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Diversity & Inclusion
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Nonprofits battle against rising food insecurity as pandemic era assistance comes to an end
Updated: May 15, 2023Community 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
Updated: May 15, 2023
Following CEO being put on leave, petition claims racial discrimination at Girls Inc.
May 12, 2023Days 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.
May 12, 2023
Grant may lay groundwork for more federal climate aid
May 10, 2023As 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.
May 10, 2023
Following tumultuous year, City of Worcester to increase funding for DEI office by 67%
May 10, 2023The 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
May 10, 2023
Five cities make DEI commitments in real estate
May 9, 2023Leaders 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.
May 9, 2023
Power 50: The most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2023
Updated: May 1, 2023Business 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.
Updated: May 1, 2023
Every WBJ Power 50 ever, through 2023
Updated: May 1, 2023Here’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, 2023Fred 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, 2023The 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, 2023Colosi 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
2023 Power 50: Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham
Updated: May 1, 2023Valerie Zolezzi-Wynham has her sights set on extending the impact of Promoting Good when she opens the PG Collaborative, a collaborative coworking space to allow for the fostering of relationships for creatives and entrepreneurs.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Kaska Yawo
Updated: May 1, 2023Yawo has changed the landscape that immigrants and refugees to the Worcester area encounter when they arrive.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Joshua Croke
Updated: May 1, 2023Croke is the influential voice for the LGBTQ+ community across the Central Massachusetts region. As president of Love Your Labels, they lead the Queer Coalition of Greater Worcester and run programming across the area, including Drag Queen Story
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Eric Batista
Updated: May 1, 2023In the second largest city in New England, the city manager is the municipality’s CEO, more powerful than the mayor. He oversees a $778-million budget and almost 8,000 employees.
Updated: May 1, 2023
City of Worcester to employ external firm in search for chief equity officer
April 18, 2023The City of Worcester is seeking an executive search firm to find the person who will become chief equity officer in the new executive office of diversity, equity and inclusion.
April 18, 2023
Diagnosing AI: Healthcare community excited, wary of artificial intelligence
Updated: April 17, 2023With the medical world on the cusp of an artificial intelligence revolution, researchers and clinicians are excited about the potential and wary of technology implicitly reliant on human bias
Updated: April 17, 2023
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