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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.

GWCF revises pandemic, racial equity grants to focus on nonprofit effectiveness

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has opened applications into the two grant programs designed last year to be responsive to the needs exposed by the coronavirus pandemic and the reckoning in racial justice, but this year with a focus on nonprofit support and effectiveness, the organization announced on Thursday.

Baker plugs homeownership assistance plan as urgent circumstance

The $300 million in federal relief funds Gov. Charlie Baker is seeking to spend to expand down payment assistance would help as many as "tens of thousands of homeowners," particularly in communities of color that historically have struggled to access other government programs, Baker said Thursday.
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Following sexual harassment allegations, Wormtown names David Fields as CEO, other leadership changes

The announcement comes roughly six weeks after four of the company’s five leaders stepped back from business operations in light of allegations of workplace sexual harassment and discrimination circulated on social media in May.

Fontaine Bros. hires first director of diversity, inclusion & impact

Fontaine Bros., a construction company with offices in Worcester and Springfield, announced on Tuesday it has named Elizabeth Wambui as the company’s director of diversity, inclusion and impact.
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