MassCOSH

Great event supporting in solidarity our community! Our team show up and joined Dorchester Strong!

Dorchester Day Parade on Sunday, June 7, 2026 was a Sucess! We shared information about our upcoming Health and Safety Summit!

Learn more in how to join the movement
www.masscosh.org

☀️ HEAT SAFETY IS WORKER SAFETY ☀️

As temperatures rise across Massachusetts, remember: hydration, rest, shade, and training save lives.

“The job is not going to get done if you’re dead. Your life matters. Get hydrated.”
— Tatiana Sofia Begault, Executive Director, MassCOSH

MassCOSH encourages all employers and workers to invest in heat safety training before an emergency happens. Training workers to recognize the signs of heat stress can prevent serious injuries and fatalities.

💧 Drink water often
🌳 Take breaks in the shade
⚠️ Know the signs of heat illness
📚 Request a Heat Safety Training

Learn more and schedule a training at:
www.masscosh.org

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Free CORI training on Zoom hosted by Crispin from Access to Justice! Details to come!

MassCOSH is pleased to welcome Access to Justice Fellow and Attorney Crispin Birnbaum on Tuesday May 26, 2026 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm to provide a Zoom training for staff on Massachusetts Criminal Records, Sealing and Expungement. The training will offer an overview of the criminal records system in Massachusetts, including who has what level of access to it for background checks, and what rights clients have under the CORI laws. I will briefly touch on the federal records system as well. The second half of the training will provide an overview of sealing and expungement of Massachusetts criminal records, with practical information for referring clients to free legal services.

The goal of the training is to enable staff with direct care duties to become more knowledgeable and confident speaking with clients about the consequences of living with criminal records in the community. Staff will be able to better identify when and where to refer clients to take that self-empowerment step to address their criminal records via free legal services. Staff will gain information to answer clients’ frequently asked criminal records questions.

Please sign up for this training by contacting [email protected]. We will send you a Zoom link. Please plan to attend on time so Attorney Birnbaum can answer all your criminal records questions during the training. She worked for the Commonwealth for 34 years, including as General Counsel at the Massachusetts Probation Service and the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. After she retired from the Commonwealth in 2018, she has worked as an Access to Justice Fellow focusing on assisting clients with criminal records in four free legal clinics and offering many trainings such as this one across the Commonwealth. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court honored Attorney Birnbaum with an Adams Pro Bono Publico Award for her criminal records work.