MEET BIC's STAFF
 
 
 
MEET BIC's BOARD!!!
MEET JANINE CARREIRO - 
Executive Director
Janine Carreiro has been with BIC since March of ’08.  A political science and Spanish graduate of the University of Connecticut, Janine has used BIC as an opportunity to tie in all of her passions: people, politics, and the improvement of the community.  She formerly worked for an international relief project in East Timor and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, which is an asset in organizing the Latino, Cape Verdean, and Brazilian immigrants.  She is now studying for a Masters in Macro Social Work.

BIC Affiliations
BIC is also a member of a statewide coalition, Massachusetts Communities Action Network (MCAN)- OLTC. 
MCAN is a statewide collaboration of 5 community improvement organizing groups working for social and economic justice by putting our religious faith values and our democratic values into action.
MCAN-OLTC is affiliated with the PICO National Network of community organizations. 
Go to (http://www.mcan-oltc.org/) for more information about MCAN.

BIC became a member of the PICO national network in 2005.
PICO is a national network of faith-based community organizations working to create innovative solutions to problems facing urban, suburban and rural communities. Since 1972 PICO has successfully worked to increase access to health care, improve public schools, make neighborhoods safer, build affordable housing, redevelop communities and revitalize democracy.
Nonpartisan and multicultural, PICO provides an opportunity for people and congregations to translate their faith into action. More than 40 different religious denominations and faith traditions are part of PICO.
With more than 1,000 member institutions representing one million families in 150 cities and 17 states, as well as a growing international effort, PICO is one of the largest community-based efforts in the United States. Together we are lifting up a new vision for America that unites people across region, race, class, and religion.

Go to www.piconetwork.org for more information about PICO.  
Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.
Isaiah 1:17 
Pictured from Left to Right: Mary Dockins (Trinity Baptist Church), John Phinney (St Patrick's Church), Diluvina Vazquez Allard (St Patrick's Church), Janine Carreiro
President
Janice Schuster

Vice President
Sue Reichenberg

Treasurer
Bryon Jackson

Secretary
Tom McDonnell

Central United Methodist Rep
Bette Martin

Pearl St United Methodist Rep
Faith Tobon

St Patrick's Rep
Carol Delorey

Trinity Baptist Rep
Beverley Marini

St Patrick's Rep
John Saville

Messiah Baptist Church
Frances Gibbs

Our Lady of Lourdes
Pat Adams

At Large
Mary Dockins
Teresa Aiello
Elizabeth Saville
MEET SEVY NIEVES -
MICAH Intern
Sevy Nieves is the newest member of the BIC crew, having just started this September 2011. A graduate of Boston College only a few months before joining up here, Sevy studied theology and Sociology with a particular interest in social inequality. He is originally from New York, Sevy served his community through his high school and church in the South Bronx. He comes to us now through the Episcopal service program, The Micah Project, and will be with us for at least the next year.
Sevy Nieves (Pictured Above) assisting in installing the new BIC board