Region I Report Jason Farr, Region I Representative FROM THE BOARD YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/xeaxYQCM1rc Jason Farr, NIC Region I Representative
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ello Region I. I have an exciting update to share regarding our Region I Conference, previously scheduled for this year in New York City. COVID-19 has brought an opportunity to do something a little different in 2020 - we are moving the Region I Conference online October 8 - 11. I especially want to thank our Conference Co-Chairs Chris Kelley of GVRRID and Rosa Norberg of RIRID, as well as the many Conference Committee Chairs and Presenters, for their hard work and dedication to see this conference move forward.
Connecticut RID (CRID)
Connecticut has waved their membership dues for this fiscal year. We ask anyone who wants to become a member to please fill out a membership form on our website (http://www.connrid.org) so we can have the correct contact information. We encourage our members to support our local partner Deaf organizations with the money that you would have spent on CRID. We will be holding our general membership meeting in the Fall, more information to come. We have also been busy to help support BLM (Black Lives Matter) events across our state by providing pro bono interpreters when available. We thank our coordinator and those interpreters for their time! The CRID board would like to thank our team of interpreters who have been working hard the past few months to provide access for our Governor and other state leaders.
The Region’s Affiliate Chapter leaders have also been hard at work, bringing online workshops, social events, volunteer opportunities, and Town Halls to their cities and states. If you are looking for ways to volunteer in your community, or aim to find more resources on interpreter development, your local Affiliate Chapter is a great place to start. RID Affiliate Chapters are the Our newly-elected MaineRID Board members joined their first transition Board meeting. We have a full Board and new enervery foundation of RID. gy and ideas for workshops and CEU-bearing discussion groups focused on the role of RID, the meaning of being stewards of the
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