Rev. Jim Conn

Rev. Jim Conn is the founding minister of the Church in Ocean Park and served on the Santa Monica City Council and as that city's mayor. He helped found Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, Los Angeles, and was a founder of Santa Monica's renter's rights campaign. Rev. Conn is a regular contributor to Capital & Main.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Rev. Jim Conn

Environment

Fighting climate change: Just do it!
October 1, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn
Sometimes religious people tend to be slower to adapt to changes coursing through the culture, especially with concerns about climate change.
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Environment

How Big Oil ate California’s future
September 17, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn
The Earth is where all people live. If we are going to survive and thrive, the California economy must opt out of using all that oil.
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Opinion

Climate change and oil portfolios: Divesting in the future
September 2, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn
Methodists linked arms with more than 500 campaigns pushing for divestment by colleges, universities, faith communities, state and local retirement funds, and foundations.
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Environment

Dethroning fossil fuels: rise of the New Abolitionists
August 27, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn
Advocates for keeping fossil fuels in the ground are demanding of the world what this nation required of itself following the Civil War.
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Opinion

The United States of No
August 26, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn
Sad that our democracy is so cluttered by checks and balances that it stymies justice.
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Environment

Chevron’s oil on troubled waters
July 30, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn
Even amidst this drought, mega-corporation Chevron sells 21 million gallons of treated polluted water a day.
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Environment

An eco-civilization lesson
July 23, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn
Many are now calling for an ecological civilization as an alternative to more exploitation and extraction, another pathway for human civilization to take.
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Opinion

A monumental contradiction
June 23, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn
Washington, D.C., memorials invariably quote some of the masterpieces of our heritage, a reminder of the values that ground the American experiment in democracy.
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