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Loop People, Loop Places Speaker: Ginevra Ralph. Ginevra graduated from the University of Oregon with degrees in history and special education. She has been a disability rights advocate since the 1960’s and has taught students with profound cognitive and physical disabilities. In 2020 Ginevra received the 2020 HLAA “Get in the Hearing Loop” award. Ginevra will be following up on last month’s presentation given by Juliëtte Sterkens. February’s meeting will focus on the need for multiple additional strategies to enhance a hearing aid/ cochlear implants natural limitation. The presentation will also include how to take control of hearing better in our daily lives by using a personal hearing loop. Portable loops dramatically increase effective loop advocacy by instantly expanding the number and variety of places that are looped, as well as providing community outreach and education in an easy way. Ginevra will also be joined by Sue Prichard, Chair of the Loop Lane County Committee, who uses a personal loop daily.

Zoom Link for February 20:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89211721773?pwd=YUtEVmJvMFJqckRheDhUUXBxN0pEZz09

See more info on the HLAA website.

This month’s HLAA – Santa Fe Chapter meeting will be hosted by Mr. Dennis Stidham from the New Mexico Commission for Deaf & Hard of Hearing (NMCDHH).  He will be covering all their hard of hearing assistive listening devices and other equipment that is provided through their Telecommunication Equipment Distribution Program as a virtual booth presentation.

Sign Language Interpreter will be provided by the NM Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing.  Captioning will be available as well.  In order to turn on the Closed Captioning (CC) feature at the bottom of the screen in Zoom, you will need to click it.

click to zoom meeting below

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86285328620?pwd=WTI4MDREaDNUeG5qdkVhVkU4bDlkZz09

You must have zoom installed in your computer in order to participate.  We will assist you and provide instructions on how to navigate zoom if you are not familiar with it.

Flyer for HLAA SF February 20 2021

From National Black Deaf Advocates, Inc. (NBDA)

Sponsored by Def Lens Media

The New Mexico Signed Language Interpreting Practices Board will convene a regular meeting on Monday, March 8, 2021. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will be held via Cisco Webex Meetings.

Cisco Webex Meetings Link: https://nmrld.webex.com/nmrld/onstage/g.php?MTID=e6adddd075f47ceee521eb8bfffb3b7ea

Meeting Number (Access Code): 187 903 5320

Join by Phone: Phone Number: 1-415-655-0002 United State Toll

The agenda will be posted and available at least 72 hours before the meeting on the Board’s website. Copies may also be obtained by contacting Theresa Montoya, Board Administrator at (505) 476-4622.

An individual with a disability who needs a reader, amplifier, qualified signed language interpreter, or other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the meeting should contact Theresa Montoya, Board Administrator at (505) 476-4622.

The public can watch the meeting livestream on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/orHTQqoyVD4

Interpreter Webinar
Sponsored by the New Mexico Translators and Interpreters Association (NMTIA)
Court Interpreter Ethics in Remote Settings
Saturday, March 27, 2021 – 10:00 am-12:00 pm – Zoom
Session Description:
The face of court interpreting is changing. In a world in which a global pandemic has caused most industries to drastically alter the way they do business to adapt to safety protocols and social distancing requirements, judicial interpreters now find themselves tasked with providing high-level services in a multitude of virtual settings using a diverse array of remote technology. Although the judicial interpreter’s professional responsibilities haven’t changed, the dynamic nature of the virtual environments within which interpreters now work often times presents previously uncontemplated ethical challenges that must be understood and, ultimately, overcome to safeguard the integrity of the judicial process. The main focus of this 2-hour webinar will therefore be to provide pragmatic knowledge and skills to practicing and aspiring court interpreters alike to assist them in making sound ethical decisions while plying their trade in a variety of unpredictable remote settings. During the live session, attendees will not only collaborate with the instructor to analyze the judicial interpreter’s ethical responsibilities in virtual settings, but will also apply what they learn by participating in numerous skits and hands-on exercise.
Presenter: Joshua C. Elliott, Executive Officer, Office of Language Access, Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts. Joshua is a Federally and State Certified Court Interpreter with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Murray State University and a Master of Arts degree in Spanish from the University of Louisville. He has also been certified as a medical interpreter through the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters.
NMTIA is waiving the workshop fee for signed language interpreters, but registration is required. To register for the workshop, follow the link below. Be sure to register with the name and email address that you want to appear on your Certificate of Completion. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87105418260?pwd=K2xFT1d3dm9Ra242eWcrcGRVSVdkQT09
The webinar will be presented in spoken English and signed language interpreters will be provided.
NMTIA promotes an environment of mutual respect free of discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or any other protected class.
The University of New Mexico is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for .2 Legal CEUs at the Little/None to Extensive Content Knowledge Level.

Webinar flyer: NMTIA Webinar – Court VRI Ethics with RID CEUs

Join our April Member Meeting using Zoom

​Elaine McCaffrey will be presenting

Hospital Safety for those with Hearing Loss

Elaine has been a member of the HLAA Board of directors since 2020 and has been President of the HLAA Chicago North Shore Chapter since 2016. She also spear- headed the Chapter’s “Panel Discussion: Hospital Safety for People with Hearing Loss Program” from 2016 to 2020. Elaine is the current chair of the HLAACommunication Access in Health Care Program. Elaine’s advocacy passion is hospital safety for those with hearing loss. In October of 2020 she spearheaded the sixth annual hospital safety program with multiple Chicago area hospitals and hospital systems. In this presentation Elaine will go over tips and suggestions for hospital advocacy, how the Chicago HLAA chapter began their Hospital Safety Program and the importance of self-advocacy. This presentation will allow you to be better prepared to advocate for yourself or for your loved one in a hospital or medical setting – You never know when you will need it.

​Meeting starts at 10:00 am MST

• You can join at 9:45 am MST for a Zoom tutorial with informative instructions to make sure you can view the presentation material, the presentor, captioning, and sign language interperters at the same time.
• Live captioning will be provided on Zoom.
• Sign language interperters will be available on Zoo

The link for the Zoom meeting is in the April newsletter on the hearinglossabq.org webpage.  I will also be mailing a reminder of the meeting again the day before the meeting and that email will also contain a link to the Zoom meeting.

We will be having a COVID-19 Vaccine and Individuals with Disabilities Town Hall virtual event on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
We know some of you have questions about COVID-19 and the COVID-19 Vaccine. So, we reached out to our community to find experts and community members to have them share their stories and expertise with you. We hope that with this event we can answer your questions and help clarify any misunderstandings, misinformation, mistrust, or anxiety about getting the vaccine.
The event will be done on Zoom and shown on Facebook Live. We will be posting a flyer and the link soon.
View the vlog here: https://youtu.be/yVNQYnUMGG0.

A vaccine event with full access for the Disability Community will happen on April 26 and 27 from 10am to 5pm in Albuquerque. The event specifically for our Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind, Deaf Plus, and Deaf Senior Community will be on Tuesday, April 27th. It will be at the Berna Facio Professional Development Center at 3315 Louisiana Blvd NE. on the southwest corner of Louisiana Blvd and Comanche Rd. The event will be a drive-through only event – you will remain in your vehicle the whole time. There will be another vlog on the process of the drive-through soon.

Interpreters will be on site Tuesday only, and assistive technology will be available both days, including FM Systems. The vaccine provided will be the Moderna vaccine, so you will receive an appointment to return on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 to get the booster vaccine.

The event is open to everyone.  To participate:
Register at www.VaccineNM.org and use these event codes –
For Monday, April 26th use event code: IPSLPPW
For Tuesday, April 27th use event code: AWCRZAW

Please contact Corina or Myra if you have any questions, concerns, or need more information.
Corina Gutiérrez – corina.gutierrez@cdhh.nm.gov – 505-435-9241 (VP)
Myra Sandoval – myra.sandoval@cdhh.nm.gov – 505-273-3516 (VP)

See the vlog for all of the details in ASL: https://youtu.be/p8Y1ngggWrE.

These vlogs explain the process for both days, and the consent form that will be provided and must be completed before you receive the vaccine: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK3-i4djsMSSKEBjEEL3-UC-uiYafCxMj.