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SWING YOUR PARTNER: The Academy Players of Rhode Island perform “The Old Man and the Old Moon” at the theater in Providence.
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Academy Players work to make the theater a space for all

PBN 2025 DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARDS Arts (Small Company): Academy Players of Rhode Island Twenty years ago, Rita Maron moved the Academy Players of Rhode...
FINANCE FUNDAMENTALS: Bryan Hoff­man, a financial services certified professional with Gorra Financial Group, teaches financial literacy to a special education class at East Providence High School through Won Strategy, a program that introduces high school students to the fundamentals of business.
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Entrepreneurship as a tool for equity

PBN 2025 DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARDS Education: Won Strategy From ideation and product design to financial literacy and marketing, Providence-based Won Strategy’s Why to How...
PERSONNEL MEETING: City Personnel employees meet at the staffing organization’s office in Providence. Pictured, from left, are Daniel Apajee, sourcing specialist; Adora Andrade, recruiting coordinator; Dawn Apajee, founder and president; Zach Gagnon, marketing manager; and recruiting specialists Britt Phillips and Soledad Lacayo.
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City Personnel’s DEI philosophy shapes Rhode Island’s workforce

PBN 2025 DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARDS Professional Services (Consulting): City Personnel Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts have always been a priority at Providence staffing agency...
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Five Questions With: Meredith J. deChabert

5Q: Meredith J. deChabert | Head of school, The Gordon School 1. You started as head of school in July. What drew you to...
ALL IN: Dawn Apajee, right, owner and founder of professional staffing service City Personnel Inc., says the company is not pulling back on its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Writing on the board above is Recruiting Coordinator Adora Andrade.
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DEI commitments tested by federal rollbacks

Business and civic support for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives remains strong across the Ocean State. But as this week’s cover story reports, federal efforts...

Five Questions With: Kevin Matta

Kevin Matta is the senior director of people, culture and operations for United Way of Rhode Island Inc. He is also president of Diversity...

Meet Amgen Women Leaders in Science

Join us for an enlightening forum featuring Alli Ferguson and Satpal Kundra, two distinguished women leaders at Amgen. In this article, they share their...
DIVERSE BRANDS: Crystal DaCruz started Boxed in Black, which curates gift boxes filled with items sold and made by Black- and brown-owned businesses, because she felt those products were being underrepresented in the market. 
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Everybody’s Business: She’s a champion for Black and brown businesses

(Editor’s note: This is the 56th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...

R.I. Foundation hires Cano Morales as its new VP of equity...

PROVIDENCE – Anna Cano Morales, the former Rhode Island College vice president of external relations and diversity, equity and inclusion who left the state-run...

DEI support still strong in Ocean State

As disheartening as the national rollback in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is for local advocates, the commitment remains strong in the Ocean State. In...
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