The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is legally mandated to ensure language access for public and charter school Limited English Proficient (LEP) students and their… Read More »Professional Interpreters Play Key Role in School District Language Access Plans
The recent, well-publicized reports of Venezuelan migrants being transported from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard detail that local officials had no advance notice. The community responded quickly… Read More »Interpreters and Translators Provide Language Access and Accuracy
As Minnesota’s K-12 academic year begins, school districts throughout the state will be preparing for and providing language access to their growing multilingual student communities.… Read More »Minnesota K-12 School Districts Welcome Multilingual Students
The state of Minnesota and local resettlement agencies have welcomed an estimated 1400 Afghan evacuees over the past year. Transitional housing for these displaced individuals… Read More »Dari and Pashto Interpreters Assist Afghan Evacuees with Legal, Employment and Housing Needs
Dari and Pashto Interpreters Assist Evacuees with Immigration Process The U.S. immigration system is complex and can be difficult to understand, and even more challenging… Read More »Legal and Language Services Aid Afghan Resettlement
Extra Language Support Provided to Newly Resettled Afghan Students Minnesota K-12 students around the state begin their summer breaks this month. Schools have faced a… Read More »Minnesota Completes Another Academic Year
Language Interpreters May Be Vulnerable to Work-Related Trauma May is Mental Health Awareness month, and a reminder that mental health is essential to overall health.… Read More »Interpreter Self-Care and Mental Health Awareness
Industry Leaders Address Language Justice The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) recent webinar, “Promoting Environmental and Occupational and Public Health through Language Justice”… Read More »Language Access Supports Occupational and Environmental Health
Our Local Pashto, Dari, Farsi and Tajik Interpreters Respond Minnesota has welcomed over 1300 Afghan evacuees as part of Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) MN and… Read More »Need for Afghan Language Services Continues
Interpreting is much more than the simple exchange of words. Highly skilled interpreters understand the communicative process and intent of a language interaction and manage… Read More »Language Interpreters Benefit from Advanced Education and Training