Workshops & Training
The 2nd Bi-Annual Conference on New Immigrant Realities
The Second Bi-Annual Conference on New Immigrant Realities was held on April 27 and April 28 at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro's Associated Campus Ministries Building.
Sponsored by UNCG's Center for New North Carolinians, the event included presentations and seminars by UNCG faculty members and community-based professionals who are experts on current research and on-the-ground realities concerning North Carolina's immigrants.
Notes and powerpoint presentations from the convening will be posted at this site within the next few months.
Interpreter Access Project - Interpreter Training
Interpretation Training for Health and Social Services
Objectives: To familiarize bilingual individuals with professional interpreting techniques, ethics and legal considerations for interpreting in health and social service settings.
Who Should Attend? Individuals working as interpreters in health and social service settings, those who wish to work as interpreters in this type of setting and anyone who is regularly serving as a volunteer, contracted or freelance interpreter.
Pre-requisite: Ability to communicate effectively in English and any other language(s).
Faculty: Arelys Chevalier, born and raised in the Dominican Republic. Trained as a medical interpreter and culture competence instructor in Seattle Washington by the nationally recognized Cross Cultural Health Care Program, she has been a Spanish/English interpreter for over 30 years in the health and social service arena. She has also completed the medical interpreter program of the University of Arizona. Ms. Chevalier has served as professional interpreter and culture resource with the NC Center for International Understanding in their project to train North Carolina practitioners in Mexico on the health practices and culture in that country. Working for the University of North Carolina Greensboro and Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), Ms. Chevalier has trained hundreds of interpreters as well as taught Spanish for health care professionals in hospitals and social service settings in North Carolina. She is certified by the NC Office of Minority Health to teach the "Nosotros," culture competence program.
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