Our Approach to Collaboration

The Lowlander Center is strongly rooted in the communities living along the Louisiana coast.  However, one of the Lowlander Center's essential functions is to share information and create collaborative connections with coastal communities facing the effects of climate change across the globe.

The boundaries of the Lowlander Center are organic.  We are continually generating new projects and joining with new collaborators as needs and opportunities arise.

Collaborators

The community members and volunteers, students and those who want to problem-solve with us are innumerable and indispensable. The more we build a network of trusting, caring people, the greater possibility that we can learn and discern from our diverse knowledge backgrounds to do visioning and problem solving together for a just and sustainable future for all. Below are the organizations we are currently collaborating on a project with. See Current Projects for more information.

First Peoples’ Conservation Council, Common Stream, Cook Native American Ministries, Golden Foundation, Disciples of Christ, Center for Disaster Philanthropy, Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), United Church of Christ, Greater New Orleans Foundation, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Weston Unitarian, Common Council, NSF-Rising Voices-Hub, Annenberg, LiKEn, Micah 6:8 Mission, Department of Sociology, Harvard, Drexel Engineers for Peace, Tides, Barrataria/Terrebonne Natural Estuary Program, National Lower Income Housing Coalition, Handy Village Institute, C2P2, Tulane University Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design.

MemberShips

These are the organizations that the Lowlander Center is a part of; typically as part of a working group or as a board member.

Barrataria/Terrebonne Natural Estuary Program, North American. Alliance of Hazards and Disaster Institutes, American Geophysical Union - Thriving Earth Exchange, Natural Hazards Center, American Planning Association, Society for Applied Anthropology, Natural Hazards Mitigation Association, Rising Voices, National Council on Public History, American Meteorological Society, Southeast Climate and Energy Network, Greater New Orleans Interfaith Climate Change Network.