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Newly launched Wayside Equity Training Center to offer nonprofits comprehensive training and organizational development services on diversity, equity and inclusion

April 9, 2021

For Immediate Release April 9, 2021 Contact: Diana C. Pisciotta 617-784-5256 Center builds on more than a decade of experience at Wayside Youth & Family Support Network (Framingham, MA) Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, one of the region’s leading providers of mental health counseling and family support services to children, young adults and families…
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Human service agencies seek help, and they’re not afraid to get creative about it

April 7, 2021

The below article appeared in MetroWest Daily News on April 4, 2021 By Lillian Eden A new billboard near Rte. 1 in Walpole suggests “Get Rich in Human Services.” The advertisement, purchased by a Westwood nonprofit called Lifeworks, is hoping to catch the attention of people — so it can hire more of them. “The…
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Opinion: ‘Stand In Solidarity with Asian American Colleagues and Friends’

April 6, 2021

The Op-Ed below appeared in the Framingham Source on March 20, 2021. FRAMINGHAM – Our Framingham group of stakeholders are committed to working in collaboration. Our goal is to increase progress in creating an environment of inclusion which is diverse and equitable for all members of our community. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic…
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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn the Mental Health Impacts of Anti-Asian Racism

April 6, 2021

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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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Know The Root of Anti-Asian Racism

March 18, 2021

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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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn the Difference Between BIPOC and POC

March 1, 2021

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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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Use Art To Know The Problem We All Live With

February 25, 2021

By Sara McCabe Vice President of Campus Services I remember being very young the first time my mom took me to the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass. It was 33 years ago, and I can still vividly remember staring at the painting of Ruby Bridges. I was conflicted, feeling both intrigued and confused. She…
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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Appreciate Black Ingenuity

February 22, 2021

By Diana Duqette Family Support Specialist Black innovators are responsible for inventions that have changed our daily lives, including the way we eat, prepare and store food. In fact, food is such an important part of our existence that I’m willing to bet that many of you don’t realize that ways that Black inventors have…
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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Know The Roots of Intersectionality

February 22, 2021

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture, Chief Diversity Officer We often remember Sojourner Truth for her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech, but her legacy includes more than public speaking. After she escaped a plantation with her daughter, Truth successfully won a court case regarding her son being illegally sold into slavery. As…
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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn The History of School Desegregation

February 2, 2021

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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