La Mikia Castillo was born and raised in Inglewood, California. She graduated from the University of California,San Diego, where she double-majored in Ethnic Studies and Urban Studies & Planning.

After graduation, La Mikia moved back to Los Angeles to commit herself to incarnational ministry, that is living among the people you work with, where she served as an inner-city missionary with an organization called InnerCHANGE, living in the low-income community of the Westlake/MacArthur Park area.There she worked with some of the most marginalized families in Southern California, tutoring youth and serving as a mentor for many young women and girls in the neighborhood.

La Mikia is currently CLUE LA’s lead organizer on the Hotel Workers Rising, the Food Service Workers Uniting, and the Fed Ex Campaigns, and also serves as our representative on the Save Westlake/Central City West affordable housing coalition dealing with issues of displacement and gentrification. Her passion for socio-economic justice and incarnational ministry is deeply rooted in her Christian faith and personal experiences of discrimination and injustice. Although unsure what the future holds for her, La Mikia plans to pursue God's call to "Do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with [her] God (Micah 6:8)," no matter where life takes her.

Rabbi Alison Abrams grew up in the Chicago area and was recently ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. In seminary, she cultivated a love of rabbinical literature and the study of Jewish ethics.

Rabbi Abrams has dedicated her rabbinate to following the biblical mandate tzedek, tzedek tirdof- justice, justice you shall pursue. She participated in CLUE’s Seminary Summer program in 2005 working on the security officer campaign and is excited to be back on staff, contributing to the incredible work of this organization.

 

 

 

Diana Mendoza, born in Santa Ana, CA, graduated from Azusa Pacific University with a B.A. degree in Global Studies, and a minor in Organizational Leadership. During her studies at APU she participated in a semester-long urban immersion program. Her studies focused on immigrant families in L.A.

She then traveled to Mexico City, where her studies focused on the migrations of people from the countrysides of Oaxaca, Chiapas, other southern Mexicans into Mexico City. She also studied Machismo in the 21st century. She then continued on to write her undergrad thesis on Neoliberal Economics, focusing on NAFTA & CAFTA's impacts on the lives of women, farmers, and blue-collar workers through Meso America.

During her time at university, she volunteered at Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice. Upon graduating, she interned, and later got a position as Lead Organizer of the New Sanctuary Movement at CLUE, where she continues to work til this day.

Steve Holt is a 2007 graduate of Grove City College, in Grove City, PA, with a B.A. in economics. He is now a student at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, doing a Master of Divinity degree on his way towards ordination in the Anglican Communion.

He has been part of CLUE since moving out to southern California from his hometown of Natick, Massachusetts last September. During his time with CLUE he has been part of the Grocery, Ports, and Glendale Hilton campaigns, as well as the general activities of the organization.

He is currently the Young Religious Leaders Project campus organizer, while also being involved with other labor campaigns.

 

 

Before she turned 9 years old Heidy Arrivillaga was born and raised in Guatemala. Soon after she traveled to the states and has been living in Los Angeles since 1990, she is 27 now and the youngest of five children.

Heidy Arrivillaga received her bachelors in Business and currently works at CLUE LA head quarters as manager. She plans to continue her studies either in business or in education in the fall of 2008.

 

 

 

 

Creative antrapanuer with Multi-Disciplinary skills in media and design. Photography, Website Design, and graphic design are few tools that I contribute to Clue LA.

CLUE LA is a new chapter in my creative field, so far it has been opened many opportunities to expand and network with a range of organizers, religious groups, and the very heart and soul of Los Angeles "the people"

 

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