Together Louisiana builds the power ordinary people need to change what feels impossible.
Together Louisiana is a statewide network of congregations, civic organizations, and local leaders working together across race, faith, region, and background. We organize around the issues that shape everyday life from energy costs and disaster resilience to public accountability, jobs, healthcare, infrastructure, and the cost of living.
We believe the people closest to the problems should have the power, training, and relationships to help solve them.
200+
Member Institutions
200K+
Louisiana Residents
$2B+
Public Investment Won
15+
Years of Organizing
Our Statewide Network
Rooted locally. Organized statewide.
Together Louisiana is made up of local organizations across the state. We are rooted in our own communities, leaders, and public priorities. Together, we form a statewide network capable of acting with shared purpose and real power.
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Together New Orleans is a broad-based organization of congregations, unions, neighborhood associations, and civic institutions working together to solve common problems across the Greater New Orleans region. Its current work includes energy reform, Community Lighthouses, community solar, public accountability, and building a shared agenda for the city’s future.
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Together Baton Rouge is a broad-based coalition of congregations and community-based organizations in the Greater Baton Rouge area. The organization deliberately crosses lines of race, religion, neighborhood, and political affiliation to build the power needed to address community problems large and small.
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Delta Interfaith organizes congregations and community-based organizations in the Louisiana Delta, with a focus on building local power around the issues affecting rural communities. Its work has included broadband access, utility costs, and community-led solutions in some of Louisiana’s most underserved areas.
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North Louisiana Interfaith is a broad-based, nonpartisan organization of institutions working to give ordinary residents a public voice. Rooted in North Louisiana communities, it helps local leaders organize across institutions to address shared concerns and build long-term civic power.
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Central Louisiana Interfaith is a broad-based community organization made up of congregations, nonprofits, and civic organizations across lines of race, belief, and economics. Its mission is to build relational power in order to take action on issues affecting the common good of Central Louisiana communities.
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The Westside Sponsoring Committee is part of the Together Louisiana network, helping build local organizing capacity on the west side of the Mississippi River. As a sponsoring committee, its role is to develop relationships, identify shared community concerns, and build the institutional foundation for long-term public action. Together Louisiana has identified the Westside Sponsoring Committee alongside its other statewide local organizations.
Our organizing model turns concern into action
Together Louisiana does not begin with a pre-written agenda. We begin by listening. Through conversations, meetings, trainings, and public action, communities identify what matters most, develop leaders, and build the power needed to negotiate real change.
We start with people’s lived experiences including the pressures, frustrations, and hopes that shape daily life across Louisiana.
Listen
We develop local leaders who can organize others, speak publicly, negotiate with decision-makers, and lead within their own institutions.
Train
We connect congregations, civic groups, and community organizations across the lines of race, faith, geography, and class.
Organize
We transform concerns into action: bringing organized people together with institutions and decision-makers who can make change.
Act
What we work on
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Neighborhood Power
Building neighborhood-based power systems that lower costs, strengthen the grid, and helps residents withstand disasters and outages.
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Local Jobs
Building pathways to good jobs, workforce training, and public investment that create real economic opportunity for local communities.
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Broadband Expansion
Organizing to expand reliable, affordable broadband access so rural and underserved communities can connect.
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Energy Reform
Organizing for lower utility costs, fair energy policy, stronger accountability, and more community control over public resources.
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Healthcare Access
Fighting for affordable care, stronger community health systems, and equitable access for Louisiana residents.
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Cost of Living
Organizing around rising household costs including insurance, utilities, public services so families can stay rooted, stable, and secure.
Our Organizers
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Broderick Bagert
Together New Orleans
With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience.
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Ben Peterson
Together New Orleans
Focused, approachable, and driven by results, our sales manager is all about building strong relationships. They help connect people to the right solutions—with clarity and care. -
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Abel Thompson
Together Baton Rouge
Creative and strategic in equal measure, our marketing director brings fresh ideas to every campaign. They turn insights into action and help our message resonate with the right audience. -
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Lady Carlson
Westside Sponsoring Committee
Friendly, attentive, and always ready to help, our customer service manager ensures every interaction is a positive one. They keep communication clear, timely, and human. -
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Nathaniel Willis
Delta Interfaith
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Louisiana changes when ordinary people act together
Whether you are part of a congregation, civic organization, community group, funding partner, or public institution, there is a place for you in this work.