 | The fourth biennial report of the Boston Indicators Project covers the years 2004-2006. It finds that Greater Boston’s economy strengthened considerably but that the region faces persistent challenges in high costs, labor shortages, and growing income inequality. It also emphasizes Boston’s innovative capacity and its potentially revolutionary role at a time of global economic and climatic change. About the Project Using this Site
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A FOCUS ON BOSTON’S ETHNIC DIVERSITY Now a “majority minority” city with a growing foreign-born population, Boston is steeped in a rich ethnic history as old as the city's founding and as new as the most recent immigrant. Though racial and ethnic disparities persists in many areas, today Bostonians are creating new and exciting mechanisms to advance thier own and the region's prospects and embrace our shared cultural diversity.
Race & Ethnicity Indicators, Data, and Research Visit the Boston Indicators Project'sRace & Ethnicity Cross Cut Filter to view Data, Indicators, Research, and Links & Resources across all 10 sectors of the report.
Web Resources In honor of Black History Month, tour Boston’s Black Heritage Trail in person or online through the Museum of African American History. Kaleidoscope is “Greater Boston’s Multicultural Network” helping people connect to social & civic organizations, business services and more. The Ethnic Media Project at UMASS Boston offers a directory of multilingual and ethnic media sources to support diverse communities across New England. The city is home to a number of organizations to the development and retention of leaders of color in Boston including The Partnership, The
Recent Research Pew Research Center (02/08), US Population Projections: 2005-2050: finds that the US—like Boston—is poised to become “majority minority,” with 82% of population growth coming from foreign-born immigrants by 2050. A report by the U-Mass Boston Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, A Seat at the Table? Racial/Ethnic & Gender Diversity on Corporate, Hospital, Education, Cultural & State Boards found that there are low levels of diversity on the boards of the different types of institutions studied, with corporations being the least diverse and cultural institutions being more diverse.
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