The Power of Inclusive Language: Attend the GALA Roadshow

How does language create inclusion? With more than 3 million foreign-born residents from more than 200 countries, New York is home to one of the most diverse populations from every part of the globe which speak over 800 different languages.

Join us in New York City for the inaugural GALA Roadshow which will feature tips, strategies, and best practices on language accessibility and inclusion in education and workplace settings from the language professional’s perspective. The afternoon event will feature presentations by the New York State Office of Language Access, the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, Eriksen Translations, the NYU School of Professional Studies, and the Endangered Language Alliance.

WHEN: 1:00PM-4:00PM (EST) Tuesday, June 24th, 2024

WHERE: NYU School of Professional Studies,

7 East 12th St.,5th Floor Lounge

10003 - New York, NY

United States Nearly half of all New Yorkers speak a language other than English at home, and almost 25%, or 1.8 million people, are not English proficient. NYC is one of a kind, the lessons learned and best practices developed there can be widely applied across communications contexts, cultural settings, and global workplace settings.

Program

12:30 PM: Doors Open

1:00 PM: Welcome (Annelise Finegan and Dean Angie Kamath, NYU SPS and Allison Ferch, GALA)

1:15 PM: Language Access Right in New York State (Margarita Larios, Alejandro Cintron, Mirna Turina | New York State Office of Language Access)

2:15 PM: Accessibility (Kevin Hudson | Eriksen Translations)

2:30 PM: Intercultural Communications and DEI (Raúl H. Sanchez and Daniel Bullock | NYU SPS)

3:00 PM: New York's Endangered Languages (Ross Perlin | Endangered Language Alliance and author of Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York)

3:30 PM: Imagining a Linguistic Infrastructure for New York City (Kenneth Lo | NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs)

4:00 PM: Networking Reception -- light refreshments provided

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Co-organized by Annelise Finegan (Academic Director NYU SPS MS in Translation & Interpreting) and Vigdis Eriksen (Eriksen Translations Inc.). Hosted by the Globalization and Localization Association.