Hi SDLers-
Like many of you, I have found myself involved in our firm’s nascent Social & Racial Justice working group. Our group is laser focused on advancing BIPOC and is seeking to understand more about approaches our firm can take on advocacy, transparency, and training. They are interested in hearing about specific approaches that other firms might be doing. We are a mid-size firm (~70 employees), based in Boston, regionally focused on projects in the New England region.
Are there people in your organization that would be interested in having a focused conversation about how your firm is tackling transparency, training of staff on racial bias, accountability measures, and policy? I'm hoping that we can facilitate a fruitful sharing across firms of different sizes, and across the nation. I'm especially interested in hearing from other firms that are similiar to us- regionally focused, mid-size but in other regions of the country. I suspect there is a lot we can talk about!
I’ve told the leaders of our group that the Confidentiality agreement of our SDL group would apply for this meeting. Meaning it would be a “safe space” where information could be shared with our firm leadership without attribution unless given permission by the source.
Please either respond to this post or PM me at <anash@dimellashaffer.com>
Alison Nash, AIA/ LEED AP ID+C/ WELL AP/ CPHC
Associate, Sustainability Practice Leader
DiMella Shaffer
Direct / 617.778.0118
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