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CLASS PREPARATION: William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School English teacher Dina Louis, right, and social studies teacher Ryan Hall go over a lesson plan in a classroom at the Lincoln-based school. PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Davies Career and Technical High School making an impact in the...

Business Services 12/08/2023

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2023 Awards Education – K-12: William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School AT WILLIAM M. DAVIES JR. CAREER...

OFFERING GUIDANCE: Community College of Rhode Island professor Alyson Snowe, second from left, talks with her technical writing students, from left, Iskandar Miley, Kenneth Hanner and Bryan Pichardo. PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

CCRI offers pathways in the classroom and beyond

Business Services 12/08/2023

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2023 Awards Education – Postsecondary: Community College of Rhode Island BRINGING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION into the classroom and beyond...

R.I. Housing doing its homework to break down barriers in the...

Business Services 12/08/2023

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2023 Awards Financial Services: R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. HELPING PEOPLE SECURE a home is among R.I. Housing and...

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS: From left, CVS Health Corp. employees Tiara Purifoy, Charity Warner and Takeisha Bromell participate in the company’s recent Colleague Resource Group Rhode Island Fair. COURTESY CVS HEALTH CORP.

CVS Health Corp. provides women a strategy for success

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PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2023 Awards Health Care – Enterprise Company: CVS Health Corp. CVS HEALTH CORP. has been focused on diversity, equity and...

SUPPORTING ITS MEMBERS: From left, Jenny Bautista-Ravreby, diversity equity and inclusion manager; Carolyn Belisle, chief of corporate social responsibility; Scott Gowrie, corporate social responsibility specialist; and Richard Salit, public relations manager, all of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, are some key members of the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion team.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of R.I. employees grouping together to...

Business Services 12/08/2023

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2023 Awards Health Care – Large Company: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION values aren’t...

REWARDING MEAL:  Amica Mutual Insurance Co. employees, from left, Cindy Piatti, Isaiah Tamdji, Liddon Norman and Gil Petro eat during a National Customer Service Week company lunch event. COURTESY AMICA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.

Amica employees feel right at home

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PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2023 Awards Insurance: Amica Mutual Insurance Co. WHEN SHAMEEM AWAN began a position with Amica Mutual Insurance Co.’s claims division mere...

GROWING TALENT: Part of Amgen Rhode Island’s talent council’s mission is to discuss the continued development and professional growth of the company’s diverse talent, especially where it may have hidden gems within the organization. Pictured are Jessica Chou, left, Amgen’s senior associate of quality control; and Elijah Otele, quality assurance specialist. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Amgen Rhode Island is making a better community together

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PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2023 Awards Manufacturing: Amgen Rhode Island TOGETHERNESS LEADS to innovation. That is what Amgen Rhode Island feels is a crucial...

A BETTER FUTURE:  In 2009, Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council Inc. created The RI Cross Disability Coalition to focus on individuals with various disabilities and offer them ways to have career opportunities. Pictured, from left, are Kevin Nerney, the council’s executive director; Deanne Gagne, member of the RI Cross Disability Coalition; Sue Babin, the council’s special projects director; and coalition member Tanja Blicker-Ucran. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

R.I. Developmental Disabilities Council creates new ways of thinking to aid...

Business Services 12/08/2023

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2023 Awards Nonprofit/Social Services: Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council Inc. ORGANIZATIONS STRIVING TO DO BETTER to be more diverse, equitable...

Cyber Monday marks the year’s biggest online shopping day

Business Services 11/27/2023

Consumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday. Even though e-commerce...