PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
John Adams Courthouse
One Pemberton Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
MEDIA ADVISORY
CONTACT:
Jennifer Donahue/Erika Gully-Santiago
PublicInfo@sjc.state.ma.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 9, 2021
Trial Court to Host Virtual Town Hall in Malden
On Thursday, March 11th at 12:00pm, the Massachusetts Trial Court, elected officials, and community partners will host a virtual town hall meeting for the Malden community to provide information on court services and community resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics discussed will include court processes, housing and homelessness prevention, substance use, and domestic violence. The session will be conducted in English with Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole interpretation.
The event will be broadcast by Urban Media Arts:
Cable (English): Comcast Channel 22 or Verizon Channel 26
Online (English): https://www.youtube.com/c/MaldenAccessMATV
Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole interpretation available at: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1602159237?pwd=RG5xdVZ3U08xa3pYaUlkejR5SUM2UT09
Virtual Town Hall Meeting Agenda
- Opening Remarks
- Trial Court Chief Justice Paula Carey
- Senator Jason Lewis
- Representative Paul Donato
- Representative Steven Ultrino
- Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian
- Malden Updates (Eviction Moratorium, Rental Assistance, The Recovery Center)
- Court Processes and Resources, Domestic Violence
- Malden District Court – Judge Emily Karstetter; Clerk Magistrate Marybeth Brady; First Assistant Clerk Magistrate Erica Columbo; Chief Court Officer Mark Gannon; Head Administrative Assistant Elizabeth Fisher
- Probation Department – Chief Probation Officer Marisa Cogliandro-Vaughan; Assistant Chief Probation Officer Judith Lawler
- Housing and Homelessness
- Northeast Housing Court – Judge Allen Swan
- Housing Families – Jayna Stafford, Director of Legal Services and Homelessness Prevention
- Just A Start – Elizabeth Winston, Housing and Mediation Services Director
- Substance Use
- Malden Drug Court – Judge James LaMothe; Probation Officer Gianna Franco
- The Recovery Center – Paul Hammersley, Addiction Recovery Resource Specialist
- Help Line and Interpreter Services – Narda Berrios, Senior Manager, Office of Language Access
- Closing Remarks
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