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.
GLIDE’s Center for Social Justice is working hard to spread democracy. We continue to phonebank every Thursday in support of Proposition 6. And we’re out tabling through September and October to help get out the vote! Learn how to serve as a pollworker and visit our Voter Information Center.
Review our Ballot Guide and please tell your friends and let’s make a difference this election season!
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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.
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon’s words rang out across a packed sanctuary, her voice carrying both defiance and deep conviction. She spoke to truth and justice in a way that mirrors GLIDE’s values of radical inclusion and unconditional love.
The Executive Order titled, “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” really ought to be called “Ending Love and Compassion on America’s Streets.” This order acts like arresting unhoused people
Tinisch Hollins opened with a reminder, “If things get better in the Tenderloin, they get better in San Francisco. When we improve conditions for our people, it benefits everybody. That’s the message we bring to City Hall every day.
