Worcester advisory council advances a slate of applicants to city boards and commissions

WORCESTER, Mass. — The Worcester City Citizen Advisory Council voted July 8 to approve its June minutes and to forward a slate of applicants for consideration by human resources and the appointing authorities for several city boards and commissions.

The council approved the minutes as amended and then moved through interviews and individual votes on roughly a dozen applicants who had applied to two or more city boards each. Applicants spoke briefly about their backgrounds and what they would bring to the volunteer roles; the council asked follow-up questions before voting on each application.

The appointments, which the council said will move on to the city’s Human Resources office for next steps, included nominees for the Status of Women board, Human Rights Commission, Historical Commission, Thomas Early Scholarship board, Ballpark Commission, Community Preservation Committee, Commission on Homelessness, Elder Affairs Commission, Community Preservation Committee, LGBTQ+ Affairs, Arts Council and others. Several nominees emphasized previous volunteer work in Worcester or professional experience relevant to the commissions they applied to.

Robin Curry, who said she founded the Central Mass Freedom Coalition and has done outreach and training on human trafficking and “end demand” initiatives, applied to both the Status of Women board and the Human Rights Commission. Curry described prior work with hospitals and an awareness-and-reporting training policy she helped advance for hotel employees during a period of…