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Juneteenth 2021 at CommCorp

While I learned about Juneteenth years ago, this year was the first year I participated in community festivities and used this time to intentionally reflect on the pain and triumphs of those who made this day possible. Juneteenth weekend, I enjoyed watching films, listening to presentations and performers express their arts of history, telling personal stories, and supporting minority black-owned businesses in Boston.

Celebrating Women’s History Month with Deidra Leconte

National Women’s History Month annually encourages us to honor the women who came before us and fought for equality among all races and genders. This month serves as a way to celebrate and honor the women who paved a way and the women who are making changes today.

On Celebrating Black History Month

The Black Lives Matter movement has changed the country and shifted conversations about police, social justice and structural racism. Conversations that, honestly, should have been had a long time ago.

WTFP Grantees Attain Positive Job Growth While State, National Numbers Fall

Employers that completed training initiatives through the Workforce Training Fund’s General Program in FY20 collectively added new jobs at a rate of 5.8 percent over their two-year grant periods, compared to job growth rates of -13.3 percent statewide and -7.9 percent nationwide during the same two-year period.

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