Diversity & Inclusion

Fitchburg State's game design program positions students and the school near the forefront of a $57 billion industry.

After closing key facilities and operating on mere hours of cash, the Family Health Center of Worcester is in a more stable financial position, in part due to higher insurance reimbursements.

Worcester Business Journal has been honored by the New England Newspaper & Press Association for coverage of diversity, equity, and inclusion issues, along with Polar Park, opinion commentary, editorial cartoons, and special sections on Worcester’s 300th anniversary and the 40 Under Forty awards.

There's only one birth center operating in Massachusetts, but an infusion of state funding could lead to more facilities, which are designed to give pregnant people more autonomy as they choose a delivery environment outside of the traditional hospital setting.

Girls Inc. of Worcester will restore its programming for its summer camp session on June 26. All programming was previously suspended when members of the organization’s leadership were placed on administrative leave after allegations of racially discriminatory treatment of employees and program participants.

Entrepreneurship for All, a national nonprofit startup accelerator, has received a $25,000 grant from The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts to increase its capacity to support Greater Worcester inclusive entrepreneurship, including its Spanish-speaking business accelerator program.

Girls Inc. of Worcester has named an interim CEO in an effort to restore its programming that was suspended when its CEO and COO were placed on administrative leave amid allegations of racial discrimination.

Human resources software firm Workhuman named KeyAnna Schmiedl, a former executive at Wayfair and Mozilla, as its new chief human experience officer.

A former Girls Inc. of Worcester employee began a lawsuit against the organization and its CEO for discriminatory treatment in January 2022, more than a year before top leadership were placed on administrative leave amid program closures and a petition was launched claiming widespread racial discrimination at the nonprofit.

Community Harvest Project’s food donations have become more critical than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they remain so now as pandemic emergency declaration-related federal and state emergency allotments end and the costs of food continue to rise.