National Limited English
Proficient (LEP) Advocacy Task Force
Committees Page
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AIDS:
Child Advocacy:
Disabilities:
Domestic Violence:
Education:
Co-Chairs:
Sandra Delvalle
Associate
Counsel
Puerto Rican
Legal Defense and Education Fund
99 Hudson Street
NYC 10013
(212) 739-7505
sandra_delvalle@prldef.org
Kathy Poulos-Minott
Coordinator,
National LEP Advocacy Task Force
kpoulosm@leptaskforce.org
Employment:
Health and Public Benefits:
Chair: Anne Pearson
Welfare
Law
Center
275 Seventh Ave., #1205
New York,
NY
10001
(212) 633-6967
Ext. 18
pearson@welfarelaw.org
Housing:
INS/Immigration:
Interpreter Standards:
The LEP Advocacy Interpreter Standards
Committee is composed primarily of a group of
individuals specialized in training and standards
setting in the field of legal and healthcare
interpreting. The objectives of the Committee are to:
· Define
interpreter standards
· Initiate
the process and support the efforts of national
standards in healthcare, legal and other settings
·
Gather all standards used
at state and local levels so as to tap into all
related resources, as well as to support other efforts
in the country related to interpreter standards.
Chair: Danyune Geertsen
Language Line
Services
One lower
Ragsdale Drive
Monterey,
CA
93940
Phone:
831-648-5819
Fax:
1-800-752-0073
danyune@languageline.com
Judiciary (police, jails, prison,
courts):
Chair: Ricardo Flores
Latino Legal
Assistance Project *
Public Justice
Center
500
East Lexington
Stree
Baltimore
Maryland
21202
410-625-9409 *
410-625-9423 fax
floresr@publicjustice.org
Mental Illness:
Migrant Labor (agriculture,
forestry, wreaths, seafood):
Chair:
Graciela
Martinez
Program Coordinator,
Proyecto Campesino
111 N. W. Third Street
Visalia CA 93291
Telephone:
559-733-4844
Fax:
559-733-2360
gmartinez@afsc.org
Refugee Resettlement:
Chair:
Kathy Poulos-Minott
Coordinator,
National LEP Advocacy Task Force
kpoulosm@leptaskforce.org
