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The African Diaspora and “Latinx” People
Roberto Vargas Associate Director, Center for Community Engagement & Senior Staff, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, UCSF Dismantling anti-Blackness in a full embrace of ourselves Last year, I decided I wanted to do a deeper dive into the history of the African Diaspora in Latin America, and some histories of African American solidarity with La Raza […]
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Reflections on GLIDE’s Racial Justice Pilgrimage to Alabama
Equal Justice Initiative’s National Memorial for Peace and Justice #PursuingProgress This past February, a group of 50 people organized by GLIDE traveled 2,230 miles from San Francisco to the rolling hills of northern and central Alabama. The group included a team of doctors, nurses, and leaders at UCSF; formerly incarcerated men from GLIDE’s Men in […]
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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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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 […]
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Reflections on Justice and Reconciliation
Thoughts from GLIDE staff who attended our pilgrimage to Montgomery On April 25, a group of 85 people from GLIDE, The Kitchen, the Rafiki Coalition and Stanford Graduate School of Education traveled to Montgomery, Alabama for the opening of the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The trip was the culmination […]
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