Glide's Annual Holiday Festival: From the 'Hood to the House

GLIDE GOES FROM THE ‘HOOD TO THE HOUSE – A Benefit to Honor Reverend Cecil Williams’ 45th Anniversary Featuring Dr. Maya Angelou, Alonzo King LINES Ballet and More

Thursday, November 12 at the War Memorial Opera House

Join honorary co-chairs Dr. Maya Angelou and United States Senator Dianne Feinstein as Glide celebrates Reverend Cecil Williams’ 45th Anniversary at Glide. In collaboration with the San Francisco Opera, From the ‘Hood to the House will take place on Thursday, November 12 at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House and feature an evening of music, spoken word and dance from special guests Maya Angelou, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows, the world-renowned Glide Ensemble Choir and Change Band with other luminaries and entertainers. The evening’s concert will be followed by a reception with lavish hors d’oeuvres and libations.

The evening’s festivities will highlight Glide’s Reverend Cecil Williams and his 45 years of service at Glide. Reverend Williams arrived at Glide in 1963 when it was a struggling congregation. With his determination to celebrate life and bring hope to people, Williams embraced and embodied the spirit of change that was raging through our country at the time. By the late 1960s, Glide had become home for San Francisco’s diverse communities and marginalized populations and was ground zero for the counter-culture’s political and spiritual aspirations.

Each year, Glide’s Annual Holiday Festival raises funds for Mo’s Kitchen and Glide’s programs. Mo’s Kitchen serves up three meals a day to San Francisco’s poorest residents – nearly one million meals each year. This year’s Holiday Festival will highlight Glide’s Reverend Cecil Williams and his 45 years of service at Glide.

About Glide Located at Ellis and Taylor in the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco's harshest urban environments, Glide Foundation is an oasis that has served the poor and disenfranchised for 45 years. From serving nearly one million meals a year, to holiday programs helping over 80,000, to operating a professional medical clinic, to youth job training, to offering weekly spiritual celebrations at Glide Church, and much more – Glide is many things to many people. Glide has helped thousands of disenfranchised and poor people get back on their feet and find their way to jobs, housing and spiritual fulfillment.

For more information about Glide’s Annual Holiday Festival “From the ‘Hood to the House,” tickets and sponsorship, please go to www.glide.org/HoldOn.aspx, or call 415.674.6117 or email festival@glide.org. For more information about Glide Foundation please call (415) 674-6000 or visit www.glide.org/HoldOn.aspx.