The Glidettes: Our Moment of Joy
During the month of May, GLIDE celebrates Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage. In this story, we highlight the Glidettes, a delightful group of Asian-identifying seniors and performers who embody GLIDE’s mission to create a loving and inclusive community.
“For me, dancing is beautiful,” said Li Sucui, “It opens my heart like a flower, and it makes me happy.” At a spry ...

Something’s Cooking!
Ali, a San Francisco teen and GLIDE volunteer, found a creative way to support her community during shelter-in-place from her kitchen, by publishing a cookbook of recipes from her fellow creative teens and donating the proceeds to support GLIDE's programs to those in need....
Tags: Fundraising, Volunteer
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Alabama Pilgrimage
A personal journey through collective history, toward a racial justice practice by Chris Dowd Immediately after I returned from this year’s GLIDE-led justice pilgrimage to Alabama, social distancing was in full effect. Suddenly, despite the powerful memories I carried, my period of guided reflection about race in America felt overshadowed by our global health emergency....
Tags: Alabama, Center for Social Justice, Legacy Committee, Racial Justice
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Beloved Community
The nonviolent resister must often express his protest through noncooperation or boycotts, but noncooperation and boycotts are not ends themselves; they are merely means to awaken a sense of moral shame in the opponent. The end is redemption and reconciliation. The aftermath of nonviolence is the creation of the beloved community, while the aftermath of...
Tags: GLIDE Church, Marvin K. White, Sermon
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An Opportunity for Racial Justice: Truth and Reconciliation
In the midst of these unprecedented times, GLIDE’s Officer and a Mensch program and annual Alabama pilgrimage explore what truly compassionate human interactions and racial justice should look like. These two programs endeavor to address deep systemic inequities through immersive dialogue with history and by developing partnerships and allies among people working inside the criminal...
Tags: Alabama Pilgrimage, Center for Social Justice, Racial Justice
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George 5:1-13: A Sermon
By Minister Marvin K. White Mark 5: 1-13 Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and...
Tags: GLIDE Church, Sermon
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Wake Up, People!
Lisa Pelletier-Ross, a beloved staff member at GLIDE, serving as a trusted Community Safety Team Shift Lead, shares her reflections and grief during these exceptionally challenging times that demand justice, humanity and an end to the teaching of hatred and fear that fuels the brutality of bigotry and racism. We are so grateful for her...
Tags: GLIDE Voices
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Our Neighbors Need Your Support!
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit everyone hard and the financial impact will be felt long after the virus has left. The Hospitality Industry is just one of many that has been hit especially hard with so many local restaurants closing and food service workers losing their jobs. This is a time for the community to come together. We would like to offer support to our partners in their time of need, just as they have supported GLIDE so many times over the years....
Tags: Legacy Gala
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Community values, community priorities
Updates from GLIDE’s Center for Social Justice An important step forward for public healthOn June 23, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation authored by Mayor London Breed and District Six Supervisor Matt Haney—and supported by a broad coalition of service providers, including GLIDE—which establishes a permitting program for health providers to open...
Tags: Advocacy, Center for Social Justice, Safer Inside, Social Justice
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The time for radical inclusivity is now
Amid the ongoing pandemic, the most profound social upheaval since the 1960s, we reflect on the origins of the LGBTQ liberation movement and GLIDE’s historical support of LGBTQ communities, including LGBTQ communities of color. Since the early 1960s, GLIDE has embraced the demand for and celebration of radical inclusivity. GLIDE as a place for all...
Tags: GLIDE Church, LGBTQ, Pride
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