It’s hard to find words for the grief and rage our nation is feeling today. First Renée Good, then Alex Pretti—two lives lost after being shot and killed by federal ICE officers while trying to protect their neighbor’s rights. We’ve lost a loving mother of three. We’ve lost a dedicated ICU nurse. Just as we have lost so many Black and Brown people over the course of our nation’s history. All their names lie heavy on my heart: Breonna Taylor, Oscar Grant, George Floyd, Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, and so many more.
What gives me hope is to see a nation rising up. A nation that’s had enough.
Join me in emailing Congress to:
These killings are intended to send a message. They want us to know that standing up for our immigrant neighbors is something that will be met with deadly force. History is repeating itself. Those who stood in peaceful protest with Martin Luther King Jr. also sometimes died for their beliefs.
I have spent my entire life fighting for justice and I won’t stay silent now. I hope you join me in speaking up and speaking out for our GLIDE values:
We support AB 1537, legislation to prevent police officers from also working for ICE.
We stand with Supervisor Bilal Mahmood’s resolution for ICE-free zones — Alameda County has already passed similar legislation, San Francisco needs to catch up.
We call on Sheriff Paul Miyamoto to continue to uphold sanctuary protections by refusing pressure to cooperate with ICE.
We call on Congress to stop funding ICE violence. Click here to contact your representatives!
In last Sunday’s Sermon, Minister Marvin K. White said, “Do you know how tiring it is, day after day, night after night, hour after hour, to brace yourself for pain? It’s exhausting! Do you know how tiring it is when you have to plan your way home by the police who are out on the block, and you have to plan an escape route just to get home? It’s exhausting!” That’s how our immigrant neighbors are feeling in Minneapolis right now– and across the nation. It’s also how many people living in the Tenderloin have felt for a long time. We must act.
What our country is doing right now is not new. America has done it before. But that does not make it right. We must take action as a community to put a stop to this bigotry and violence once and for all!
ICE could come to any city in the years to come. If they come to San Francisco, we must be prepared. Here’s what you can do today:
Check on your neighbors — especially those living with fear of enforcement or separation.
Educate and organize — know your rights, share them, and build solidarity networks.
Support mutual aid efforts that provide food, legal help, accompaniment, and community care.
Show up together — to vigils, to city hearings, to council meetings, to rallies — in the name of shared humanity.
We refuse to accept a world where families live in fear. Where the powerful commit crimes and then lie about it. Alex Pretti and Renee Good should not have died because they stood up for their neighbors.
In response, let’s summon our collective strength and create the beloved community we know is possible. GLIDE is committed to remaining a sanctuary for all. Nothing will stop us from loving and serving the people who need our help the most.
Dr. Gina Fromer
GLIDE President & CEO