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The translators giving indigenous migrants a voice

Megan Janetsky, Victoria Stunt

April 20, 2020 |

BBC |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Guatemala

The group, Promoters of Migrant Liberation, provides translation of indigenous Guatemalan, Maya, Mexican, and Afro-Caribbean languages for migrants in US detention centers. They help translate right from detention, throughout case preparation, and as migrants exit detention centers. The group is made up of only women translating for women migrants, but as detention centers see more migrants as a result of zero-tolerance policies, they’re going to expand to help children and men.

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Save the Words

Lorraine Boissoneault

April 01, 2020 |

The Believer |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Menominee, Wisconsin

Efforts are underway on the Menominee Reservation in northeastern Wisconsin to preserve the at-risk language of Menominee. That looks like conducting school entirely in Menominee, printing Menominee-language books, updating the language with twenty-first-century terms, and poring over old texts and audio transcripts to transfer vocabulary into a database. There are many challenges facing this initiative and many of the workers are volunteers or poorly-compensated, but those doing the work feel a great sense of responsibility and duty to carry on.

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Tutoring project in Berlin helps Arab-speaking youth keep up with school

Benjamin Bathke

February 12, 2020 |

InfoMigrants |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Germany, Berlin

Back On Track Syria is a tutoring initiative in Berlin helping Arabic-speaking students keep up with school subjects by offering help in their native language. The students in the program are often refugees and migrants integrating into a new country and a new educational system and language, often times after not being in school for months or years. The lessons range from small groups to individualized instruction in subjects like math, physics, reading, German, and even English.

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The fight to save CHamoru, a language the US military tried to destroy

Anita Hofschneider

February 12, 2020 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Guam

CHamoru, the indigenous language of the Mariana Islands, is endangered. In an urgent move to save the language, Chief Hurao Academy was founded, a nonprofit that offers a CHamoru summer immersion program, an after-school immersion program, and a CHamoru-language preschool. There are barriers to its success, particularly funding, but the response has been overwhelming and already the children can chat casually in CHamoru.

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Lebanon's refugees use technology to fight food insecurity

Christopher Livesay, Melanie Saltzman

February 02, 2020 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

Training refugees in digital skills provides them with a path toward self sufficiency. A pilot program developed with the UN World Food Program and the American University in Beirut offers computer literacy and English courses to Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. The approach aims to reduce reliance on food relief and empower individuals to find employment with new skills.

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In one revolutionary language, a community taps the power of touch

Jingnan Peng

January 15, 2020 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

American sign language has long been used to help populations to communicate with one another, but it does not serve the DeafBlind community very well because it is meant to be seen. To address this shortcoming, a group of DeafBlind people created a new way to communicate known as Protactile, or PT, which offers a greater sense of surroundings, connection, and engagement.

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School network takes turbocharged approach to education for refugee students

Aaricka Washington

December 23, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

Fugees Academy, with schools in Ohio and Georgia, offers specialized and trauma-informed instruction for refugee students. The school aims to get students up to speed with accelerated English instruction.

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Translators help Korean American voters in Harris County find their electoral voice

Alexa Ura

November 26, 2019 |

The Texas Tribune |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

Even in multicultural and diverse Harris County, Texas, with a population greater than 26 states and over 145 languages spoken, some groups, like Korean Americans, are marginalized when it comes to voting and civic participation due to language and other cultural barriers. Houston resident is fighting this marginalization by organizing Korean American Early Voting Day, which provides Korean-speaking Texans with translated voter guides and other translation services.

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What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

Laura Pappano

November 19, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Food studies in Portuguese. History in German. To address declining enrollment in second-language courses and "combat the notion that language learning belongs only in language classes," more U.S. colleges are offering language-specific sections for classes traditionally taught in English.

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Welcome to Spanish Week: The promise of dual language education

Sylvia Ulloa

October 10, 2019 |

New Mexico In Depth |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Mexico

A school district in New Mexico is finding success with a dual language education program. A regular school day for an elementary school student in a Gadsen school district school might entail reviewing their math or history in Spanish or English, depending on the assigned language that week. “Our bilingual programs are not just for English learners, they’re for all of our students," Mayra Valtierrez, the director of language and culture at the New Mexico Public Education Department, said. "That’s something that’s unique to our state."

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