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<div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Dear Ling Anthro colleagues, </div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">I'm writing with some perspective from my research on interpreters who work in immigration contexts (in courts, detention centers, legal aid, etc.), and would like to add a few clarifying details to make sure we direct our resources in the way that is most helpful to those in need right now. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Though many of us have friends and acquaintances who are multilingual and know lesser spoken languages, this won't guarantee they are prepared to adequately interpret in a high stakes, legally complex scenario. If you are thinking of recommending someone, it can be good to recall if they have experience in legal settings (even if from working in a community based organization as an advocate), as the present shortage is specifically of interpreters who are experienced and qualified in the area of immigration law. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Additionally, donating money for travelling interpreters, as well as recommending a professional interpreter who is requesting funds to travel, is not necessarily a bad thing. Support for interpreters' travel can often come as the closest thing we have to a guarantee that the services will be high quality. Video and telephonic interpreting are not considered up to professional standards of quality: they erase important interactional modalities of communication, and they are especially problematic when dealing with vulnerable populations such as minors and high stakes situations. For this reason, a more experienced interpreter may request to travel, and perhaps as a community, we can find ways to support that travel. I will be happy organize any such efforts, and please feel free to contact me if I can be of help in this way. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">I am writing a more detailed piece on these issues soon in the form of an op-ed, but I wanted to share this abbreviated point with you all first. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration in this time of need, so that we can get migrants the best services to which they have a fundamental right.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Sonya Rao</div>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 4:34 PM, Melissa Curtin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mlocurtin@gmail.com" target="_blank">mlocurtin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for this Kit— also, another group also asking for translators is “Lawyers for Good Government” (what a concept, eh?) — essentially the same call. </div><div><br></div><div>(1)</div><div><div><h1 class="m_-7885940559673989838rn-13yce4e m_-7885940559673989838rn-fnigne m_-7885940559673989838rn-ndvcnb m_-7885940559673989838rn-gxnn5r m_-7885940559673989838rn-deolkf m_-7885940559673989838rn-homxoj m_-7885940559673989838rn-gjwfhd m_-7885940559673989838rn-1adg3ll m_-7885940559673989838rn-1lw9tu2 m_-7885940559673989838rn-10u92zi m_-7885940559673989838rn-m587u4 m_-7885940559673989838rn-ebii48 m_-7885940559673989838rn-vw2c0b m_-7885940559673989838rn-oulfea m_-7885940559673989838rn-1mnahxq m_-7885940559673989838rn-61z16t m_-7885940559673989838rn-p1pxzi m_-7885940559673989838rn-11wrixw m_-7885940559673989838rn-wk8lta m_-7885940559673989838rn-9aemit m_-7885940559673989838rn-1mdbw0j m_-7885940559673989838rn-gy4na3 m_-7885940559673989838rn-bauka4 m_-7885940559673989838rn-irrty m_-7885940559673989838rn-qvutc0" dir="auto" style="border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(20,23,26);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Ubuntu,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;line-height:1.25;word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;direction:ltr"><font size="4">#L4GG</font></h1><span class="m_-7885940559673989838rn-13yce4e m_-7885940559673989838rn-fnigne m_-7885940559673989838rn-ndvcnb m_-7885940559673989838rn-gxnn5r m_-7885940559673989838rn-deolkf m_-7885940559673989838rn-6gldlz m_-7885940559673989838rn-gjwfhd m_-7885940559673989838rn-1471scf m_-7885940559673989838rn-1lw9tu2 m_-7885940559673989838rn-10u92zi m_-7885940559673989838rn-7cikom m_-7885940559673989838rn-ebii48 m_-7885940559673989838rn-ad9z0x m_-7885940559673989838rn-1mnahxq m_-7885940559673989838rn-61z16t m_-7885940559673989838rn-p1pxzi m_-7885940559673989838rn-11wrixw m_-7885940559673989838rn-wk8lta m_-7885940559673989838rn-9aemit m_-7885940559673989838rn-1mdbw0j m_-7885940559673989838rn-gy4na3 m_-7885940559673989838rn-bauka4 m_-7885940559673989838rn-irrty m_-7885940559673989838rn-qvutc0" dir="auto" style="border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(101,119,134);display:inline;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Ubuntu,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;line-height:1.3125;word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;direction:ltr">@lawyers4goodgov</span><span style="color:rgb(20,23,26);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Ubuntu,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span class="m_-7885940559673989838rn-13yce4e m_-7885940559673989838rn-fnigne m_-7885940559673989838rn-ndvcnb m_-7885940559673989838rn-gxnn5r m_-7885940559673989838rn-deolkf m_-7885940559673989838rn-6gldlz m_-7885940559673989838rn-gjwfhd m_-7885940559673989838rn-1471scf m_-7885940559673989838rn-1lw9tu2 m_-7885940559673989838rn-10u92zi m_-7885940559673989838rn-7cikom m_-7885940559673989838rn-ebii48 m_-7885940559673989838rn-ad9z0x m_-7885940559673989838rn-1mnahxq m_-7885940559673989838rn-61z16t m_-7885940559673989838rn-p1pxzi m_-7885940559673989838rn-11wrixw m_-7885940559673989838rn-wk8lta m_-7885940559673989838rn-9aemit m_-7885940559673989838rn-1mdbw0j m_-7885940559673989838rn-gy4na3 m_-7885940559673989838rn-bauka4 m_-7885940559673989838rn-irrty m_-7885940559673989838rn-qvutc0" dir="auto" style="border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(101,119,134);display:inline;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Ubuntu,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;line-height:1.3125;word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;direction:ltr"><a href="https://t.co/ZzaYFePkyW" target="_blank">https://t.co/ZzaYFePkyW</a><br></span></div><div><span class="m_-7885940559673989838rn-13yce4e m_-7885940559673989838rn-fnigne m_-7885940559673989838rn-ndvcnb m_-7885940559673989838rn-gxnn5r m_-7885940559673989838rn-deolkf m_-7885940559673989838rn-6gldlz m_-7885940559673989838rn-gjwfhd m_-7885940559673989838rn-1471scf m_-7885940559673989838rn-1lw9tu2 m_-7885940559673989838rn-10u92zi m_-7885940559673989838rn-7cikom m_-7885940559673989838rn-ebii48 m_-7885940559673989838rn-ad9z0x m_-7885940559673989838rn-1mnahxq m_-7885940559673989838rn-61z16t m_-7885940559673989838rn-p1pxzi m_-7885940559673989838rn-11wrixw m_-7885940559673989838rn-wk8lta m_-7885940559673989838rn-9aemit m_-7885940559673989838rn-1mdbw0j m_-7885940559673989838rn-gy4na3 m_-7885940559673989838rn-bauka4 m_-7885940559673989838rn-irrty m_-7885940559673989838rn-qvutc0" dir="auto" style="border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(101,119,134);display:inline;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Ubuntu,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;line-height:1.3125;word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;direction:ltr"><br></span></div><span style="color:rgb(20,23,26);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Ubuntu,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">PLS RT. NEED HELP. Looking for people who speak Meso-American indigenous languages (e.g., zapotec, nahua, ma'am, quich'e, maya, mixe, mixteco) to translate remotely (via telephone) for immigrant families speaking with their lawyers. Email <a href="mailto:support@l4gg.org" target="_blank">support@l4gg.org</a>.</span></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">——</span></font></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">L4GG webpage:</span></font></div><div><a href="https://www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr>lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/</a></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(2) </span></font></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>RAICES</b></span></font></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div>***U R G E N T E *****</div><div><p>“RAICES needs volunteer translators: "who speak Meso-American indigenous languages (eg, zapotec, nahua, ma'am, quich'e, maya, mixe, mixteco--not Spanish). Don't need to be in Texas, or even in the US. They can translate remotely." <a href="mailto:volunteer@raicestexas.org" target="_blank">volunteer@raicestexas.org</a></p><div class="m_-7885940559673989838text_exposed_show"><p>RAICES is Refugee And Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services.</p><div>------</div><div>Their webpage:</div><div><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/groups/raices-refugee-and-immigrant-center-for-education-and-legal-services" target="_blank">https://actionnetwork.org/<wbr>groups/raices-refugee-and-<wbr>immigrant-center-for-<wbr>education-and-legal-services</a></div><div><br></div><div>Recent funds acquired; dire need:</div><div><a href="http://time.com/money/5317688/texas-raices-fundraiser-money/" target="_blank">http://time.com/money/5317688/<wbr>texas-raices-fundraiser-money/</a></div></div></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">*****</span></font></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Best,</span></font></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Melissa</span></font></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></font></div><div>Melissa L. Curtin, Ph.D.<br>Adjunct Asst Professor, Researcher, & Coordinator of<br> Special Projects in Language, Culture & Communication<br>Department of Linguistics<br>3523 South Hall<br>University of California, Santa Barbara<br>Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3100</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#14171a" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></font><div><div><div class="h5"><div>On Jun 22, 2018, at 4:23 PM, Woolard, Kathryn <<a href="mailto:kwoolard@ucsd.edu" target="_blank">kwoolard@ucsd.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-7885940559673989838Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5">
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