23 Apr Virtually Impossible? The Opposite is True!

Posted at 12:45h in Interpreting, NAJIT Affairs, NAJIT Conference, Odds & Ends, Personal Growth, Professional Development, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 4 Comments

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If I had been told a year ago that NAJIT’s Conference Committee would be organizing a remote event, I would not have believed it. The virtualization of “virtually” everything around us caught us all by surprise. It is a well-known fact that humans by our...

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16 Apr Embracing our Mother Tongue’s Diversity

Posted at 13:36h in Janis Palma, Odds & Ends, Recent Posts, The Profession by Observer Editor 27 Comments

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I was born Puerto Rican. I was actually born in New York, but that doesn’t make me a New Yorker any more than being born in Hawaii or Japan makes my cousins Hawaiian or Japanese just because their military parents happened to be stationed there...

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29 Mar Continuing Education

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29 Mar Presenter Biographies

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28 Mar Main Conference Sessions

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19 Mar Taking Charge of our Profession

Posted at 12:45h in Advocacy, Janis Palma, Odds & Ends, Recent Posts, The Profession by Observer Editor 24 Comments

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I have recently become particularly interested in exploring what sign language and spoken language interpreters have in common and what we do not. One thing that seems crystal clear, especially now that so much public health information is conveyed through televised press conferences, is how...

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19 Feb First Person Plural

Posted at 01:00h in Business Practices, Janis Palma, Odds & Ends, Professional Practices, Recent Posts, The Profession by Observer Editor 15 Comments

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I was listening to an interview of Korean American author Cathy Park Hong about her book, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. She spoke of a mythical We that does not really apply to all Asian Americans because it lumps together the Pacific Islanders and...

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15 Jan Shredding Time!

Posted at 10:29h in Janis Palma, Language, Odds & Ends, Recent Posts, Terminology, Tools of the trade by Observer Editor 7 Comments

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I love birthdays, anniversaries, and—of course—new years, new decades, and new millennia. Each one gives me a chance to let go of whatever has been happening in my life that was just not going well at all and start again. It gives me a chance...

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11 Dec My Holiday Wish List

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I’ve been thinking about the lists of wonderful gifts children wish for when the holiday season rolls around, and what I would want on my list if I could have any of those gifts delivered, as if by magic. For one thing, I would want...

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19 Nov Harvesting Time

Posted at 23:00h in Janis Palma, Odds & Ends, Personal Growth, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 20 Comments

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“Wherever you are, be totally there.”  Eckhart Tolle My father is 90 years old. He recently wrote an open letter to his family that started with the words: “With so much time in my hands, I have decided to write…” And write he did, 14...

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