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DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

AFS Inclusion Networks

AFS WIN Snapshot of AFS Inclusion Network
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In becoming ArentFox Schiff in 2022, we brought together the most comprehensive offering of inclusion groups Women’s Initiative Network Programming:

either legacy firm has ever had – a clear indication of how we are better together. Our Inclusion Networks have the As Black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde said, “[…]
following goals: we do not live single-issue lives.” Our Disability Inclusion Group
AOC@AFS Asian Inclusion and Latinx Inclusion Group joined forces to host an important
Identifying ways to make AFS culture more inclusive and supportive Attorneys of Color Group event that honors the intersections of different dimensions of our
at ArentFox Schiff identities and how that shapes our experiences in the workplace
and in the world.
Connecting people at AFS based on commonalities as well as differences We welcomed disabled TEDx public speaker, DEI consultant, and
content creator Catarina Rivera, MSEd, MPH, CPACC for a fireside
Increasing opportunities and number of pathways to success for all people at AFS BIG@AFS Latinx Inclusion chat entitled “Being Latine/x and Disabled in the Workplace:
Black Inclusion Group Group Perspectives on Ableism, Accessibility, and Intersectionality.”

Educating each other about the wide range of cultures and experiences In a conversation moderated by AFS’s own Maggie Lopez
our people reflect (Associate, Boston), Catarina discussed her personal journey with
disability, ableism and its presence in our culture, accessibility
MENA Inclusion South Asian in the workplace, and her perspective on intersectionality as a

Integrating new hires into the AFS community Group Inclusion Group disabled Latine woman.

CATARINA RIVERA
MSEd, MPH, CPACC

D*I*G New Moms MAGGIE LOPEZ
Disability Inclusion Group Group Associate

The program honored both
National Hispanic Heritage
Month and National
Disability Employment
ParentFox OutFox Awareness Month.

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