Alce su Voz builds Ark City Community Coalition with speakers of four Mayan languages
Kansas residents from Guatemala who speak the Mayan languages K’iche’, Akateko, Q’anjob’al, and Aguacateko spoke with Alce su Voz on…
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Advancing Language Access After Topeka Summit
By Rachel Showstack and Rommy Vargas-Bezzubikoff* As linguistically diverse Kansans have proclaimed at community meetings across Kansas…
Civic Conversations for Health Equity
Civic participation activities, like voting, volunteering, talking with elected officials, community gardening, or group activities like…
Access to Mental Health Services for Spanish Speakers in Kansas
By Kelly Guzman, with contributions by Rachel Showstack Kelly Guzman is a bilingual mental health clinician with a private practice in…
Supporting Multilingualism for Health Equity in Public Education in Kansas
By Rachael Showstack Education has long been considered a “social determinant of health” (SoDH), or a condition in which people live that affects their overall … Read more
La profesionalización del rol de intérprete en Kansas
Equipo de intérpretes aprende sobre las leyes y regulaciones de acceso lingüístico y se pregunta por qué Kansas no las sigue…
Professionalizing the Interpreter Role in Kansas
Interpreter Team Learns Language Access Laws and Regulations and Asks Why Kansas does not Consistently Follow Them Title VI of the Civil…
¡Gracias a los estudiantes de Alce su Voz!
Alce su Voz would like to say thank you to our student research assistants for all of the amazing work they do! In this blog post, our…
Taking Alce su voz workshops to Southwest Kansas provides information about barriers to health care
Did you know that the population in Ford, Seward, and Finney counties in rural southwest Kansas is over 50% Hispanic/Latinx? Dodge City,…
Building a Coalition with Mayan Communities in Coffeyville
I’m writing this post in Coffeyville, Kansas, where I just spent three days meeting with Mayan families, community leaders, and…