Best-Selling Author, Jim Wallis, to speak about his new book,
America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the
Bridge to a New America
at GLIDE’s Sunday Celebration, February 21
Book Signing Immediately Following
WHAT:
Jim Wallis, activist, preacher, teacher, pastor and author of America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to a New America will speak at GLIDE’s Sunday Celebration on February 21 at 11am, followed by book signing in Freedom Hall at 12:30pm.
“Jim Wallis has consistently shown that vibrant faith consists of challenging unjust structures and embodying new ways of living that help create beloved community,” said GLIDE Senior Pastor Dr. Karen Oliveto. “Like GLIDE, Wallis has had an unswerving commitment to the poor and marginalized. We look forward to having this contemporary prophet with us.”
WHO:
Jim Wallis is a best-selling writer, convener of faith-inspired movements for justice and peace, public theologian, renowned speaker, and international media commentator on ethics and public life. He is the founder and leader of Sojourners, a publishing platform, organization, and global network whose mission is to put faith into action for social justice. Wallis has written more than ten books, including The (Un)Common Good and the New York Times bestsellers God’s Politics and The Great Awakening. He has written for major newspapers, does regular columns for top digital news networks, and appears frequently on a wide variety of television and radio networks. Wallis also teaches at Georgetown University and has taught at Harvard University.
WHEN:
Sunday, February 21, 2016
11:00 am Celebration, Main Sanctuary
WHERE:
GLIDE, 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco
Tickets and Information: The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (415) 674-6000 or visit https://www.GLIDE.org
About Wallis’ America’s Original Sin:
America’s problem with race has deep roots, with the country’s foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation’s original sin. “It’s time we right this unacceptable wrong,” says bestselling author and leading Christian activist Jim Wallis. In America’s Original Sin, Wallis offers a prophetic and deeply personal call to action in overcoming the racism so ingrained in American society. He speaks candidly to Christians–particularly white Christians–urging them to cross a new bridge toward racial justice and healing.
Whenever divided cultures and gridlocked power structures fail to end systemic sin, faith communities can help lead the way to grassroots change. Probing yet positive, biblically rooted yet highly practical, this book shows people of faith how they can work together to overcome the embedded racism in America, galvanizing a movement to cross the bridge to a multiracial church and a new America.
About GLIDE:
For more than fifty years, GLIDE has worked to create a radically inclusive, just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. Located in the culturally rich Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, GLIDE serves a diverse cross-section of homeless, low-income and disenfranchised program participants, providing a comprehensive set of programs including: free meals; HIV/Hep C testing and counseling; housing assistance; domestic violence counseling and abatement; substance abuse recovery; licensed childcare; after-school and summer programs for youth; a resource center for families; free legal services; and access to free primary and behavioral health care. GLIDE has founded and sustained visionary programming, and achieved tangible results for tens of thousands of individuals and families on the margins, all once thought to be beyond the possible. For additional information, visit glide.org.
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America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the
Bridge to a New America
at GLIDE’s Sunday Celebration, February 21
Book Signing Immediately Following
WHAT:
Jim Wallis, activist, preacher, teacher, pastor and author of America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to a New America will speak at GLIDE’s Sunday Celebration on February 21 at 11am, followed by book signing in Freedom Hall at 12:30pm.
“Jim Wallis has consistently shown that vibrant faith consists of challenging unjust structures and embodying new ways of living that help create beloved community,” said GLIDE Senior Pastor Dr. Karen Oliveto. “Like GLIDE, Wallis has had an unswerving commitment to the poor and marginalized. We look forward to having this contemporary prophet with us.”
WHO:
Jim Wallis is a best-selling writer, convener of faith-inspired movements for justice and peace, public theologian, renowned speaker, and international media commentator on ethics and public life. He is the founder and leader of Sojourners, a publishing platform, organization, and global network whose mission is to put faith into action for social justice. Wallis has written more than ten books, including The (Un)Common Good and the New York Times bestsellers God’s Politics and The Great Awakening. He has written for major newspapers, does regular columns for top digital news networks, and appears frequently on a wide variety of television and radio networks. Wallis also teaches at Georgetown University and has taught at Harvard University.
WHEN:
Sunday, February 21, 2016
11:00 am Celebration, Main Sanctuary
WHERE:
GLIDE, 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco
Tickets and Information: The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (415) 674-6000 or visit https://www.GLIDE.org
About Wallis’ America’s Original Sin:
America’s problem with race has deep roots, with the country’s foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation’s original sin. “It’s time we right this unacceptable wrong,” says bestselling author and leading Christian activist Jim Wallis. In America’s Original Sin, Wallis offers a prophetic and deeply personal call to action in overcoming the racism so ingrained in American society. He speaks candidly to Christians–particularly white Christians–urging them to cross a new bridge toward racial justice and healing.
Whenever divided cultures and gridlocked power structures fail to end systemic sin, faith communities can help lead the way to grassroots change. Probing yet positive, biblically rooted yet highly practical, this book shows people of faith how they can work together to overcome the embedded racism in America, galvanizing a movement to cross the bridge to a multiracial church and a new America.
About GLIDE:
For more than fifty years, GLIDE has worked to create a radically inclusive, just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. Located in the culturally rich Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, GLIDE serves a diverse cross-section of homeless, low-income and disenfranchised program participants, providing a comprehensive set of programs including: free meals; HIV/Hep C testing and counseling; housing assistance; domestic violence counseling and abatement; substance abuse recovery; licensed childcare; after-school and summer programs for youth; a resource center for families; free legal services; and access to free primary and behavioral health care. GLIDE has founded and sustained visionary programming, and achieved tangible results for tens of thousands of individuals and families on the margins, all once thought to be beyond the possible. For additional information, visit glide.org.
Find us on Twitter: @GLIDESF
Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/GLIDESF
Best-Selling Author, Jim Wallis, to speak about his new book,
America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the
Bridge to a New America
at GLIDE’s Sunday Celebration, February 21
Book Signing Immediately Following
WHAT:
Jim Wallis, activist, preacher, teacher, pastor and author of America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to a New America will speak at GLIDE’s Sunday Celebration on February 21 at 11am, followed by book signing in Freedom Hall at 12:30pm.
“Jim Wallis has consistently shown that vibrant faith consists of challenging unjust structures and embodying new ways of living that help create beloved community,” said GLIDE Senior Pastor Dr. Karen Oliveto. “Like GLIDE, Wallis has had an unswerving commitment to the poor and marginalized. We look forward to having this contemporary prophet with us.”
WHO:
Jim Wallis is a best-selling writer, convener of faith-inspired movements for justice and peace, public theologian, renowned speaker, and international media commentator on ethics and public life. He is the founder and leader of Sojourners, a publishing platform, organization, and global network whose mission is to put faith into action for social justice. Wallis has written more than ten books, including The (Un)Common Good and the New York Times bestsellers God’s Politics and The Great Awakening. He has written for major newspapers, does regular columns for top digital news networks, and appears frequently on a wide variety of television and radio networks. Wallis also teaches at Georgetown University and has taught at Harvard University.
WHEN:
Sunday, February 21, 2016
11:00 am Celebration, Main Sanctuary
WHERE:
GLIDE, 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco
Tickets and Information: The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (415) 674-6000 or visit https://www.GLIDE.org
About Wallis’ America’s Original Sin:
America’s problem with race has deep roots, with the country’s foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation’s original sin. “It’s time we right this unacceptable wrong,” says bestselling author and leading Christian activist Jim Wallis. In America’s Original Sin, Wallis offers a prophetic and deeply personal call to action in overcoming the racism so ingrained in American society. He speaks candidly to Christians–particularly white Christians–urging them to cross a new bridge toward racial justice and healing.
Whenever divided cultures and gridlocked power structures fail to end systemic sin, faith communities can help lead the way to grassroots change. Probing yet positive, biblically rooted yet highly practical, this book shows people of faith how they can work together to overcome the embedded racism in America, galvanizing a movement to cross the bridge to a multiracial church and a new America.
About GLIDE:
For more than fifty years, GLIDE has worked to create a radically inclusive, just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. Located in the culturally rich Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, GLIDE serves a diverse cross-section of homeless, low-income and disenfranchised program participants, providing a comprehensive set of programs including: free meals; HIV/Hep C testing and counseling; housing assistance; domestic violence counseling and abatement; substance abuse recovery; licensed childcare; after-school and summer programs for youth; a resource center for families; free legal services; and access to free primary and behavioral health care. GLIDE has founded and sustained visionary programming, and achieved tangible results for tens of thousands of individuals and families on the margins, all once thought to be beyond the possible. For additional information, visit glide.org.
Find us on Twitter: @GLIDESF
Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/GLIDESF
read more
America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the
Bridge to a New America
at GLIDE’s Sunday Celebration, February 21
Book Signing Immediately Following
WHAT:
Jim Wallis, activist, preacher, teacher, pastor and author of America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to a New America will speak at GLIDE’s Sunday Celebration on February 21 at 11am, followed by book signing in Freedom Hall at 12:30pm.
“Jim Wallis has consistently shown that vibrant faith consists of challenging unjust structures and embodying new ways of living that help create beloved community,” said GLIDE Senior Pastor Dr. Karen Oliveto. “Like GLIDE, Wallis has had an unswerving commitment to the poor and marginalized. We look forward to having this contemporary prophet with us.”
WHO:
Jim Wallis is a best-selling writer, convener of faith-inspired movements for justice and peace, public theologian, renowned speaker, and international media commentator on ethics and public life. He is the founder and leader of Sojourners, a publishing platform, organization, and global network whose mission is to put faith into action for social justice. Wallis has written more than ten books, including The (Un)Common Good and the New York Times bestsellers God’s Politics and The Great Awakening. He has written for major newspapers, does regular columns for top digital news networks, and appears frequently on a wide variety of television and radio networks. Wallis also teaches at Georgetown University and has taught at Harvard University.
WHEN:
Sunday, February 21, 2016
11:00 am Celebration, Main Sanctuary
WHERE:
GLIDE, 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco
Tickets and Information: The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (415) 674-6000 or visit https://www.GLIDE.org
About Wallis’ America’s Original Sin:
America’s problem with race has deep roots, with the country’s foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation’s original sin. “It’s time we right this unacceptable wrong,” says bestselling author and leading Christian activist Jim Wallis. In America’s Original Sin, Wallis offers a prophetic and deeply personal call to action in overcoming the racism so ingrained in American society. He speaks candidly to Christians–particularly white Christians–urging them to cross a new bridge toward racial justice and healing.
Whenever divided cultures and gridlocked power structures fail to end systemic sin, faith communities can help lead the way to grassroots change. Probing yet positive, biblically rooted yet highly practical, this book shows people of faith how they can work together to overcome the embedded racism in America, galvanizing a movement to cross the bridge to a multiracial church and a new America.
About GLIDE:
For more than fifty years, GLIDE has worked to create a radically inclusive, just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. Located in the culturally rich Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, GLIDE serves a diverse cross-section of homeless, low-income and disenfranchised program participants, providing a comprehensive set of programs including: free meals; HIV/Hep C testing and counseling; housing assistance; domestic violence counseling and abatement; substance abuse recovery; licensed childcare; after-school and summer programs for youth; a resource center for families; free legal services; and access to free primary and behavioral health care. GLIDE has founded and sustained visionary programming, and achieved tangible results for tens of thousands of individuals and families on the margins, all once thought to be beyond the possible. For additional information, visit glide.org.
Find us on Twitter: @GLIDESF
Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/GLIDESF
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