Somerville Community Invited to Immigrant Workers’ Rights Fair on Saturday, June 8

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Somerville’s SomerViva Office of Immigrant Affairs, and the Somerville Worker Center, in partnership with the Brazilian Worker Center and the Brazilian Women’s Group, are announcing a free immigrant workers’ rights fair on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Somerville Worker Center located at 530 Mystic Ave, Suite 111. 

The fair will feature two workers’ rights presentations, one at 11:30 a.m. in Spanish and one at 1:30 p.m. in Portuguese.
Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with staff from local workers’ rights organizations on a diverse array of topics including wage theft, safety at work, workers’ compensation, domestic workers’ rights, human trafficking, tax filing and deferred action. 

Advocacy groups currently expected to attend the Immigrant Workers’ Rights Fair include:

• Boston University Human Trafficking Unit
• Brazilian Women’s Group
• Brazilian Worker Center
• Greater Boston Legal Services
• Justice at Work
• The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
• The Somerville Worker Center

Spanish and Portuguese interpretation will be available, and multilingual staff will be on-site. If you need interpretation in additional languages, please email somerviva@somervillema.gov or call 311 at 617-666-3311 at least seven days in advance of the date of the event.

Registration is not required, but is encouraged at the below links:

• English: tinyurl.com/2kmkvpvx
• Portuguese: tinyurl.com/4s58ee2s
•  Spanish: tinyurl.com/yeywxa4w

For more information or if you have questions, please contact somerviva@somervillema.gov or call 311 (617-666-3311).

Individuals with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication, written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures, in order to access the programs and activities of the City of Somerville or to attend meetings, should contact the City’s ADA Coordinator, Adrienne Pomeroy, at 617-625-6600 x2059 or apomeroy@somervillema.gov

The City of Somerville can provide you with an interpreter in your language for free. To request an interpreter, please contact us at somerviva@somervillema.gov or call 311 (617-666-3311) at least 7 days in advance of this event.