The Trilingual Interpreter: Language – Identity & Practice (Pt. 2)

REGISTRATION:
To register, please email workshops@joyfulsigning.com

Workshop/Course Description:
The Trilingual Interpreter: Identity, Power Dynamics & Ethics is the second workshop in a comprehensive three-part series designed to provide language and forward-thinking frameworks for multilingual interpreting work. This session invites participants to examine how personal and professional identity, implicit bias, and power dynamics influence interpreting practice. Participants will explore the impacts of linguicism, racism, ableism, and horizontal violence within the interpreting profession while considering restorative approaches to professional challenges. Through reflection and scenario-based discussion, participants will strengthen self-awareness, examine professional ethics and boundaries, develop strategies for managing triggers and building confidence, and explore the role of allyship in creating more equitable and resilient professional spaces.

Live workshop will be held from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET via Zoom.

Content Level:
Little/None

Target Audience:
Emerging and working interpreters; multilingual and multicultural professionals.

Educational Objectives:

1. Participants will engage in personal and professional identity development through reflection and sharing individual stories.
2. Participants will examine the impact of linguicism, racism, ableism, and horizontal violence within the interpreting profession.
3. Participants will identify implicit biases and examine their role in interpreting power dynamics.
4. Participants will develop strategies for building confidence, managing triggers, establishing professional boundaries, practicing allyship, and navigating professional ethics.
5. Participants will apply concepts related to ethics and identity through the analysis and discussion of specific interpreting scenarios.

Instructor(s) Name(s):
Mónica Gallego & Letícia “Letty” Morán

Point of Contact:
Grace Cooney, workshops@joyfulsigning.com | (240)-585-0280

CEUs Awarded:
0.3 PPO CEUs at the Professional Studies level

**Participants must attend the full 3-hour live workshop to receive CEUs.
**RID/ACET Approved

RID Statement
Joyful Signing is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 0.3 CEUs at the Little/None Content Knowledge Level.

Language Access & Accessibility Policy
Joyful Signing LLC is committed to providing equitable access to learning for all participants. All educational programming is designed to be linguistically accessible and inclusive.

Primary language of instruction and facilitation will be American Sign Language (ASL).

Participants who require other communication access services to participate fully may request reasonable accommodations during registration. Accommodation requests should be submitted to workshops@joyfulsigning.com at least 10 business days prior to the start of the program to ensure timely coordination.

Joyful Signing LLC will make reasonable efforts to meet all access requests and will confirm accommodations prior to the event. Requests received after the stated deadline will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and fulfilled when feasible.

Joyful Signing LLC does not discriminate on the basis of disability, language preference, or communication modality and is committed to providing a respectful, inclusive learning environment.

CEU Requirements:
Participants must attend the full workshop and complete all required attendance verification procedures to receive RID CEUs. Partial credit will not be awarded.

Cancellation/Refund Policy
Not eligible for refunds upon cancellation.