News  Edward Brooke Courthouse employees celebrate 10th Annual Cultural Appreciation Week with food, fun, and creativity

Edward Brooke Courthouse employees hosted a potluck and catered luncheon featuring foods from different cultures and displayed creatively decorated poster boards and international flags highlighting their diverse backgrounds.

Security, Probation, Probate & Family, Juvenile, and Housing were among the departments represented at the event. Brooke Courthouse was one of many courts and Community Justice Support Centers across the state celebrating the 10th Annual Massachusetts Trial Court Cultural Appreciation Week.

Chief Court Officer Stephanie Dessin provided opening remarks and discussed this year’s theme, “Access and Justice: We Stand Together.”

“We encouraged everyone to walk around and look at the boards, mingle with new people, and learn something new about a culture that they didn't know,” Ms. Dessin said.

She also spoke about October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the staff’s annual fundraising event.