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🔒Local landlords are selling their properties to investors amid eviction moratorium

Small-time landlords selling their properties has become something of a trend this year. More often than not, they aren’t selling to other locals.

🔒Closeted companies: Businesses who identify as LGBTQ+owned remain disproportionately low

Even though the LGBTQ+ community represents a significant portion of the Central Massachusetts population, the number of owners who identify their businesses as such remains low.

Clark tabs Iowa State VP as chief officer of diversity, equity and inclusion

Clark University has named Margo Foreman as permanent vice president and chief officer of diversity, equity and inclusion, the school announced on Tuesday.

Fitchburg State running course on workplace culture and bias

Fitchburg State University’s Center for Professional Studies announced on Monday it will be running a course on the complexity of culture and bias in the workplace.
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🔒Despite improvement, cannabis companies still struggle for full banking access

When Ulyssess Youngblood was initially looking for financing for his Worcester cannabis business Major Bloom, he spoke to several local banks about loans, but was rejected by every one.

Hologic to partner with Oprah Winfrey Network on healthcare equity

Marlborough health technology company Hologic announced on Wednesday a partnership with the Oprah Winfrey Network to address racial disparities in health care.

UMass Medical School joins other Mass. medical schools to dismantle racism in medicine

UMass Medical School in Worcester was among several groups to release on Tuesday a set of principles taking aim at racism in medical education and healthcare organizations.

Report: Mass. trails nation, as COVID deepens pay gap for Black women

Black Women’s Pay Day, marking the approximate day to which full-time Black women workers would have to work in order to catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men earned in 2020, is Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 this year.
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Nominations for Outstanding Women in Business close Friday

WBJ is soliciting nominations for its 13th annual Outstanding Women In Business Awards program.

🔒Harassment allegations in the craft beer industry show importance of deliberately building a healthy workplace

Toxic masculinity and bro culture are amorphous terms, but in the workplace, they manifest in clear ways.
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