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  • Election Disinformation Campaigns are Targeting Latinos. Fact Checkers are Fighting Back.

    May 03, 2024 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States

    Spanish-language fact-checking organizations such as Factchequeado debunk disinformation targeting Latino voters, often monitoring online discussion in Spanish-speaking countries to anticipate viral content before it reaches U.S. audiences. Factchequeado also partners with community media organizations who can share the fact-checked information with their local readers and viewers.

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  • Grupo liberal busca atraer a votantes latinos con $57 millones en ocho estados

    April 03, 2024 |

    Noticias Telemundo |

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    Response Location: United States

    Ahora aprovechando su éxito en elecciones pasados, Somos Votantes y su comité de acción política trabajan para ampliar la educación y la participación de los votantes hispanos principalmente a través de visitas puerta a puerta, información bilingüe pagada, y una “sólida” organización comunitaria.

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  • In Lakota Nation, people are asking: Who does a language belong to?

    March 27, 2024 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Lakota Nation, United States

    Nonprofits, schools, and individuals are working to revitalize the Lakota language by making it more accessible in a variety of ways, including classes, dictionaries, podcasts, and passing on knowledge from elders.

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  • Mediación para derribar las barreras lingüísticas y culturales en salud

    March 22, 2024 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain, Madrid

    Hasta la crisis migratoria ‘de los cayucos’ no existían mediadores interculturales en salud en España. En este marco surge el Servicio de Interpretación y Mediación Intercultural sociosanitaria de Salud Entre Culturas, uno de los pocos presenciales, integrado en un hospital. Su objetivo, junto con los teléfonos de interpretación idiomática, es echar abajo las barreras lingüísticas y socioculturales en la sanidad española.

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  • ‘It's been such a gift for me.' Apps help schools and families overcome language barriers

    March 13, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The ReachWell app helps break down language barriers by allowing teachers to text in English and parents to receive messages in their own language. Translation apps like ReachWell allow parents to be more engaged in their child’s education. The app is currently used in several school districts and is also beginning to partner with emergency service agencies to provide alerts in other languages besides English.

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  • Enrollment in tribal language courses grows in Oklahoma as tribes aim to increase fluency

    March 11, 2024 |

    Oklahoma Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    In an effort to increase language fluency and preserve the Indigenous culture, public schools in Oklahoma are offering Indigenous language programs to teach a variety of languages, like Cherokee and Choctaw, to interested students. In the 2022-2023 school year, 3,314 students from elementary through high school participated in an Indigenous language program.

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  • 'Happier families, happier students': How Denver's community hubs are helping migrants

    March 11, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Denver Public Schools’ Community Hubs provide wide-ranging support for students and their families, from language classes and GED programs for parents learning English to food pantries, financial education courses, and mobile medical appointments. The hubs have served more than 4,000 families since launching in 2022, with roughly 600 migrant families being served this year.

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  • English learners stopped coming to class during the pandemic. One group is tackling the problem by helping their parents

    March 11, 2024 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    ourBRIDGE for Kids is a school-based program that helps English language learners improve their language skills. Since the pandemic increased rates of chronic absenteeism among English language learners, ourBridge shifted its focus to also provide family services to provide comprehensive support, like secure housing and grocery delivery, that helps keep youth in school.

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  • Funding to help Spanish-speaking child care providers get licensed in Colorado set to end

    January 25, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    The Colorado Department of Early Childhood’s bilingual support team helps guide Spanish-speaking residents through the process of applying for a child care license, providing resources and training materials in applicants’ native language. The team is currently working with 69 professionals who are already licensed as well as 25 Spanish speakers in the midst of the application process.

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  • St. Paul school district halts enrollment slide. The secret: listening to immigrant communities.

    January 23, 2024 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    To address enrollment decline in St. Paul Public Schools, the district invested in language and cultural programs that cater to local immigrant communities. After four years of implementing Hmong, Spanish, Mandarin, and East African language and cultural programs, student enrollment is now rising.

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