Category: Anti-Racism Is a Verb

One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Relearn History

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture, Chief Diversity Officer You may have heard the phrase “history is written by the winners” or “history is written by the victors.” The origin of the phrase is unknown but is often attributed to Sir Winston Churchill. The basic meaning is that the history Americans learn in…
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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Support Black-owned Businesses

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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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Request an Absentee Ballot, Register to Vote, & Run for Office!

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture, Chief Diversity Officer Voting matters. Voting is the only way to hold our elected leaders accountable. From the president, to state representative, to county district attorney, to town official it matters who has the power to change laws. These officials are often the only ones that can…
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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn and Practice the Tasks of the Privileged by Dr. Ken Hardy

By Guimel DeCarvalho Wayside’s Director of People and Culture and Chief Diversity Officer Prior to engaging in a conversation about race, read, learn, and practice the Tasks of the Privileged by Dr. Ken Hardy. These tasks can serve as good “group rules” in a conversation about race and prevent microaggressions in the process of having…
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Why We’re Making Juneteenth a Paid Holiday

By Guimel DeCarvalho, Director of People and Culture and Chief Diversity Officer at Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Wayside Youth & Family Support Network has long been committed to becoming an anti-racist, social justice and advocacy organization that serves vulnerable youth and families across the state. We apply an equity lens to every facet…
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10 Things We Want White People to Do to Celebrate Juneteenth

By Guimel Carvalho, Director of People and Culture and Amy Hogarth Director of Recruitment and Inclusion Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, marks the day when Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce the end of the Civil War and slavery. It was June 19, 1865 and although…
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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn About & Plan How You Will Celebrate Juneteenth

By Guimel DeCarvalho Director of People and Culture Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and…
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George Floyd and the Pandemic of Racism

By Eric L. Masi, Ed.D. President & CEO I am writing to acknowledge the terrible crisis in Minneapolis with the killing of George Floyd and the pandemic of racism. While George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis we know it reflects the entire country and the racism, hatred, and lack of will or leadership from our…
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