The man known as 'Rev. G' just returned from New York City where the Jefferson Awards' parent foundation, Multiplying Good, honored him with the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for extraordinary service to local communities.
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco pastor and winner of a Bay Area Jefferson Award has received a national honor.What makes the scene unique is not that The Rev. Roland Gordon is sweeping outside Ingleside Presbyterian in San Francisco, the church he's pastored for 45 years.'I was caught totally off guard,' Gordon told KPIX.KPIX profiled him in 2022 as a regional Jefferson Award winner.He started a giant Black history collage at the church in 1980.
Now, Rev G turns his focus to the concerns that keep him up at night. 'Our young African American boys, in the neighborhoods, killing each other, we've got a serious problem in the city and actually all across the nation,' he said.He invites people to dedicate themselves to peace.To do that, he's sharing what he calls the San Francisco World Peace Affirmation, based on the prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi.
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