Hello, starting this year MAP is running the Peace Academy to strengthen the capacity of (potential) refugee activists! For this lecture, we have invited researcher Nari Yoo, who studies “immigrants’ and refugees’ access to social services.” Please refer to the information below for details of the lecture.
<Peace Academy – “Beyond Language Barriers: Language Access and the Use of Technology in Refugee Support”> – Speaker: Nari Yoo – Topic: “Beyond Language Barriers: Language Access and the Use of Technology in Refugee Support” – Schedule: Thursday, December 21, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. – Format: This lecture will be held over Zoom. * After you register, the Zoom link will be sent to the number you registered on the 20th, the day before the lecture. – Audience: Practitioners and activists who provide (or are interested in providing) social services, mental health services and health services to refugees with language barriers (social workers, health professionals, nonprofit activists and others) – Language of instruction: Korean – Application link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeizJEny6A2ImzVZvHS4YYjt_dE_Fk9r65pi5jTOixUti7YpQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Lecture: The U.S. CLAS Standards: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services – This lecture reviews together the National CLAS Standards of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that is, the guidelines on culturally and linguistically appropriate services, and introduces the importance of language access in refugee support and ways to secure language access.
Training 1: Improving language access of online/digital materials: Improving Access to Public Websites and Digital Services for Limited English Proficient (LEP) Persons
Training 2: Working with interpreters in refugee support & overcoming language barriers through technology in refugee support: This training session covers the points to consider when working with interpreters in refugee support, the role of interpreters, conflicts and their resolution during the support process, and the advantages and limitations of technology-based interpretation using applications and programs.
<References> – Rethinking Interpreter Functions in Mental Health Services (the role of interpreters in providing mental health services) – Tarjimly app: Half of all Refugees and Immigrants Need Interpreters. Now They Have Tarjimly | Connecting Volunteer-Translators with People in Need – Google Translate / Papago Translate / DeepL Translate – Using the Zoom real-time translation function – (The risks of AI interpretation and translation) Lost in AI translation: growing reliance on language apps jeopardizes some asylum applications | US immigration | The Guardian
For related inquiries, please contact “Migration to Asia Peace 02-2038-0231” or 010-5381-0850. We hope many interested people will join!