Category: Anti-Racism Is a Verb

One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Recognize The Fragility Of Gains Without Full Systemic Change

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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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Leverage Your Expertise

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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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Start With Small Steps

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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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Demand Truth & Accountability

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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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Acknowledge The Macro

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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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Make A Plan To Vote In Every. Single. Election.

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture If there is one thing we have learned this year, it’s that every single vote counts. And then it is counted again. And then counted one more time to make sure. As the final results for the Georgia runoff election are coming in today, I can’t…
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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Appreciate, Don’t Appropriate

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Cultural appropriation is one of those terms you may have heard repeatedly, but many not really know what it means. John Paul Brammer defines it as “the majority plucks the characteristics of disenfranchised communities for profit—without crediting or even acknowledging the creators.” In the articles linked below,…
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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Know Racism Is International

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture Systemic racism doesn’t just happen in America. Around the world systems of oppression replicate many of the same mechanisms and outcomes. They also have their own unique quirks and ways of taking shape. Isabel Wilkerson’s book “Caste” outlines the overlaps between the caste system in India,…
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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Follow the Work of Chief Diversity Officers

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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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Find Your Accountability Partner

By Guimel DeCarvalho Vice President of People & Culture The best way to change your own behavior is by having someone else hold you accountable to it. This is especially true for trying to change things that have been lifelong patterns and are reinforced behavior by the larger society. It’s the reason things like Alcoholics…
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