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Author: Tri Nguyen

We at GLIDE are deeply saddened by the passing of Joe Betz, owner of the House of Prime Rib and a beloved member of the GLIDE family.

For more than 30 years, Joe and his family faithfully joined us in the GLIDE kitchen every Christmas Eve, serving their world-famous Prime Rib to unhoused and low-income San Franciscans. Through his generosity, more than 75,000 holiday meals have been shared with our community—nourishing both body and spirit.

Joe was also a cherished friend to GLIDE’s Co-Founders, Rev. Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani, with whom he shared a bond of service, compassion, and love for community. His kindness extended far beyond the doors of his restaurant and reflected the very best of San Francisco. Joe often said it was a privilege to support GLIDE and those we serve—because giving back was simply part of who he was.

We mourn this profound loss and extend our deepest condolences to Joe’s family and friends. His legacy of generosity and love will continue to inspire us all.

With gratitude and sympathy,
Dr. Gina Fromer
President & CEO, GLIDE

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There’s traditional fundraising, and then there’s the kind of fundraising GLIDE does that makes headlines each May.

Since the inception of the Power of One lunch series, Warren Buffett’s iconic charity auctions have raised more than $53 million to support GLIDE’s mission. Conceived by Susie Buffett, the annual lunch has become synonymous with Buffett’s pragmatic and no-frills approach to impact and philanthropy.

The initiative quickly drew attention and bidders, establishing a precedent for creative fundraising that bends the rules on how to engage with billionaires who aren’t always thought of as much more than the checkbooks they carry.

The approach Buffett pioneered has proven incredibly effective, raising millions over the years, with his final round alone bringing in $19 million.

Dr. Gina Fromer, GLIDE’s CEO, highlights the critical impact of these efforts: “This auction has transformed lives, no question. Every dollar raised directly translates into hope and opportunity for those who need it most. We’re eternally grateful to Warren for what he started as we are to Marc for having taken up the role.”

After Warren Buffett stepped back, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff took the baton, another billionaire renowned for his philanthropic efforts. Benioff is best known for Salesforce’s innovative 1-1-1 philanthropy model, the company’s investments in education and healthcare, and his own outspoken advocacy for social justice. Which brings us to the less-known part of this equation; the winning bidders themselves.

Past winners have included notable figures such as hedge fund manager Ted Weschler, who secured a job at Berkshire Hathaway after his lunch with Buffett, and cryptocurrency pioneer Justin Sun, who famously paid $4.6 million for the privilege, setting a record at the time.

The winning bids are usually kept quiet, but this year we had the opportunity to connect with the latest winner, Yi Shi, a Chinese-German tech entrepreneur known for his work in AI and his advocacy for responsible technological progress. In an interview after his winning bid, he shared what he hopes to achieve through his bid and the opportunity to sit down with Benioff.

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If Yi Shi continues at this pace, GLIDE might need to rename the event “Power of Two.”

Shi previously attended a Power of One lunch with Warren Buffett as a guest in 2015, at just 25 years old, invited by the then-winner Zhu Ye, chairman of Da Lian Zeus Entertainment.

Reflecting on the experience, Shi described the meeting with Buffett as a remarkably down-to-earth event. “We never felt like we were eating with a billionaire,” Shi shared, noting how naturally Buffett took on the role of a mentor in the meeting. “He emphasized compassion and empathy, teaching us that wealth comes in many forms, financial, health and wellbeing as well as the ways you can contribute back to society.”

The sit-down with Buffett piqued Shi’s curiosity about blending philanthropy, innovation, and responsible governance. It also laid the groundwork for his bid to lunch with Marc Benioff ten years later, and after placing $200,100 on the table he rightfully has great expectations for the event.

Shi, a Chinese-German tech entrepreneur, has spent his career building and running companies that exist to scale technology. From founding Avazu Inc., a programmatic advertising pioneer, to co-founding oBike, a bike-sharing innovator, Shi now heads FlashIntel, a Silicon Valley startup creating AI agents for enterprise sales and support, a field closely aligned with Salesforce’s own trajectory.

“Meeting Marc is part of my ongoing journey as a founder,” Shi explained. “I’m eager to learn how he scaled Salesforce from startup to a $300 billion company, maintaining his passion and vision throughout.”

Benioff himself is well-known for blending corporate leadership with social impact, pioneering Salesforce’s acclaimed 1-1-1 philanthropy model. Shi shares this ethos, supporting liberal values, individual liberties, and innovative policies to responsibly advance technology, especially artificial general intelligence (AGI). His own philanthropy includes grants to his alma mater, the Goethe Institute, reflecting what he describes as a deep commitment to education, responsible innovation, and the promotion of free-market principles.

“I’m interested in how we build responsible governance around emerging technologies without stifling innovation by top-down control,” Shi noted, echoing Benioff’s emphasis on social responsibility and ethical innovation.

Shi’s winning bid is philanthropy in motion itself, and it directly supports GLIDE’s crucial work, addressing poverty, homelessness, and social injustice in San Francisco. Dr. Gina Fromer, GLIDE’s CEO, underscored the event’s importance: “This auction is a lifeline for thousands of vulnerable people we serve. Each bid directly translates into dignity, hope, and meaningful change.”

Looking back, the tradition started with Warren Buffett and Reverend Cecil Williams, whose collaboration defined GLIDE’s compassionate approach to community service. “We stand on the shoulders of giants,” Dr. Fromer reflected, “and we look forward with gratitude and optimism.”

Shi, for his part, sees philanthropy as both duty and privilege. “I hope my efforts encourage others to participate. We have the resources and technology to create unprecedented abundance, if we choose to act responsibly and generously. Joining Marc in his endeavor to support GLIDE is a worthy cause in and of itself, and sitting down with him is simply the cream on top.”

A deep discussion in the making

Yi Shi has specific ideas he looks forward to exploring with Marc Benioff and the guests he brings.

It might not surprise you that at the forefront of these topics is artificial intelligence. Salesforce itself has placed big bets in this arena, recently launching innovations such as Agentforce, further embedding AI into their core CRM offerings.

Shi believes AI-native companies, like his own FlashIntel, have the potential to disrupt traditional industry leaders, including the likes of Salesforce. While he is exactly as ambitious as a serial entrepreneur should be, he cautions others to temper their expectations on how far startups can push the AI-disruption.

“Trying to directly replace Salesforce with conventional CRM solutions is likely to fail,” Shi remarked. “The real disruption that we’ll see will come from someone creating a completely new category, something innovative that addresses customer needs from an entirely different angle, much like what Marc did with Salesforce back in the day.”

There’s no discussing disruptive innovation without leaning on the concept of creative destruction, a topic Shi has plenty of first-hand experience on. “To build something new you often have to dismantle what came before, and I have several convictions about how we’ll see AI do that,” Shi shared.

“One of the larger transformations I see is that the future’s currency will likely be tokens generated by AI models,” Shi explained, outlining his vision for how AI will build entirely new venues for transacting and value transfer.

“I also expect significant changes to how we scale companies themselves, shifting from operational expenses to capital investments in technology,” he continues.

We’re seeing much of this in action already, notably in how Salesforce continues to evolve through AI-driven innovations like Agentforce, enabling its clients to scale faster and more effectively than ever before.

Shi is particularly keen to dive deeply into conversation with Benioff on precisely these points. “Marc’s journey with Salesforce, marked by numerous pivots and significant growth milestones, is something I deeply admire,” Shi shared. “I’m eager to understand his vision for the future, how he’s navigated challenges, and what it truly means to build a legacy company through constant innovation.”

Yet, their upcoming conversation will undoubtedly venture beyond AI innovation, touching on themes central to Buffett’s legacy, long-term thinking, patient investment, and sustainable impact. Both Benioff and Buffett exemplify this commitment, demonstrating how steadfast strategic decisions compound over time into transformative results.

Shi also holds Buffett’s long-term investment philosophy in high regard, emphasizing the necessity of forward-looking discussions. “Conversations that focus on the long term are increasingly essential,” Shi said. “Both Buffett and Benioff remind us of the profound impact thoughtful, deliberate action can have, and I’m keen to play my part in the small ways I can.”

Dr. Fromer reinforces this sentiment by emphasizing the collective effort required for lasting change: “There’s no work we could do without the support of people like Marc Benioff, Warren Buffett, and every single bidder who has stepped up. It truly takes a community to make a community work, and the impact we strive for is measured not in months or years, but across generations.”

And in fueling that work, there’s power in lunches shared in extraordinary company.

HAPPY JUNETEENTH! Today, we celebrate not only the Emancipation Proclamation– but everything that Black people have done to liberate and transform this country! We will never forget all that was done to us – and all that was done by us. 

On this historic holiday, I have a special invitation for the whole GLIDE community: would you like to march alongside GLIDE’s float in the Juneteenth Weekend Parade, this Sunday, June 22nd? If so, please arrive at the corner of Spear and Market between 9:45 AM and 10:30 AM– there will be someone holding a GLIDE sign at that intersection to direct you– or just look for the float with the orange heart. 

We’ll have signs for you to hold. Don’t forget sunscreen, water, and comfortable walking shoes, and email Freddy, fmartin@glide.org, with any questions. I’ll be waiting for you in GLIDE’s float with my colleagues, Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, and other treasured friends of GLIDE. 

Not up for marching, but you’d like to watch and cheer us on? No problem– the parade route and other details can be found here. I know you’ll be alongside us– whether in body or in spirit. Now and every day is the time to celebrate Black excellence and joy.  

Our freedom deserves to be celebrated not only on Juneteenth, but all year long celebrated, protected, and EXPANDED. As Barack Obama says, “Let’s keep building on the work of the generations who came before us and making sure that the arc of the moral universe continues to bend towards justice.” 

Thank you for everything you’re doing to bend the arc of history, Tri. 

With heart, 

Dr. Gina Fromer 
President & CEO of GLIDE 

“When you’re ready, I’ll be here,” Jamika explained to a person who was just waking up on the sidewalk at the corner of Jones and Ellis streets. “If you don’t see me, just look out for the purple vest or a GLIDE Whole Person Care van. When you see us, you’ll know help is coming.” 

“Help is coming” are words you’ll hear many times over if you spend time with Jamika or any one of the sixteen Cecil Williams Community Ambassadors at GLIDE . Each day, they walk an average of 5 miles across approximately 40 city blocks around the Tenderloin and Lower Nob Hill, engaging unhoused neighbors, small businesses, and SRO residents to connect them with life-saving services. On Thursdays and Sundays, UCSF roving nurses join our ambassadors to offer street medicine – including vaccinations, cancer screenings, and wound care – to people without access to health care.

GLIDE launched this program last July with three goals in mind:

  1. Expand GLIDE’s model of integrated services beyond our building on 330 Ellis Street.
  2. Embrace a vision of community safety that is centered on Unconditional Love and not punishment. 
  3. Create a radically inclusive community of people who share GLIDE’s values of human dignity, safe streets, thriving businesses, and a place at the table for everyone.

The program has shown tremendous results in its first year on the streets.  

– We’ve grown our team by 25%, doubled the number service connections from 2,000 per month in July 2024 to nearly 6,000 in May 2025.
– Since the program’s inception, Ambassadors have administered Narcan to reverse overdoses 192 times; approximately twenty overdose reversals per month.
– On one neighborhood block alone, our tent count went from 19 to zero as we worked with the SF HOT Team, 311, Code Enforcement, Public Works, and the Department of Emergency Management to remove tents and place unhoused neighbors into shelters, sober living, and permanent housing. 

We identify areas of acute need and work together with the community to deliver safe, compassionate, and effective results. When the City opened a new stabilization center at 822 Geary Street, our team increased medical, behavioral, and transport services along Geary, as well as all of the streets and alleyways that flow onto Geary between Leavenworth and Van Ness. We offer case management and wrap-around services for whole person care, including transportation to substance use disorder treatment centers, sober living environments, shelters and temporary housing, support groups, fellowship, access to food programs, and a wide array of additional wrap-around services.

For Jamika, being an Ambassador means delivering outcomes that create a safe environment for everyone. She recently found an apartment for an unhoused woman named Jessica and her husband. Between smiles and some tears, Jamika described the joy of seeing them finally find a place they could call home. It took several conversations with Jessica over a number of weeks to finalize the process, but Jamika never gave up. She grew up in San Francisco and thinks about her own friends and family in every person she encounters on the street. “When people see the Ambassadors, they feel comfortable. They’re happy to see us coming and they know we’re here to help.”

Jamika is carrying on a legacy left by Cecil Wiliams to all of us who support the Tenderloin: Inviting people from all walks of life to embrace the transformative power of unconditional love.

Please join us. Click here for information on how you can sign up to join the Cecil Williams Ambassadors for a volunteer shift.

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What began as a compassionate response to the COVID-19 pandemic in July of 2021 has blossomed into a trusted weekly presence for the Tenderloin community.  

Every Thursday from 12 pm to 4 pm, a dedicated team of UCSF nurses and volunteers comes together at GLIDE’s Health Hub to offer care with heart—providing not just COVID-19 vaccines and at-home test kits, but also Test-to-Treat services, flu and MPox vaccines, Hepatitis B screening and treatment, wound care, and supportive health education. 

Since 2021, this empathetic partnership between UCSF’s Roving Health Community Initiative (RCHI) and GLIDE has made a profound difference:

  • Over 10,000 vaccinations provided (COVID-19, Mpox, and Flu) 
  • Over 164 days delivering free and accessible essential health care to community members, no health insurance required
  • 405 wound care encounters at GLIDE Service Hub
  • Delivered over 3,400 Narcan doses to prevent opioid overdose, primarily to clients experiencing street homelessness

Together, we’ve stood by our unhoused neighbors, offering not just medical support, but hope, connection, and community. 

Working with the Mayor to Support GLIDE’s Community Members Struggling with Substance Use

At GLIDE, the community is at the heart of everything we do. We see many opportunities to partner with the City in response to Mayor Lurie’s new Executive Directive, “Breaking the Cycle,” intended to address the homelessness and behavioral health crisis on our streets. Specifically, we see room to expand our community-centered approach to behavioral health in the following areas: 

Improving treatment access:

We applaud the City’s dedication to cutting red tape and increasing access to low-barrier treatment and case management. No one seeking recovery should have their care jeopardized or delayed by completing mounds of paperwork or jumping through hoops. If we offer someone an easy way to start their recovery journey, we can onboard them onto Medi-Cal’s recovery options from there, instead of letting them slip through the cracks. 

GLIDE’s enhanced case management model meets people wherever they are, and engages and motivates people towards health and recovery by addressing their immediate needs. The special sauce of our case management is we consistently build relationships over weeks, months, or years: however long it takes to stabilize someone. We appreciate Mayor Lurie’s willingness to treat people who use substances as whole people – people with complex lives and problems.

Investment in medication-assisted treatment:

We applaud the City’s investment in Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT); an invaluable tool for liberating people from unhealthy relationships with substances. As part of this work, GLIDE can partner with the City, UCSF, and Ward 93 to increase people’s access to MAT.

We want to further partner with the city to have doctors, nurses, and social workers coming directly to our Health Access Hub to address urgent needs and write prescriptions for buprenorphine and methadone: key medications that help people fight the grip of addiction. 

As a people-centered service provider focusing on the needs of low-income and homeless people, it is refreshing to see the City address the intersection between mental health, substance use, and homelessness.

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUDs) require people to handle navigation and case management. They help people get their lives back on track with access to social services, housing, shelter, detox, and more.  The more investment in that work, the better.

Meeting people where they’re at:

Ideally, we envision our Health Empowerment and Access Vans and our Cecil Williams Community Ambassadors delivering care directly to people wherever they are. Our goal is to work with our medical partners to have a van specifically for those seeking Medications for Opioid Use Disorder. 

There is a community need to expand these services to seven days a week. We want to be able to offer hope wherever and whenever people are struggling. In particular, we would like to contribute to keeping the neighborhood around 822 Geary Street (the new crisis stabilization unit SF is constructing) clean, safe, and healthy.

A holistic approach to recovery:

The late Reverend Cecil Williams, co-Founder of GLIDE, always said, “Everyone is in recovery.” He recognized that everyone has a habit or addiction they are trying to break: and therefore we can all support each other compassionately along our journeys. Reverend Cecil’s moral leadership inspires our 360-degree continuum of care. We meet with people who use substances along every step of their journey, and empower them to reach the next step. 

We currently facilitate Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings as well as diverse health access services. With the City’s support, we will offer more support groups that practice contingency management (aka incentives to stay healthy) such as a breakfast club for people who need to take their medications with food in the morning or lockers for people to store their medications safely.

When nonprofits, the city, and the public work together, we can save more lives, treat more people suffering from substance use disorder, and make our streets and neighborhoods cleaner and safer for everyone.

GLIDE is looking forward to deepening and expanding our work to empower more people and transform more lives, continuing to break the cycles of poverty and marginalization.

Nothing is so beautiful as seeing our Beloved Community come together on Christmas.

Where else but at GLIDE can you find unhoused people, elders, low-income immigrant families, San Francisco dignitaries, and good-hearted volunteers all coming together in the same place to embrace the magic of the season?

During our Christmas Eve Luncheon, Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie and his family made the rounds, greeting our clients and volunteering in our kitchen. Thanks to Joe Betz and San Francisco’s House of Prime Rib, we were able to serve over one thousand pounds of prime rib. We delivered meals all over the city as well as feeding thousands of people right here at GLIDE!

Our feasting made the news: as our President & CEO Dr. Gina said, “It just gets more and more festive every year!”

Assemblymember Matt Haney dropped by to carve turkeys, and afterwards he took the podium at Celebration, commenting on the deeper spiritual meaning of his favorite Christmas movies.

Haney’s comments on How the Grinch Stole Christmas filled the church with cheers and laughter. “There was every reason for them to say to the Grinch, ‘lock him up. Take him away.’ But instead what they said was, ‘the power of love and compassion can reach even this individual.’ There must have been a GLIDE in Whoville!” cried Haney.  We all appreciated the profound social justice message the Assemblymember found in the Dr. Seuss-inspired movie.

Our Minister of Celebration Marvin K. White also brought justice to our minds this Christmas with his message.  “Mary and Joseph found themselves in Bethlehem with no roof over their heads. They were displaced, navigating a crisis that resonates with the millions today who face housing insecurity. What does the Christ child’s birth teach us?  It teaches us that love’s dream is bigger than a manger. The manger was a temporary stopgap in the divine plan. The promise of Christ’s birth is not that we glorify the instability of that moment, but that we recognize the urgency to create a stability for all of us… Christmas means we must build a world where no child is born homeless ever again!”

Amen to that. It’s thanks to your volunteering and generosity that GLIDE is able to help unhoused people and even prevent homelessness. Our holiday meals do more than just feed people – they help more people learn about GLIDE and our life-saving services, so we can continue to reduce human suffering now and in the future. We’d love your help reaching our goal to help even MORE people in 2025 –  would you consider making a holiday donation?

After our church’s morning Christmas celebration, hundreds of volunteers helped us feed the city with turkey and ham. Here you can watch the video of our volunteers serving food.

This year, our kindness, warmth and love was set against the darkness, the rain, and the hatred in our world. This year, we brought joy to the streets of San Francisco.

This year, we took a stand for unconditional love. Thanks to you, we succeeded!

It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since Dr. Gina M. Fromer, PhD became President and CEO of GLIDE.

Her transformative leadership has made a significant impact in such a short time. Dr. Gina has strengthened our mission to tackle hunger and justice, embodying passion and vision.

As she says, “Hunger is Loud. Justice is Loud. GLIDE is Loud. We need San Francisco to hear us… because a healthy GLIDE is a healthy San Francisco.”

Let’s celebrate Dr. Gina’s first anniversary and the strides she’s made for our community. We look forward to her continued bold leadership! hashtag#GlideLegacy

 
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Hello GLIDE community,

While we wake up to the news of the presidential election, I want you to know that we are still the beautiful and beloved community today that we were yesterday! Nothing will shake our commitment to each other and our values.

I know many of you are processing strong feelings about the election, as I am. Please give yourself grace and love today to be in your feelings, however you are feeling! One thing I love about the GLIDE community is that we all care so deeply about the future of this country. So of course, we feel strongly.  But that emotion must always fuel us, never paralyze us.

Now, more than ever, our communities need us. Our women and children need us advocating for their rights. Our immigrants and communities of color need our support. Our LGBT siblings, and especially our trans siblings, need us standing strong against discrimination and hate. Now is the time to double down on love, double down on liberation, and care for each other as we would care for ourselves.

Our values of unconditional love and radical inclusivity will never change, regardless of political trends! And the way you show up for GLIDE contributes to keeping people healthy and whole. If you haven’t yet bought tickets for the Holiday Jam, our annual fundraiser, that’s one incredibly important way you can show up for GLIDE. I promise it will be an evening full of joy, inspiration and hope; you can get your tickets here, and ticket sales fund our programs and advocacy for people in need.

And remember, the future of this country doesn’t just depend on who is in the White House: it depends on us. There are so many ways we can all make a difference.  When you treat people with dignity and respect, when you treat every person like they’re equally important, that’s a way of making America the place we want it to be. Regardless of what has happened, we always have that power and agency to be the change we want to see in our country!

Standing strong with you,

Dr. Gina Fromer
President & CEO 

Left to right: Joan Baez, Santana, the Rev. Cecil Williams and Isabel Allende.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, friends of GLIDE. 

Throughout its history, GLIDE has stood in solidarity with the Hispanic American community. In 1970, GLIDE donated food to striking farm workers and received a thank you letter from Caesar Chavez. In 1995, GLIDE worked with Susan Leal to successfully advocate for a street to be named after Chavez. And next year GLIDE will be inviting Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farmers Association and co-organizer with Chavez, to speak at our church.

GLIDE has also been privileged to celebrate with so many historic Hispanic-American artists. Isabel Allende, the Chilean-American writer who founded the literary genre of magical realism, loved to attend celebrations with her fellow writer Janice Mirikitani.  We’re so grateful the Mexican-American singer/songwriter Joan Baez brought a heartfelt tribute to Cecil’s Celebration of Life. And the Grammy-nominated Afro-Latin music star John Santos performed at GLIDE last year. I can’t wait to see who graces our stage in years to come! 

The fight for equal rights and fair treatment for our Hispanic American communities continues today. This country has historically failed to address the racial wealth gap, leaving many Hispanic Americans without access to their share of the American dream. We see this in the high proportion of Hispanic American families relying on FYCC and FRC programs. 

Even when FYCC’s funding was stripped, our wonderful FYCC and FRC staff held things together for families this past summer, providing culturally relevant books, programming, and resources. We have to continue fighting for the resources our babies need. And we have to continue speaking up when we hear hate speech against immigrants. The leaders of our land should never speak with fear, ignorance, or racism about the immigrants who helped create our country. 

If you care about closing the racial wealth gap, check out our Voter’s Guide. Our guide to propositions will help you support Brown and Black communities with your vote. We also encourage you to join our Justice Warriors program to monitor future opportunities to be in solidarity with California’s Hispanic American community. 

Keep on shining, Hispanic American family!

¡Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana, amigos de GLIDE!

A lo largo de su historia, GLIDE ha estado en solidaridad con la comunidad hispanoamericana. En 1970, GLIDE donó alimentos a los trabajadores agrícolas en huelga y recibió una carta de agradecimiento de César Chávez. En 1995, GLIDE trabajó con Susan Leal para abogar con éxito por que se nombrara una calle en honor a Chávez. Y el próximo año, GLIDE invito a Dolores Huerta, cofundadora de la Asociación de Campesinos Unidos y coorganizadora con Chávez, a hablar en nuestra iglesia.

GLIDE también ha tenido el privilegio de celebrar con tantos artistas hispanoamericanos históricos. Isabel Allende, la escritora chileno-estadounidense que fundó el género literario del realismo mágico, disfrutaba asistir a celebraciones con su compañera escritora Janice Mirikitani. Estamos muy agradecidos de que la cantautora mexicano-estadounidense Joan Baez rindiera un emotivo tributo en la Celebración de la Vida de Cecil. El año pasado, la estrella de música afro-latina nominada al Grammy, John Santos, se presentó en GLIDE. ¡No puedo esperar a ver quién subirá a nuestro escenario en los próximos años!

La lucha por los derechos iguales y un trato justo para nuestras comunidades hispanoamericanas continúa hoy. Este país ha fallado históricamente en abordar la brecha de riqueza racial, dejando a muchos hispanoamericanos sin acceso a su parte del sueño americano. Vemos esto en la alta proporción de familias hispanoamericanas que dependen de los programas FYCC y FRC.

Incluso cuando se recortó la financiación de FYCC, nuestro maravilloso personal de FYCC y FRC mantuvo las cosas unidas para las familias este verano, proporcionando libros, programación y recursos culturalmente relevantes. Debemos seguir luchando por los recursos que nuestros niños necesitan. Debemos seguir alzando la voz cuando escuchamos discursos de odio contra los inmigrantes. Los líderes de nuestra nación nunca deben hablar con miedo, ignorancia o racismo sobre los inmigrantes que ayudaron a crear nuestro país.

Si te importa cerrar la brecha de riqueza racial, consulta nuestra Guía del Votante. Nuestra guía sobre proposiciones te ayudará a apoyar a las comunidades morenas y negras con tu voto. También te animamos a unirte a nuestro programa Guerreros de Justicia para monitorear futuras oportunidades de estar en solidaridad con la comunidad hispanoamericana de California.

¡Sigue brillando, familia hispanoamericana!

Atentamente,

Yours truly,
Dr. Gina Fromer
GLIDE President & CEO