BFJN Staff
Who We Are
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Ivy Long
Assistant Executive Director
As a servant leader, with her heart on her sleeve, Ivy has over a decade of experience working with “systems involved” youth, whether from working in contract with the Department of Children and Families, Department of Mental Health, Department of Youth Services, or the City of Boston. Ivy appreciates a holistic approach to eradicating injustice, by further understanding and evaluating the physical, mental, emotional, financial, and spiritual makeup of the community in which she serves. She has been on staff part-time with BFJN for the last 3 years and is also employed full-time as the Director of Reentry for Straight Ahead Ministries in Boston. Ivy works alongside those often forgotten about and asking for love in the most unloving ways—youth and young adults in gangs throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Having recently received a calling over her life to become a Pastor, Ivy holds a Graduate Certificate in Ministry from Virginia Christian College, a Master of Criminal Justice from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Framingham State University. Ivy is passionate in encouraging her community, to “Trust in the Lord with all our heart and lean not on our own understanding; but in all our ways submit to him, and he will make our paths straight” as her earthly father had always encouraged her (Proverbs 3:5-6).
Elizabeth Grady-Harper
Executive Director
Prior to joining the Boston Faith and Justice Network, Elizabeth worked as an attorney primarily in the field of immigration law, helping immigrant families become citizens or legal permanent residents of the United States. She has also worked with survivors of domestic violence under the Violence Against Women Act helping them obtain the immigration benefits the law affords them, first as an employee of several law firms in the Boston area, and then in her own firm started with two colleagues. Elizabeth recently graduated with her Masters of Theology at the BU School of Theology. Elizabeth is passionate about helping Christians engage in our call to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with God and seeks to use her gifts to this end, both at BFJN and as an elder and speaker at her church.
