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Up to $25 million in grants are available to cannabis business owners who come from communities harmed by enforcement of past marijuana laws.
Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has received a slice of $2.6 million in state funding to train formerly incarcerated individuals returning to the workforce for jobs in the culinary, construction, manufacturing, hospitality, and
As the U.S. faces an ongoing behavioral health provider shortage, one Worcester program is working to boost BIPOC representation in the mental health field.
Social equity cannabis companies say more support needed.
The City of Worcester’s chief diversity officer position has been vacant for nearly two and a half years, a timeframe longer than any individual has held the role since its creation in 2016.
The WPI hotel-to-housing controversy sparked a secondary conversation about the organization which initially led the charge by sending WPI a fiery public letter.
CVS Pharmacy has begun offering same-day birth control consultation and prescriptions in Massachusetts, as part of an effort to provide lower-cost, easier-to-access reproductive health services.
Three Worcester County nonprofits have been awarded a combined $1.49 million in capital funding to refurbish their early education and out-of-school time program facilities predominantly serving low-income families.
Worcester-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.
Worcester’s EcoTarium has launched a mobile-phone navigation app prototype.
Three 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
A 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.
Caitlyn Correia has taken over ownership of BlueHive Exhibits.
Haywood 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.
Today, 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
Lora Dumas has played a role in keeping tens of thousands of Central Massachusetts residents safe, even if they don’t know her name.