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Sign On to Help Expand PPP and Support 501(c)(6) Non-Profit Organizations

Join JNCL-NCLIS in supporting relief for nonprofit associations by adding your organization's name to ASAE's community sign-on letter. SI...

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California AB 2257: 4 Words Can Protect Translators and Interpreters

FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ONLY Urge CA legislators to include a simple 4-word amendment ("professional translators and interpreters") in t...

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Take Action to Protect Translators and Interpreters, AB 1850 in Senate Labor Committee Early August

FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ONLY The assembly bill is set to be heard in the Senate Labor Committee as early as August 5th, 2020 Proposed AB...

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Presidential Proclamation 10014: Urge Congress to Exempt Language Educators

Without exemption, the restrictions placed on H-1B and select J-1 visa programs, will have a profoundly negative impact on language and i...

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Survey of Impact: Data Collection and Request for Exemption for Language Educators

Dear Colleagues, Many language advocates have reached out to ask how they can help language educators and programs affect by Presidential...

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Fixing AB 5: Amending AB 1850 is Critical for Protecting Translators and Interpreters

FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ONLY Contact your CA Assembly Representative today and ask that they amend AB 1850, Worker Classification: Emplo...

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Tell Your Story | Healthcare Language Access Barriers, COVID-19

Help Document the Impact of Language Barriers on the Patient Population Language barriers are preventing many members of our diverse comm...

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The Small Business Expense Protection Act: Ask Your Senators to Co-Sponsor S.3612

Contact your Senators today and ask that they become a co-sponsor to S.3612, the Small Business Expense Protection Act, to ensure that sm...

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Endorse Native American Language Resource Center to Support Communities Affected by COVID-19

Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) is advocating for the inclusion of a provision in the next coronavirus relief bill to establish a Native Amer...

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Take Action Now | Tell Congress: Include Associations in the Paycheck Protection Program

As Congress prepares to vote on the next phase of federal aid relief, take action and urge your representatives to provide sufficient aid...

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Our membership is shaping the nation's language policy by making the natural connection between languages and the following issue areas:

ISSUE AREAS

K-12 EDUCATION

economic

growth

NATIONAL

SECURITY

HIGHER

EDUCATION

Revitalizing

native

American

languages

Developing HERITAGE

Languages

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