Community Language Cooperative

🌟 The Community Language Cooperative is proud to support Language Access Week in Nebraska! 🌍✨ We're dedicated to ensuring everyone has the right to communicate and be understood in the language of their heart ❤️ Join us in celebrating and advocating for a more inclusive community.

The CLC is continuing to celebrate 10 years this month!

Founded in 2014, the (CLC) emerged during a transformative era of social justice and grassroots movements in the United States. Born from the recognition of the vital need to center the experiences of community members in philanthropy, community development, and social justice, the CLC quickly rose to prominence as one of the fastest-growing language cooperative players in the nation.

The inception of the CLC traces back to the vision of two sisters, Indira Guzman and Rosa Guzman-Snyder. Growing up bilingual, they intimately understood the importance of language in connecting communities. Drawing from their own experiences of interpreting for their family and community during their youth, they recognized the power of their skills and decided to transform them into a means of generating wealth.

What began as a humble interpretation and translation cooperative soon blossomed into a powerful language justice movement sweeping across Colorado and beyond. Since its inception, the CLC has remained steadfast in its commitment to radical inclusion, sharing power, and dismantling oppressive systems that disproportionately impact linguistically diverse communities.

For the past decade, the CLC has been at the forefront of championing diversity—ensuring that every voice is not only heard but valued and respected. Through collaborative efforts and dedication, we've built bridges, broken barriers, and forged a path toward a more inclusive, equitable future for all.
Here's to the past, present, and future of the CLC, where together, we continue to write the story of community power, one language at a time.

Congratulations to Sayuri Toribio! The CLC has seen Sayuri grow for the past ten years with grace and love for our community and now she is part of the CLC family. Sayuri obtained her Bachelors of Arts from Regis University in Business Administration with minors in Marketing and French.

Muchas felicidades Sayuri!

¡Felicidades a Sayuri Toribio! La CLC ha visto crecer a Sayuri durante los últimos diez años con gracia y amor por nuestra comunidad y ahora ella es parte de la familia de la CLC. Sayuri obtuvo su Licenciatura en Administración de Empresas de la Universidad Regis con especialización en Marketing y Francés.

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the , a journey fueled by passion, dedication, and the unwavering commitment to language justice. We're grateful to our community pioneers—the trailblazers who paved the way and created spaces where every voice can resonate in the language of their heart.

Let's take a moment to honor our incredible interpreters, translators, and facilitator/coaches, whose tireless efforts ensure that diverse voices are not just heard, but celebrated. Your dedication to language justice is truly inspiring!

And of course, a heartfelt thank you goes out to our partners, funders, and language justice champions. Your support has been instrumental in our journey toward a more inclusive, equitable world where language is a bridge, not a barrier.

Here's to the past 10 years of growth, learning, and impact—and to the many more ahead! Let's continue to champion language justice to amplify community voices together.

Attention Community Interpreters! If you have previously completed the CLC's Community Interpreter Training, we invite you to sign up for ongoing coaching and professional development via Zoom.
This is a free opportunity for those who want to improve their interpretation skills.

You can register here: http://bit.ly/4cFAo4V

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/interpreter-training-program-helping-break-language-barriers-in-la-plata-county/

Interpreter training program helping break language barriers in La Plata County Whether starting a new business, looking for work or just getting around town, it can be hard to make one’s way in a community where the principal language is not one’s own. The La Plata Food Equity C...

If you're bilingual, consider applying for this training opportunity to become a community interpreter. This training is being sponsored by Casey Family Programs and is offered free to community members.
Apply today!
https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7558188/CI-Training

The CLC is wrapping up a busy training season, and what a joy it's been!
We've completed the 40-hour Community Interpreter training in the following communities:
April- Pueblo, CO, in partnership with Colorado State University, Pueblo
May- Omaha, NE, in partnership with the Douglas County Public Health Department
July- Durango, CO, in partnership with the The Good Food Collective
August- Colorado Springs, CO, in partnership with the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
August- Grand Junction, CO, in partnership with the Mesa County Public Health

We're grateful to all of our partners for making this a wonderful training season.
We have two more Community Interpreter trainings scheduled for 2023. Please reach out to us to learn more about our training programs!

The CLC celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month!

Apply today for the Community Interpreter Training Program in Denver. March 13-15, 2024.
Space is limited.
https://bit.ly/44voh5h

In Denver, however, I woke up to limits of interpretation-by-request — and to the power of language justice. As a practice, it includes providing interpretation and translation services, but it is also much more than that.

We Need Language Justice This week's newsletter comes to us from Anjali Prasertong, a writer and public health dietitian focused on food systems, racial equity, and nutrition. Prasertong led an innovative city-funded corner store program in New Orleans that increased fresh food access in low-income neighborhoods, and worke...

The CLC offices will be closed in June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

Day 1 of our 40-hour Language Justice Community Interpreter Training started today. Thank you for bringing this training to the Vail Valley!

Job Posting for 2023
Send us your resume!

What's the language of your heart?
At the CLC, we promote the full expression of ourselves using the language that best conveys our thoughts, feelings, and frustrations. It's not just what we say but how we say it that needs to be celebrated!
Does your organization promote language justice? Do you use the language of your heart?

¿Cuál es el idioma de tu corazón?
En la CLC fomentamos la expresión completa de nosotros mismos utilizando el lenguaje que mejor transmite nuestros pensamientos, sentimientos y frustraciones. ¡No es solo lo que decimos sino cómo lo decimos lo que debe celebrarse!
¿Promueves la justicia del lenguaje en tu organización? ¿Usas el idioma de tu corazón?

Meet Júlia-

Júlia Martins Rodrigues, PhD, was born and raised in Brazil and currently works providing Portuguese translation and interpretation services through the Community Language Cooperative. She is a researcher, consultant, and advocate of cooperative-driven economic democracy.

Júlia Martins Rodrigues, PhD, nasceu e cresceu no Brazil e, hoje, trabalha com serviços de tradução e interpretação em Português por meio da Community Language Cooperative. Ela é pesquisadora, consultora e ativista dedicada à democratização econômica via cooperativismo.

Friends in the Denver area, join us for our consulting launch party on October 6th in Westwood.

Amigos en el área de Denver, acompáñennos para nuestra fiesta de lanzamiento de nuestros servicios de asesoramiento el 6 de octubre en Westwood.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/clc-launch-party-in-person-tickets-408038773957?fbclid=IwAR03nW802rnRGh8ZMtBGg9q5c2oEqF8Zn0XQEmfuxPS2GguluzgzI267lYE

Friends in the Denver area, join us for our consulting launch party on October 6th in Westwood.

Amigos en el área de Denver, acompáñennos para nuestra fiesta de lanzamiento de nuestros servicios de asesoramiento el 6 de octubre en Westwood.

CLC Launch Party (in-person) Join the Community Language Cooperative as we celebrate and share our newest line of consulting services.

The CLC team, Rosa, Indira, Eréndira and Gisela, in Muncie, Indiana with the Habitat for Humanity International Revitalization Learning Cohort.

CLC is on TikTok

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Time in community in always time well spent ❤️
We’re grateful for Read Muskegon and the literacy collaborative for their continued commitment to community leadership.

Aalyah and Indira creating inclusive spaces in Southwest Denver by providing Arabic and Spanish interpretation.

The CLC is looking for Mandarin interpreters in the Denver Metro area.

The CLC has partnered with Yuma Unified Making Advances and the Rural Communities Resource Center to bring the 40 hour Language Justice Community Interpreter training to our amazing friends in Yuma, Colorado. This group is talented and extremely passionate about helping bring equitable and inclusive engagement practices to their communities. Felicidades intérpretes!

The CLC is hiring ASL interpreters.