Forward Together New Orleans

Forward Together New Orleans is a 501(c)(3) organization that launched in 2018 as the transition committee for then Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell. In those early stages, FTNO brought together some 200 community stakeholder volunteers to collaborate on a set of recommendations for the incoming administration. Since that time, FTNO has evolved into an effort to bridge the public and private sectors and address New Orleans’ most pressing challenges, such as the coronavirus pandemic. Founded to reflect the collaborative, grassroots leadership Mayor LaToya Cantrell has brought to City Hall, the goal is for FTNO to thrive long past her tenure in office, a vehicle that offers nonprofit, partnership support to future New Orleans’ mayors.