The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has worsened since U.S. forces withdrew in 2021. For Afghans applying for asylum, the process is proving increasingly difficult, and claims are getting lost in translation.
Will you join us in this part of our mission? A gift will go a long way for translators and interpreters who provide language support, and for people like Amani who need it so that they can fight for their safety and dignity.
https://t.co/lBsLx8WVhm
Yesterday was the launch of Respond's end-of-year fundraising campaign.
YOU BLEW US AWAY!
We are only a few hundred dollars from our ...
our 5k-matched goal. Can you help us reach it?
Donate here--> https://t.co/2NJiZkhSO6
#GivingTuesday
This Giving Tuesday, we're grateful to partner w The Greater Sum, who will match your donations today!
Our goal is $2500. By contributing, you help us pay hundreds of impacted translators & interpreters just & dignified wages.
Make your donation here-> https://t.co/oRN5XNryDp
We are grateful to our translators, volunteers, collaborators, & supporters--who showed up in magnificent ways in 2021.
Onward to 2022, where will continue the struggle for #languagejustice & the end of #langugeviolence#NewYear2022
1/Respond has 2500+ translators worldwide.
Some are volunteers, many are impacted community members, who we are fighting to pay.
Follow this thread to learn about three of them.
#VolunteerSpotlight#FundLanguageAccess
Respond Crisis Translation is honored to be one of the recipients of the @TheJMKaplanFund Innovation Prize.
We are thrilled to work closely with the inspiring teams, & fellow Innovation Prize awardees @ImmSchools & @asylumadvocacy
#languagejustice
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In an eternal/constant state of gratitude for @RespondCrisis interpreters. @foliveira2015 and @valcallarilewis mobilized to turn around a 20-page asylum case in less than a day so a mother cld meet her asylum deadline. Celebrating translators everyday for their essential work.
A Poem: Respond Is the Response, by By Dudu Kone from Senegal, West Africa
We love our incredible team of translators & interpreters, 2 thousand strong, fluent in 200 languages, around the globe.
#translators#languagejustice
1/Haitian Kreyol interpreters are absolutely essential right now. And yet, there seems to continuously be literally NO funding for them. #saveasylum#languagejustice https://t.co/IJyQpxsCjG
We want to start celebrating #Pride by sharing our newest partner @TransLawCenter, the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Their work supporting trans people in health care, education, migration & prison conditions is fundamental.
...and working opportunities. We are collaborating with @ImmSchools, the only immigrant-led organization in the country that focuses on ensuring equity for all people, now more than ever, it is a critical asset for our migrant brothers and sisters.
https://t.co/d9aCJxxuGw
One of the biggest issues in the migrant Latinx community communities is the language barrier since most information comes in English. The lack of language diversity affects them in taking action in their children's education, and along with it, a lack of better social...
A muchos nos da pena nuestro acento en otro idioma 🤐
Pero en vez de enfocarnos en cómo decimos las palabras, quizá es más importante reconocer otras cosas: