BRAF Releases New Opportunity Data Project Briefing
Report details economic mobility and family prosperity in EBR Parish. BATON ROUGE, La. — The Baton Rouge Area Foundation, in partnership with Common Good Labs, has released a new Opportunity […]
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Foundation Finances 101
John Davies and Debbie Pickell To some, The Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s finances can be confounding. To answer some of the questions about our finances, Currents sat down with John […]
Currents Q1 2020
Currents Q1 2020
2020 Annual Report
2020 Annual Report
Neighborhood, radically reimagined
By Maggie Heyn Richardson J Daniels, CEO of East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority | Photo by Tim Mueller A $29.5 million grant brings the principles of New Urbanism to […]
On a good note
Symphony’s executive director brings energy and ideas to new post By Maggie Heyn Richardson BR Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Eric Marshall | Photo by Tim Mueller Austin, Texas, is known […]
Q&A: Kinder Baumgardner, Baton Rouge lakes lead planner
Kinder Baumgardner Last week, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that a coalition of state, local and university officials has been formed to save the six lakes surrounding the LSU campus. […]
An Interview with the late Ernest J. Gaines from 2007
Ernest J. Gaines died Nov. 5, 2019, in Oscar, Louisiana. He was born into a family that picked cotton on land along False River. He became among the greatest writers […]
Currents 4Q 2019
Currents 4Q 2019
A Way Out
RACHEL WILSON By Sara Bongiorni They were trapped in their addictions. Then came a woman named Angel.Every morning for years Rachel Wilson woke with a prayer. Please, God, […]
A time to HEAL
For children in poverty, basic health screenings a gamechanger in classroom learning By Maggie Heyn Richardson Sometimes, it’s the simplest solution that yields the best results. For Health and Education […]