Parents Alumni Support WA Contact Us myHILLTOP Search About Academics Admission Athletics Campus Life EQUITY & INCLUSION RESOURCES A Message From Bonnie Walker, Director Worcester Academy is committed to providing its community members with supportive resources, including an extension of networks and partnerships that honor diverse identities and beliefs, educate and that create bridges of connectivity across diverse individual and group demographics and lived experiences. These curated resources support the critically important learning of individuals and collective bodies to take the initiative and time to gain knowledge and understanding of self and others, as it relates to EDI. Combating racism is critical to the work of DEI, so we have included substantial resources focused on this topic. One key component to understanding, absorbing and engaging these resources and the work of DEI, is the focus on self-reflection, identity development, and implicit bias. We must know ourselves, before we can understand others, in order to build meaningful relationships with people different from ourselves. Through self-identity reflection we are able to first, understand ourselves, and then see others through an objective lens, challenge our assumptions and insular beliefs, and navigate the world beyond our own lived experiences. Ultimately, this will broaden our understanding of people who are different from us and the systems that we live in. This empowers us to become upstanders, and allies as we unpack our biases and then dismantle them, so that while they may persist, they no longer direct our interactions with others and dominate the decisions that we make. Our biases exist as mind shortcuts to make quick assessments. Unfortunately, these calculations are often inaccurate, prejudiced, racist, sexist, etc., and lacking the information needed to make an informed judgement, which creates harm. WHITE SUPREMACY & THE ATTACK ON THE US CAPITOL: A GUIDE FOR TEACHERS List of 1 items. "PEOPLE, POWER AND CHANGE" BY MORGAN HALL READ MORE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FACING THE BLACK COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR List of 1 items. ASSIGNED SEX & GENDER IDENTITY TRAINING List of 4 items. FOR PARENTS FOR KIDS / STUDENTS FOR EDUCATORS ALL AGES CONTINUE TO LEARN News & Media Head of School At-A-Glance Equity and Inclusion Equity & Inclusion Resources Upcoming Events Employment Campus Safety Summer Programs CONTACT Bonnie J. Walker, M.A. Director of Equity and Inclusion Worcester Academy 81 Providence Street Worcester, MA 01604& 508-754-5302 bonnie.walker@worcesteracademy.org APPLY INQUIRE VISIT SUPPORT Directory Employment Hilltopper Store Worcester Academy® 81 Providence Street Worcester, MA 01604 508-754-5302 Open Sitemap