Hi Reader, Language Access Week is happening NEXT WEEK, and we want your help in celebrating! All week long, we’ll celebrate and share the world of language access with the greater Omaha community. Here’s how you can join in: Make a Donation to Support Language Access: Help us reach our goal of raising $2000 for Language Access! Thanks to our sponsors Valmont Industries Inc., Emspace+Lovgren and Physicians Mutual, we have a match for funds raised during Language Access Week! To help us meet...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Last year we held the first ever Language Access Week in Nebraska, and this year, we’re doing it again! Join us the week of June 9-13 to celebrate Language Access and how our community helps people connect through language and understanding. By taking part in Language Access Week, you’ll learn about organizations practicing language access in the Omaha Metro community, understand what Language Access means and be challenged to put it into practice in your own community. Plus,...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Celebrating the volunteers devoted to language access Hi Reader, April is volunteer month – the month we highlight volunteers who are making a difference and helping Language Access across our area. Did you know that World Speaks has multiple different ways to share your talents with the community? There’s the World Speaks board, who help guide and advise World Speaks, our in-class mentors, who share their language and culture with students who take our community classes, and then there are...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, World Speaks offers translation and interpretation services for local businesses & community organizations that want to ensure that their work is accessible for everyone in our community. We know that having interpreters at events allow for everyone in the community to have the best event experience they can. But anxiety can be high for those new to working with interpreters. You want to provide the best language access experience for your attendees, and you want to get it right....
3 months ago • 4 min read
Language Access Happens Because of All of Us Hi Reader, Ensuring language access happens in our community is a multifaceted undertaking. To make it a reality, many organizations and individuals have to work together, always asking how we can weave together a more connected community. The World Speaks team is a microcosm of how language access works in the greater community. Our staff, board members, and volunteers all join to help organizations, businesses, and individuals bring greater...
4 months ago • 5 min read
WHAT'S NEW IN THE NEW YEAR? Hi Reader, As we ring in the New Year with plans for 2025, we wanted to share a roundup of things that are happening in the first part of the year! First, you’ve met Cruz Cabrera, our Interpretation & Linguistic Manager, who joined us in the middle of last year. In 2025, Cruz will be World Speaks’ fourth full-time employee! Cruz has done an incredible job so far at World Speaks, and we are so excited that she is joining us full-time. Spring Classes will open in...
5 months ago • 4 min read
OUR COMMUNITY IS A BEAUTIFUL TAPESTRY Hi Reader, The Omaha community is a beautiful tapestry, made up of different cultures, people and traditions. We love learning about others traditions, so to start our celebrations, we asked our team to share their holiday traditions. From travel to cooking to playing games – we loved learning about each other, and we want to share that with you! “My family tradition is that on Christmas eve my husband and I spend the night at my parents’ and open gifts...
7 months ago • 4 min read
REFLECTING ON OUR WORK IN LANGUAGE ACCESS Hi Reader, Throughout the year, we’ve told you stories of how World Speaks impacts our community – what we do, who we work with, and what organizations are connecting with us to bring greater language access to our community. This month, we wanted to share with you how World Speaks impacts the staff & board of World Speaks. We asked the World Speaks staff and board members to share what they are most thankful for regarding language access and their...
7 months ago • 5 min read
A LOOK AT INTERPRETATION & TRANSLATION Hi Reader, Over the last month, the World Speaks team has spoken about Interpretation, Translation, and Language Justice in several arenas, including the NATI conference and the Language Justice Training with the Douglas County Health Department. You can read more about each of these conferences below! Interpretation and Translation services are part of our efforts to bring language justice and language access to our community. But how much do you know...
8 months ago • 5 min read