Holy Week is a time when many Christians seek to draw near to God as they mark the storied death and resurrection of Jesus. This year we hosted a week-long schedule of meaningful rituals of unity and community care across Los Angeles. Tuesday Cloverfield Commons Santa Monica Airport is slated to be closed on December
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As we continue to see the horrific and cruel attacks by the new administration against immigrants, religious leaders and immigrant families make the call to solidarity against marginalization, criminalization and dehumanization.
Given our mission of working in solidarity with low-wage workers, immigrants, and communities of color in the cause of dignity and economic justice, our path is clear. I want to share just some of what we’ve been up to over the past month.
Over the last week, faith leaders and community members have met at Fairview Community Church in Costa Mesa, St. John’s Episcopal Church in San Bernardino, and the Los Angeles Episcopal Diocese to articulate the grave threats to immigrants and our communities in the face of the incoming Administration.
Liza M. knew what it meant for her and her family when the Taliban captured the country as the American and Allied troops hastily retreated in August 2021. Liza’s mother raised her and her five siblings alone after the Taliban killed her father in 2000. During the years of western presence, her mother emphasized the importance of education for her daughters, as well as her sons. Liza and one sister became doctors; another sister became a lawyer, one brother became an engineer and the 2 youngest were still in college when they had to flee. She had a bright future in Afghanistan until 2021.
The first day that the immigrants rights coalition turned out to resist the incoming administration, CLUE members showed up in force, amplifying the call for Sanctuary for more than a million undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
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by Liz Bar-El, CLUE Communications Liaison This story continues our series highlighting CLUE’s work to build a network of faith partners to arrange and offer shelter to migrants arriving to the LA region, including those who are walk-in clients of our LA Welcomes Collective partner organizations and those sponsored by CLUE for release from inhumane
by Sithy Bin, Faith-Rooted Organizer for Immigration, CLUE Justice From September 25 to 29, 2024, I had the privilege of participating in “The 2024 Pilgrimage to End Detention: A Journey toward Freedom.” This interfaith, spiritual pilgrimage was organized by the Interfaith Movement For Human Integrity, the Dignity Not Detention coalition, and various local community organizations.