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Despite improvement, cannabis companies still struggle for full banking access
Updated: August 16, 2021When Ulyssess Youngblood was initially looking for financing for his Worcester cannabis business Major Bloom, he spoke to several local banks about loans, but was rejected by every one.
Updated: August 16, 2021
40 Under Forty 2021: Ronald Bernard Waddell Jr.
Updated: August 16, 2021Ronald Bernard Waddell Jr. co-founded the nonprofit Legendary Legacies three years ago and has grown the organization from a startup with $60,000 in June 2020 to a $900,000 nonprofit with multi-year government funding just one year later.
Updated: August 16, 2021
40 Under Forty: Tiffiny A. Butler PhD, ATC
Updated: August 16, 2021To say Tiffiny Butler chases her passions would be an understatement, as she serves as a leader in virtually every community she touches.
Updated: August 16, 2021
Hologic to partner with Oprah Winfrey Network on healthcare equity
August 11, 2021Marlborough health technology company Hologic announced on Wednesday a partnership with the Oprah Winfrey Network to address racial disparities in health care.
August 11, 2021
UMass Medical School joins other Mass. medical schools to dismantle racism in medicine
August 10, 2021UMass Medical School in Worcester was among several groups to release on Tuesday a set of principles taking aim at racism in medical education and healthcare organizations.
August 10, 2021
Report: Mass. trails nation, as COVID deepens pay gap for Black women
August 3, 2021Black Women’s Pay Day, marking the approximate day to which full-time Black women workers would have to work in order to catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men earned in 2020, is Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 this year.
August 3, 2021
Nominations for Outstanding Women in Business close Friday
July 28, 2021WBJ is soliciting nominations for its 13th annual Outstanding Women In Business Awards program.
July 28, 2021
Harassment allegations in the craft beer industry show importance of deliberately building a healthy workplace
Updated: July 26, 2021Toxic masculinity and bro culture are amorphous terms, but in the workplace, they manifest in clear ways.
Updated: July 26, 2021
GWCF revises pandemic, racial equity grants to focus on nonprofit effectiveness
July 19, 2021The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has opened applications into the two grant programs designed last year to be responsive to the needs exposed by the coronavirus pandemic and the reckoning in racial justice, but this year with a focus on
July 19, 2021
Baker plugs homeownership assistance plan as urgent circumstance
July 19, 2021The $300 million in federal relief funds Gov. Charlie Baker is seeking to spend to expand down payment assistance would help as many as "tens of thousands of homeowners," particularly in communities of color that historically have struggled to
July 19, 2021
Following sexual harassment allegations, Wormtown names David Fields as CEO, other leadership changes
July 16, 2021The announcement comes roughly six weeks after four of the company’s five leaders stepped back from business operations in light of allegations of workplace sexual harassment and discrimination circulated on social media in May.
July 16, 2021
Fontaine Bros. hires first director of diversity, inclusion & impact
July 14, 2021Fontaine Bros., a construction company with offices in Worcester and Springfield, announced on Tuesday it has named Elizabeth Wambui as the company’s director of diversity, inclusion and impact.
July 14, 2021
Former Holy Cross professor sues school over firing in sexual misconduct investigation
July 9, 2021Christopher Dustin, a former philosophy professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, filed a 246-page lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, seeking to reverse his firing and provide unspecified damages for allegedly unfair
July 9, 2021
Nichols College names women’s institute for retired president Susan West Engelkemeyer
June 30, 2021Nichols College’s Institute for Women’s Leadership will be named for outgoing president Susan West Engelkemeyer, who retired in June after 10 years at the Dudley school, the college’s board of trustees announced on Wednesday.
June 30, 2021
YWCA completes $24M renovation, surpasses diversity goals
June 29, 2021The YWCA Central Massachusetts announced on Tuesday it has completed a $24-million renovation of its Salem Square facility in Worcester, lauding both the work itself and the diversity of and wages paid to the crews who saw the project through.
June 29, 2021
WBJ awarded as a top business journal, honored for coverage of Polar Park and women in the workplace
June 24, 2021Worcester Business Journal was honored as a top three business journal of its size in the industry, being honored with four total awards for its investigative and feature writing and design, during the annual ceremony Wednesday from the
June 24, 2021
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