Oral History Interview with Britain Forsyth (Part 1)

Britain Forsyth is the policy and research coordinator at Step Up. She was also the C4 board chair for Forum for Equality, a statewide LGBT rights organization, and a member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee. Born in 1995 in Lafayette, Louisiana, to educator parents, she grew up in what she described as a liberal but deeply segregated environment. Her personal journey included moving to New Orleans as a teenager, pursuing a bachelor's degree in counseling, and later earning a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of New Orleans after leaving a counseling master's program to pursue political activism. Her expertise was in community organizing, legislative strategy, and economic and social justice advocacy.