GBIO - Greater Boston Interfaith Organization

Our Mission

The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) is a broad-based organization which works to coalesce, train, and organize the communities of Greater Boston across all religious, racial, ethnic, class and neighborhood lines for the public good. Our primary goal is to develop local leadership and organized power to fight for social justice. We strive to hold both public and private power holders accountable for their public responsibilities, as well as to initiate actions and programs of our own to solve community and economic problems.

We are multi-issue. The issues we work on come from within our institutions, from the concerns of the people. We cross neighborhood, city, racial, religious, and class lines to find common ground and act on our faith and democratic values.

GBIO is affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) and is inspired by the 65 other IAF-affiliated organizations working in cities and metropolitan areas across the country.

Leaders transforming Greater Boston

Dearborn Academic Turnaround and Building Renovation Campaign

As part of its school organizing, GBIO began organizing in partnership with GBIO members - Roxbury Presbyterian Church (RPC) and Trinity Church Boston (TCB) - at the beginning of last school year (Fall 2009) at the Dearborn Middle School. Since we began organizing at the Dearborn, we have had enormous success. From a school that was likely to get closed down, our GBIO parent, teacher, and community leaders have breathed new life into the school, securing the money to turn the school into a modern, renovated 6-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Academy, the first of its kind in the Roxbury/Dorchester area. Below is a picture of the Dearborn-GBIO leaders huddling together and celebrating after their latest successful 400 person action with the Mayor and State Treasurer.

Read the details of the Dearborn story on the next page.

1200 Muslim Leaders in Partnership with GBIO Receive Commitment on GBIO Anti-Usury Campaign from Governor Patrick

On May 22, 2010, a diverse and unified Massachusetts Muslim community - led by GBIO member Muslim American Society Boston - strengthened its partnership with GBIO on its Anti-Usury Camp...

400 Dearborn-GBIO Leaders Meet with State Treasurer Cahill and Mayor Menino

On April 26 from 7-8:30 pm at the Dearborn Middle School, over four hundred students, parents, teachers, and community leaders met with Treasurer and Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Cha...

State Treasurer Cahill Meets with 400 GBIO Leaders and Commits to GBIO's Moving the Money Strategy

State Treasurer Timothy Cahill met with 400 GBIO leaders and committed to divesting over $100 million of Massachusetts dollars out of Bank of America if it will not follow state usury laws. Cahil...