CLOUT: Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together

Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together (CLOUT) is an organization of religious congregations working together to solve critical community problems. We are not a service provider, but a grassroots, direct action, multi-issue organization, which has come together to be a powerful force for improving the quality of life in our communities.

Our mission is to build the power of religious congregations to solve community problems by holding systems accountable. Presently, 24 congregations and groups with over 12,000 members are members of CLOUT. We come from all parts of Louisville Metro and represent a diverse mix of races and ethnicities, as well as different religious traditions.

Revolution Church is proud to partner with CLOUT, whose vision is based on numerous scriptures, but particularly Micah 6:8 and Matthew 23:23-24, which state that God requires us to do three basic things: “do justice, love kindness (mercy), and walk humbly with God (faithfulness).” To do justice requires having enough power to hold these systems accountable. We learn from the biblical leader Nehemiah’s calling of a great assembly of people to bring charges against the unfair nobles and officials (Neh. 5:1-13) that there is power in numbers. However, no single congregation has enough people power to hold systems accountable for justice. So, we build our power by bringing together congregations across the city, and together we exercise our power by engaging thousands of people in the process of holding these systems accountable, especially through our annual Nehemiah Action Assembly, which has become the largest gathering of citizens to deal with critical community problems in the Louisville community each year.

More information about how you can join Revolution in the work of social justice in our city alongside CLOUT will be coming soon