Diversity

Gov. Ned Lamont has appointed Mariana Monteiro, a former executive director of global diversity at Lockheed Martin, to head Connecticut’s newly created Office of Equity and Opportunity.

The number of needed organ transplants in the U.S. is disproportionately high in Black and Brown communities, but they lack donors of similar genetic backgrounds.

Some think the path to college for students of color changed after affirmative action was repealed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023. Preliminary data from the University of Connecticut, MIT, Yale, Harvard and others remain inconclusive.

Connecticut Chief Justice Richard Robinson officially retired on Thursday and was honored with a ceremony at the state Supreme Court.

Connecticut actor Camiryn Dorlinn is set to make her off-Broadway debut in the show “Fight or Flight” this weekend.

According to Education Reform Now, a national organization with a Connecticut chapter, teachers of color make up only 11% of the state educator workforce.

The Connecticut Judicial Branch is more diverse than it was 40 years ago, but outreach to marginalized communities is still needed, said Chief Justice Richard Robinson as he launched Diversity Week on Monday.

Connecticut Chief Public Defender TaShun Bowden-Lewis’ efforts to diversify her agency have received backlash from within it. Now she’s speaking out.

Eastern Connecticut State University’s Diversity Week kicked off on Monday. State Treasurer Erick Russell spoke to students and faculty about being the first openly gay African American elected to a statewide office in the U.S.

The largest class of New York State Forest Rangers recently graduated in Lake Placid. The ranger force is now larger by more than 30%, though state officials say diversifying the force is still a work in progress.