by Candice Jacobs, Creative Arts Lead Teacher, Janice Mirikitani Family, Youth & Childcare Center “Beautiful Are the Souls of My People,” an exhibit of youth art from the Creative Arts program at GLIDE’s Janice Mirikitani Family, Youth and Childcare Center…
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Beautiful Are the Souls of My People
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Gong Hay Fat Choy: Happy Lunar New Year!
by Kristen Growney Yamamoto, co-Executive Director Gong Hay Fat Choy—Happy Lunar New Year! I love to reflect in the New Year about what I accomplished (or not!) over the prior year, and to re-set priorities and goals for the future.…
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GLIDE: A Champion Non-Profit
GLIDE is featured this week by the White House as a Champion Non-Profit. Below is the full version of the blog posted on whitehouse.gov by Kristen Growney Yamamoto and Rita Shimmin, Co-Executive Directors, and James Lin, Manager of Organizational Integration…
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Helping Children Succeed
by Don Pologruto, FYCC Department Manager Walking up Ellis toward Taylor it’s hard not to miss the bell tower and neon cross of GLIDE. For decades this corner of the Tenderloin has been associated with Rev. Cecil Williams and Janice…
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Random Acts of Kindness
by Dafna Michaelson, Volunteer In the year and a half that has followed since my 2009 Journey across America to find and share the stories of community problem solvers I have been blessed to work with the Random Acts of…
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