Author: Wayside Team

Michelle Hillman Marketing & Communication Manager On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the late icon’s daughter, Bernice King, reminded people to honor the contributions her mother made to the Civil Rights Movement. As you honor my father today, please honor my mother, as well. She was the architect of the King Legacy and founder of…
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Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture As we wait to see the first Black and Asian woman be inaugurated Vice President of the United States today, it can be tough to reconcile it with the images we saw on January 6th. This seeming conflict was not unforeseen by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Yesterday Representative Jim Jordan called the second impeachment of President Trump an extension of “cancel culture” and then he called for unity. Calling an impeachment of a president for inciting an insurrection cancel culture is a bit like calling the insurrection itself a disagreement. At minimum…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Over the last 100 years women went from having 8 million jobs in the workforce to 78 million. In the last year, over 5 million women have lost their jobs. In December, women were 100% of all the jobs lost. The progress of women as a…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture We all have a special set of skills and expertise that we can use to further anti-racist and social justice work. What are yours? Recently, we shared with you the work the Waltham office did in helping to write case scenarios that better reflected the diversity…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Throughout the last six months we have shared with you 143 anti-racist actions you can take. Which ones have you taken? Given the events of last week, it can feel overwhelming and leave you not knowing what to do. That same feeling has been expressed to…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture All forms of oppression and tyranny rely on maintaining at least one “big lie” by many and escaping the consequences for that lie. Caste and white supremacy rely on the lie that one group is inherently superior to the other. As Isabel Wilkerson writes, It mattered…
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By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture On behalf of the entire Senior Team, we would like to acknowledge the macro. Yesterday a hate-filled mob of rioters invaded our Capitol Building and attempted an insurrection of our democracy. We know that the events of yesterday are on all of your minds as they are in…
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