Region II Report Brenda Sellers, Region II Representative FROM THE BOARD Brenda Sellers, CI and CT, NIC Region II Representative
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/bbhdVlD_gv4 • Our membership continues to grow - we currently have 151 members registered. Submitted by Mary Beth Grayson
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i, I’m Brenda Sellers, Region II Representative.
I have gathered reports from some of our Affiliate Chapters and would like to share them with you. They are below:
SCRID • New SCRID Board will assume positions July 1, 2020
GARID
Greetings from Georgia! Just like everyone else we are trying new things as far as virtual learning and Zoom meetings. We have had one workshop and one member meeting, both with a great online turnout. Our workshop covered specifics as far as staying safe while working (and life in general) during this pandemic. Also, we are working with the membership to host a town hall meeting with the goal of figuring out how we can support people of color in our communities as well as support Black Lives Matter on a larger scale.
• On June 18-21, SCRID hosted a 4-day legal intensive workshop with Carla Mathers on Zoom with 18 attendees. It was a successful event! We had several CDI’s and Certified hearing interpreters that now have more clarity and confidence in a courtroom environment.
Submitted by Amanda Tate
• Our legislation update is that our Interpreter bill has effectively died due to the session being cut short by COVID-19, but it will be resubmitted with SCAD when session opens for 2021/2022 with high hopes that it will pass this next time around. We were truly so close this year!
MSRID moved back membership dues deadlines to September to help our interpreters that may have been impacted by COVID.
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VIEWS Volume 36 • Issue 3
MSRID
We set up a Facebook page for our ASL users. This page allowed our Deaf community to post videos about COVID that did not
