FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
Tri Nguyen: 415-608-6237
tnguyen@glide.org WHAT: GLIDE welcomes legendary scholar and activist Angela Davis for a powerful Black History Month event: “Legacy and Liberation – A Conversation with Angela Davis.” Since the event is sold out with RSVP’s in the hundreds, please contact us in advance to secure special media-only access. WHEN: Thursday, February 26th, 2026 at 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (doors open at 5:00pm) WHERE: Glide Memorial Church, 330 Ellis Street in San Francisco; and the event will also be livestreamed on Glide Memorial Church’s YouTube. WHY: It is more vital than ever to explore the legacies of Black liberation movements, during this time of renewed struggle for racial and economic justice. Angela Davis’s connection to GLIDE stretches back decades through her relationship with the late Reverend Cecil Williams and the broader Black Power Movement, which sought sanctuary for the revolution in the Church. GLIDE has long stood at the intersection of faith and freedom struggles, serving as a spiritual home for radical inclusion and courageous truth-telling. Angela Davis has shaped generations of freedom fighters. Her presence at GLIDE during Black History Month will galvanize the community to take action. This packed event promises to bring hundreds of new people into GLIDE’s vision for Black liberation. SPEAKER BIO: Angela Davis, a globally recognized political activist and scholar, has dedicated her life to movements for Black liberation, prison abolition, and intersectional struggles against racism, sexism, and class oppression. Her work with the Black freedom movement of the 1960s and 1970s—including collaboration with members of the Black Panther Party and allied organizations—helped galvanize international solidarity against systemic injustice and state violence. Resources: About GLIDEGLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice dedicated to fighting systemic injustice, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. GLIDE’s integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community empower individuals, families, and children to achieve stability and thrive. GLIDE is at the forefront of addressing some of the most pressing issues including poverty, housing shortages and homelessness, and racial and social injustice. About GLIDE’s Center for Social Justice The Center for Social Justice works to influence public policy on poverty, food insecurity, housing, discrimination, racial justice and human rights. We do this through grassroots organizing, community education and engagement, thought leadership, and policy development. We convene community members and policymakers to amplify the voices of the community. In addition, we mobilize GLIDE clients, congregants, volunteers, supporters, and neighbors to become agents of change. | 
