Page 14 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021 CHA named a winner of WorkWell Massachusetts Award C ambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville and Boston’s metro-north region, has been named a 2021 WorkWell Massachusetts Awards program award winner in the large group category for exemplary worksite health promotion. WorkWell Massachusetts Awards is a corporate award program created by the Worksite Wellness Council of Massachusetts (WWCMA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of worksite wellness programs. The awards, powered by Healthiest Employers, recognize CHA's achievements in developing, implementing and participating in corporate health improvement and wellness programs. CHA’s employee wellness program supports the well-being of coworkers, patients and MIDDLESEX | FROM PAGE 6 of the current system. The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office will then work with the students to review their proposals and use them to inform the work of the Office. “The goal is to broaden our community collaborations around our work. Through conversations in the classroom and by reviewing the reflective work of the student’s final assignments, we will increase the dicommunity by fostering a health conscious and supportive culture. The growth of the program has been steady, providing access to a wide variety of programs that support selfcare, movement, nutrition and rest. Annual offerings have included virtual exercise classes, financial and home buying seminars, discounts to programs at CHA Center for Mindfulness and Compassion and local fitness facilities, Blue Bikes and on-site CSA with Farmer Dave’s. Additionally, versity of ideas and perspectives coming together to improve our criminal system,” said Ryan. TEJI Founder/Co-Director Lee Perlman gave the MIT side of the equation: “I’ve been bringing MIT students into prisons and jails for years to take class alongside incarcerated students. I’ve seen how life changing it is for MIT students to not simply read about, but see with their own eyes a sector of the criminal justice lifecycle, and meet some of the people most affected. Our partnership with DA Ryan’s office is the next step in this proximate education – they’ll get to see the real workings of a DA’s office that is striving to improve justice outcomes, meet the people doing the work, and participate in creating processes to assure equal justice.” TEJI Co-Director Carole Cafferty, an advocate for justice-involved people for over 30 years, added: “Socially engaged academic opportunities such as the program hosts a wide variety of internal engagement programs, such as a well-being podcast, team walking challenge, company cookbook, and virtual performing arts showcase. CHA Wellness Manager Rebecca Toutant attributes much of the program’s success to its support from employees, partners and department leaders. “The program is an opportunity for connection WORKWELL | SEE PAGE 20 these allow MIT students to hone their empathy skills and use their intellectual gifts to directly improve people’s lives. Our partnership with DA Ryan and her team will provide students with firsthand experience while contributing to solutions for complex social justice challenges within our communities.” The winter class starts on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, and the spring semester course starts on February 2, 2022. This course will be taught by Ryan, Assistant District Attorney Aliya Khalidi and MIT alumnus Assistant District Attorney Michael Berry, in conjunction with Cafferty and Perlman. This partnership builds on the Office’s past work to explore and implement best practices in prosecutorial work. In June the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office hosted an Inaugural Data Summit that brought together thought leaders and experts in data management to explore best practices nationally.
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