Now More Than Ever – GLIDE is Pride
Pride month is an extraordinary time, and the related festivities this June mark the first time in two years that we can all come together to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. For decades, GLIDE has stood up for, sat in for, marched in the streets for - and opened its arms and doors widely - for the LGBTQ+ community. I am honored to be part of an organization with such a remarkable legacy of LGBTQ+ commitment and advocacy.
During this month of Pride, I am fee...

Housing the Homeless Is Just the Beginning
When people talk about “fixing the homeless crisis,” they can sometimes see it in a very simplified way, thinking if we just get “them” off the streets and find them housing, the homeless crisis would be resolved. In reality, finding housing is just the beginning. Many people who have endured months or years on the...
Tags: Case Management, Empowerment, GLIDE Voices, Homelessness, Walk-In Center
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Hold the Judgment: GLIDE teams up with community partners to deliver food and choice to those in need
The great Grocery Bag Giveaway is a huge event in more ways than one. It is one of the most anticipated events of GLIDE’s holiday programming: hosted each year by GLIDE Co-Founders Rev. Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani and attended by thousands of community members, many of whom line up before dawn on streets closed...
Tags: Food Justice, Food Security, GLIDE Holidays, Homelessness, Social Justice
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Check-in with Rita: What I’m Thankful For
At GLIDE, we are thankful for the community we create and nurture here. We are especially grateful for our GLIDE community as our nation’s political and social landscape is rapidly changing after the recent election. This week we sat down with our Executive Director Rita Shimmin to discuss renewed commitment to our community as we enter the bustling holiday season. This post...
Tags: Advocacy, Celebration, Community, Radical Inclusivity
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Props to Love!
A report back on key state and local propositions in November 2016 The last week-and-a-half has left us wondering about our nation’s future. Many of us are feeling loss, anger and fear. Protests and demonstrations are giving voice to genuine grief and outrage. And these feelings emanate from something even deeper: our love....
Tags: Advocacy, Center for Social Justice
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Meet Melina: Empowerment through Education
If you are looking for Melina, chances are you will find her encouraging and supporting others who are in need. But it was not that long ago that Melina herself needed a helping hand. She found herself in San Francisco with no money and no one to turn to. After spending over a month on...
Tags: 5 Keys School, Empowerment, Homelessness
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Why I Am Voting NO on PROP Q
San Francisco’s Proposition Q would ban tents on the city’s sidewalks. Police and city workers would ticket tents and impound them along with all of their occupants’ possessions the next day. Right now, there’s a sense of urgency regarding homelessness, with many housed residents feeling like something needs to change. That sense of urgency may...
Tags: Advocacy, Center for Social Justice, Homelessness
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Target Aims for Community Wellness
This past July, GLIDE’s Family, Youth + Childcare Center was honored to receive a Target Youth Wellness Grant, one of many such grants given nationwide, as Target aims to promote and inspire access to healthy eating and active living. For the kids in GLIDE’s afterschool and summer program, the grant is bringing new opportunities for...
Tags: Family Youth and Childcare Center
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Why I Am Voting YES on PROP N
Editorial note: With the following post by GLIDE’s Theresa Calderon we continue a weekly series of opinion pieces in the run-up to Election Day November 8, discussing propositions on the ballot of particular importance to our communities. Proposition N, or the Immigrant Parent Right to Vote measure, allows San Francisco residents who are the parents,...
Tags: Advocacy, Center for Social Justice, GLIDE Voices, Immigration
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Why I Am Voting YES on PROP 57
Editorial Note: As Election Day 2016 nears, we kick off a weekly series of opinion pieces on ballot propositions of particular concern to our communities. #PropDropFriday will bring you a total of eight posts in all, leading up to Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8. The series is designed to help you, the voter, make sense...
Tags: Advocacy, Center for Social Justice, Social Justice
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