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2021 Power 50: Stacey Luster
Updated: May 10, 2021Stacey Luster, the first Black woman ever elected to Worcester City Council, works to support anti-racism and equal opportunity, and she has co-founded two advocacy groups designed to help those efforts: Black Families Together, which focuses on
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham
Updated: May 10, 2021In 2020, companies, nonprofits and other organizations tripped over themselves to establish diversity, equity and inclusion committees, initiatives and goals, largely in response to the police murder of George Floyd. But it’s one thing to talk the
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: Fred Taylor
Updated: May 10, 2021As the newly elected as president of the Worcester Unit of the NAACP, Fred Taylor took the helm of the organization at a pivotal moment, when both Worcester and the rest of the country are actively reckoning with centuries of systemic racism.
Updated: May 10, 2021
Challenge urges shopping at Asian American businesses
May 4, 2021Kicking off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Massachusetts House Asian Caucus is putting forward a social media challenge encouraging people to shop at Asian American and Pacific Islander-owned businesses.
May 4, 2021
Q&A: Harpoon teams with Brewers Guild to help diversify Mass. beer industry
April 27, 2021Mass. Bay Brewing Company Co-founder and President Dan Kenary and Brewers Guild Executive Director Katie Stinchon spoke with WBJ about how Hop Forward evolved from a job fair to a resource center, the website’s goals, and related programming on deck
April 27, 2021
St. Mary’s Credit Union names its first woman CEO, effective Oct. 1
April 27, 2021St. Mary’s Credit Union, headquartered in Marlborough, has named Larissa Thurston as its next CEO and president, the first woman to lead the organization since its founding in 1913.
April 27, 2021
Central Mass. leaders respond to Chauvin guilty verdict, call for continuing fight against racism
April 21, 2021None of the leaders struck a celebratory tone, noting the conviction of one police officer was not equivalent to beating back systemic racism.
April 21, 2021
State commission highlights pandemic health disparities, impacts
April 15, 2021Hispanic and Black patients represented a disproportionate share of COVID-19 hospitalizations in 2020, as did patients from lower-income communities, according to a new state report.
April 15, 2021
Registration remains open for WBJ’s Shecession webinar
April 13, 2021Even with a large number of sign-ups, registration is still available and open for a Worcester Business Journal webinar centering around women in the workforce, which will take place at noon Tuesday.
April 13, 2021
Mass. vaccine rollout fraught with challenges of misinformation, distrust
March 26, 2021Almost one out of six Massachusetts residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But there's still hesitancy from many, often due to misinformation or distrust in the science, caregivers said in a health forum Thursday.
March 26, 2021
Framingham business leaders condemn attacks against Asian Americans
March 24, 2021A group of business, nonprofit and community stakeholders in and around Framingham released a collective statement on Saturday condemning verbal and physical attacks against Asian Americans, following what it describes as an uptick in racist attacks
March 24, 2021
Senate confirms Isabel Guzman as new SBA administrator
March 17, 2021The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Isabel Guzman as the U.S. Small Business Administration’s new administrator, in an 81-17 vote.
March 17, 2021
MassMutual earmarks $50M investment fund targeting Black-owned businesses
March 1, 2021MassMutual, a Springfield-based life insurance company, announced on Thursday the launch of its new MM Catalyst Fund, a $50-million investment commitment aimed at promoting business growth among diverse entrepreneurs throughout Massachusetts.
March 1, 2021
Clark launches study abroad program to attract international students
March 1, 2021Clark University is launching a new study program intended to support and attract more international students, and particularly those who would benefit from more English language training before matriculating in the United States, the Worcester
March 1, 2021
Worcester lays groundwork for fight against systemic racism in city government
February 22, 2021Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus has initiated a multi-prong plan taking aim at systemic racism as it manifests in City Hall, Worcester Public Schools, the Worcester Police Department and other public offices, releasing a string of executive
February 22, 2021
Two Black Lives Matter-inspired startups aim to educate
Updated: February 22, 2021In summer of 2020, Price was spending time with those closest to him, watching the Black Lives Matter movement expand in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police and trying to figure out what he should do next.
Updated: February 22, 2021
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