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The Row L.A. – A Skid Row Church Ministers on the Streets of Los Angeles
At The Row, or the “Church Without Walls,” members congregate on the corner of Wall St. and Winston St. in the middle of DTLA’s Skid Row every Friday night. Though church members …
After Charleston: Race and Religion in America
The racially motivated shooting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015 was a wake-up call for Christians across the United States that racism still affects the church. This …
Loskota at USC Roundtable on Security with Clinton
Los Angeles is a model for how to engage communities in the fight against extremism, Secretary Hillary Clinton said at a roundtable on homeland security hosted by Mayor Eric Garcetti at the …
Educating the Educators: Equipping Catholic Sisters to Educate in Africa
Catholic schools educate more than 19 million children across Africa, and many of these schools are run by women religious. In this video, Holy Cross Sister Prisca Muthoni describes her school in …
Excel for Sisters: Financial Literacy Training for African Religious Leaders
Catholic sisters run schools, hospitals and large charitable organizations across Africa, often without a lot of training in accounting and finances. Sisters Leadership Development Initiative (SLDI) finance workshops teach sisters how to …
Go Through the Door The Right Way: DeVon Franklin on Faith Leadership
Entertainment executive DeVon Franklin spoke on how to lead with integrity and stay true to your call as the keynote speaker at the Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement’s fourth annual Faith …
College-bound Sisters: Higher Education for Sisters in Africa
Earning an advanced degree can allow Catholic sisters in Africa to become administrators at schools, nurses and health workers and other professionals that serve their communities. Catholic sisters provide crucial services in …
Catholic Sisters Lead the Way in Africa
In Kenya, 27 percent of women and girls undergo Female Genital Mutilation. Catholic sisters have played a significant role in changing the culture and helping girls who are running away from FGM …
VOA: Hong Kong Protest Leaders Recall Spiritual Motivation At SSSR
CRCC Executive Director Donald Miller moderated a discussion with two of the founders of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement, a pro-democracy protest movement that came into being in 2014, at the 2015 Society …
Mapping Religious Institutions in Los Angeles
As a part of CRCC’s research on Religious Competition and Creative Innovation, 10 University of Southern California students traveled around the Los Angeles area this past summer to map religious institutions. They …
VOA: Young Americans Seek Different Church Experience
While the number of American identifying as Christian is on the decline, small churches are attracting young people in particular. Richard Flory, director of research for the Center for Religion and Civic …
#Push100: Faith Leaders Activate Against Violence
One of the Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement’s alum, Pastor Michael Fisher of Greater Zion Church Family, has convened 40 pastors to take post at various major intersections around South Los …
The City of Los Angeles Celebrates Religious Pluralism Day
The city of Los Angeles celebrated its first ever Religious Pluralism Day on April 21, 2015. City Council member Mitch O’Farrell introduced the formal resolution for the day, and Mitchell Englander seconded …
Visual Religion: The Cultural Work of Seeing and Believing
William Dyrness and David Morgan discuss historical and contemporary visualizations of Jesus by different religious communities at a Visions & Voices event sponsored by the Center for Religion and Civic Culture. David …
Mindfulness in the Brain
Michael Spezio discusses the effects of centering prayer and contemplative reflection on neural networks. Dr. Spezio is an assistant professor of psychology at Scripps College. Spezio appeared at USC on October 25, …
A Family Occupation: Samuel Chu on the Occupy Central Movement in Hong Kong
Samuel Chu has been a community organizer in Southern California for the past decade. On September 26, 2014 he left Los Angeles to join his father–a Southern Baptist minister, community activist and …
Lift Up, Wake Up, Grow Up: Religion and Civil Rights in Ferguson
Prompted by recent social unrest in Ferguson, MO, New York City and Southern California, the Rev. Dr. Cecil Murray, Tansey Chair of Christian Ethics at USC and Chairman of the Cecil Murray …
20 Years After the Rwandan Genocide: Don Miller Interview on Civilnet
CRCC’s executive director Don Miller, a scholar of both the Armenian and Rwandan genocides, spoke to the Armenian news organization Civilnet about the 20 years that have passed since the the ruling …
AMCLI: My People
The American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute builds the capacity of emerging Muslim leaders from across the United States. Wesam Nassar produced AMCLI: My People with ESHMAWI to capture what the group is …
Faith, Trauma and Emotion: Pentecostalism in El Salvador
Pentecostal churches have grown in El Salvador since the end of the country’s civil war. CRCC Senior Writer Nick Street shows the appeal of Pentecostal worship and its role in responding to …