40 Under Forty 2024: Racquel Knight, supports women entrepreneurs
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Racquel Knight
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40 Under Forty winners and alumni who visited Red Apple Farm in Phillipston were (from left) Racquel Knight (Class of 2024), Ashley Randle (Class of 2022), Tori Buerschaper (Class of 2024), Nancy Rose (Class of 2010), Albert Rose (Class of 2010), and Andrew Shepherd (Class of 2024).
- Title and organization Director, Center for Women & Enterprise Central MA, in Worcester
- Title and organization Founder, For One Child Foundation, in Worcester
- Residence Worcester
- Birthplace Portland, Jamaica
- Colleges The College of Agriculture, Science and Education in Jamaica, Becker College, Johnson & Wales University
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As the director of CWE Central MA, Knight works to support entrepreneurs, especially women of color, through developing and implementing programs including the Black Entrepreneurs Business Summit, a collaborative effort executed with community organizations.
While studying at Becker College in Worcester, Knight founded the For One Child Foundation, a nonprofit providing learning materials and classroom necessities to children in rural areas in her home country of Jamaica. Since its launch, For One Child has provided more than 600 chairs and desks, thousands of books, and 30 laptops to schools and parishes throughout the country. In 2024, Knight was named a Commonwealth Heroine award recipient, a cohort of women who have made extraordinary contributions to their organizations and in their communities as identified by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women in partnership with state legislators. Knight hosts free workshops at The Village Worcester, an Afrocentric cultural, learning, and healing center, to equip people of color with the resources needed to start their businesses. She meets with aspiring women entrepreneurs at Worcester’s Unique Café to help them kick start their businesses.
Would you rather time travel to the past or the future? Travel back in time to meet my ancestors, specifically Nanny of the Maroons, a courageous warrior queen who resisted British oppression during slavery, to learn from her strength and wisdom.
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