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Overcoming Challenges as a Sign Language Interpreter of Color
At times we may question whether our peers value what we bring to the sign language interpreting profession. Regardless of our confidence level about what we bring, I believe we would likely agree...
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Sign Language Interpreters: Recognizing & Analyzing Our Power & Privilege
Are sign language interpreters intrinsically connected to the fight for humanity, as suggested by Brandon Arthur in his post, The Goo Inside a Sign Language Interpreter? What is our role working...
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A Deaf Perspective: Cultural Respect in Sign Language Interpreting
A chip on her shoulder. An angry Deaf person. I will definitely NOT be attending her workshops in the future. The workshop seemed to be a venting session for the Deaf people. These were just some of...
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Leadership in Sign Language Interpreting: Where are We?
History of Leadership It is difficult to discuss the history of leadership in the field of sign language interpreting without first selecting a starting point for our history as a “field.” Some...
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4 Obsessions of a Qualified Sign Language Interpreter
Sign language interpreters come to the profession from a variety of avenues; each possessing a range of life experience that makes their daily work distinct. Though the work from interpreter to...
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A Salute to Big Thinking Sign Language Interpreters
What do projectile vomiting, cancelled and delayed flights, and an unrelenting Nor’easter have in common? StreetLeverage—Live. As anyone who has organized a live event will tell you, there are always...
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The Cost of Invisibility: Codas and the Sign Language Interpreting Profession
I recently attended an interpreter retreat where the purpose was to examine privilege, how it manifests in our individual work lives, our relationships with each other, and within the sign language...
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Modern Questor: Connecting the Past to the Future of the Field
Lynnette presented, Modern Questor: Connecting the Past to the Future of the Field, at StreetLeverage – Live. Her talk examined how the shift from a Deaf/centric to a market/centric locus of power has...
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Sign Language Interpreters and the Quest for a Deaf Heart
A recurrent phrase that has been appearing in frequent discussions is “Deaf heart.” Our national interpreter organization, RID, has long been characterized as needing a Deaf heart. Recently, changes...
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Vulnerability: A Collaboration Killer for Sign Language Interpreters
As calls for volunteers went out to test a platform that could ultimately provide live ASL interpretation for any TEDx conference—TEDx events are community organized events that bring people together...
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5 Easy Career Enhancers for Sign Language Interpreters
What makes up a successful career as a sign language Interpreter? Logically, it depends on who is asked. Regardless of what is ultimately determined to be the magic ingredients, those interpreters who...
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Debra Russell | Sign Language Interpreters: Discover & Recover an Enduring...
Deb presented, Sign Language Interpreters: Discover & Recover and Enduring Legacy, at StreetLeverage – Live 2013 | Atlanta, GA. Her talk encouraged sign language interpreters to consider the...
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Will Sign Language Interpreters Recognize Their Own Reflection?
Brandon Arthur, Ben Hall, Jan Humphrey, Carl Kirchner, and Angela Jones As I rub the blur of the 2013 RID conference from my eyes, I am left feeling a sense of appreciation for the conference program...
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It Takes a Village to Raise a Sign Language Interpreter
With fall upon us, students in interpreter training programs all over the country have begun another semester on their journey to becoming a sign language interpreter. Along with the classroom...
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The Five Step Path to Resiliency for Sign Language Interpreters
One of the strengths of our community of practice is our diversity of thought, background, and belief systems – it is also is what poses the greatest challenge when we come together to create positive...
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#Doable: How Sign Language Interpreters Restore Relationships With The Deaf...
I was privileged enough to serve as a full-time conference interpreter at the 2013 RID Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. I was, as always, thrilled to have the opportunity to work with incredible...
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Has An Identity Crisis Immobilized The Field of Sign Language Interpreting?
During my attendance at the 2012 Region IV RID Conference in Denver and the 2013 National RID Conference in Indianapolis I found myself in tears more than once. While it is not uncommon for me to...
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Nelson Mandela: Have Sign Language Interpreters Disappointed the World?
Thamsanqa Jantjie (Picture by Itumeleng English/AP) The terrible cocktail of “schizophrenia,” unethical business leadership and uninformed government decisions makers that lead to the sign language...
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Sign Language Interpreters and the Quest for Cultural Competence
I’ve been interpreting professionally for 25 years. I like to think I’m reasonably good at what I do but from time to time something will dawn on me about ASL or Deaf culture that I’ve never known or...
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#Doable: Creating Safe Spaces for Sign Language Interpreters
Throughout my career as a sign language interpreter, I have been fortunate to have the most generous and giving mentors imaginable. I have always had a safe place to land when I needed support or...
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