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Step Up Politics

About Us

Our Story

Step Up Politics is a youth-driven, innovative educational organization whose mission is to plant a seed of curiosity in the minds of youth, to make it germinate and flourish in the fascinating world of Politics - International Relations, Public Policy, Political Theory, Political Science. In an era of rising polarization and declining political literacy, we are convinced that to create and cultivate informed civic engagement, it is essential that students take on the roles of learner and teacher simultaneously. Our teaching philosophy is inspired by this main doctrine: "the best way to learn is to teach" - Robert Oppenheimer.

Knowledge is acquired by all and for all, to explore politics and the systems that shape our world: from governance and policy to the technological and scientific forces driving modern political challenges. Thanks to our organization, we hope that each curious student can not only participate in the new and exhilarating experiences of others but also share, in turn, the riches of political understanding, critical thinking, and civic leadership.

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Meet our
Team

Mickael Naouri
President
co-Founder

Elizabeth Whiting
Head of 
Communications

Oscar Eatwell
Head of Finance & IT

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Eva Kownator
Head of
Operations

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Edouard Chosson
Head of
Projects

Thomas Etchegaray
Director of
Design

Angus Piper
Head of Learning & Development 

Key Past Members

Lucas Métais
co-Founder

Branch Leaders

Jackson Ding
Toronto, Canada

Benjamin Wu
Hong Kong

Giulia Chiriac
Romania

Cristobal Clavijo
Chile

Bachana Ugrekhelidze
Georgia

Max Du
Alberta, Canada

Gabe Kong & Stanley Wu
Vancouver, Canada

William Liu
NYC, USA

Matt Kwon
Connecticut, USA

Eric Feng
California, USA

Caio Rodrigues
Portugal

Noa Zraya
Israel

Adam Abdel Razek 
New Jersey, USA

Isabel Padron Pineiro
Mexico

Koca Saba
Turkey

Dhruva Sharma
Florida, USA

Louise Vest Therp
Denmark

Paul Lee
United Kingdom

Kalina Pavlovic
Serbia

Tala El Jardali
Lebanon

Oscar Eatwell
Head of
Finance & IT

Vadim Le Lous

Rohan Patel
Head of Learning  &
Development

Head of Projects

Arthur Cantat

Senior Advisor

Eli Shainker

Patricia Yu
Philippines

Okitha Thinodh
Sri Lanka

Social Media Director

Operations Coordinator

Gabriel Lachkar

Projects

Edouard Chosson

Articles

Elena Chionsini

Communications

Solal
Chasques

Sacha Enthoven

Emile
Bigorgne-Bolhuis

Shangda Xu

Virgile

Malekzadeh

Gaspard

Ramenason

Alexandre
Rozek

William Liu

Branch Leader - 

NYC, USA

Dhruva Sharma

Branch Leader -

Florida, USA

Adam Fisher 

Branch Leader -

New Jersey, USA

Jackson Ding

Branch Leader - 

Toronto, Canada

Melody Villarreal

Branch Leader -

Los Angeles, USA

Gabe Kong

Branch Leader -

Vancouver, Canada

Matt Kwon 

Branch Leader - 

Connecticut, USA

Max Du

Branch Leader -

Alberta, Canada

Sasha Dennis

Branch Leader -

New York, USA

Eric Feng

Branch Leader -

California, USA

Chenxi Lin

Branch Leader -

NYC, USA

Alexi Lacroix

Communications

Aya Maruenda

Learning &

Development

Carlo
Chionsini

Taymour
Arayssi

Lucille Leclerq

Projects

Ryan Seddik-Hemeury

Finance & IT

André Tieleman

Alexis
Portes

Adam Giraud

Learning & Development

Estelle Luo

Communications

Jerry Dong

Solal Pinhas-Meyer

Barthelemy Crepon

Paul Perrody

Sacha Ly

Learning & Development

Theodore
Daniel

Alice Ayot

Communications

Emma Barsimanto

Communication

Tehani Nguyen

Articles -

Lisbon, Portugal

Théophile Cantat

Titan Lertussawawiwat 
Thailand 

Estelle Sia Yu Qi
Malaysia

Seany Mcsweeney
Ireland

Hadrien
Perrin

Isabella Palacios
Panama

Amira el Kharraz
Morocco

Ines Maria Cloppet
Argentina

Richard Kasper
Estonia

Dean Femayi
Zimbabwe

Luna Monje Idahsari
Spain

Marcin Skiba
Poland

Aly Muhammad Dadwani
Pakistan

Aarya Kaji
Singapore 

Key Contributors 

Rohan
Patel

Arthur
Cantat

Virgile
Malekzadeh

Marion
Thomas

Vadim
Le Lous

Stefan

Taymour Arayssi

Felicia
Sacre

Lev
Simon Palgov

André
Tieleman

Anusha
Drago

Aya
Maruenda

Adam
Giraud

Hadrien Perrin

Alexis Portes

Carlo Chionsini

Paul
Perrody

Ryan
Seddik Hemeury

Estelle
Luo

Elena
Chionsini

Andres C.

Gaspard Ramenason

Alexi
Lacroix

Solal Chasques

Lucille Leclerq

Théodore Daniel

Emile
Bigorgne Bolhuis

Sacha
Enthoven

Alexandre Rozek

Eva
Accary

Enzo
Arnal Bertrand

Diane
Cassabois

Noara
Chida

Eli
Shainker

Alice Ayot

Emilia
Combastet

Solal
Pinhas Meyer

Jerry
Dong

Barthelemy Crepon

Théophile Cantat

Ralph
Reynaud

Jessica Nam Yoong

Tehani Nguyen

Tehani Nguyen

Venice
Thomas Colla

André Caquet

Charles Dawson

Anouchka Paulin

Gabriel Lahckar

Stanley Wu

Sacha
Ly

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Emma Barsimanto

Shangda
Xu

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