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Dear {{FirstName or ‘friend’}},

This fall, we’ve watched a 528-bed detention facility in Alexandria near completion, meant to hold immigrant families and children. We’ve watched a national human rights report confirm what our own community already knew — that Louisiana has become ground zero for this country’s immigration enforcement agenda. We’ve sat with families who are waiting, still, on decisions about their future that haven’t come.

And through all of it, we’ve also watched our community keep showing up — at town halls, at board meetings, at food pantry lines, at citizenship ceremonies, in classrooms. That is the Louisiana we know.

More Than a Meal

The LORI Annual Banquet is where we hold both of these truths at once: the weight of this moment, and the strength of the people carrying each other through it.

Come sit with us. Your presence — and your ticket — directly supports the work that doesn’t stop: legal navigation, our food pantry and diaper bank, and direct assistance for families facing uncertainty right now.

Get your ticket, bring someone with you, and be in the room

Reserve Your Seat Now

If you can’t attend, a gift of any size keeps the pantry, diaper bank, and our emergency assistance running all year.

Businesses & Institutions

Sponsor the evening. Five levels put your organization at the center of Louisiana’s most diverse gathering of the year, and every level funds services for families in need.

Tania Wolf

Southeast Advocacy Manager
National Immigration Project 

Immigrant Justice Champion Award 

Carolina Guerrero 

Volunteer
Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants

Volunteer of the Year Award 

Lady Carlson

Lead Organizer 
Westside Sponsoring Committee 

Civic Leadership and Community Solidarity Award