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Join the CLUE Team!

CLUE’s Rising Religious Leaders Program is growing and we’re looking for a Director of Leadership Development to help take us to the next level. If strengthening community organizers is where you get your joy, you might have what it takes to grow CLUE’s Young Religious Leaders Fellowship and Faith-Rooted Organizing Cohorts! Read More…

February 2024 – Sacred Solidarity Scoreboard in the Hospitality Workers Campaign

CLUE commemorated Ash Wednesday with laid-off workers from Cafe Figueroa (at Hotel Figueroa) and others from the LA Grand Hotel, who participated in an Occupy-style action at LA City Hall. It’s not too late to sign the petition to pressure the Santa Monica City Council to respond to November 2023’s Truth Commission hearing. And workers…

A Powerful Action to Begin the Season of Lent

Ash Wednesday, clergy and community members from across Los Angeles joined workers for a lunch break and anointed them with ashes: the ashes are a reminder that we will all return to dust; and the anointing a reminder of our common humanity and desire to live and thrive. This sacred ritual reinforces God’s commitment toRead…

Mosawi family profile on Spectrum News highlights the struggle of asylum seekers arriving in the United States

Sayed Mosawi and his 18-year-old son, Salar, could finally breathe a sigh of relief, when they were reunited at the home of their host, Episcopal church member and CLUE Justice activist Conrad Nordquist.Read More…

Truth Commission Appeals to Santa Monica City Council, City Manager and City Attorney

ACTION ALERT: We need your help putting public pressure on the City of Santa Monica to investigate the exploitation of unhoused workers brought in to replace striking workers at Le Meridien Delfina; and company retaliation against striking workers at the Viceroy and Le Meridien Delfina. December 7, 2023 On the heels of a powerful SantaRead…

January 2024 – Sacred Solidarity Scoreboard in the Hospitality Workers Campaign

CLUE celebrated the holidays on the strike lines with hospitality workers continuing to struggle for justice. And we’re thrilled to share their victories with you! Here’s a recap of December and January news to date.Read More…

JANUARY 2024 NEWSLETTER

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come. – Greta Thunburg January 2024 Welcome to a new year of envisioning, planning, and working for justice! I hope you are excited about acting to build a more sacred and justRead…

Celebrate 2023 and look forward to the new year with CLUE

JOIN US FOR A ZOOM GATHERING Monday, January 29, 2024, 7PM to 8PM You are cordially invited to join faith leaders and community members for a time of reflection, visioning, and inspiration for the new year.Read More…

CLUE and LA Welcomes Collective: Another Challenge for 2024

Collect gently used car seats, boosters, and strollers. Or give new, unopened bottles and baby formula for immigrant families bused from Texas.Read More…