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20th Annual RWF World Tree of Hope Lighting at Grace Cathedral

  • Grace Cathedral 1100 California Street San Francisco, CA, 94108 United States (map)

Grammy Award-winning San Francisco Boys Chorus ● Emcee Donna Sachet ● Conspiracy of Beards ● The Very Rev. Malcolm Young ● Consul General of Japan ● Consul General of Germany Theo Kidess ● Rev. Alan Matsui ● Leberta Loral ● Tammy Lynne Hall ● Emperor Ashlé Blow & Empress Afrika America ● Origami Artist Linda Mihara ● RWF Founder Jeff Cotter ● The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will bless the tree ● and much more!

WHEN: Monday, December 8, 2025, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WHERE: Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St, San Francisco

FREE: Admission

The RWF World Tree of Hope is a holiday tree decorated with thousands of origami cranes, each containing written notes of hope & peace from children and individuals from around the world.

Created annually as a symbol of global unity and world peace, the tree is a gift from members of the San Francisco LGBTQ+ and Japanese American communities to the world, inspiring hope, love, and humanitarian action.

Wishes from world leaders to school children, from San Francisco to Sri Lanka, make the RWF World Tree of Hope a powerful expression of people coming together to create a better world.

Be part of this unique symbol of global unity!

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Please send us your wish here, and we'll turn it into an origami crane and put it on The World Tree of Hope

Video: An invitation to hope

Video: One-minute time-lapse of the tree being decorated

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