Francoise and Steve would like you to join them in a celebration of Sylvia's life as follows:Glide Memorial Church
330 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Saturday October 10, 2009
1:00 to 3:00pm in the Sanctuary
3:00 to 4:30pm in Freedom Hall for Reception
330 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Saturday October 10, 2009
1:00 to 3:00pm in the Sanctuary
3:00 to 4:30pm in Freedom Hall for Reception
See http://tinyurl.com/yat752a for a map.
People are invited to wear bright colorful clothes that they think Sylvia might have enjoyed.
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We encourage you to use Public Transportation. To get to Glide from BART:
From the Powell Street BART Exit, walk to 330 Ellis St (about 7 minutes)
1. Head southwest on Market St toward Hallidie Plaza
2. Turn right at Hallidie Plaza
3. Turn right at Powell St
4. Turn left at Ellis and walk 3 blocks to Taylor St
5. Turn right at Taylor St (Entrance to Glide at Taylor)
If you have questions please call Tory Griffith at 510 410-5491 or send email to torygriffith@gmail.com
People are invited to wear bright colorful clothes that they think Sylvia might have enjoyed.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
We encourage you to use Public Transportation. To get to Glide from BART:
From the Powell Street BART Exit, walk to 330 Ellis St (about 7 minutes)
1. Head southwest on Market St toward Hallidie Plaza
2. Turn right at Hallidie Plaza
3. Turn right at Powell St
4. Turn left at Ellis and walk 3 blocks to Taylor St
5. Turn right at Taylor St (Entrance to Glide at Taylor)
If you have questions please call Tory Griffith at 510 410-5491 or send email to torygriffith@gmail.com
Parking Garages near Glide Memorial Church:
ReplyDelete1) go to http://tinyurl.com/yat752a
2) click on "Search Nearby"
3) enter "Parking"
View the map which lists Parking
Garages close to Glide.
California Parking Inc.
400 Taylor St., San Francisco, CA
(415) 4684860
0.1 mi NE
Best Parking
525 jones st, san francisco, CA
(415) 4401279
0.1 mi NW
Ampco System Parking:
Van Ness & Golden Gate
San Francisco, CA
415) 7714776
0.1 mi NE
Pro Park
415 Taylor Street,
San Francisco, CA 415) 9819435
0.1 mi N
Ace Parking
433 Mason St, San Francisco, CA
(415) 3981900
0.2 mi NE
Ace Parking Management Inc
644 Geary St San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 3467275
0.2 mi NW
Celebration of Life of SYLVIA BINGHAM on October 10
ReplyDeleteSylvia Bingham, 22, daughter of Francoise Blusseau and Stephen Bingham of San Rafael, was killed September 15 by a truck while riding her bike to work in her new job in Cleveland, OH.
Sylvia attended the Ecole Bilingue in Berkeley, the Lycee Francais in Corte Madera and San Francisco and graduated from Terra Linda High School in San Rafael in 2005. She graduated from Yale College in New Haven, CT in May of this year. A Celebration of Sylvia’s Life will take place this Saturday, Oct. 10 at 1 p.m. at Glide Memorial Church, 330 Ellis St., San Francisco. Donations may be made to support a foundation being set up in her name to promote road safety. Details may be found at www.sylviabinghamfoundation.org. The following are excerpts from a statement submitted by Sylvia in support of her Americorps VISTA application to work for Hard-Hatted Women, an organization whose mission is to empower women to achieve economic independence by creating workplace diversity in trade and technical careers:
“My interest in social justice is deep-rooted and wide-ranging. In high school I organized students against the war in Iraq; in college I focused on sustainable food and vulnerable inner-city populations. My academic and extracurricular choices at Yale University reflect my dedication to imagining and creating a better world. As a sociology student, I have sought to understand the systemic causes, whether economic, political or social, of inequality. My senior thesis examined HOPE VI, the newest generation of public housing renewal …. Other field work has taken me to Mali, West Africa, where I interviewed food security experts about the 2008 World Food Crisis [and] Bordeaux, France, where I did participant observation at an urban garden program which trains the chronically unemployed.
“In my extracurricular activities, too, I pursued my passion for social justice. I volunteered at National Student Partnerships (NSP) in New Haven, where students help vulnerable clients locate jobs, housing, government benefits and training. I translated and transcribed videos of Holocaust survivors, to ensure that such stories are permanently recorded and remembered. I worked as a volunteer and an employee for sustainable agriculture and ethical eating.
“As a tutor for Yale Reading Corps, I tutored failing second-graders at a local school to bring them up to grade-level literacy. In the summer of 2007 I had the most formative work experience of my life, as an intern for New Haven nonprofit CitySeed. I received a summer fellowship … to support CitySeed’s efforts to make locally-grown food more affordable and accessible …. I managed an independent project creating promotional materials for Food Stamp and WIC recipients across the state, while juggling various other responsibilities around the office, writing weekly newsletters, phone-banking to recruit partner farms and tabling at farmers’ markets. This internship with a growing grassroots organization reaffirmed my dedication to working in the nonprofit sector. It was inspiring to be surrounded by colleagues committed to environmental sustainability, economic justice, and health equality.
“An AmeriCorps fellowship is an ideal opportunity for a college graduate to explore the non-profit sector and begin a career of public service. I hope to spend the next year amongst professionals dedicated to creating a better world. I would like to help improve individual lives, while also working towards systemic sustainability and justice.”