Diversity & Inclusion

Schaal came to the U.S. to take an ophthalmology fellowship at the University of Louisville, after receiving both her medical and doctoral degrees in Israel and serving as a physician in the Israeli navy.

Starting her career in the world of financial services, Aimee Peacock always knew she wanted to lead people but was not sure when that opportunity would present itself.

Black restaurant owners and legislators called for more relief funding as they kicked off the fifth annual Boston Black Restaurant Challenge Tuesday morning, a month-long campaign intended to boost awareness of Black-owned eateries in the greater Boston area.

The City of Worcester is seeking volunteers who can serve a three-year term on one of five ad-hoc committees tasked with distributing $146 million in federal and state pandemic recovery aid.

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce will team up with the Leominster nonprofit Spanish American Center and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner as part of a national grant program aimed at breaking down barriers for and increasing the number of students of color earning short-term industry-related credentials and degrees.

Jim Ayres took the helm as CEO and president at the Greater Worcester Community Foundation at the start of the new year, replacing Barbara Fields, who resigned as head of the organization in March.

African Community Education, a Worcester nonprofit which assists African refugee and immigrant families, has purchased the former site of Learning First Charter Public School on Gage Street for $1.8 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

Marlborough medical device company Boston Scientific will receive a 2022 Catalyst Award for its diversity and inclusion efforts.

Promising to make public records accessible and expand voting rights, attorney and life sciences executive Tanisha Sullivan, president of the Boston branch of the NAACP, launched her campaign for secretary of state Tuesday morning.

The Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts, in Fitchburg, announced on Tuesday the forthcoming launch of a new Racial Equity Grant Program, which will officially open on Monday, the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.