Our parish has been an active participant in the Together Baton Rouge grassroots organization of churches and institutions for the past two years.  The TBR organization has grown in membership and in the number of issues it is addressing in our city.  This month St. George and St. Paul the Apostle Catholic churches also joined TBR.

Parishioners of SJV who serve on our TBR Target Group are active in all of the TBR Research Action Teams addressing the issues of Crime, Health, Food Access, Public Education, and Public Transit.  Recently, we participated in the TBR action to clean-up the Gilbert Memorial Cemetery, one of Baton Rouge’s historical cemeteries.  And, the opening of the Blue Grass Bridge will take place on November 19th, the first issue that TBR successfully addressed earlier this year.  TBR is making significant strides in addressing the public transportation issue our city faces relative to lack of funds to run an adequate transit system.  We will be offering more information on this particular issue in the near future as it affects our community.

If you have an interest in any of the above mentioned issues, please contact one of our parish’s TBR Target Group members, Vicki Dauterive, 756.4796, or Mike Barrios, 751.7120.