked for the Micah Project, a federation of the PICO National Network/Faith In Action, in 2016 as a community organizer working in education and civic engagement. 

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