BIO as agent for change
Institutional and Leadership Goals
Since 2014, the members of BIO have been acting toward justice by building relationships within our communities and across lines of difference.
Significant wins include:
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We need new wins here for 2023 - 2025
BIO is moving forward in its purpose, through teaching and utilizing the tools of community organizing among its member groups. We are a flexible, creative, determined group of people, ready to retool with the changing environment. As we [something about the current Administration etc.]
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Create a safe and inclusive community for immigrants and people of color in Berkshire County.
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Create a more just environment for unhoused persons in Berkshire County.
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Increase public and private transportation options for Berkshire County, to improve access to jobs, medical care, and affordable, nutritious food for low-income residents.
ARK Community Church, Dalton
Cafecito
Cathedral of the Beloved, Pittsfield
Congregation Beth Israel, North Adams
Congregation Knesset Israel, Pittsfield
First Church of Christ on Park Square, Pittsfield
First Congregational Church, Dalton
First Congregational Church, Williamstown
Lee Congregational Church, Lee
Northern Berkshire Interfaith Action Initiative, North Adams
Price Memorial AME Zion Church, Pittsfield
Second Congregational Church, Pittsfield
Sisters of St. Joseph
United Church of Christ, Pittsfield
St. Mark Catholic Parish, Pittsfield
St. John's Episcopal Church, Williamstown
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Pittsfield
Unitarian Universalist Church, Pittsfield
Zion Lutheran Church of Pittsfield, Pittsfield
BIO Community Leaders
