Gil Avery

Ordained as a priest in 1955, Gil soon became connected through his church to helping gang-affected youth in New York City. He worked to bring peace and reconciliation to the youth while responding to the larger community issues of justice and racial equality. He continued his service work in Boston, and became increasingly engaged in the civil rights movement, registering black voters in Mississippi as part of Freedom Summer. Soon after his retirement in 1991 he became active in HIV/AIDS organizations.