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Diversity & Inclusion
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Skilled nursing company with CMass locations resolves discrimination allegations
September 12, 2022Next Step operates The Hermitage Healthcare in Worcester, Fitchburg Healthcare, and Westborough Healthcare.
September 12, 2022
The Massachusetts CROWN Act normalizes racially and culturally diverse appearances in the workplace
Updated: September 5, 2022On July 26, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed this same CROWN Act into law to prohibit discrimination against employees, students, and other individuals based on their natural or protective hairstyle.
Updated: September 5, 2022
Following its largest-ever donation, African Community Education is growing into its new headquarters
Updated: September 5, 2022ACE purchased the 51 Gage St. building – a former charter school – earlier this year for $1.8 million.
Updated: September 5, 2022
Main South Business Association creates power through community
Updated: September 5, 2022The three-year-old Main South Business Association is helping small companies in one of Worcester’s most culturally diverse neighborhood overcome unique obstacles
Updated: September 5, 2022
As Worcester prepares to publicize its racial equity audits, top leadership hopes to improve structural supports
Updated: September 5, 2022The City of Worcester has been without a chief diversity officer for nearly six months now, since Stephanie Williams resigned in March.
Updated: September 5, 2022
Small business organizations are narrowing the financing gap for entrepreneurs of color
Updated: September 5, 2022when entrepreneurs of color turn to banks and other investors, research shows they’re often given less consideration than white founders.
Updated: September 5, 2022
Following Insulet resignation, no Central Mass. public companies are led by a female CEO
August 25, 2022When Shacey Petrovic stepped down as CEO of Acton medical-device company Insulet in May for personal reasons, she left Central Massachusetts without a single public company headquartered here, traded on NASDAQ or New York Stock Exchange, with a
August 25, 2022
The formerly named POW! WOW! Worcester is skipping its 2022 street art festival, as its volunteers regroup and eye a smaller future
Updated: August 22, 2022Since 2016, POW! WOW! Worcester has put up murals around the city for the public to interact with. After five August festivals, including a 2021 return after a 2020 break with the coronavirus pandemic, the community organization is looking to its
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Jason Homer
Updated: August 22, 2022Starting a new job is hard work, but taking charge of Worcester's public library system in the middle of a pandemic seems unfathomable. That is what Homer did, and he did so with great success and grace.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Vanessa Calixto
Updated: August 22, 2022Calixto uses her talent and time to ensure that artists from Worcester’s communities of color have space to perform and display their work, as space becomes scarcer.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Ryan Brown
Updated: August 22, 2022While working as an Amateur Athletic Union basketball coach, Brown noticed there were lots of kids who wanted to learn how to play, but couldn’t afford to join.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Masielle “Massy” Paulino
Updated: August 22, 2022Paulino provides community leadership, preservation of Latino culture, and mental health care, all through one medium: dance.
Updated: August 22, 2022
The Judges: How WBJ picked the 40 Under Forty, Class of 2022
Updated: August 22, 2022This year’s 40 Under Forty class was selected from the top candidates out of 211 nominations for 119 professionals in the Central Massachusetts business community.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Hana Lasell
Updated: August 22, 2022Lasell is one of the powerful figures in Central Mass. blazing a trail for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and she’s doing so with a uniquely artistic flair.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Domenica Perrone
Updated: August 22, 2022Personally and professionally, Perrone’s work for Worcester’s Latinx community is immeasurable.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Carla Delacruz Davila
Updated: August 22, 2022Medical school is one of the most demanding endeavors in education. UMass Chan employs people to help students overcome the mental and emotional challenges of its program and stay on track to graduate.
Updated: August 22, 2022
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