Megan and Carrie discuss the letter to the LSA and then talk with Dr. Marie-Eve Monette, founder of Creating Puentes, about the importance of translation and interpretation services and her life as a French speaker living in the US.

Links:

https://endangeredlanguagesproject.github.io/COVID-19/

https://remezcla.com/culture/coronavirus-resource-kit-ayuda-en-espanol/

https://www.wired.com/story/covid-language-translation-problem/?fbclid=IwAR1wWOhsOe0a6TO-a1-0sQpf5PwqSoL1CUrWoryAR2kkbO6Xhx2b2DHbuuQ

lincoln-county-covid-outbreak-community-partners-work-to-reach-indigenous-guatemalan-community.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/07/amid-lincoln-county-covid-outbreak-community-partners-work-to-reach-indigenous-guatemalan-community.html

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