Diversity & Inclusion

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.

Days after Girls Inc. of Worcester suspended its programs and put its CEO and COO on leave, an online petition calling for the permanent removal of leadership was released alleging discriminatory treatment of employees.

As Massachusetts prepares to compete for federal funding to support climate resiliency projects, state officials can rely on an initial grant to help fine-tune their plan and seek feedback from stakeholders, including marginalized communities.

The City of Worcester’s $848-million budget for the coming fiscal year is delivering on promises to give more resources and funding to the Executive Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, with a 67% increase in the financial allotment given to the office.

Leaders from five cities joined Lt. Gov Kim Driscoll Monday to sign a compact committing themselves to increasing the number of minority-owned and women-owned firms in private real estate development.

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The City of Worcester is seeking an executive search firm to find the person who will become chief equity officer in the new executive office of diversity, equity and inclusion.

With the medical world on the cusp of an artificial intelligence revolution, researchers and clinicians are excited about the potential and wary of technology implicitly reliant on human bias