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SUMMARY:Center for Language Science Speaker Series: Rachel Showstack
DESCRIPTION:\n“Alce su Voz” (‘Speak Out’) is a community-engaged progra
m housed within Wichita State University’s modern language department th
at strives to improve health equity for individuals with non-English lan
guage preference (NELP). The program emerged from a series of Spanish-la
nguage community meetings that Rachel Showstack and her students facilit
ated in Wichita\, Kansas in early 2020 to explore problems in healthcare
for Spanish-speaking patients and propose possible solutions. Since the
n\, Alce su Voz has engaged with Latino and Mayan Indigenous communities
throughout southern Kansas and has developed a three-pronged approach o
f community education\, workforce development\, and policy research to i
mprove healthcare language access across the state. In this lecture\, sh
e will describe the program’s history and approach\, offer strategies fo
r engagement with community stakeholders\, and discuss practical and eth
ical considerations for community engaged work for health justice in mul
tilingual communities.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/ev
ent/cls-speaker-series-rachel-showstack/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:“Alce su Voz” (‘Speak Out’) is a communit
y-engaged program housed within Wichita State University’s modern langua
ge department that strives to improve health equity for individuals with
non-English language preference (NELP). The program emerged from a seri
es of Spanish-language community meetings that Rachel Showstack and her
students facilitated in Wichita, Kansas in early 2020 to explore problem
s in healthcare for Spanish-speaking patients and propose possible solut
ions. Since then, Alce su Voz has engaged with Latino and Mayan Indigeno
us communities throughout southern Kansas and has developed a three-pron
ged approach of community education, workforce development, and policy r
esearch to improve healthcare language access across the state. In this
lecture, she will describe the program’s history and approach, offer str
ategies for engagement with community stakeholders, and discuss practica
l and ethical considerations for community engaged work for health justi
ce in multilingual communities.
For more details: https://e
vents.la.psu.edu/event/cls-speaker-series-rachel-showstack/
URL:https://cls.la.psu.edu/news-events/cls-speaker-series/
LOCATION:Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library
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