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Racial equity panel uses first hearing to build to-do list

A diverse stream of lawmakers, activists and community leaders produced a lengthy list of racial equity proposals on Monday, kicking off one of the Legislature's most daunting undertakings to date: confronting centuries of structural racism ingrained in nearly every facet of public life.

Juneteenth festival set for Saturday in Worcester

This year’s Black Heritage Juneteenth Festival is set to take place in Worcester on Saturday, marking the first year that Juneteenth is a recognized state holiday in Massachusetts.

Marlborough Hospital receives $300K grant to overcome language, cultural barriers

UMass Memorial Health – Marlborough Hospital has been awarded a grant from the Cummings Foundation of $300,000 over 10 years.

National Grid makes Juneteenth a company holiday

National Grid will consider Juneteenth a company holiday for all U.S. employees beginning this year, the electric company announced Tuesday morning. 
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🔒Changing power dynamics: The Kennedy Community Health Center has purposefully remade its board

To better represent its patient population, the board of directors at the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center has made an effort during the past three years to diversify and include a greater variety of perspectives under the leadership of chair Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham.

Study: More women leading at Mass. companies, nonprofits, legislature

Nichols College in Dudley has scored Massachusetts 45/100 on the latest iteration of the school’s biennial Massachusetts Women’s Leadership Index, which is overseen by the college’s Institute for Women’s Leadership.

Bulk of Wormtown Brewery ownership steps back amid accusations of harassment, sexism, racism

Most of Wormtown Brewery’s ownership team will step back from business operations at the largest brewery in Worcester after allegations of discrimination and sexual harassment the company described as “disturbing and heartbreaking" circulated on social media this week, Wormtown said in a statement Thursday night.

🔒Rich dreams, poor dreams: Racial discrimination in mortgage lending is holding communities down

This five-month investigation by Worcester Business Journal and Worcester Regional Research Bureau dives into how racial discrimination in mortgage lending and home ownership creates neighborhoods of have's and have-not's in Greater Worcester, where educational and economic success is harder to achieve.
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🔒Poor neighborhoods with diverse populations struggle to sustain economic development

Downtown Fitchburg has struggled to attract new growth when so many people are following jobs to more prosperous areas or finding affordable areas elsewhere.

🔒Racial discrimination in mortgage lending has created a segregated Worcester

Worcester, like cities around the rest of the country, is in the midst of a cultural reckoning.
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