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Gloria E. White-Hammond, M.D., M76
Rev. Gloria E. White-Hammond,
M.D. has been the Co-Pastor of Bethel AME Church in Boston, MA since 1997
and a pediatrician at the South End Community Health Center since 1981.
Rev. White-Hammond has a long history of involvement in community service.
She is the founder of and consultant to the church-based creative writing/mentoring
ministry called “Do The Write Thing” for high-risk black adolescent
females. The project, which began in 1994 with four girls, now serves
over 550 young women through small groups in two Boston public schools,
two juvenile detention facilities in Boston and on site at Bethel AME
Church. Gloria is past co-chair of the Faith in Action Committee of the
United Way of Massachusetts Bay. Since 1997 this committee has contributed
2.5 million dollars to faith-based initiatives that address the needs
of high-risk children and youth. She currently serves on the Women’s
Health Leadership Forum of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Board
of Visitors for the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union, as
well as the boards of the American Anti-Slavery Group, Christian Solidarity
International and the Winsor School.
Dr. White-Hammond’s work as a humanitarian has achieved global impact.
She has worked as a medical missionary in several African countries including
South Africa, Cote D’Ivoire and Botswana. In 2001 Dr. Gloria traveled
to southern Sudan where she was involved in obtaining the freedom of 10,000
women and children who were enslaved during the two decades long civil
war. In 2002 she founded My Sister’s Keeper, a human rights group
organized to support women of southern Sudan in their efforts toward the
reconciliation and reconstruction of their communities.
Rev. Gloria
was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from Boston University,
a Doctorate of Medicine from Tufts Medical School and a Master of Divinity
from Harvard Divinity School.
Her most recent awards include the Humanitarian Award of the Boston Theological
Institute (2004), the Bold, Smart and Strong Award of Girls Inc.of Lynn,
MA (2004), and the Liberating Vision Award of the Greater Boston Section
of the National Council of Negro Women (2004).
Since 1973, Rev. Gloria has been married to the Rev. Ray A. Hammond, M.D.,
who is the founding pastor of Bethel AME Church, the Chairman of the Boston
Ten Point Coalition and the Chairman of the Boston Foundation. They are
the blessed parents of two daughters, Mariama and Adiya
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