Deaf and Deaf-Blind people, Codas, People of Color, and Deaf/Hearing interpreters — all who are interested in rolling up their sleeves, participating in challenging conversations, laughing and struggling together to create personal commitments to allyship. The planning committee expects this to be a memorable weekend that we will look back on as on as a milestone event in our history.If you don't like challenge, conflict and personal growth, perhaps this not the right conference for you. If you are interested in a simple interpreter training opportunity to earn CEUs, again maybe not the right weekend for you. But if you embrace reflective growth and want to discover your role in community collaboration by possibly confronting your own belief and attitudinal systems, this is the conference for you! There is nothing you need to know to come except to have accepted the foundational idea that oppression exists in the interpreting field and you want to be part of creating a way to ameliorate it. We plan to dig deep into the presentation and ramifications of oppression from both the personal and from the community perspective. We know the topics may be difficult for some to fully process and we will offer a support network of mentors to work with anyone who feels overwhelmed or confronted by one of the topics being discussed and explored.
We invite experienced Allies and those who are just starting their work in the Deaf Community. We are excited about you taking your place in the conversation with the best and the brightest people in our community.