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Healthcare Interpreter: "I Am The Patient's Voice"
Trump Administration Proposed Rule Puts Patients' Rights at Risk Section 1557 of Affordable Care Act currently requires language...
Alissa Rutkowski
Aug 1, 20192 min read
Help Get Esther Martinez Across Finish-Line in House
The language community calls on its advocates to get Esther Martinez Across Finish-Line in the House. (Scroll to the bottom to TAKE...
Alissa Rutkowski
Jul 29, 20192 min read
NewsBrief | July 25, 2019
Take Action for Language Access, How the Internet Has Changed the English Language, & Are Language Learning Apps Effective? Want future...
Alissa Rutkowski
Jul 25, 20191 min read
Language Access Protections Are At Risk. Submit Your Comments!
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS – TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TH @ 5:00 PM The administration is proposing to end major parts of the Health Care...
Alissa Rutkowski
Jul 24, 20191 min read
NewsBrief | July 18, 2019
WLARA Amendment Brings Language Community Win, The Intersection Between Climate and Language, & Second Judge Blocks Census Question Want...
Alissa Rutkowski
Jul 18, 20191 min read
How One Advocate Is Making America's Languages A Bipartisan Issue...
Language Advocate Spotlight: Martha L Vásquez, AATSP President WASHINGTON, D.C. — The language community’s recent win with the House vote...
Alissa Rutkowski
Jul 18, 20194 min read
World Language Advancement and Readiness Act (WLARA) Included in House Defense Reauthorization Bill
In a big win for the language enterprise this past Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to include WLARA...
Alissa Rutkowski
Jul 13, 20193 min read
Trump Administration Replacing In-Person Interpreters at First Hearings With Videos
The Current Administration Cites Improved “Efficiency” While Trashing Justice and Due-Process
Alissa Rutkowski
Jul 13, 20193 min read
NewsBrief | July 11th, 2019
Trump to Announce Executive Order for Census Question, Controversial End to In-Personal Interpreters for Immigration Hearings, & More...
Alissa Rutkowski
Jul 11, 20191 min read
Monthly Legislative Update | July 2019
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Alissa Rutkowski
Jul 8, 20191 min read
Senate Report: “Non-Native English Recruits Being Left Behind”
An analysis by JNCL of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act finds concern among top military officials of the language-readiness o
Alissa Rutkowski
Jul 3, 20192 min read
Senate Passes S.256 Esther Martinez Bill to Preserve Native American Languages
Legislative Update WASHINGTON, DC – On June 27, the United States Senate passed S.256, the “Esther Martinez Native American Languages...
Alissa Rutkowski
Jul 3, 20191 min read
NewsBrief | July 3rd, 2019
It's Official: No Citizenship Question for 2020 Census, NDAA Analysis, & Senate Native American Language Preservation Bill Passes
Alissa Rutkowski
Jul 3, 20191 min read
Ohio Update: Coding Language Removed from Senate Bill
The Senate version of the Ohio “coding bill” (HB166) has been updated to redact the language that would replace world languages credits with
Alissa Rutkowski
Jun 20, 20191 min read
The BEST Act (H.R.3119): Ask Your House Representative to Cosponsor the Bill!
Contact your House member today and ask that they become a co-sponsor to The Biliteracy Seal and Teaching Act
Alissa Rutkowski
Jun 13, 20192 min read
Tell Congress: Support More Educational Opportunities for World Language Service Members
The country’s service members in uniform need to be equipped with the necessary tools to maintain positive relations and foresee potential s
Alissa Rutkowski
Jun 13, 20191 min read
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