Ensuring Meaningful Access to Limited English Proficient Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence Webinar Series
This three-part webinar series will engage participants in institutional-wide evaluation and self-reflection related to understanding what it means to provide meaningful language access; to explore the concepts of language as cultural identity; language justice, within the context of a culturally responsive approach to service provision; and to collaborate with technical assistance providers to develop an effective language access plan that meets organizational needs.
Session II
Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm (CST)
Session II of the series will focus on language (spoken or sign) as a crucial component of any agency’s effort seeking to improve the life, safety and well-being of Limited English Proficient (LEP), as well as Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/d/HoH) victims of domestic violence/sexual assault (DV/SA) and their families. Individuals are more likely to seek help when those services are offered in their primary language.
This training is designed for service providers to learn about equitable communication when serving and engaging with individuals who are LEP or D/d/HoH with the support of an interpreter.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to do the following:
- Recognize language barriers experienced by LEP and D/d/HoH individuals when trying to access basic DV/SA services (legal, advocacy, shelters, etc.).
- Develop awareness on how to provide timely and quality services for LEP and D/d/HoH individuals.
- Implement promising practices when working with interpreters.
Presenter:
Ana Paula Noguez Mercado, LLM, Interpretation Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
Ana Paula Noguez Mercado is the Interpretation Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator at the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV). She is responsible for coordinating and facilitating trainings as well as providing technical assistance to service providers on building interpretation skills, and improving language access for domestic violence and sexual assault programs. Ana Paula has served in diverse positions addressing training, advocating and organizing for gender/immigrant justice, and human rights, including at the National Women’s Institute (Mexico City), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund- MALDEF (Los Angeles), among other organizations. In 2014, Ana Paula co-founded Antena Los Ángeles, a collective dedicated to language justice advocacy, training and consulting, including the co-coordination of a network of volunteer interpreters/translators who support language needs in diverse settings in the Los Angeles area. Ana Paula received her law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City), a Master’s Degree in Gender and the Law from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona/CIESAS with a special research interest on language access and due process guarantees for detainee indigenous women in Oaxaca, Mexico. She received her LL.M. (Master of Laws) in Critical Legal Studies and International Human Rights Law from UCLA School of Law in Los Angeles, CA.
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