Category: Anti-Racism Is a Verb

At Wayside’s DEI Committee, we are beginning to engage in the conversation of how to build not just an antiracist culture at Wayside, but an anti-ableist one as well. One way to start is by talking about how neurodiversity can show up in the work environment and ways to rethink that environment to make it…
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With over 400 anti-LGBTQ bills being proposed across the U.S. in this legislative session and with many states already passing them into law, families with LGBTQ+ kids are fleeing from their homes and moving out of states like Florida and Texas. Not all are able to afford to and so organizations like Trans Youth Equality…
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May is Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This month dig into knowing more about the history of this term and who it applies to. First coined as a chosen name to organize a political alliance in the 1960’s by Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee, Asian American, was rooted in ethnic studies. Watch the video on the right…
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Juliana Ferreira Recruiting Manager There are some interview questions that help you put antiracism at the forefront of a job interview. If you do interviews at Wayside, then this is the article for you! Below are a few standardized DEI related interview questions that help communicate Wayside’s committment to DEI and also provide an opportunity for a candidate to demonstrate their understanding of…
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This year’s Earth Day theme is “Invest In Our Planet.” As we celebrate Earth Day, it is essential to acknowledge the intersectionality of environmentalism and recognize the disproportionate impact of climate change, pollution, and environmental breakdown on marginalized communities. As outlined in the article below, “In a 2018 study on air quality published in the American Journal of Public Health,…
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The GLSEN Day of Silence is a national student-led demonstration where LGBTQ students and allies all around the country—and the world—take a vow of silence to protest the harmful effects of harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools. Register at the link below and make plans to be the adults speaking up on behalf…
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April is the start of “Advocacy Season” in Massachusetts as this is the time in the State legislative calendar where budgets are announced and priorities become clear for various legislators and advocacy groups. Learn about this process on the right and then research the legislative priorities of groups that matter to you. Below is a link…
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By Amy Hogarth, Director of Training and Equity Culture The campaign, Change a Word Change a Life, was founded to call more attention to using proper pronouns can support members of the LGTBQIA+ community. ​​​​​​​ Read and Learn These Statistics: about LGBTQ MetroWest Youth The MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey (MWHAS) is conducted by Education Development…
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On this Social Worker Appreciation Month, take time to reflect on how social work itself has been used to uphold oppression in the past and how it could be used to undo it in the future. The National Association of Social Workers have done just that and laid out a two-year plan for the future…
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Dr. Joy Buolamwini, noticed the facial recognition software she was working on couldn’t detect her face, uncovering that the software was never trained to detect the full range of human skin tones. Dr. Timnit Gebru coauthored papers showing facial recognition to be less accurate at identifying women and people of color and that language-based models trained…
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