Relying on collaborative strategies, strategic partnerships, and aggressive grassroots organizing, STAND-UP helped initiate innovative campaigns to champion equity and inclusion, including the use of transit-oriented development as a mobilizing issue in the Atlanta region. By employing intensive voter education and superior organizing skills to win large scale victories such as regional transit expansionSTAND-UP has distinguished itself as a visionary advocate for change, setting the stage for its own continued growth as a vital, digitally savvy progressive force throughout the southeast.