by Alejandra Romo When ICE detained Melody’s (not her real name) husband during what was supposed to be a routine check-in, their family’s life changed in an instant. Melody was left to care for their three young children alone, baby twins who were only two months old at the time and their toddler. It’s not
by Anne Leyden June 2025 marked the escalation of violence by ICE against the immigrants of Los Angeles and across the country. I could not sit on my hands. I searched and trained and tried out various resistance efforts looking for a fit. I read about CLUE. I was drawn to their mission statement. I
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
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
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
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
By CLUE Board of Directors Proposition 50 Endorsement: The Election Rigging and Response Act We, the members of the CLUE Board, endorse Proposition 50, the Election Rigging and Response Act, for California’s Statewide Special Election on November 4. As members of an interfaith social justice organization, we endorse the measure from our conviction that the
Join us for prayer and song weekly in Orange County and Los Angeles.
By CLUE Executive Director, Reverend Jennifer Gutierrez Hannah Arendt coined the phrase “banality of evil” when she was covering the Adolf Eichmann trial in 1961. Eichmann was a senior member of the Nazi party and a primary perpetrator of Hitler’s so-called Final Solution. What impressed Arendt during the trial was that Eichmann seemed primarily motivated
By Bailey Payne, 2025 Young Religious Leadership Fellow I’m a seminary student in LA in 2025. I feel like a rare breed. As religious affiliation has been on the decline in America, so has seminary enrollment. Coming from the Protestant tradition, my coming-of-age questions have been along the lines of, “How do you lead a