immigration

A Little Help Here and There Goes a Long Way

18 May 2026

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

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Yes on Proposition 50

10 October 2025

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

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The Banality of Evil

29 August 2025

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

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Freedom Cruise Wrap and Next Steps

4 July 2025

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. 

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DEF Justice – A New Campaign of Economic Resistance

1 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 and recommit to dignity, equity, and freedom.

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Def Justice – July 3, 2025

13 June 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.

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