Sacred Space at the Crossroads of Injustice
The workplace is just one front of many struggles for justice. And we know that we must join our neighbors in many kinds of coalitions to build a Beloved Community in which everyone is cared for, absent of poverty, hunger, and hate.
JULY 2025
Southern California communities are at a breaking point with families being ripped apart, and threat of irreparable harm from the current administration’s wantonly cruel policies.
A new solidarity movement is coalescing to meet the moment.
What is DEF Justice:
- People prepared to educate, organize, and mobilize in the cause of revitalized and restored communities, with healthy economies, and better-functioning democracy.
- A people-powered economic resistance rooted in the wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who called for a radical redistribution of economic and political power.
- A solidarity movement of BIPOC, Immigrant, and LGBTQ+ communities, seniors, working-class and poor folk, who have carried the weight of oppression for far too long and are done funding the systems that harm us.
- People committed to building up local communities by divesting from extractive, monopolistic, multinational corporations. We recognize that when land, labor, and power are concentrated with an elite few, we suffer.
Black and Latino Pastors Working Together
The Black/Brown Clergy/Community Coalition (BBCCC), builds a common advocacy agenda for African American and Latino pastors in Southern California.
BBCCC’s goals are:
- 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
The Black/Brown Clergy/Community Coalition (BBCCC), builds a common advocacy agenda for African American and Latino pastors in Southern California. On April 29, 2010, thousands of Black and Latino evangelicals marched from a Latino evangelical church, Restauración-Los Ángeles, to West Angeles Church of God in Christ. They prayed for immigration reform and an end to the violence that has decimated communities of color for decades.
In 2016, CLUE partnered with SEIU Local 721 to rebuild this network of religious leaders, adding community advocates to the mix. Black and Latino communities have to work together to stem the rising national tide of repression and intolerance.
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. Your support helped create this coordinated effort and it is paying off.
Check the Sheriff
“Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.”
– 1 Corinthians 4:2
The Black Jewish Justice Alliance is a joint project of CLUE and SCLC-LA (Southern Christian Leadership Conference). The BJJA is a table at which Black and Jewish faith and advocacy organizations meet to work on issues of criminal justice reform and social justice more broadly.
On November 8, 2022, progress was made in a years-long struggle for justice as LA County Voters approved Measure A to allow LA County Supervisors to remove an elected sheriff for misconduct.
This was made possible because of the work of the Black Jewish Justice Alliance since 2015. BJJA was part of the coalition that helped to form the Civilian Oversight Commission at the urging of the Board of Supervisors after Sheriff Baca went to jail. We know that if we do not hold law enforcement accountable it will lead to the destabilization of our communities.
A Larger, Fairer Economy
New Living Wage on the Horizon for Long Beach
Hope for Pay Equity for Excluded Long Beach Hospitality Workers Long Beach Airport and Convention Center Workers are one step closer to a new living wage ordinance that will help them achieve parity with hospitality workers in Long Beach who won the highest wage in the nation last year with the passing of Measure RW.26 June 2025
Solidarity in Coalition
Freedom Cruise Wrap and Next Steps
Los Angeles, CA – On Thursday, July 3, community members of all kinds from across Southern California will come together in the epicenter of the region to launch a new solidarity movement to pressure local governments and corporations that are wreaking havoc on families and communities.
DEF Justice – A New Campaign of Economic Resistance
Southern California communities are at a breaking point with families being ripped apart, and threat of irreparable harm from the current administration’s wantonly cruel policies. A new solidarity movement is coalescing to meet the moment and recommit to dignity, equity, and freedom.
Def Justice – July 3, 2025
On July 3, 2025 Join CLUE’s Black and Brown Community and Clergy Coalition for a Freedom Cruise and Rally as they kick off Def Justice – a campaign for divestment form plantation capitalism and reinvestment into local communities.
Interfaith Leaders Denounce Hate & Affirm Migrant Dignity
**MEDIA ADVISORY** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 23, 2024 CONTACT: Pastor Stephen “Cue” Jn-Marie, (310) 466-8366, [email protected] OR Guillermo Torres, (323)228-2753, [email protected] TUESDAY: Live Press Conference on the Misrepresentation and Malignment of Haitian Immigrants and Immigrants of Color Politicians continue to spew hateful, harmful, and racist lies about Haitian immigrants in the city of Springfield, Ohio, despite their
Join us 8/30/24 for a King Chavez Latino Soul Food Brunch!
Join the Black and Brown Clergy and Community Coalition for a Latino Soul Food Brunch at the 4th Annual King Chavez Celebration. This event, co-sponsored by CLUE, SCLC-LA, will facilitate a space for our Black and Brown clergy and community members to listen and share the struggles of our communities. The Black and Brown Clergy
Join us 1/19/24 for the 2024 King Chavez Brunch
Join Pastor Cue Jn’Marie and Rev. Walter Contreras, CA Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, and Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia for a Latino Soul Food Brunch at the 4th Annual King Chavez Celebration. This event, co-sponsored by CLUE, SCLC-LA, and Blue Avenue LLC, will facilitate a space for our Black and Brown clergy and community members
Justice Wins on the ballot!
We Build a Sacred and Just Society One Vote at a Time! Clergy and community members from across Southern California came together to pass affordable housing, living wage, and Sheriff accountability measures at the ballot box. It was a huge victory for low-wage workers, immigrants, and communities of color who continue to struggle in the
Join us for the 2022 King Chavez Breakfast
Saturday, October 29, 2022 8AM to 10AMMcCarty Memorial Christian Church Fellowship Hall, 4103 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90018 Join Co-Emcees Pastor Cue Jn’Marie and LA City Council Member Eunisses Hernandez for the King Chavez Breakfast as they facilitate a space for our Black and Brown Clergy and Community members to listen and share
Sign On then Join Us for Memorial Day Gun Violence Vigil
Monday, May 30, 2022 10 a.m. to noon
200 N. Spring S. Los Angeles CA 90012 (City Hall West)
Where Do We Go From Here?
Los Angeles Update November 2021
Updates on the campaigns for justice at Chateau Marmont, and Ralphs. Plus Black Jewish Justice Alliance and Reclaim Black L.A.