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2022 Malden People’s Budget Survey

March 1, 2022 Leave a Comment

2022 Malden People's Budget SurveyThe Malden People’s Budget is a non-partisan, community-led process grounded in inclusive values. The findings of the survey will be presented to the Malden City Council this spring so they know the direction the city residents and employees want their budget to go. Please click here to take the survey and, when you’ve finished taking the survey, please send the survey link to 3 – 5 people you know who live or work in Malden!

The deadline to complete the survey is March 15, 2022.

 

Filed Under: Featured News, Local News Tagged With: Budget, funding, malden, People's Budget

Malden Education Association Announces Donations to Malden COVID-19 Relief Efforts

April 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

MALDEN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES DONATIONS
TO MALDEN COVID-19 COMMUNITY RELIEF EFFORTS

We are proud to announce that the Malden Education Association is donating $1500 each to community organizations and funds supporting Malden during the coronavirus crisis: Bread of Life, the Pisa Pizza Pay It Forward Fund, and City Life/Vida Urbana.

These funds are sourced from the MTA Annual Meeting yearly travel expenses – as this year’s meeting in May is now virtual, the funds are no longer needed to conduct union business.

The three organizations support Malden in different, dynamic, and necessary ways. Bread of Life provides daily meals to families in need in our community. The Pisa Pizza Pay It Forward Fund has provided countless thousands of dollars in charitable contributions to Malden students and families. During the COVID-19 crisis, Pisa Pizza is feeding those in need and frontline medical workers free of charge. City Life/Vida Urbana empowers housing-insecure Malden families and renters facing eviction or dramatically raised rents. All three are helping our Malden students and families in these times of need.

In these times of crisis and uncertainty, it is more important than ever that we support others doing good in our community. Just like our community has stood with the Malden Education Association, we can stand by Malden and its residents as we stand strong and weather this crisis together.

In Solidarity,
The Malden Education Association Executive Board

Deb Gesualdo, Pam Skinner, Marta Lunden, Julie Maguire-Jones, Elaine Rittershaus, Jessica Gold Boots, Paula Higgins, Adrienne DeSantis

 

Filed Under: Local News, Member News Tagged With: bread of life, city life/vida urbana, covid-19, malden, massachusetts teachers association, mutual aid, pandemic, pisa pizza, relief efforts

COVID-19 Resources

March 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

The Malden Education Association joins with other unions, community organizations, and elected officials who are calling for the enactment of common good demands during this unprecedented public health crisis. Please click here to read the Massachusetts Teachers Association’s common good demands.

Resources for the Malden Community During the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis:


Meal Sites

  • Malden Public Schools breakfast/lunch for students
  • Bread of Life
  • Malden YMCA
  • Project Bread’s School Closure Meal Site Finder
  • Apply for SNAP benefits (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)

Health Related Services

  • Buoy Health Symptom Checker
  • Information on COVID-19 testing at Malden Care Center. Tests are available, by appointment, for residents of Malden and Everett 8 years of age or older. 
  • MA Health Connector
  • Malden Board of Health
  • For those who are MassHealth members and receive hands-on support from a Personal Care Attendant (PCA), but are short PCAs due to the COVID-19 crisis, call the MassOptions hotline at 1-844-422-6277 to obtain home health aide services.
  • Mental Health and Well-Being Resources
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline Safety Alert: Computer use can be monitored and is impossible to completely clear. If you are afraid your internet usage might be monitored, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233 or TTY 1−800−787−3224.
  • Domestic Violence Support and Resources
  • Phone AA Service

Information for the Malden Community

  • City of Malden Alert Center
  • Status of Businesses and other Non-City Services in Malden (What is Open and What is Closed?) 

Mutual Aid Networks

  • Mutual Aid in Malden
  • Mutual Aid Networks in Massachusetts

Resources for Frontline Workers

  • Frontline Worker Resources (An initiative of the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts)

Emergency Childcare for First Responders

  • Emergency Childcare Search

General Resources

  • Mass 2-1-1: Free. Confidential. Multilingual
  • Families facing housing displacement can reach out to City Life/Vida Urbana for help/support 
  • Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance Application
  • Massachusetts Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA provides up to 39 weeks of assistance for those who are unable to work due to COVID-19, but are not eligible for regular or extended unemployment benefits)
  • Information on free and affordable internet access
  • If you are facing unsafe working conditions, call MassCOSH at 617-825-7233

Assistance for Families Facing Eviction & Emergency Shelter Assistance

  • Click here to reach out to City Life/Vida Urbana for help/support if you are facing housing displacement due to eviction or foreclosure
  • Click here if you or somebody you know needs emergency shelter assistance.

Resources for Immigrant and Undocumented Families

  • Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)

Greater Boston Legal Services Resources

  • Information on the Statewide Freeze on Evictions and Foreclosures in MA
  • How to Access Emergency Shelter
  • How to Proceed in Housing and District Courts
    English
    Spanish
  • Consumer Rights and Protections re: Debt Collection
    English
    Spanish
  • Unemployment Benefits
    English
    Spanish
  • Resources for those Suffering Financial Hardship

 

Filed Under: Featured News, Local News, Member News Tagged With: 2020 census, common good, community resources, covid-19, covid19, malden, mutual aid

City Life/Vida Urbana Community Meeting

January 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

If you get a rent hike you can’t afford or an eviction notice…

will you know your rights?

COMMUNITY MEETING IN MALDEN

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 @ 6:30pm

Malden High School Gallery, 77 Salem St., Malden, MA 02148 (use the Ferry St. entrance)

Sponsored by Mayor Gary Christenson and the Malden Education Association

Resources at the meeting will include City Life/Vida Urbana, Greater Boston Legal Services, and the Chinese Progressive Association.

Join us to learn important information about:

  1. Your rights when faced with a big rent increase or no-fault eviction
  2. Other issues in landlord-tenant law
  3. What can be done about the displacement problem in Malden
  4. Problems of small owners dealing with bank foreclosures

“We residents at 33 Park St. in Malden got a 40% rent increase 8 months ago after our building was sold. At first we didn’t know our rights. We thought we had to move out of our homes right away. But then we learned our rights. We are still in our homes.” –Lynnette Ng, resident 33 Park St. 

 

Filed Under: Featured News, Local News Tagged With: Chinese Progressive Association, City Life, City of Malden, community meeting, Greater Boston Legal Services, housing, housing justice, malden, Malden Education Association, Malden High School, Malden Public Schools, rent, tentants' rights, Vida Urbana

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