Diversity & Inclusion

When Kathleen Jordan took a job at her university’s advancement office, she could not have predicted it would be the beginning of a decades-long career in fundraising.

Acoustic Java has sold its original Main Street location to Zaida Melendez of Belen Casa de Pan, a Salvadoran panaderia. Acoustic Java will continue to operate its Brussels Street flagship location.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation in Worcester has granted $2.2 million total to 120 local nonprofit organizations to aid in operations and fund new projects.

Worcester Assistant City Manager Nicole Valentine will step down from her position on Feb. 8.

Through the Working Places Challenge program, the Fed supports a competition among cities and towns for grant money provided by states, the private sector and philanthropists to address a "shared goal for improving the economy that benefits low-income people."

PG Collaborative will allow entrepreneurs of color to come together, build relationships organically, and problem-solve issues unique to them.

As healthcare inequities remain a persistent and pressing issue, the identification of ways the healthcare system can make future-focused moves to address them is top-of-mind at Commonwealth Medicine.

The LGBT Asylum Task Force has purchased its second property in Worcester. Able to accommodate up to 40 asylum seekers at a time, the group owns one other property in Worcester, and rents a third for its shelters.

Framingham State University has named Christimara Garcia as director of its Entrepreneur Innovation Center.

Dismas House of Massachusetts, Inc. is a nonprofit organization in Greater Worcester helping former prisoners in the area find housing, work, and other reentry needs as they try to piece their lives back together.