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Safe Exit Initiative re-opens community resource center and day shelter
August 29, 2024Worcester-based Safe Exit Initiative, a survivor-led nonprofit working to end the sex trade by providing support and safe exit options, has re-opened Harbor, its community resource center and day shelter.
August 29, 2024
EcoTarium launches accessibility app to boost equitable museum viewing
August 26, 2024Worcester’s EcoTarium has launched a mobile-phone navigation app prototype.
August 26, 2024
Three Central Mass. nonprofits granted slice of $3.8M to fight opioid impacts
August 22, 2024Three Worcester nonprofits have been named among the first recipient cohort of Massachusetts’ new grantmaking program Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership, an initiative providing funding to grassroots organizations working to reduce harm caused by
August 22, 2024
State's cannabis equity fund eclipses $27M
August 21, 2024A state fund meant to open the legal marijuana industry up to more entrepreneurs from communities most harmed by prohibition and enforcement now has more than $27 million at its disposal.
August 21, 2024
Daughter of Blue Hive’s founder takes over leadership, ownership of Worcester manufacturer
August 19, 2024Caitlyn Correia has taken over ownership of BlueHive Exhibits.
August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty alumni: Stacey Luster, Class of 2000 - groundbreaking education executive
Updated: August 19, 2024Before she was named to the inaugural class of WBJ’s 40 Under Forty, Stacey Luster was breaking new ground as the first Black woman elected to Worcester City Council.
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty 2024: Jennessa Burks, artist educating the community
Updated: August 19, 2024Burks has left her mark on Worcester. Literally. She has collaboratively painted more than 20 murals throughout the city and has been commissioned to create more than 45 works of art total to be displayed across 18 states.
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty 2024: Raquel Castro-Corazzini, leads Worcester recreation
Updated: August 19, 2024Not only did Castro-Corazzini found Worcester’s Division of Youth Opportunities, she herself grew the department's team from a staff from one in 2016 to more than 100 in less than a decade.
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty 2024: Ariana Dello Stritto, Pride festival director
Updated: August 19, 2024Dello Stritto involves herself in all aspects of the Worcester community, whether it be her former role as marketing outreach officer at Bay State Savings Bank or serving as festival director at Pride Worcester.
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty 2024: Leonard Jusme, mental health pioneer
Updated: August 19, 2024Since opening, Jusme has grown his practice from one provider to three providers of color on a staff offering a range of expertise including depression treatment, trauma therapy, and racial identity.
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty 2024: Hayley Haywood, equity entrepreneur
Updated: August 19, 2024Haywood left the security of her 9-to-5 position in higher education to set out on her own, launching her equity-based consulting firm in April 2023.
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty 2024: Rosibel Alicea Torres, child advocate
Updated: August 19, 2024Today, Alicea Torres oversees 40 home daycares in Greater Worcester, while providing services to those receiving help from the Mass. Department of Transitional Assistance, in addition to her work with unhoused families and teen and adult parents
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty 2024: Lora Dumas, promotes successful health outcomes
Updated: August 19, 2024Lora Dumas has played a role in keeping tens of thousands of Central Massachusetts residents safe, even if they don’t know her name.
Updated: August 19, 2024
WBJ celebrates the 25th anniversary of the 40 Under Forty, names the Class of 2024
Updated: August 19, 2024This special edition is a celebration of everything the 40 Under Forty has meant to the Central Massachusetts business community over the last 25 years, with a heavy focus on the incoming Class of 2024.
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty 2024: Olivia Jusme, diversifies the supply chain
Updated: August 19, 2024Jusme is a talented multitasker, a skill she picked up during her years at AIC pursuing a business management degree, where she balanced classes, being a member of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, supporting her household, and raising a child.
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty 2024: Christon Carney, singer teaching the next generation
Updated: August 19, 2024Carney headed west to Worcester following graduation, finding a city with a culture that reminded him of his hometown before it was changed by gentrification.
Updated: August 19, 2024
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