It is with profound grief that we confirm that Reverend Cecil Williams, GLIDE’s renowned Co-Founder and Minister of Liberation, passed away today at his home in San Francisco.
With Reverend Cecil William’s passing, we have lost an incomparable champion of social justice, civil and human rights, and liberation theology. For over 60 years, Reverend Cecil Williams expanded the limits of spirituality, compassion and diversity as Co-Founder and Minister of Liberation of GLIDE in San Francisco. As minister, author, social activist, lecturer, community leader and ceaseless champion for the poor and marginalized, Reverend Cecil Williams was long respected and recognized as a national leader on the forefront of change and in the struggle for civil and human rights. Today, he joins his beloved late wife and Co-Founder, Janice Mirikitani, in eternal peace.
Memorial plans are still being arranged, and updates will be shared at (glide.org/CelebrateCecil).