Love Overcomes at GLIDE

GLIDE Annual Holiday Jam: Love Overcomes raises over $2 million

Brian Maestretti and Emily Cohen with Adama Iwu who was just named as one of The Silence Breakers in Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2017 issue

Next Town Down

V. Bozeman, Shaka Senghor

Judith Hill

V. Bozeman, Lord Coltrane, Janice Mirikitani, Felicia Horowitz

Vernell Anthony Davis, Sophia Horowitz

GLIDE Lead Pastor Rev. Jay Williams, Ph.D., GLIDE Co-Founder Janice Mirikitani, GLIDE Board Chair Kaye Foster, GLIDE President and CEO Karen J. Hanrahan, GLIDE Executive Director Rita Shimmin, GLIDE Co-Founder Rev. Cecil Williams (in front)

Love Overcomes at GLIDE

GLIDE‘s Annual Holiday Jam served as a reminder that unconditional love can overcome violence, bigotry, racism, environmental disasters, divisiveness and so many more negative factors that affect our communities. The event included a heartfelt tribute to Amy Errett, outgoing chair of the board of trustees for 22 years.

The line-up at the Masonic in San Francisco on November 29, 2017, included performances by Judith Hill, Valerie Simpson, V. Bozeman, Butterscotch, Next Town Down, and the 100-voice GLIDE Ensemble and The Change Band. An appreciative audience helped raise over $2 million.

Funds raised will help GLIDE continue to provide vital programs and resources for San Francisco’s most in-need individuals and families. GLIDE’s daily free meals program “Mo’s Kitchen” serves some 750,000 free meals annually.

Scenes from GLIDE’s Annual Holiday Jam: Love Overcomes

GLIDE Ensemble members with GLIDE Leadership

Clare Albanese, Amy Errett, Madison Errett Albanese

GLIDE President and CEO Karen J. Hanrahan, GLIDE Co-Founder Janice Mirikitani, Maja Kristin

Meno Crompton and Charlie Crompton

Chuck Collins and Paula Collins, Dr. Mary Wardell-Ghirarduzzi, David Ghirarduzzi

Rabbi Noa Kushner and Rabbi Michael Lezak

Butterscotch

Jim Foley and Meg Foley

Prince Ea, partygoer, Judith Hill, Felicia Horowitz

Photos by Alain McLaughlin

Red Carpet Bay Area salutes GLIDE leadership:

President and Chief Executive Officer Karen J. Hanrahan
Board Chair Kaye Foster
Co-Founder Janice Mirikitani
Executive Director Rita Shimmin
Co-Founder and Minister of Liberation Reverend Cecil Williams
Lead Pastor Rev. Jay Williams, Ph.D.

— Related — more Red Carpet Bay Area coverage of GLIDE events:

• 7th Annual GLIDE Legacy Gala
• GLIDE Annual Holiday Jam: Walk that Walk (2016)
• Warren Buffett for GLIDE
• Jidenna at the GLIDE Legacy Gala (2015)
• GLIDE Annual Holiday Jam: Love Matters (2015)
• GLIDE Annual Holiday Jam: Legends Live (2014)
• Celebrating Janice Mirikitani
• Cecil Williams 85th Birthday and Life Celebration
• 5o Years of Unconditional Love (2013)
• Beyond the Possible
• GLIDE Holiday Jam, 2012