Daniela Thermora Career Development Manager When someone doesn’t know what intersectionality is, the way I can best describe it is by comparing my core self to a long, main street. The street can be narrow in places and turn sharply in others. It can gently slope or become a steep incline. The main road can…
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Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture This past weekend was the 5th anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting where 49 LGBTQ+ people lost their lives, many of whom were Latinx. There have been many gains made in the LGBTQ+ rights movement, we must not forget that violence and death is still a very…
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Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Juneteenth commemorates the day the last enslaved people in America learned of their emancipation in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865. Last year Wayside made Juneteenth an official agency holiday. This year, because Juneteenth is on a Saturday, we will close the agency on Friday in…
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Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture For the last 42 years, Gilbert Baker’s rainbow striped flag has been the internationally recognized symbol of the LGBT community. This year, cities, cultural institutions, brands and activists around the world have simultaneously and without any coordination, are adopting ‘The Progress Flag’ as their new symbol…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Today is the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. We must first honor his family’s wishes and remember George Floyd as a “gentle giant” who was trying to become a better father. George Floyd was a person and while his death is symbolic of the legacy of racism…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture and Chief Diversity Officer Yesterday Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts in the murder of George Floyd. Breathe. Let it sink in. Breathe. Sometimes the best way for me to process and truly understand something is when I have to explain it to…
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By Sara McCabe Vice President of Campus Services Like millions of others, I am anxiously awaiting the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. I was inspired by the words of Daunte Wright’s mother, Katie Wright, who said: “There is never going to be justice for us. We are still going to bury our son. We are…
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Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Racism and racial abuse have mental health impacts. Take some time to dig deep into the research on this in connection with COVID-19 and anti-Asian racism. Below are articles shared by Judith Gonyea, associate dean at Boston University School of Social Work, to get you started. Dismantling…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture, Chief Diversity Officer Violence and the hate crimes against Asian Americans have soared since March 2020 when racist rhetoric was used to blame the spread of COVID on China. On Tuesday night, eight people were fatally shot, including six Asian women, by a white gunman.…
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By Daniela Thermora Career Development Coordinator When I began my agency wide BIPOC – Black, Indigenous, Person of Color – group I received an email asking, “Daniela, just a clarification – is this a Biracial Person of Color, a Bisexual Person of Color, Bipolar Person of Color or Bilateral Person of Color?” At first, I…
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