GLORIA E. WHITE-HAMMOND

 

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. 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. Begun in 1994 with four girls, the project now serves over 250 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 the Co-Convener of The Red Tent Group with Rabbi Elaine Zecher of Temple Israel, which brings together Christian and Jewish women for small group Torah/Bible study.

Gloria's work as a humanitarian has achieved global impact. She has worked as a medical missionary in Botswana, Cote D'Ivoire and South Africa. Since 2001 she has made several trips into war-torn 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 co-founded My Sister's Keeper (MSK), a humanitarian women's group that partners with women of Sudan in their efforts toward reconciliation and reconstruction of their communities. In February 2005, Gloria traveled into Darfur, western Sudan to listen and learn from female victims of genocide in internally displaced persons camps. She currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur. Gloria also serves on the Board of Trustees of Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Tisch College Board for Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University and Christian Solidarity International (Zurich).

Gloria earned a B.A. in biology from Boston University, an M.D. from Tufts School of Medicine and an M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School. In 2005, she received the Tufts University Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award. In May 2006, she was awarded an honorary degree from Tufts University. Gloria is married to the Rev. Ray A. Hammond, M.D., 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 parents of two adult daughters, Mariama and Adiya.

Gloria was elected to the Tufts University Board of trustees in 2007.

Last updated: December 2008