Commonwealth Compact

   The YMCA of Greater Boston is proud to be a founding co-signer of the Commonwealth Compact. As a community citizen, service provider, and employer, the YMCA of Greater Boston is collectively committed to recruitment, hiring, management and governance practices that:

• Increase the representation of people of color and women throughout our organization, especially in management, senior management and board governance positions.
• Retain and promote people of color and women.
• Encourage our organization to reflect, and connect with, the diversity of the communities and members we serve.

Our organization flourishes when we attract and retain people from a multitude of backgrounds. By harnessing their skills, aptitudes, experience and approaches to problem-solving, our workplaces, communities and the Commonwealth will be richer, our marketplaces will be broader, and out ability to attract employees, clients and businesses - locally, nationally and globally - will be more effective.

We therefore embrace the goals of Commonwealth Compact and pledge to measure our progress toward them over time, using the Commonwealth Compact benchmarks.

Commonwealth Compact Mission Statement

To establish Massachusetts as a uniquely inclusive, honest, and supportive community of - and for - diverse people.  To acknowledge our mixed history in this effort, and to face squarely the challenges that still need to be overcome, understanding that the rich promise of the region's growing diversity must be tapped fully if Boston and Massachusetts are to achieve their economic, civic, and social potential.

John M. Ferrell, President