Our Mission
Our mission is to promote understanding and respect among the different faiths of Gwinnett County by interaction, communication and education. We will strive to create and enrich the community by working together to promote inclusion and acceptance. We will focus on our commonalities while embracing our differences.
Our History
In October of 2018, Temple Beth David in Snellville invited members of the community to attend its vigil and worship service after the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting. Formation of the Gwinnett Interfaith Alliance (GIA) was a direct result of that memorial. Since then, GIA has come together to support its members after such events as the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the fatal shooting of a Sikh police officer in suburban Houston. GIA has sponsored panel discussions on a variety of topics and advocated for more incluscive invocations at public gatherings supported the removal of the Confederate memorial from the Gwinnett County Courthouse lawn.
The commitment that the Gwinnett Interfaith Alliance has to its members extends to the entire Gwinnett interfaith community, underlining the belief that any action or event that affects one religious unit of Gwinnett County, affects all religious units of Gwinnett County.
The GIA meets monthly at a local house of worship to discuss issues relevant to Gwinnett County’s religious community. These meetings are also available via Zoom.