Dispatches From Across the Southland
Los Angeles and Santa Monica CLUE leaders continued to take leadership and show solidarity with hotel and hospitality workers in various inspiring ways! By the end of the month, four hotels, the Westin Bonaventure, Millennium Biltmore, Loews Hollywood, and Laguna Cliffs Marriott, had reached a contract agreement with the union. Still, the fight for transformativeRead…
Let’s begin with an acknowledgement that people who live in safe communities, with some modicum of economic sufficiency, do not choose to leave their homes, social structures, cultures, friends and family, and undertake difficult and possibly dangerous journeys to a new country.
Yet war, starvation, violence and natural disasters are driving millions of people around the…
Opening Prayer | Unite Here Local 11 and Local Hotel Reps | Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels | Rabbi Emeritus, Beth Shir Shalom, Santa Monica Within the All-Embracing, the All-Encompassing, the Grand Connectedness, the Interbreathing-of-Life, we feel ourselves interwoven into the Endless Possibilities and the enduring strength of the Universe. We know that when we unify ourRead…
State Senator María Elena Durazo remembers songs, sit-ins, and so many lessons learned rom Rev. Lawson that helped transform the lives of low-wage workers in Los Angeles.Read More…
Kent Wong remembers the transformation of the Los Angeles labor movement with the birth of the “Holman Group.”Read More…
El LA Welcomes Collective ha dado la bienvenida a 14 autobuses llenos de migrantes enviados desde Texas.
Mientras que el gobernador de Texas no proporciona ninguna advertencia o apoyo, el LA Welcomes Collective ofrece compasión, humanidad y una bienvenida amistosa.Read More…
Rev. Jim Conn remembers how in the ’70s Rev. Lawson helped move the United Methodist Church to advocate for social justice.Read More…
Rev. Gary Bernard Williams reflects on being mentored by Rev. James Lawson over the decades.Read More…
The LA Welcomes Collective has now welcomed in 14 busloads of migrant families sent from Texas.
While the Texas governor provides no warning or support, the LA Welcomes Collective offers compassion, humanity and a friendly greeting.Read More…
