Glenda Hope | 84

Glenda is a Presbyterian minister and activist who is also known as the Saint of the Tenderloin for her work founding (in 1972) and working for decades in her ministry, the San Francisco Network Ministries, and associated charitable organizations. Rev. Hope has helped countless people facing poverty, marginalization, illness, and homelessness in the Tenderloin. One of the most defining moments of her life that she talks about was the impact of the Civil Right movement on her as she was forming her path in life while studying in a seminary and with her background as a white woman in the South. Movements in which she has been activist also include the peace movement, women’s equality, animal rights, and Black Lives Matter. Retired from her work at SFNM, she is now the President of the the Older Women’s League. Helping older women age with dignity and the right to age in place is an additional movement that she has taken on. Through her belief in “God’s inclusive love,” she has dedicated her life to uplifting the oppressed and has always been bold with compassion.

Interview date: 8/28/20

Interviewed by: Melanie Grossman

Referred by: Patti Spaniak

Edited by True Medusa Pictures. Music by Soundology.