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Diversity & Inclusion
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Hazy future: Five years after recreational legalization, cannabis faces multiple battles in the next five years
Updated: November 27, 2023While the first five years saw more than $5 billion in sales and hundreds of businesses opening, uncertainty awaits ahead for the next five years.
Updated: November 27, 2023
DEI forum: Economic myths perpetuate racism
November 20, 2023The myth that success is achieved solely through hard work and therefore poor people deserve their station in life because they don’t work hard enough is among the economic narratives sustaining racism throughout the economies of Central
November 20, 2023
Health assessment: Greater Worcester must improve housing, broadband, healthcare workforce
November 17, 2023The Worcester Division of Public Health has identified six priority areas to focus on to improve regional health and increase health equity across Greater Worcester.
November 17, 2023
Nichols to offer financial literacy for farmers through partnership with Indigenous nonprofit
November 14, 2023Nichols College in Dudley has entered a partnership with Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, an Indigenous-led nonprofit, to offer a farming financial literacy course for farmers across New England.
November 14, 2023
WPI professor to lead development of oxygen level detector for infants of color
November 14, 2023The National Institutes of Health have awarded $1.1 million to a Worcester Polytechnic Institute-led research project aimed at reducing racial bias in care for premature infants.
November 14, 2023
Diversity in recruitment: What companies need to do to achieve DEI hiring goals
Updated: November 13, 2023Companies must expand their networks & standardize processes to meet diversity, equity, and inclusion targets.
Updated: November 13, 2023
City of Worcester names first Black director of veterans services
November 10, 2023The City of Worcester has named Joe Robinson as director of veterans services, an office in the City’s Department of Health & Human Services. Robinson is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and will be the first Black man to hold the position in
November 10, 2023
MBI grants $240K to seven organization for diversity and workforce development
October 30, 2023Worcester life sciences incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives has awarded seven grants to local individuals and companies as part of its 2023 Challenge Grants program.
October 30, 2023
Two local B Corps say compassionate business leads to better outcomes for everybody
Updated: October 30, 2023Two local companies tell how compassionate business helps steer the ship.
Updated: October 30, 2023
Charts: Industry GDP in Central Massachusetts and statewide
Updated: October 30, 2023A breakdown of the Massachusetts and Greater Worcester real GDP by industry.
Updated: October 30, 2023
Report: Mass. cannabis business ownership is less diverse than national average
October 26, 2023A report conducted by cannabis industry trade publication Marijuana Business Daily has shown that Massachusetts marijuana business ownership has less racial and gender diversity than the national industry average.
October 26, 2023
State issues guidance to address equity on college campuses
October 24, 2023Two of the state's top elected officials are encouraging colleges and universities in Massachusetts to find new approaches to advance diversity, break down barriers, and increase access for historically underrepresented groups in light of the
October 24, 2023
Nativity School to raise $20M to open girl’s division
October 16, 2023Nativity School of Worcester, an all-boys tuition-free Jesuit school, has launched a $20-million campaign to open a girl’s division.
October 16, 2023
Outstanding Women in Business: Dawkins turned a rape crisis center into a national model
Updated: October 16, 2023Now as president and CEO of Pathways for Change, a leading rape crisis center in Massachusetts, Dawkins’ work directly impacts the lives of those impacted by sexual violence.
Updated: October 16, 2023
Q&A: Worcester midwife seeks to expand maternity care
Updated: October 16, 2023Blessington sees collaboration and outreach as an integral part of her practice at Worcester Community Midwifery.
Updated: October 16, 2023
Outstanding Women in Business: Hernandez champions Worcester's self-made entrepreneurs
Updated: October 16, 2023She found it frustrating, though, seeing so many local businesses shuttering shortly after they opened. It was this cycle that motivated her to open GEM Marketing Solutions in 2016, a hyper-local, Worcester-focused company offering affordable
Updated: October 16, 2023
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