Glossaries, Language Access Hub
National Center for State Courts Legal Glossaries and Dictionaries website. Related Resources “It Shouldn’t Rest on Me:” Providing Meaningful Language Access and Avoiding the Use of Children as Interpreters – Resources for Law Enforcement, 2019...
Language Access Hub, Language Access to Language Justice
The Translating Justice Initiative aims to enhance access to the justice system for those who experience communication and cultural barriers. This initiative focuses on developing and providing resources, nationwide training, and support to victim service providers,...
Ensuring Access to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors, Language Access Hub
These training slides will help advocates learn how survivors of trauma and language intersect. Related Resources “It Shouldn’t Rest on Me:” Providing Meaningful Language Access and Avoiding the Use of Children as Interpreters – Resources for...
Language Access Hub, Trauma Care Practices
Many interpreters report varying degrees of depression as well as other debilitating psychology symptoms which are psychologically driven. Our vicarious trauma serves as a catalyst for us to struggle with how and why oppresson exists and grapple with ways of...
Language Access Hub, Language Access to Language Justice, Language Access, Interpretation, and Translation, News and Events
This article positions language justice as a critical part of effective and inclusive legal services, and introduces a framework for assessing and strengthening practices for servicing individuals who do not communicate in English as their dominant language. ...
Ensuring Access to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors, Language Access Hub
The goal of this workshop will enable you to create a greater recognition of integrating an understanding of sexual assult into the work as advocate, law enforcement and attorney.Screen reader support enabled. The goal of this workshop will enable you to create a...
Language Access Hub, Language Access to Language Justice, Language Access, Interpretation, and Translation, News and Events
A Language Justice approach allows agencies to engage diverse organizations, local communities, stakeholders, and victims/survivors in anti-violence initiatives, placing everyone on equal footing through interpretation, translation, and other strategies for equal...
Language Access Hub, News and Events, Trauma Care Practices
Starting 10/18/19 Do you see signs that victim service work is negatively impacting your staff and volunteers? Are you ready to lead your agency in addressing this work-related trauma exposure and becoming a vicarious trauma-informed organization? Please join this...
Language Access Hub, Language Access Plan, Language Access, Interpretation, and Translation, Limited English Proficient (LEP) Survivors
The Interpretation Resource Guide is a collection of information, tips, tools, and resources on on working with interpreters to ensure language access in domestic violence agencies. The resource guide covers: Language access rights & laws Interpretation Finding,...
Language Access Hub, Language Access Plan, Language Access, Interpretation, and Translation, Limited English Proficient (LEP) Survivors
This Language Access Policy Template can be used and adapted to create language access plans for domestic violence agencies serving victims with language access needs. This template was originally created as part of the Resource Guide for Advocates & Attorneys on...