Care for the Future: An Evening at Labouré

May 13, 2025
5:30pm - 7:30pm
303 Adams Street, Milton

Complimentary wine & hors d’oeuvres

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Care for the Future: An Evening at Labouré

Enjoy a glass of wine while you observe students performing patient care scenarios in our state-of-the-art simulation lab
Meet local Milton and Dorchester residents with similar interest in our local caregivers and the state of healthcare in Massachusetts
Network with local healthcare industry leadership and nurses
Learn about Labouré's initiatives to remove barriers to nursing degree education for all who are called to care

Host Committee

Senator William Driscoll, Jr.

Representative Richard Wells, Jr.

Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune

Jim Brett
President and CEO at The New England Council

Dr. Michael Curry, Esq.
President & CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

Nancy Gaden DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN,
Senior Vice President and CNO, Boston Medical Center

Why Labouré

Our mission at Labouré is to educate underserved populations to become exceptional healthcare professionals who represent the rich diversity of our communities. Inspired by the values of our founders, the Daughters of Charity, we prepare our graduates to deliver high-quality, equitable, and dignified care to all.

Since our founding in 1892 we’ve prepared over 10,000 local nurses and healthcare providers. Today we have the largest Registered Nurse (RN) program in Massachusetts, and a licensure exam pass rate of 91%.

Massachusetts is in the midst of a nursing workforce crisis that is only predicted to increase. At the same time, there are thousands of local men and women who dream of caring for their communities. Labouré is working to remove barriers to nursing education and support our nursing workforce:

We are empowering women to break cycles of poverty: Our students are 96% women and approximately 63% are at or approaching poverty – most are raising young families with an average household income of ~$40,000. This education provides our students with a rewarding career, a livable wage, and economic independence.
We are mitigating the MA nurse staffing crisis as the largest educator of RNs in the state.
We are championing health equity and quality of care in our Greater Boston communities: At 68% people of color, many first-generation, and 48% multilingual, our students mirror our local population and diversify the workforce. In the MA Nurses Association’s State of Nursing in Massachusetts survey, 69% of nurses said greater workforce diversity would help combat racial inequities in healthcare, and 68% said patients get better care and have better outcomes when the nursing workforce at a hospital reflects the racial and ethnic diversity of the patient community.