Learn Best Practices in Language Justice and Language Services
June 16, 9am - 4pm

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The pandemic has highlighted the need to deliver information in linguistically appropriate methods to deliver services critical for the wellbeing of individuals, particularly for Indigenous farmworkers and their families facing the already disproportionate pandemic impact. The Oregon COVID-19 Farmworker Study found that farmworkers speak over 26 distinct Indigenous Mesoamerican languages from Guatemala and Mexico in their sample alone. State-sponsored programs often promoted in Spanish are not always sufficiently accessible to Indigenous farmworkers.

This one-day free online event is designed for Oregon-based government agencies and non-governmental organizations to learn best practices in language justice and language services. Participants will hear from community members and advocates that responded during the pandemic through hands-on workshop opportunities built to improve language accessibility practices in Oregon.

The event will be held mostly in Spanish with professional interpretation into English and one Mesoamerican language. Please email mar36@pdx.edu for accommodation requests.