CLUE welcomes you to apply for our 2027 Faith-Rooted Organizing Leadership Cohort!
Application Deadline: Dec. 1, 2026
Focus: Equipping participants to engage in faith-rooted organizing in a variety of settings as we join together to seek justice for all people, with a particular emphasis on low-wage workers and immigrants.
Who is this for?
- Non-profit workers, clergy, lay leaders, justice advocates, and anyone else who wants to be equipped for faith-rooted organizing!
- People from all spiritual backgrounds who are interested in exploring the connections between their personal beliefs and justice advocacy.
Sample of topics:
- What is faith-rooted organizing?
- Religious groundings for justice advocacy.
- Steps in building grassroots campaigns, with a focus on CLUE’s labor and immigration work.
- Recruiting people of faith into the movement.
- Philosophy and strategies of nonviolent direct action for social change.
- Reflecting on how your own faith or spiritual background connects with justice work.
- Connections to organizing in your own context.
Format:
- Each session will include short teaching sessions, small group and large group discussions, and community building opportunities.
- Guest speakers, including experienced CLUE organizers, will add to the experience.
- One in-person Saturday morning session will help us develop a deeper sense of community as we engage in this learning community together.
- Each participant is asked to participate in one CLUE action during the course of the program. Options will be described at the start of the cohort and as they come up during the course of the program. Examples: visiting a detainee in the Adelanto Detention Center, joining a union event calling for fair wages, attending a CLUE regional committee meeting.
Optional:
- Participants may choose to carry out an organizing project during the course of the cohort, and CLUE will provide consultative support for this.
Meeting times and dates:
- Tuesdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Zoom sessions on these dates (7 sessions): Jan. 19, Feb. 2, Feb. 16, March 9, March 23, April 6, April 20
- One in-person session: Saturday, Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in the Koreatown area of LA.
Selection process: We will contact qualified applicants for a phone conversation on a rolling basis once the application window opens, with final notification regarding selection by December 17. The cohort is capped at 15 participants.
Questions? Contact Rev. Dr. Rob Muthiah, Director of Leadership Development, at [email protected]