Dear CCDA Family, It is with deep gratitude and joy that I close my season as CCDA’s Advocacy & Strategic Engagement Director. I feel deep gratitude for the opportunity to have served our association from inside the CCDA organization and deep joy that it was a season spent with countless [...]Read More
Planting Seeds of Hope
A reflection on the intersection of gardening & activism I’ve been thinking about seeds a lot lately. It’s Spring, and I’m a gardener. Years ago I moved to a house with a small patch of dirt – about three square feet. One day as I was at my local Walgreens I saw seed packets marked 10 for $1. [...]Read More
Hispanic Evangelical Leaders Send Letter to DHS Secretary Kelly
In celebration of Pentecost Sunday national leaders request meeting and seat at the table around immigration security & policing Hispanic Evangelical leaders from four national organizations: Esperanza USA, the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, the Christian Community Development [...]Read More
Locked in Solidarity
The beginning of a new year can be a time of reflection - for most. A fresh start or clean slate to make resolutions, to recommit to the work we are doing, the opportunity to begin again. But for many in our communities, the impact of incarceration looms regardless of new seasons. Men, women, and [...]Read More
Obedience
"For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn" This simple line from the well-known Christmas hymn, "O Holy Night" depicts the disruption of light, seen from a distance, yet breaking through darkness that first Christmas thousands of years ago. As we come to our final week in Advent, we are [...]Read More
El Camino — FAQs
Who we are? We are leaders in the Christian Community Development Association, Jesus followers seeking justice for immigrant friends in our communities. What we are doing? We are walking the approximately 150 miles from Tijuana, Mexico to Los Angeles, California, USA from August 20th-30th [...]Read More
Locked in Solidarity 2015
Today is the day I choose to walk out my truth. I am a former offender and I was incarcerated. I have been home for three years and during that time I experienced some of the best and worst moments of my life, specifically carrying feelings of shame and guilt.... The stigma of being labeled a felon [...]Read More
On Advent & A Season of Giving: Hope
Isaiah 9:2 (the Message) The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. For those who lived in a land of deep shadows-- light! sunbursts of light! Advent is a season recognized throughout church traditions to anticipate and await the arrival of Jesus. The Word that had been hoped [...]Read More