Saturday 6/20 COVID-19 Updates

Dear all, 

 

I write to you this evening with relevant COVID-19 updates and resources. Our next newsletter will be on Monday June 22, 2020. 

 

As of today, there are 1074  Cambridge residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 and 97 residents have passed away. Learn more here. There are 106,936  cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, including 23, 544 in Middlesex County.746,970 patients have been tested, and 7,816 have passed away. Learn more here.

 

Town Hall 

 

Next Wednesday at 4PM I will be holding a town hall on children’s behavioral health. Many parents are attempting to deal with screen time, boredom, and anxiety through the pandemic. Please send any questions you have on this topic to me via email at Marjorie.Decker@mahouse.gov or submit them in the Q&A chat during the town hall. 

 

You can sign up for the Zoom here or join by watching CCTV channel 9 or Facebook Live. 

 

 Thanks to CCTV, you can find recordings of the weekly town halls I have been holding on COVID-19 related issues here.

 

Cambridge Updates

 

More than 1,000 people attended a Black Lives Matter rally in Cambridge this afternoon. The peaceful rally started at Cambridge Common and stopped at City Hall for a program with speakers and ended at police headquarters. 

 

Black Cambridge and Covid-19

Part III:  An Intergenerational Conversation

Join Cambridge School Committee Vice-Chair Manikka Bowman and Former Cambridge Mayor and City Councilor E. Denise Simmons for a five-part series on the impact of COVID-19 on Black Cambridge.

June 21, 2020 at 1:00pm

Pre-register on zoom:bit.ly/3fqjiwQor watch CCTV’s Facebook Live or youtube.com/cctvcambridge

 

Where to get tested: 

 

Cambridge residents age 8 or older can get tested at the following location free of charge regardless of insurance or immigration status:

 

CHA East Cambridge Care Center

  • To schedule an appointment call 617-665-2928

 

Translation Resources Available: 

 

Multilingual city resources and information on COVID-19 are available on the City’s multilingual help page.

 

Governor Baker Press Conference Updates: 

 

Governor Baker did not hold a press conference today. 

 

Where to Give

 

If you are able to give to others during this time, I encourage you to look to the following places that are working to help those most affected by COVID-19: 

 

Mayor’s Disaster Relief Fund

 

Cambridge Health Alliance

 

Cambridge Community Foundation

 

Food for Free

 

Greater Boston Food Bank

 

Cradles to Crayons Emergency Essentials Fund

 

Enroot Emergency Immigrant Cash Assistance Fund

 

Mount Auburn Hospital

 

The One Chelsea Fund

 

I also encourage you to donate to the following organizations that are engaging in racial justice work: 

 

Louis D. Brown Peace Institute

 

Families for Justice as Healing

 

Prisoners’ Legal Services

 

Boston NAACP

 

Massachusetts Bail Fund

 

ACLU of Massachusetts

 

As always, do not hesitate to reach out to me with questions or concerns at Marjorie.Decker@mahouse.gov.   

 

Sincerely,  

Marjorie

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