Category: Announcement

Registration form: HTTPS://FORMS.OFFICE.COM/G/5E8GWPBHIC

Image description: White background with black diagonal lower half with yellow rounded square accents around the page. 

Top center: Ñ-MHT Presents 

Below to the right, in yellow font: Navigating Mental Health Related Calls in VRS and Their Impact on Interpreters 

Below, in a yellow box in black font reads: Have you ever been on a VRS call and felt like it didn’t go as smooth as you would have hoped?  

Are you contemplating entering the VRS world and how to deal with difficult situations? 

Then, this workshop is for you!!!  

• Participants will identify at least three common scenarios in VRS related to mental health. 
• Participants will list key responsibilities and ethical considerations during mental health related calls. 
• Participants will show increased awareness of the impact of interpreting mental health calls and recognize signs of burnout or vicarious trauma. 
• Participants will identify effective self-care techniques and create a personalized self-care plan. 

Below, in a yellow circle in black font reads: Workshop will be in Spanish with American sign language (ASL) interpretation. 

Thursday, November 16^th, 5:30 P.M. – 8 P.M. CT 

5:30 P.M. – 6 P.M. CT Social Time 

6 P.M. – 8 P.M. CT Workshop 

Location: Zoom 

Registration with hyperlink: HTTPS://FORMS.OFFICE.COM/G/5E8GWPBHIC 

Deadline 11/10/23 

Cost: 

$25 certified interpreter (BEI/NIC/EIPA) 

$15 interpreters working towards certification. 

$15 ITP students 

With a QR code in a blue square to the right. 

At the top of the page, on the left: for: Spanish/ASL/English interpreters & students and interpreters with a Spanish background. 

Below: A picture of our presenter in a white circle, Lazaro Navarro.  He is a light-skinned male with short cropped dark brown hair, a well-trimmed beard, and a smile.  He is wearing a grey shirt with a collar. 

Below in bold white font:  

• RID Nationally Certified 
• Trilingual: Spanish|English|ASL 
• Berlitz Language Proficiency: Spanish – Level 10|CEF Level C1  

Lazaro has work at Sorenson over the last 10 years, this has given him a wealth of knowledge within the realm of VRS and professional development. He has a commitment to educating and empowering interpreters and educators, to support the development and provision of innovative courses, materials, and tools that encourage interpreters to seek out professional knowledge, skills, and competencies. 

Below, in yellow bold text:  RID & BEI CEUs 

Below: the logo of RID, ACET, and MHIT 

At the very bottom of the flyer: ODS is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This program is offered for 0.2 CEUs at the PS Content Knowledge level. RID activity code 0263.1123.02 ODS promotes an environment of mutual respect free of discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or any other protected class. For more information or for reasonable accommodations, please contact us at: espanolmh@mhit.Org. Facilitators will communicate with the participants by November 10th if the event needs to be cancelled, and process refunds. For reimbursements, cancelations must be communicated 48 hours before the event.

Multicolored Mano a Mano flier for save the date. The flier is divided in 6 rectangles.

Top left rectangle is aqua blue with black text: SAVE

Midde right rectangle is yellow with black text: The Date

Top right rectangle dark blue with Mano a Mano Logo, and underneath the logo is white text: Mano a Mano

Middle left rectangle is dark blue with white text:

2023

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Bottom left rectangle is hot pink with white text: Celebrating our LatinX/E Heritage Month

Bottom right te table is dark blue with white text:

Zoom event

Contact us at

info@manoamanoinc.org

Happy Labor Day! Join Mano a Mano. Access our webpage here: (El texto en español estará debajo del inglés.)

Join Us ~ Únete

Visual description: An image split in half. The top part shows two people signing through a video call. Represents the working interpreter. The bottom part shows three camping tents in a natural open space and a person walks towards one of the tents. Represents the resting interpreter. In the bottom left corner is the Mano a Mano logo. In the center there is a deep red rectangle with white letters that says: “Become a member today! Whether you’re working or not, on this Labor Day, we recognize your dedication. In Mano a Mano, you will find professionals equally committed to trilingual interpreting as you. Join us!”

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On the top, with white font it reads in caps: Join Mano a Mano:

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Then, in yellow bold font reads: Interpreting in National and International Conferences

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In white font reads: Let’s connect with colleages that worked & participated this past Summer at NDPOC, WASLI, RID, MHIT & NBDA.

2.0 hours session

In yellow font: Thur, August 31^st 2023

In white font: 4:00pm PDT• 5:00pm MDT, 6:00pm CT, 7:00 pm EDT

We welcome all Latines and Allies who are commited to improving their Spanish-ASL-English interpreting skills and Latine cultural knowledge, who want to build community.

Email info@manoamanoinc.org to RSVP

Cost: Free

To the left corner, in caps and white font: Join via Zoom

Below an image of a Computer Display with a zoom style video conference cartoon image with outlines of people, one with a speech bubble, and a cartoon image of a book on top. 

To the center MaM logo. The logo is two hands connected, the left one is in a sepia and the right is gray. It reads mano a mano in that sepia tone. There is also a sepia color circle around the hands and the phrase mano a mano.

Hello, please join us in our social events in Baltimore this month! Join our Whatsapp group if you would like to be know more details: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Dmj5uanZjUtCSXohZtjw6G

See you there!

Video transcription: A black screen with white font that reads in cap letters ANNOUNCEMENT and Mano a Mano, with a white line between the banner. 

Two women waving hello.

To the left, a white cis latina with brown wavy hair, and bangs, wearing glass with a brown rim, silver hoops earrings, and a navy blue shirt with short sleeve, and V neck, with a blue background. At the bottom left of the screen there is a text that reads: Rep Región 2 | Mónica | she/ella pronouns. 

To the right, a latina with brown skin, curly long and black hair, sighted, with a black short sleeve shirt, and a blue backdrop.

Mónica & Mansilla: Hello, hello!!!

Mónica: Hi, I’m Mónica Gallego & this is my sign name,  (5 bent claw, tap twice on right cheek), I am connecting with you all from Maryland! My family is from Colombia! I am proud to be your region 2 representative. Hope you’re enjoying your summer. We are excited to announce an event coming up. 

The screen changes to Mansilla: (on the bottom of the screen it reads Mansilla VP she/ella)

Hi, I’m Mansilla, my sign name is open 5, right hand, on the right side of the face, wiggle fingers from top to bottom of the face. Born and raised in Perú, I live in Alabama, and I’m proud and excited to be serving Mano a Mano and all of you as the Vicepresident.

Mónica: At Mano a Mano we support the  professional development of interpreters who are committed to working in Spanish/ASL & English settings. We want to celebrate this unique work we do we want to be in community who by hosting event /social  where,  in Baltimore , MD why 

RID National conference! There will be two events –  July 26th @ 6:30pm & Friday, July 28

6:30pm 

Next scene is a Black screen again that reads Trilingual Social and the dates July 26th & july 28th at 6:30pm.

Mansilla: You don’t have to be registered at the RID conference to attend! Come join us, maybe you live in town or nearby, or just happen to be in the area visiting, come! … location is still TBA, it will be announced..

Mónica: Please join us!! If you would like to get more details, please join our whatsapp group we just set up to keep you updated: 

https://chat.whatsapp.com/Dmj5uanZjUtCSXohZtjw6G  also shows up on the screen below Mónica.

Mansilla: If you are already registered at the RID Conference, we will also be hosting a lunch event on Wednesday, July 26 at 11:15 am at the Paca Room of the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor. 

Please join us- It’ll be an opportunity to start the week of learning connected, and together. Looking forward to connecting with old friends in person, and meeting new ones, to build our community!

Mónica & Mansilla: see you soon!!! Bye!

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