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Editorial note: With the following post by GLIDE’s Theresa Calderon we continue a weekly series of opinion pieces in the run-up to Election Day November 8, discussing propositions on the ballot of particular importance to our communities. Proposition N, or the Immigrant Parent Right to Vote measure, allows San Francisco residents who are the parents, legal guardians or caregivers for children in the San Francisco Unified School District to vote in elections for the Board of Education without regard to their citizenship status.

Immigration is an important part of US history, and the waves of immigrants that have come over hundreds of years have all helped build this country. Yet, right now, non-citizen parents are shut out of basic decision-making about their children’s futures.
Continue reading “Why I Am Voting YES on PROP N”

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Editorial Note: As Election Day 2016 nears, we kick off a weekly series of opinion pieces on ballot propositions of particular concern to our communities. #PropDropFriday will bring you a total of eight posts in all, leading up to Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8. The series is designed to help you, the voter, make sense of some critical choices among an unusually large set of propositions on this year’s ballot. We are thrilled to begin this series with the following contribution from Bay Area writer and GLIDE community member LeRon L. Barton. We welcome your feedback and hope you’ll share this and following posts with friends and family as part of an active, engaged and committed conversation about the future of our city, state and country.

When I learned that the California Parole for Non-Violent Criminals and Juvenile Court Trial Requirements Initiative, otherwise known as Prop 57, would be on the ballot this November, my curiosity was immediately piqued. I am a writer who has published essays on the destruction of mass incarceration. I am a co-chair of the GLIDE Memorial Church Racial Justice Group, a team devoted to fighting racism/white supremacy. Most importantly, I am a Black man in America. I see the importance of Prop 57.
Continue reading “Why I Am Voting YES on PROP 57”

 

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GLIDE Goods open for business in Freedom Hall at 330 Ellis St.

Editor’s note: These thoughtful reflections from Nick Crampton of the wonderful Adaptive Path team come as we’re in the midst of a re-stocking campaign for GLIDE Goods, the free store GLIDE has recently piloted with the help from the design crew referenced below. If you find yourself moved to learn more and to help the cause, please visit this page—and thank you!  

As a relative newcomer to San Francisco and the Bay Area, my first exposure to GLIDE came fairly recently, during a day of volunteering with GLIDE’s HIV/Hep C Prevention and Harm Reduction team and, subsequently, in a collaboration between my company, adaptivepath.org, and GLIDE that led to the piloting of the GLIDE Goods program.
Continue reading “Designing Outside Your Comfort Zone”

GLIDE sends a huge shout out to the Epidemic Ales family for participating as a Food and Beverage Sponsor of this year’s 7th Annual GLIDE Legacy Gala. We’re so excited to highlight their support, especially since one of their co-founders, Brian Wang, is also the Controller in GLIDE’s Finance Department!

Brian shares his GLIDE story below and answers our #topthree burning questions!
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Continue reading “Meet Brian Wang and Epidemic Ales!”

We San Franciscans are no strangers to tremors. We live in earthquake country. We’ve weathered some major ones, and we continue to prepare for the Big One we all know is coming someday. But let’s ask ourselves: Is the ground not already shaking? Homelessness is a man-made earthquake, a painful and destructive rift in the social contract, and addressing it requires a major relief effort on the part of us all.
Continue reading “Homelessness is a man-made disaster”

by Alyse Berry, RN, GHS Wellness Center Manager

Flu season is here and GLIDE Health Services (GHS) Wellness Center has been busy conducting flu clinics.  The first clinic was held on October 14th at GLIDE and focused on diabetics, asthmatics and GLIDE staff.  53 vaccinations were administered.  The largest clinic this year was held on November 9th in Freedom Hall where 79 people were vaccinated. So far, the Wellness Center and GHS have administered nearly 450 vaccinations to the GLIDE community this season.  Thanks to all the staff and volunteers for their hard work!

Who should be vaccinated?
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), everyone should get a flu vaccine each flu season, but it is especially important that the following groups get vaccinated:
•    Pregnant women
•    Children younger than 5, especially younger than 2 years old
•    People 50 years of age and older
•    People of any age with certain chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and asthma
•    People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
•    People who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu, including: health care workers, household contacts of persons at high risk for complications from the flu, and household contacts and out of home caregivers of children less than 6 months of age (these children are too young to be vaccinated)

Who should not be vaccinated?
The CDC recommends that only a few groups not receive the flu vaccine:
•    People who have a severe allergy to chicken eggs
•    People who have had a severe reaction to an influenza vaccination
•    People who developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) within 6 weeks of getting an influenza vaccination
•    Children less than 6 months of age (influenza vaccine is not approved for this age group)
•    People who have a moderate-to-severe illness with a fever (they should wait until they recover to get vaccinated)

What else can you do to prevent the spread of the flu?
Tips from the CDC to decrease your chances of getting and spreading the flu:
•    Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.  If there is no tissue available sneeze or cough into your elbow instead of your hands.
•    Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.
•    Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Germs spread this way.
•    Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
•    If you are sick with flu–like illness, CDC recommends that you stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities. (Your fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.)
•    While sick, limit contact with others as much as possible to keep from infecting them.
For more information about this season’s flu, visit the CDC website
Check back again more information about the services provided by GLIDE’s Wellness Center.