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Starting Over: How Low-Income and Unhoused Women at GLIDE Are Rebuilding Their Lives
GLIDE has many programs to help women and families: affordable childcare, free formula and diapers, support groups for parents, assistance for survivors of domestic violence and trafficking, and aid with job training and applications, to name a few.
For this article, we interviewed Denise Moody, a Workforce Navigator in GLIDE’s Women’s Center, to understand on a deeper level the challenges that women in our programs face and overcome. But before we dive into that, some numbers.
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Advocating for Food Justice in San Francisco
GLIDE’s President & CEO, Dr. Gina Fromer, gave the closing keynote at the Second Annual Food Action Summit on April 28th. The Food Action Summit was organized by the Food and Agriculture Action Coalition Toward Sovereignty (FAACTS), a group of community organizations that fight for food security, quality, and justice. A spacious ballroom packed with […]
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SF Bay Area Women Musicians to Add to Your Playlist
Women’s History Month at Glide Memorial Church highlighted the musical contribution of women in the Bay Area, choosing different local women musicians to feature as special performers at every service in March! Check out this highlight reel of their amazing sounds, and then read our special interview with Zoë Ellis, our Director of Music Ministries, […]
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints honors GLIDE’s FYCC and Women’s Center
SIMPLY WONDERFUL! Recently, at the Women’s Conference of the San Francisco Stake Relief Society, GLIDE was the benefactor of a generous grant on the behalf of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). The LDS operates over 400 missions all around the world and caring for those in need is a foundational belief […]
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Women’s History Month: Join us in creating a world that celebrates and invests in women
During this Women’s History Month, we lift up and affirm the importance of gender justice in our work and celebrate the powerful impact of women leaders at GLIDE working to create a world where everyone thrives. We know that fighting for women’s economic empowerment, reproductive rights and equality is fundamental to achieving our mission: to create a radically inclusive, just and loving community, mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization
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Meet Marilyn Kincaid, GLIDE’s Archivist
As GLIDE continues its celebration of Women’s History Month, we reflect on the achievements and contributions women have made to the GLIDE community and to the racial and social justice movements in American history. In keeping with our recognition of remarkable women, we present a special feature on GLIDE Archivist Marilyn Kincaid. Marilyn began working […]
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Closing Out Women’s History With A Celebratory Refrain
Dear Friends, At a time when stereotypes and violence against women pervade, not ironically, we move out of Women’s History Month and into Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Below is a speech I gave last year – one that reminds me that as much as we’ve sought and made changes to laws, to systems and to […]
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Street homeless to housed: Nikki’s story
After losing her job due to cutbacks, and then being evicted from her apartment, Nikki found herself living on the streets of San Francisco. People experience homelessness for various reasons and the impact of being unhoused can be extremely detrimental to an individual or family. It exacerbates existing health problems, increases risks for new ones, […]
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