MAWD Mission Provide a resource for organizations committed to strengthening their diversity practices in order to: • Serve as a resource for internal departments by sharing best practices and providing opportunities for mentoring and coaching from fellow professionals. • Increase “acceptance” rate of potential, diversity candidates for participating employers. • Accelerate assimilation into the community for the employee and family members. • Increase retention of employees by increasing satisfaction with community and cultural resources in the MetroWest area.