Baton Rouge Partner Organizations

Community Farm and Garden network in Baton Rouge

By blending access to fresh food, skill-development, socialization, and art into one location, Baton Roots brings an opportunity for our community to learn best practices in sustainable agriculture on an urban farm.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Library is a community service organization that connects our citizens with information, resources, materials, technology, and experiences in order to make a positive difference in their lives.

The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank is a nonprofit organization that solicits, procures, inventories, and warehouses donated food and other products. This food is then distributed to a variety of community agencies such as pantries, meal sites, homes, shelters, and soup kitchens that serve the people in need.

The purpose of the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) is to foster cooperation and communication between individual citizens and corporate and government organizations in an effort to assess and mend the environmental problems in Louisiana. LEAN's goal is the creation and maintenance of a cleaner and healthier environment for all of the inhabitants of this state.

Louisiana Sea Grant's mission is to generate and provide science-based information and tools that support the state. The program envisions resilient and sustainable coastal communities, economies, and ecosystems that are supported by engaged and informed public and decision-makers.

The College of Art & Design’s mission is to educate a diverse student population to become creative thinkers who, through their creative professional work, contribute to making a better world.

March For Moms aligns the diverse voices of families, healthcare providers, policymakers, and partners to advocate for mother’s and families’ health, well-being and equal access to care. Watch the following video to understand why this work is so important.

OUR MISSION
We develop and promote the growth and revitalization of Mid City Baton Rouge by attracting new and retaining current residents and businesses.
OUR HISTORY
Mid City Redevelopment Alliance was founded by the Baton Rouge General in the fall of 1991. As the first not-for-profit organization in Baton Rouge created to address the challenges of a specific geographic region, Mid City Redevelopment Alliance has established itself as one of the most dynamic and successful community development organizations in our city.

Our Mission: To create an environment where our youngest children and families have access to the resources and opportunities necessary to help them be happy, healthy, resilient, and successful. We seek to be a model for other rural communities.

The Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge affiliate formed in 2003. We are a 501(c) (3) organization and one of over 130 nationwide Rebuilding Together affiliates. In October of 2004, we completed the first three home renovations. Today we have completed hundreds of projects in the greater Baton Rouge community. As we have grown locally, many organizations and corporations have supported RTBR, joining our mission through monetary donations, volunteers, and in-kind donations.

Redstick C.A.R.E.S. is an organization committed to building a resilient community in greater Baton Rouge and the surrounding nine parishes by improving the community's behavioral, mental and social health through human connection.

Mission: To support survivors of sexual trauma, improve systems response, and create social change to end sexual violence.

Since 1991, SWLAHEC has served as an independent nonprofit organization and a member of the national network of Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) operating in 48 states. SWLAHEC’s mission is to improve health status through access to information, education and health services. SWLAHEC seeks to improve health through numerous programs focusing on two main areas: 1) recruiting and educating health professionals and 2) educating the public on how to live healthier lives.

Together Baton Rouge is a broad-based coalition of congregations and community-based organizations in the Greater Baton Rouge area, with the capacity to address community problems large and small. TBR is deliberate about crossing the lines of race, religion, neighborhood and political affiliation. It organizes to build the power to address issues affecting families and communities, and is a strictly a non-partisan organization.

The Walls Project leads programs, events, and alliances that work to break through and tear down the societal walls that discourage or prevent people from living safe, healthy, and prosperous lives.

The Walls Project offers a bold vision for what's possible in a community, creating pathways for economic prosperity; lifetime learning; creative expression; and healthy living for all, particularly for those impacted by poverty.

The Walls Project holds that the physical, social, and economic conditions of individuals ultimately and collectively inform the overall safety, health and well-being, and economic conditions of the entire community.

A New Voice for our Community

We’re building a new kind of organization:

1. To develop relationships across the lines that have divided our community – the lines of race, political affiliation, denomination, geography.
2. To strengthen the leadership capacity and effectiveness of our community members.
3. To take action on concrete issues to improve our community’s quality of life.