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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...

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...
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...

Neronha joins coalition to help businesses retain DEI efforts in the...

PROVIDENCE - Attorney General Peter F. Neronha on Thursday joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general to help businesses maintain diversity, equity, inclusion and...
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SETTING A NEW COURSE: 5-year action plan to determine how R.I....

When David N. Cicilline became the Rhode Island Foundation’s new chief executive and president in May 2023, he and the rest of the nonprofit’s...
UPPER90 Capital Management LP, a hybrid credit firm that provides growth capital for technology startups, has raised $23 million in funding for a fund called Upper90 Crusoe Equity V SPV LLC, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 11. 

SEC filing of the week: Upper90 raises $23M in funding

PROVIDENCE - Upper90 Capital Management LP, a hybrid credit firm that provides growth capital for technology startups, has raised $23 million for a fund...
JT Torres

How DEI rollbacks at colleges set back learning

Just four years ago, following the murder of George Floyd, almost every college and university in the U.S. had at least one diversity, equity...

Five Questions With: Kevin Matta

Kevin Matta is the senior director of people and culture for United Way of Rhode Island Inc. and the president of the Rhode Island-based...

Diverse thinking is key

Harnessing cognitive diversity in the workplace involves recognizing and accommodating individual variations in thinking and information processing. Given that cognitive diversity is comprised of...
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