Host Max Rameau is joined by two leaders of New Orleans' workers’ bill of rights campaign, which recently passed in the November elections. Britain Forsyth is an organizer with Step Up Louisiana and a member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee, and Nadiyah Muhammad is a Step Up member/organizer who's been heavily involved in the workers’ bill of rights campaign. Together, we discuss what organizing for grassroots democracy looks like in this political moment.
Britain Forsyth is an organizer with Step Up Louisiana. He was born and raised in Louisiana and has worked in advocacy, campaigns, government, and community organizing for seven years. He has fought for the liberation and rights of the LGBTQ+ community, low wage workers, sex workers, and formerly incarcerated people.
Nadiyah Muhammad is a Step Up member/organizer who's been heavily involved in the workers’ bill of rights campaign.
Links to topics mentioned on this episode:
workersbillofrights.org
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