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We often conflate equity with equality. But equity seeks fairness: it recognizes differences between people in status, context, or history. Below you'll meet two Commonwealth School alumnae whose work and passions, empowering girls and advancing health equity in communities, are dedicated to helping us better understand what equity really means, why it is an urgent social justice issue, and what a more equitable society might look like.

Part of the second-ever cohort of Dive In Commonwealth students, Sienna spent her first summer in a hybrid version of the program. Now she’s using some of the skills and confidence she cultivated at Dive In to push herself academically, socially, musically, and more, as her father, Charles, can attest. Both sat down with Dive In program director Sasha Eskelund to catch up and look back...

For one week in late fall of 2021, five Commonwealth students were excused from classes--but they didn't pause their education or their commitment to our community. Rather, gathered together at school, they entered into a compelling virtual dialogue at the National Association of Independent Schools' Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC).