GLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through our integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community, we empower individuals, families and children to achieve stability and thrive.
GLIDE is on the forefront of addressing some of society’s most pressing issues, including poverty, housing and homelessness, and racial and social justice.
🔥 BREAKING NEWS! Music icon El DeBarge will headline GLIDE’s 40th Anniversary Holiday Jam! 🔥
📅 Thursday, Nov 13, 2025
📍 The Warfield, San Francisco
Don’t miss this unforgettable night of music, love & community, all for a cause. Tickets on sale Friday, September 26!!
#GLIDEHolidayJam #ElDeBarge #ShowUpAndShowOut
Thursday, September 18, 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm @Glide Memorial Church Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Glide's Center for Social Justice for an insightful event on immigration and changing the narrative. Panelists including Yosimar Reyes, Santa Clara County Poete Laureate, Leticia Hernández-Linares award-winning writer & moderated by Olga Talamante.
Friday, September 25, 6pm - 7pm, Manny's Cafe, San Francisco Community leaders Dr. Gina Fromer, Richard Beal, Lydia Bransten discuss an inclusive approach to health access in addressing substance use. Richard Beal is Director of Recovery Services at Tenderloin Housing Clinic & Lydia Bransten is Executive Director of the Gubbio Project.
Sunday, October 19, 11am - 3pm, San Francisco - Join us for the funnest Block Party of 2025! Help us reclaim car-congested streets and transform them into community health-driven spaces for all to enjoy! Fun activities and food for kids and adults will proliferate the block of Ellis Street in the TL. Hang out with your friends and family and see what your local hood has to offer you!
Fall Into Justice is a series of community events designed to ignite a positive change for our community. Together we’ll honor lives lost, celebrate resilience, and shine a light on the power of inclusion and recovery.
For More Information: glide.org/fallintojustice2025
August 28, 6:00-8:00 PM: Overdose Awareness: Remembrance & Education. RSVP
September 12, 12:00-3:00 PM: 5th Annual Recovery Day at Boeddeker Park
September 18, 6:00-8:00P M: Hispanic heritage month, Immigration and Changing the Narrative. RSVP
September 21: Honor Cecil Williams’s Birthday
September 25, 6:00 – 7 PM: The Power of Radical Inclusion in Addressing Substance Use and Health Access. RSVP
October 19, 12:00 – 5:00 PM: Phoenix day (Sunday Streets). More Info
Fall of Justice: One Season. Many Stories. A Shared Pursuit of Justice.
Join Us!
Above: Dr. Gina Fromer Speaking at International Peace Day Celebration last year *** By Dr. Gina Fromer, President & CEO of GLIDE 44 years ago, the United Nations chose September
In 2009, Nikki found stability through a domestic violence shelter and later housing at the Verona apartments. That same year, she began volunteering at Glide. “At first I went just to help in the kitchen,” she remembered, “but soon I realized GLIDE was giving me so much more. GLIDE gave me friends, family, and a safe place where I could be myself.” It was the kindness of the people she met at GLIDE that lifted her most: “They didn’t judge me. They accepted me just the way I am.”
“Lauren has been there for my health, my emotions, everything,” Carly says. “She never gave up on me. GLIDE makes me feel like I matter. I don’t carry shame for what I’ve been through anymore. This feels like a second home.”
On International Overdose Awareness Day, GLIDE’s Center for Social Justice hosted a powerful panel of regional and national leaders to spark dialogue about overdose awareness, prevention, and compassionate care
GLIDE’s Young Professionals Committee turned out over 200 GLIDE supporters to the Pheonix Hotel last Friday to honor the awardees of the Rev. Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani Legacy Awards. Every year, not only does the Summer Gala raise money for GLIDE’s vital programs and services, but it honors leaders who are carrying Jan & Cecil’s torch forward.
When Tami stepped off a train into San Francisco three years ago, she carried almost nothing—just the clothes on her back—and a quiet determination that things had to change. Her arrival was the culmination of years spent surviving on the margins: childhood loss, decades of addiction, and life in a dangerous riverbed outside Madera County.
Meals served Every Year
People Received Hygiene Kits, Socks, and Blankets Last Year
People Volunteered Last Year
