{"id":4000097,"date":"2018-06-04T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/newsroom\/wework-welcome-home\/"},"modified":"2020-03-30T23:18:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T03:18:55","slug":"wework-welcome-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/wework-welcome-home","title":{"rendered":"Around the world, WeWork gets ready to show its true colors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jhonatan Cardosa gets a little emotional when he describes how it feels to be marching in this year\u2019s S\u00e3o Paulo Pride Parade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019m going to march in the parade as an employee of a company,\u201d says Cardosa. \u201cNone of the companies I\u2019ve worked for before have been so supportive of the LGBTQ community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a little less than a year, Cardosa has worked as a community lead at WeWork Brazil. He says that being part of a company that encourages employees to bring their whole selves to work makes all the difference.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s3ucsr3eGKI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nice to feel like we have the opportunity to be ourselves at work, that we don\u2019t have to try to be somebody else,\u201d Cardosa says.<\/p>\n<p>A contingent from WeWork Brazil will join the S\u00e3o Paulo Pride Parade, which attracts 3 million participants every year. The massive event winds past WeWork Paulista, the building where he works.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo is one of 16 cities around the world that will be hosting events celebrating LGBTQ Pride. The festivities\u2014ranging from brunches, rooftop soirees, and even block parties\u2014begin in S\u00e3o Paulo on June 3 and wind up in Austin, Texas on August 11.<\/p>\n<p>This month WeWork is introducing the theme of Welcome Home, drawn from Chief Operating Officer Jen Berrent\u2019s talk at the company\u2019s Global Summit in January that reinforced how WeWork feels like home to many people who may not have felt in previous jobs that they could bring their whole selves to work.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Pride Month, Welcome Home encompasses World Refugee Day (WeWork has pledged to hire 1,500 refugees over the next five years) and the Veterans in Residence program (giving veterans the space and services to start their own businesses).<\/p>\n<p>On June 8, a group from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/l\/tel-aviv\">WeWork Tel Aviv<\/a> will join that city\u2019s Pride Parade.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/12\/WeWork_Pride_2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"WeWork Pride 2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Events this year include brunches, rooftop mixers, and block parties.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis year, hundreds of thousands of beautiful people will march together with the theme of \u2018community makes history,\u2019\u201d says Tal Sabbah, community manager at WeWork Sarona. \u201cWe are super excited to be taking part as a strong and colorful community, and to show Tel Aviv the \u2018Pride of We\u2019 for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, employees and members at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/l\/philadelphia--PA\">WeWork Philadelphia<\/a> will be driving a custom-made float down the street during Philly Pride. It\u2019s a momentous occasion, marking the parade\u2019s 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just saw the first rendering of our float, and it\u2019s pretty amazing,\u201d says Joshua Evans, community manager of WeWork Northern Liberties. \u201cThere are two champagne glasses big enough for people to sit in. It really shows how excited we are to be a part of the event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kris Rapp, part of WeWork\u2019s team in Los Angeles, says that last year the company sponsored three events around LA Pride. This year there are more than a dozen. Then they\u2019ll all come together to march in the parade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel hugely grateful that WeWork provides the resources for us to be able to march,\u201d says Rapp. \u201cIt really feels like part of our culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In San Diego, WeWork\u2019s Dylan Renfro says his team is partnering with local organizations to \u201ccelebrate and share how we can become more involved and support the San Diego LGBTQ community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In Seattle, besides marching in the annual parade, WeWork staffers and members are coming together to clean up a local park. It\u2019s a great way, says community kead Randy Shinn, to give back to the local community.<\/p>\n<p>On a personal level, Shinn says he is thrilled to work for a company where being out at work is no big deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent the last big chunk of my life working as a guide around remote areas of Alaska and the Yukon Territory, where I was not always fully out,\u201d says Shinn. \u201cJoining WeWork has allowed me to be completely authentic in my identity at all times. 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