Ordinary People.
Extraordinary Power.
Together Louisiana unites congregations, civic organizations, and community leaders to build real public power — winning measurable change across health, housing, economic justice, and more.
200+
Member Institutions
200K+
Louisiana Residents
$2B+
Public Investment Won
15+
Years of Organizing
We build the organized public power communities need to win.
Most people know what is broken. Together Louisiana helps communities build the leadership, relationships, strategy, and power to do something about it.
We train ordinary people to act publicly, negotiate effectively, and lead across lines of race, faith, class, and region. All in an effort to make a better, Louisiana.
We develop leaders
We connect congregations, civic groups, and community organizations so they can act together at a scale decision-makers cannot ignore.
We organize institutions
We turn local concerns into public action — winning improvements in energy, jobs, infrastructure, cost of living, disaster resilience, and public accountability.
We make measurable change
Our Priorities
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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.
FEATURED INITATIVE
Community Lighthouses turn trusted neighborhood institutions into places of power, safety, and resilience.
Across Louisiana, congregations and community institutions are becoming resilience hubs equipped with solar power and backup battery storage. During extended outages, these sites can help residents charge devices, cool down, access information, and stay connected to support.
This is what organizing makes possible: trusted local institutions becoming practical community infrastructure.
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Community Lighthouses are equipped with solar panels and backup battery storage, helping trusted community institutions keep power available during extended outages.
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Because these sites are rooted in local neighborhoods, residents know where to go for support, charging, cooling, communication, and connection during emergencies.
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Beyond emergency response, Community Lighthouses can help reduce energy costs for host institutions through clean, locally generated power.
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Community Lighthouses show how ordinary institutions can become practical resilience infrastructure across Louisiana, especially in communities most vulnerable to outages and extreme weather.
Our Statewide Network
Rooted locally. Organized statewide.
Together Louisiana is made up of local organizations across the state — each rooted in its own communities, leaders, and public priorities. Together, they 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 work builds over time. Every win becomes part of the next one.
Some campaigns are active. Some are complete. Some shaped public conversations that Louisiana is still having today. We keep that history visible because public power is built over years, not moments.
The Highland Center serves as a hub for residents experiencing loss of power during Winter Storm Fern.
Community Lighthouse in Action
A new incentive program helps residents install home battery backups so they can stay powered during outages.
Battery Backup Incentives
New Orleans explores a citywide virtual power plant model using distributed batteries to strengthen the grid.
Virtual Power Plant
Hear From Our Leaders
“Together Louisiana gives ordinary people the tools to act together. We learn how to listen, how to organize, and how to sit across from decision-makers with a clear demand and the power of our communities behind us.”
— Rev. Katie jacob“This work reminds people that they are not powerless. When congregations, civic groups, and local leaders come together, we can move from frustration to strategy — and from strategy to real public wins.”
— SONYA NEWSOWRTHY“Organizing is about building relationships strong enough to create change. Together Louisiana helps communities turn shared concerns into public action that improves daily life for families across the state.”
— SAGE MICHAEL PELLET