{"id":14386,"date":"2021-10-25T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/?p=14386"},"modified":"2021-10-25T00:16:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T04:16:24","slug":"linguistics-and-social-justice-seminar-10-25-kadian-walters-uwi-mona-celia-blake-uwi-mona-and-hubert-devonish-uwi-mona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/2021\/10\/25\/linguistics-and-social-justice-seminar-10-25-kadian-walters-uwi-mona-celia-blake-uwi-mona-and-hubert-devonish-uwi-mona\/","title":{"rendered":"Linguistics and Social Justice Seminar 10\/25 - Kadian Walters (UWI Mona), Celia Blake (UWI Mona), &#038; Hubert Devonish (UWI Mona)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">You are invited to participate in our discussion this week, Tuesday, October 26, 2-5pm ET, on \u0093Linguistics and Social Justice: Language, Education &amp; Human Rights\u0094 \u00a0(MIT Linguistics, Graduate Seminar, 24.S96). \u00a0Please contact Michel &lt;<a class=\"\" href=\"mailto:degraff@mit.edu\">degraff@mit.edu<\/a>&gt; for information about Zoom link and readings. \u00a0NB: We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment in our seminar. If you need assistance for accommodations or accessibility in order to fully participate, please\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"mailto:degraff@MIT.EDU\">email degraff@MIT.EDU<\/a>\u00a0so that we can work out adequate arrangements.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">The theme this Tuesday, October 26, is &#8220;<b class=\"\">Language Rights and Justice for all in the Caribbean<\/b>&#8221; and all three of our guests are from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\" \/><br clear='none'\/>\nOur discussion will start with a\u00a0presentation by\u00a0<b class=\"\">Kadian Walters<\/b>\u00a0on linguistic discrimination in Jamaica on the part\u00a0of customer service representatives in government offices and agencies. \u00a0Prof. Walters will also discuss her\u00a0efforts for the respect of language rights by Jamaican Police, the National Housing Trust and other\u00a0public agencies.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\u00a0<br class=\"\" \/><br clear='none'\/>\n<b class=\"\">Celia Blake\u00a0<\/b>will then address language rights within the Commonwealth Caribbean legal systems, and specifically her\u00a0work on linguistic equity with judges across the region.\u00a0<br class=\"\" \/><br clear='none'\/>\n<br class=\"\" \/><br clear='none'\/>\n<b class=\"\">Hubert Devonish<\/b>\u00a0will discuss: \u00a0(i) \u00a0bilingual education in the context of the 2018\u00a0National Standards Curriculum; (ii) the preparation and on-the-job training of community language translators for\u00a0Covid-19 public service announcements in Guyana.<br class=\"\" \/><br clear='none'\/>\n<br class=\"\" \/><br clear='none'\/>\nKadian Walters&#8217;, Celia Blake&#8217;s and Hubert Devonish&#8217;s efforts are all framed by the\u00a0<b class=\"\">Charter on Language Rights in the Creole speaking\u00a0Caribbean.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are invited to participate in our discussion this week, Tuesday, October 26, 2-5pm ET, on \u0093Linguistics and Social Justice: Language, Education &amp; Human Rights\u0094 \u00a0(MIT Linguistics, Graduate Seminar, 24.S96). \u00a0Please contact Michel &lt;degraff@mit.edu&gt; for information about Zoom link and readings. \u00a0NB: We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment in our seminar. 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