Living in a Culturally Diverse Community: A Panel Discussion

Using Outcasts United as a jumping off point, panelists and attendees will explore the challenges and benefits of living in a culturally diverse community.

What is the history of Malden’s cultural diversity and how is it different than the situation in Clarkston? What cultural groups live in our city? Why are these groups leaving their countries and why do they choose to settle in Malden? What challenges does our diversity present to us as a community? How does our diversity benefit us all? How does Malden work to address the challenges and how do we create community in a place where people come from such different parts of the world and such different walks of life?

PANELISTS

Margaret Adams

Director of Language, Literacy, and Title 1

Malden Public Schools

(Participant Moderator)

Reverend Dr. Ruth Bersin

Executive Director, Refugee Immigration Ministry, Malden

Stephen Born, Attorney at Law

Partner, Mills & Born, Immigration Law Firm

Mai Du

Founder, Wah Lum Kung Fu Academy, Malden

Mai came to Malden at age 8 as a refugee from Vietnam

Marcia Hohn

Director of The ILC Public Education Institute

The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.

Jean-Baptiste Ntagengwa 

Case Management Supervisor, Refugee Immigration Ministry

Served as Refugee Camp Coordinator in Eastern Congo

Barbara Tolstrup

Malden Historical Society 

Chuanling Chen

Student, Malden High School

Idenson Eltume

Student, Malden High School

Hope to see you at this engaging discussion about what it means to live in Malden.

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