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Post-moratorium evictions hit communities of color the hardest, report finds
March 23, 2022In the first year after elected officials allowed a statewide moratorium on evictions to lapse, tenants in neighborhoods where a majority of residents are nonwhite were nearly twice as likely to face eviction than renters in mostly white areas,
March 23, 2022
Former Worcester chief diversity officer hired at Mount Wachusett Community College
March 21, 2022Stephanie Williams, who is resigning as Worcester’s chief diversity officer, has been hired by Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner to be the school’s first-ever chief diversity executive.
March 21, 2022
Worcester considering investigation of chief diversity officer position after 3rd resignation
March 16, 2022At Tuesday night’s Worcester City Council meeting, City Manager Edward Augustus said he was open to hiring an independent investigator to help understand the cause of high turnover within the chief diversity officer role in Worcester.
March 16, 2022
Clark VP appointed to Mass. Black Advisory Commission
March 15, 2022Joseph Corazzini, vice president for government and community affairs at Clark University, has been appointed to serve on Massachusetts’ Black Advisory Commission.
March 15, 2022
Amid resignation controversy, Worcester diversity officer says she is leaving to have a greater impact elsewhere
March 11, 2022Stephanie Williams, Worcester’s chief diversity officer whose resignation was announced on March 4, has released her own statement about her decision to leave.
March 11, 2022
NAACP berates City of Worcester over third chief diversity officer departure
March 7, 2022"We have gone backwards. With a population so diverse we now only have one person of color in the leadership of the administration and no Black women," wrote Fred Taylor, president of Worcester’s NAACP Unit, in a letter.
March 7, 2022
WBJ Hall of Fame: Sawyer is driven by love
Updated: March 7, 2022Anh Vu Sawyer can list the top five best decisions she’s made in her 68 years of life.
Updated: March 7, 2022
Business Leaders of the Year: Murrieta turned one week into an arts institution
Updated: March 7, 2022Joy Murrieta didn’t set out to start a nonprofit organization.
Updated: March 7, 2022
Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition names first president & CEO
February 25, 2022The nonprofit Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition, based in Worcester, has named founding member Celia Blue as its first president and CEO, the organization said Thursday, while also announcing a $500,000 donation from the Esler Family Foundation.
February 25, 2022
Gov. Baker will begin distributing $500 to 500K low-income workers in March
February 9, 2022The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration will begin distributing $500 payments to 500,000 low-income workers in March as part of a $4 billion spending plan for American Rescue Plan Act funds, Baker’s office announced Tuesday.
February 9, 2022
The president of the largest Central Mass. physician group spent her career advancing science and diversity in ophthalmology
Updated: February 7, 2022Schaal came to the U.S. to take an ophthalmology fellowship at the University of Louisville, after receiving both her medical and doctoral degrees in Israel and serving as a physician in the Israeli navy.
Updated: February 7, 2022
The Boardroom Gap: Women still fight barriers to advancement, as their role in Central Mass. business leadership stagnates
Updated: February 7, 2022In its annual The Boardroom Gap investigation of gender diversity in the region’s business leadership, WBJ found 37% of executives & board members are women, unchanged from 2021.
Updated: February 7, 2022
The nuances of leadership: Peacock rises to be FLEXcon’s first female president
Updated: February 7, 2022Starting her career in the world of financial services, Aimee Peacock always knew she wanted to lead people but was not sure when that opportunity would present itself.
Updated: February 7, 2022
The Boardroom Gap: Women's power in labor unions is rising, although Central Mass. lags behind
Updated: February 7, 2022While organized labor has historically been hallmarked by the male-dominated trades, unionized women seem to be fueling a new era in the movement, particularly in industries highly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic like health care, education,
Updated: February 7, 2022
Black restaurant owners call for more COVID relief
February 1, 2022Black restaurant owners and legislators called for more relief funding as they kicked off the fifth annual Boston Black Restaurant Challenge Tuesday morning, a month-long campaign intended to boost awareness of Black-owned eateries in the greater
February 1, 2022-
Worcester seeking residents to help distribute $146M pandemic aid
January 27, 2022The City of Worcester is seeking volunteers who can serve a three-year term on one of five ad-hoc committees tasked with distributing $146 million in federal and state pandemic recovery aid.
January 27, 2022
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