BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Community leaders and residents gathered at Istrouma High School this week with one goal in mind: finding ways to strengthen Baton Rouge’s 70805 neighborhood and create a better future for the people who call it home.
For Pearl Porter, affectionately known throughout the community as “Mother Pearl,” the meeting was about much more than a ZIP code.
“We’re not talking about numbers. We’re talking about people,” Porter told those in attendance…