Black and Latinx Pastors Working Together
The Black/Brown Clergy/Community Coalition (BBCCC), builds a common advocacy agenda for African American and Latinx pastors in Southern California.
BBCCC Goals:
- Ensuring healthcare for all
- Building a larger, fairer economy
- Ending homelessness and pushing for affordable housing
- Defeating laws that over-police low-income people and people of color
- Protecting union rights and the labor movement
- Ending police violence in our communities
- Working for true immigration reform
Check the Sheriff
On July 15th, 2020 a coalition of religious leaders, unions, and community partners representing tens of thousands of Angelenos presented a letter to the LA County Sheriff’s Department to demand the resignation of Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
A Larger, Fairer Economy
Living Through ICE Detention: A Personal Account of Systemic Failure and Human Cost
by Anonymous Over two years ago I was picked up by ICE agents, detained in front of my home, family and kids. Without notice or warning, I was snatched onto a plane with no idea as to the destination until the moment we arrived in Phillisburg, Pennsylvania. From the moment I was picked up and25 June 2026
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Living Through ICE Detention: A Personal Account of Systemic Failure and Human Cost
by Anonymous Over two years ago I was picked up by ICE agents, detained in front of my home, family and kids. Without notice or warning, I was snatched onto a plane with no idea as to the destination until the moment we arrived in Phillisburg, Pennsylvania. From the moment I was picked up and
Conviction and Action: Pastor Tanya Lopez
by Lisa Eve Cheby As an interfaith organization, CLUE’s work often finds people through divine guidance in support of their calling. Pastor Tanya Lopez, Senior Pastor of Downey Memorial Christian Church connected with CLUE in her search for professional development that aligned with her sense of calling as a pastor. About a year and a
Meet the Young Religious Leaders Fellowship of Summer 2026
CLUE’s new Young Religious Leadership Fellows Begin Today! We are happy to introduce the 10 incoming Fellows who will be joining us this summer for 10 weeks of faith-rooted organizing training and mentorship. Fellows will be learning skills and strategies for community organizing from a faith perspective, and growing as new leaders for justice in
Giants of Justice, 2026
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Giants of Justice, 2026. The room was full of the amazing faith leaders, organizers and community members (and those who are all of the above) who make up the organization that we call CLUE. This year we honored three movement leaders who have truly shown what it
A Little Help Here and There Goes a Long Way
by Kate Maruyama I have been a volunteer with CLUE since August of 2025. I’d been so frustrated by the ICE roundups terrorizing the city since June, and felt helpless in the hugeness of it. 30-60 people a week were being rounded up in the Los Angeles area. I’m older and dealing with arthritis, so
Compassionate Witnessing
by Lisa Eve Cheby At a protest in downtown Los Angeles in 2018, we marched from city hall to the Metropolitan Detention Center. As the protest ended, taking a short cut through a pedestrian walkway in between what looked like two office buildings, we paused where a crowd chanted in a call and response with