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From Pain to Progress: GLIDE’s 6th Alabama Justice Pilgrimage
“People ask me, why am I not bitter? And I say to them, ‘hate and bitterness only eat me up from the inside. Love is a powerful emotion. Love transcends all.’” Miss Joyce O’Neal shared these powerful words with participants from GLIDE’s Alabama Justice pilgrimage in the community room of the Brown Chapel AME Church, […]
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Alabama Pilgrimage Charts New Paths to Black Empowerment and White Allyship
On Saturday September 11th, GLIDE packed Freedom Hall for a twelve-minute documentary film and panel discussion about GLIDE’s Alabama Pilgrimage. The film, Pursuing Progress, was created by the talented born-and-raised Tenderloin filmmaker Lana Vy, and you can watch it for free online here. The Alabama Pilgrimage is a tour for GLIDE community members through the […]
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#PursuingProgress – A History and Vision of the Alabama Pilgrimage
History In April 2018, the GLIDE Center for Social Justice led a group of 85 people on a pilgrimage to the opening of the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. This journey was more than a visit; it was an awakening, deeply affecting each participant with our nation’s history […]
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