Volunteer Training Opportunity

Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement is offering a training session called “Fundamentals of Interpreting” to all interested volunteers within the community. Effective, accurate and respectful interpreting is a vital skill needed to serve limited-English speakers in our community. This valuable, interactive, free session reviews the skills and framework necessary to interpret successfully. Volunteers of all language skills and cultural backgrounds are encouraged to attend.   

Benefits:

• Gain a valuable understanding of interpreting best practices
• Free of charge
• Certificate of attendance

Topics:

• Translation vs. Interpretation
• Interpreting as a profession
• National standards of practice
• Interpreting tools
• Effective interpreter partnerships
• Equalizing power with language
• Ethical issues
• Interpreting boundaries
• Legal obligations

Date:

Friday March 8^th, 9am – 4pm in the 4^th floor training room.

Location:
Catholic Charities

2740 SE Powell Blvd #8

Portland, OR 97202

Facilitator:
Toc Soneoulay-Gillespie, MSW is the Youth Services Program Manager at Impact NW and has served as a community organizer and trainer in the refugee and immigrant community since 2004. With the guidance from the State Refugee Coordinator, Mrs. Soneoulay-Gillespie implemented the very first Fundamentals of Interpreting training in Anchorage, Alaska using dialogue, roles plays, and other tools to enhance the knowledge and understanding of interpreting as a profession.

The space is limited to 30 participants and spots are filling up quick, so please sign up as soon as possible to reserve a spot.
 
TO REGISTER: email Patty Narvaez: pnarvaez@catholiccharitiesoregon.org or call 503-688-2692 (My office hours are: M,T,Th, F  8:30am to noon)