Pastor Bridie C. Roberts
Program Director

Pastor Bridie C. Roberts has been an activist and organizer for many years. She recently completed a two year part time appointment as the solo Pastor of Pico Union Shalom Ministries, a progressive Shalom Zone Ministry of the United Methodist Church serving the heart of the immigrant heavy inner city of Los Angeles in Pico Union.

Under her leadership, this Spanish speaking/bilingual ministry focused on neighborhood peace building, free community education programs. It also worked on community organizing, homeless immigrant outreach, and the completion of a substantial affordable housing project for the neighborhood. For the past five years Ms. Roberts has served concurrently at Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, Los Angeles.

Her work has included clergy organizing on multiple campaigns, the development and leadership of the Young Religious Leaders Project, and acting as Senior Organizer for the CLUE LA. She currently serves full time as Program Director. Most recently Ms. Roberts was honored to be chosen to participate in an interfaith study tour and delegation to Egypt and Syria in a program coordinated by the National Peace Organization and ISSNA, and funded by the State Department. It was a joy to take CLUE’s message and concern for workers to the global community.

Previously Ms. Roberts has worked as a community organizer around affordable housing issues, grass roots urban planning and community greening, and community poverty issues in New York City, NY, Seattle, Washington, and Des Moines, IA. Originally from Miami, Florida, Bridie has lived in many places in the US, and attended college at Grinnell College, in Grinnell, IA, graduating with a BA in Political Science. In 2006 Ms. Roberts graduated from the Claremont School of Theology with a Masters of Divinity, emphasis in Urban Ministries. She has studied and traveled in Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America.