Black and Brown Clergy and Community Coalition

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

  • 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

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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

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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

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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

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CLUE Faith-Rooted Organizer in Los Angeles and Santa Monica

Position Description A Faith-Rooted Organizer (“Organizer”) educates, organizes, and mobilizes faith and community leaders to engage in economic justice campaigns. The organizer builds and leads committees of faith leaders who are prepared and committed to standing alongside workers and working-class families in their struggle for dignity and justice in the workplace. The Organizer will consistently

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Applications are being accepted now for the 2026 Young Religious Leaders Fellowship!

Join the 2026 Summer Young Religious Leaders Fellowship and work alongside experienced community organizers and faith leaders in the fight for a just economy! The Young Religious Leaders Fellowship (YRLF) is a dynamic fellowship program that combines weekly cohort meetings with supervised hands-on community organizing to develop future and current leaders to make a faith-based

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