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Diversity & Inclusion
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Discovery Museum receives $1M for sustainability, inclusivity
June 23, 2021The Sheth Sangreal Foundation of Austin awarded a five-year, $1-million grant to the Discovery Museum in Acton to support the museum’s sustainability and inclusivity efforts.
June 23, 2021
Riley pledges enforcement of new vocational school admissions rules
June 23, 2021Regulations adopted Tuesday and set to affect applicants for the 2022-2023 school year will require vocational-technical schools to develop their own admissions policies "that promote equitable access", removing the requirement that grades,
June 23, 2021
Bill mandates pay scale disclosure if applicants ask
June 23, 2021The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development heard testimony Tuesday from lawmakers and fair labor advocates about legislation (H 1950 / S 1208) that would would require employers to disclose the pay scale for a position to a job applicant
June 23, 2021
RMI president becomes first Latina to lead North Central chamber board
June 22, 2021Rachel Lopez, president of the Fitchburg human resources outsourcing company Resource Management, has been elected as chair of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce board of directors, the organization announced on Monday.
June 22, 2021
WBJ promotes Benevides to senior reporter
June 22, 2021Worcester Business Journal announced on Tuesday its manufacturing and diversity & inclusion reporter, Monica Benevides, has been promoted to the position of senior staff writer.
June 22, 2021-
More data sought on disparities in mental health care
June 22, 2021The state's Health Policy Commission would be required by a bill filed this session to issue an annual report on the prevalence of mental health disorders and accessibility to treatment based on demographics in an attempt to identify and eliminate
June 22, 2021 
Racial equity panel uses first hearing to build to-do list
June 15, 2021A diverse stream of lawmakers, activists and community leaders produced a lengthy list of racial equity proposals on Monday, kicking off one of the Legislature's most daunting undertakings to date: confronting centuries of structural racism
June 15, 2021
Juneteenth festival set for Saturday in Worcester
June 10, 2021This year’s Black Heritage Juneteenth Festival is set to take place in Worcester on Saturday, marking the first year that Juneteenth is a recognized state holiday in Massachusetts.
June 10, 2021
Marlborough Hospital receives $300K grant to overcome language, cultural barriers
June 9, 2021UMass Memorial Health – Marlborough Hospital has been awarded a grant from the Cummings Foundation of $300,000 over 10 years.
June 9, 2021
National Grid makes Juneteenth a company holiday
June 8, 2021National Grid will consider Juneteenth a company holiday for all U.S. employees beginning this year, the electric company announced Tuesday morning.
June 8, 2021
Changing power dynamics: The Kennedy Community Health Center has purposefully remade its board
Updated: June 7, 2021To better represent its patient population, the board of directors at the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center has made an effort during the past three years to diversify and include a greater variety of perspectives under the leadership of
Updated: June 7, 2021
Study: More women leading at Mass. companies, nonprofits, legislature
June 2, 2021Nichols College in Dudley has scored Massachusetts 45/100 on the latest iteration of the school’s biennial Massachusetts Women’s Leadership Index, which is overseen by the college’s Institute for Women’s Leadership.
June 2, 2021
Bulk of Wormtown Brewery ownership steps back amid accusations of harassment, sexism, racism
May 28, 2021Most of Wormtown Brewery’s ownership team will step back from business operations at the largest brewery in Worcester after allegations of discrimination and sexual harassment the company described as “disturbing and heartbreaking" circulated on
May 28, 2021
Poor neighborhoods with diverse populations struggle to sustain economic development
Updated: May 24, 2021Downtown Fitchburg has struggled to attract new growth when so many people are following jobs to more prosperous areas or finding affordable areas elsewhere.
Updated: May 24, 2021
Rich dreams, poor dreams: Racial discrimination in mortgage lending is holding communities down
Updated: May 24, 2021This five-month investigation by Worcester Business Journal and Worcester Regional Research Bureau dives into how racial discrimination in mortgage lending and home ownership creates neighborhoods of have's and have-not's in Greater Worcester, where
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Racial discrimination in mortgage lending has created a segregated Worcester
Updated: May 24, 2021Worcester, like cities around the rest of the country, is in the midst of a cultural reckoning.
Updated: May 24, 2021
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