Finding Love in the Heart of Skid Row
By Ariel Blandford, video intern with CRCC As the sun set over the Los Angeles downtown skyline, it illuminated cotton candy clouds and painted the row buildings in pastels, creating a watercolor …
Southern California and the World
L.A. Times: It’s 2016 and the Civil Rights Era Hasn’t Ended
This post originally appeared on the Sunday OpEd page of the L.A. Times. I participated in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. I was pastor of my second church, in Kansas City, Kansas, in …
Manny Pacquiao, Championship Boxer, Has a New Opponent: Philippine Poverty
This article originally appeared in Christianity Today. It is available in full behind a paywall on their site. A political candidate was recently elected who is a bigger celebrity than Donald Trump, …
Doing It All For Her: A Lesbian Muslim Hip-Hop Singer on Art and Activism
This article originally appeared on The Huffington Post. “I could’ve been like the dude in Orlando,” said Jaheda Choudhury-Potter, a self-described “geeky dark-skinned lesbian Muslim” who fronts a queer hip-hop band in …
Faith in East Los Angeles, the Vatican of Boxing
This post originally appeared on Huffington Post. Leo Santa Cruz is the undefeated, undisputed champion of America’s best boxing city, Los Angeles. He won that title after defeating Abner Mares, a fellow …
Long Beach Press-Telegram: New Churches in an Urban Community
“Known culturally for its hipsters, bars, food trucks and gay community, Long Beach could also become known as a revival town for churches,” Josh Dulaney writes in the Long Beach Press-Telegram. His …
Hope and Fear in an Election Year: Lessons in Democracy from Egyptian Bloggers
On the night of Barack Obama’s election in 2008, I stood outside a dormitory at the University of Texas at Austin, debating two Egyptian bloggers about Obama’s win. About two months ago, …
The Impact of Faith-Based Financial Literacy Training in Los Angeles
The USC Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement trains leaders of faith communities on financial literacy, economic development and fund raising. Watch this video to find out more about the program: The …
Los Angeles’ Homelessness Emergency Is a Crisis of Values
This post also appeared on Equal Voice News and Huffington Post. A state of emergency signals that a catastrophe, social or natural, has challenged or upended civic order. Under states of emergency, …
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 …