By Daniela Thermora Director of People and Career Development I think part of being Latina, Latino, Latinx, Spanish or Hispanic is understanding the difference between all of those terms. I was taught to call myself Spanish or Hispanic, when in reality I was referring to two different things. One meant I was from Spain, which…
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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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By Eric L. Masi, Ed.D President & CEO Many in Massachusetts remember or have studied the horrible stories of school desegregation in Boston. I didn’t grow up here but experienced a different kind of desegregation when I lived in Arlington, Virginia in the mid-1960s. In the fall of 1965, I started eighth grade at Gunston…
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By Amy Hogarth Director of Recruitment and Inclusion We are thrilled that the new administration is giving racial equity respect and attention – there is no time to waste when it comes to systemic change. It is invigorating to see our leaders who have white privilege use that privilege to take steps to empower folx…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 15, 2020 Contact: Michelle Hillman 508-380-5486 (cell) [email protected] Framingham, MA – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network received a grant for $29,769 from the MetroWest Health Foundation. Wayside will use the grant to create an Equity Training Center that will launch this year. The new training center will provide educational workshops,…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture and Chief Diversity Officer After the murder of George Floyd companies issued statements of outrage and committed themselves to improving their corporate culture. They also raced to hire a Chief Diversity Officers (CDO) to guide them in just how to do it without making costly mistakes.…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture, Chief Diversity Officer Have you ever tried to learn another language? It’s hard! So why is it that multilingualism is demeaned by certain groups and celebrated by others? It’s called privilege. A recent tweet pointed out the double standard with the simple question “What’s considered classy if…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture On July 17th Civil Rights leader and Congressman, John Lewis passed away. He was the last remaining March on Washington speaker where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Lewis’ legacy is a lifetime of anti-racist actions. Learn about him the sacrifices…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture, Chief Diversity Officer Black-owned businesses have long been shut out of capital, loans and lines of credit due to discriminatory practices and systemic defunding of Black communities. Attempts by black business owners to generate wealth have been met with resistance and violence. In 1921, a mob of…
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This column originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News on June 18, 2020. By Guimel DeCarvalho, director of People and Culture and chief diversity officer All Wayside staff now have Friday off as a paid holiday. We’ve asked them to share how they are celebrating and observing Juneteenth and provided white staff with 10 actions…
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