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As we look back over the 30 years between the civil unrest of April 29, 1992 and Los Angeles’ current cultural landscape, three questions are on our minds: What was Los Angeles like in the years leading up to 1992? What lessons can we learn from efforts to rebuild the city? Who are the agents of positive social change today, especially among organizations rooted in LA’s communities of faith?

The American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute (AMCLI) emerged out of a research project and a convening of civic leaders in 2006. Nadia Roumani and Brie Loskota reflect on how it began and lessons learned.

AMCLI has developed a series of three case studies that American Muslim leaders and community groups can use to prompt discussion on racial justice issues.

Don Miller, CRCC's executive director, delivered a paper titled "Where the Spirit Leads: Pentecostalism and Freedom" in Rome at a conference co-sponsored by the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown University's Berkeley Center for Religion and the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University.

Arlene Sánchez-Walsh provides an overview of important issues facing Latino Protestant churches in Southern California.

Brie Loskota participated on an Aspen Institute panel on religious pluralism in the United States. The distinguished panelists contributed to a publication that "discusses proven strategies for managing America’s religious diversity in a way that promotes informed respect and social cohesion."

This report provides a brief overview of several organizing groups that are grappling with the challenges and opportunities of organizing efforts rooted in faith traditions and committed to deepening the relationship of transformational work at the intersection of religion and organizing.

A new report published by the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings explores the role of Muslim faith-based organizations in American civic life.