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Diversity & Inclusion

  • Birthing center expansion eyed as use for state funding

    Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service May 25, 2023

    There's only one birth center operating in Massachusetts, but an infusion of state funding could lead to more facilities, which are designed to give pregnant people more autonomy as they choose a delivery environment outside of the traditional

    Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service May 25, 2023
  • Following leadership upheaval, Girls Inc. to restore suspended programming

    Isabel Tehan May 24, 2023

    Girls Inc. of Worcester will restore its programming for its summer camp session on June 26. All programming was previously suspended when members of the organization’s leadership were placed on administrative leave after allegations of racially

    Isabel Tehan May 24, 2023
  • Health Foundation of Central Mass. awards $25K to EforAll startup program

    Isabel Tehan May 17, 2023

    Entrepreneurship for All, a national nonprofit startup accelerator, has received a $25,000 grant from The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts to increase its capacity to support Greater Worcester inclusive entrepreneurship, including its

    Isabel Tehan May 17, 2023
  • Girls Inc. names interim CEO in effort to restore suspended programming

    Isabel Tehan May 17, 2023

    Girls Inc. of Worcester has named an interim CEO in an effort to restore its programming that was suspended when its CEO and COO were placed on administrative leave amid allegations of racial discrimination.

    Isabel Tehan May 17, 2023
  • Workhuman hires former Wayfair executive as chief human experience officer

    Timothy Doyle May 17, 2023

    Human resources software firm Workhuman named KeyAnna Schmiedl, a former executive at Wayfair and Mozilla, as its new chief human experience officer.

    Timothy Doyle May 17, 2023
  • Girls Inc. and its CEO sued over racial discrimination back in January 2022

    Isabel Tehan May 16, 2023

    A former Girls Inc. of Worcester employee began a lawsuit against the organization and its CEO for discriminatory treatment in January 2022, more than a year before top leadership were placed on administrative leave amid program closures and a

    Isabel Tehan May 16, 2023
  • Nonprofits battle against rising food insecurity as pandemic era assistance comes to an end

    Isabel Tehan Updated: May 15, 2023

    Community Harvest Project’s food donations have become more critical than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they remain so now as pandemic emergency declaration-related federal and state emergency allotments end and the costs of food continue

    Isabel Tehan Updated: May 15, 2023
  • Following CEO being put on leave, petition claims racial discrimination at Girls Inc.

    Isabel Tehan May 12, 2023

    Days after Girls Inc. of Worcester suspended its programs and put its CEO and COO on leave, an online petition calling for the permanent removal of leadership was released alleging discriminatory treatment of employees.

    Isabel Tehan May 12, 2023
  • Grant may lay groundwork for more federal climate aid

    Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service May 10, 2023

    As Massachusetts prepares to compete for federal funding to support climate resiliency projects, state officials can rely on an initial grant to help fine-tune their plan and seek feedback from stakeholders, including marginalized communities.

    Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service May 10, 2023
  • Following tumultuous year, City of Worcester to increase funding for DEI office by 67%

    Isabel Tehan May 10, 2023

    The City of Worcester’s $848-million budget for the coming fiscal year is delivering on promises to give more resources and funding to the Executive Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, with a 67% increase in the financial allotment given to

    Isabel Tehan May 10, 2023
  • Five cities make DEI commitments in real estate

    Michael P. Norton | State House News Service May 9, 2023

    Leaders from five cities joined Lt. Gov Kim Driscoll Monday to sign a compact committing themselves to increasing the number of minority-owned and women-owned firms in private real estate development.

    Michael P. Norton | State House News Service May 9, 2023
  • Power 50: The most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2023

    Brad Kane Updated: May 1, 2023

    Business professionals from organizations of all types and sizes hold some amount of power, but how you shape the economy and community is when you are truly influential.

    Brad Kane Updated: May 1, 2023
  • Every WBJ Power 50 ever, through 2023

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Here’s all 264 professionals who has been named to a Power list & the year(s) they were listed.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Fred Taylor

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Fred Taylor gives Central Massachusetts a voice in one of the largest trade unions in the country, advocating for more than 30,000 members across the region.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Tuyet Tran

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    The Southeast Asian Coalition of Central MA is the only organization of its kind in the region, and it was built from the ground up by and for Southeast Asian immigrants and refugees in Worcester. One of those was Tuyet Tran, then a young social

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Jennie Lee Colosi

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Colosi is president of the 77-year-old E.T. & L. Corp., in Stow, which employs 133 people. She is a trained engineer and one of the only women presidents of a Central Massachusetts construction company.

    Updated: May 1, 2023

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With a big push from the federal government to drive down both legal and illegal immigration, economic officials worry how a reduction in new arrivals to the U.S. will impact the availability of workers amid a national workforce shortage. Population growth in Massachusetts over the past two decades has been highly dependent on new immigrants moving here. Any reduction can be felt by businesses who have a significant immigrant workforce, as well as at organizations relying on foreign-born customers, such tourist destinations or universities with a high number of full-tuition-paying international students.