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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
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
Updated: May 24, 2021-
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 
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
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
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
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
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