Thursday, September 17, 2026

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HEAD OF THE CLASS: Justin D. Bibee, Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island’s Refugee Resettlement Department assistant director, teaches a class at the Providence nonprofit. 
COURTESY DORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE 
OF RHODE ISLAND

Dorcas International Institute’s Bibee has an open-door policy to aiding the community

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2024 Awards DIVERSITY CHAMPION: Justin D. Bibee, Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, Justin D. Bibee has advanced...
COMMUNITY OF BELONGING: In 2023, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP launched the pilot Virtual Belonging Communities mentorship program, in which participants have a mentor who is part of their selected community and they meet to address topics unique to their VBC that can help them advance in their careers. Pictured from left, CLA associate Andrew Roy; Tohib Giwa, assistant controller and SouthCoast diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging ambassador; and Manager Dave Hanson meet in the company’s Cranston office. 
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CLA engages to create a sense of belonging

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2024 Awards ACCOUNTING: CliftonLarsonAllen LLP A DECADE AFTER it began investing in its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP’s work...
CREATING ACCESS: Tina Guenette, CEO and president of Real Access Motivates Progress, estimates she has assisted more than 200 businesses, mostly in Rhode Island, to become fully accessible for the disabled. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

RAMP’s Guenette makes progress through mobility

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2024 Awards EDITOR’S CHOICE – ADVOCATE: Tina Guenette, Real Access Motivates Progress AFTER TINA GUENETTE BECAME paralyzed a decade ago, the...
MODERATOR KEVIN MATTA, third from left, speaks with the panelists at Providence Business News’ 2024 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit and Awards program at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick on Thursday morning. Also on the panel, from left, is Myra Coufal, Amgen Rhode Island diversity, inclusion and belonging site lead; Carolyn Belisle, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island vice president of corporate social responsibility; Talia Brookshire, Neighborhhood Health Plan of Rhode Island chief diversity officer; Shameen Awan, Amica Mutual Insurance Co. DE&I assistant vice president; and Neenee Shin, CBIZ Inc. director of diversity, equity and inclusion. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: Diversity, equity and inclusion in workplaces may face big test in 2025...

WARWICK – Proponents of diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the private sector fear a simmering pushback to their work could be accelerating, putting...

GivingTuesday estimates $3.6B was donated this year

NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. donors gave $3.6 billion on Tuesday, an increase from the past two years, according to estimates from the nonprofit...
BROWN UNIVERSITY is launching a new set of recruitment initiatives to attract more students of diverse backgrounds to attend the Ivy League school. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown launches recruitment initiatives to boost diversity of students

PROVIDENCE – Brown University on Wednesday launched a new set of admission recruitment initiatives to attract more students of diverse backgrounds to the Ivy...

Cannabis use is rising among R.I. middle schoolers; high school alcohol use is down,...

Yesterday’s vices have lost some favor among Rhode Island’s teens and preteens, a new survey suggests.  And yet cannabis seems to have found a bigger...
IN EARLY 2020, the University of Rhode Island opened Brookside Hall, pictured, a $94 million new residence hall on campus. URI on Wednesday announced it plans to build several new residence halls to provide more than 1,100 additional beds for undergraduate and graduate students living on campus. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI to build new additional on-campus residence halls

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – More on-campus student housing is coming to the University of Rhode Island. The university announced Wednesday that it plans to construct several...
ANN-MARIE HARRINGTON, left, has been elected as the Rhode Island Foundation's new board chairperson. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Harrington elected R.I. Foundation’s new board chairperson

PROVIDENCE – Ann-Marie Harrington, the founder and former CEO of digital marketing company Embolden who has served on the Rhode Island Foundation’s board of...
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