Diversity & Inclusion

Equity work has never been easy, and its often uphill battle has been compounded by the President Donald Trump Administration’s crusade to uproot DEI.

Among those invited to speak was Evelyn Carter, a doctor of social psychology and DEI expert, who said there's a lot of disinformation about what DEI means. "I think we got too comfortable relying on the acronym of DEI, and therefore miss precious opportunities to clearly define what we do and why we do it," Carter said.

Not long after Arab's arrival, he experienced the loss of several elderly relatives, including his mother. Those painful moments shaped his resolve to support other families by opening his own Seniors Helping Seniors branch.

Launched on Friday, the dashboard was created with a focus on health disparities in an effort to enhance transparency, inform public policy, and improve outcomes for mothers and infants throughout the region.

October 18 will not only kick off the Worcester Railers Hockey Club season, it will mark the introduction of a new member to the Railers family: a dog.

Opened on July 17, SEI’s new center is similar to the nonprofit's flagship community resource center and day shelter, named Harbor, in Worcester. 

Throughout the Aug. 25 edition of WBJ, you’ll read about the best of what humanity can be, personified through WBJ’s 40 Under Forty, Class of 2025. The winners are executives, entrepreneurs, and advocates who are making their marks on our lives and doing so in kind, generous ways.

This unprecedented intergenerational workforce comes with a wealth of different workforce norms and expectations that arguably make it the most ideologically and culturally heterogenous workforce to date.

Both will serve two-year terms for the advocacy group supporting mental health and addiction services throughout the commonwealth. 

After 10 years serving as City of Worcester’s Health & Human Services Commissioner, Dr. Matilde Castiel is calling it a career, sort of.