This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) and is presented at the Some Knowledge level. This presentation explores the lived experience of a Black CODA and the various cultural intersections that defines her identity. The workshop will also examine her journey to becoming a professional interpreter and how the path can be made easier for the next generation.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. Stakeholder Panel ~ All of us are stakeholders of RID, but some are positioned in unique ways that allow them to serve as bridges — Bridges to other organizations, bridges to various communities, and bridges to our past and future. Participants in this session will have the opportunity to see a facilitated dialogue by Treasurer Yakata Nichols on how some stakeholders view RID in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, in light of unpacking our relationship to audism, our current process of transformation, and what it means to transition into an organization that more fully aligns itself with our mission and vision.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) - Legal and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. Participants will explore minimum standards for legal/court credentialing within a professional certification organization. A review of the necessary elements of credentialing as RID transitions forward will be provided. Discussions and presentations will focus on the elements of equity and access to training, specifically for entry level opportunities for BIPOC and Deaf interpreters. Project CLIMB will explore audism, racism, within the legal justice system and how it affects entry to practice for BIPOC and Deaf interpreters. Participants will explore the proposed portfolio approach as designed by the RID Legal Credentialing Task Force as well as have the opportunity to engage in lively group discussions led by LIMS.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) - Power, Privilege, and Oppression (PPO) and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. Contextually, we have been through a whirlwind of various leadership styles and approaches over the last several years- from our government at the macro level to our national organization at the mezzo level, and our affiliate chapters at the micro level. What ways can organizations model responsive leadership? What does responsive leadership entail in terms of action? In this session, Shana, Traci, and Christopher will share what it takes to engage in responsive leadership, and what we might do to elicit our innate and given abilities to engage one another out of inaction and into action.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. Many interpreters - whether they have been working for many years, or are still studying for their certification exam - have questions about how to engage in professional development effectively, and some even ask why they should. What creates an effective learning environment? I am already certified; why do I have to take more workshops? I have seen it all; how can I find educational activities that are worthwhile? What distinguishes Professional Studies from General Studies programs? Why can I not carry over my excess CEUs to the next cycle? What can I do if I find an RID-sponsored educational activity ineffective? I want to see changes in the Certification Maintenance Program (CMP); what should I do? And there are many, many other questions. In this session, the PDC will solicit questions about continuing education, CEUs, certification maintenance, and the role of the PDC, among other related topics. The PDC aims to identify and respond to common areas of confusion, and to provide some guidance on effective ways of engaging in continuing education. The PDC hopes to leave participants with the sense that learning can be relevant, worthwhile, and even fun. The PDC will also collect concerns and suggestions from participants for future consideration by the PDC.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) - Power, Privilege, and Oppression (PPO) and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. While 2020 and 2021 has brought on a unique experience of interpreters shifting much of their work to an online environment, video interpreting has been around for years and continues to serve as a necessary component to the work we do as interpreters. For this session, VIMS leadership has curated a special selection of expert and experienced leaders to talk about audism and intersectional isms and oppressions that exist in the provision of video interpreting work. Please attend ready to consider what happens when marginalized identities appear in the realm of video interpreting, and what we do with this in terms of our current transformation and subsequent transition into a professional certification organization.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) - Power, Privilege, and Oppression (PPO) and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. Society is experiencing a major shift at the macro-, meso-, and micro- levels within our structures, systems, and individual consciousness. While there is a need to explore justice within our organizations, such as RID, we must pay special attention to the individuals and their consciousness that constitute RID. This plenary provides participants an opportunity to authentically explore their personal role and responsibility in justice and the ways in which we tackle the societal isms that live within us.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. Every systematic process has room for improvement, and requires pause to reevaluate its values and efficacy. The RID Ethics Committee, in tandem with the RID Ethical Practices System department, invites you to join us in re-orienting what the Ethical Practices System (EPS) is and can be. Through small and large group discussions we will take a closer look at the history and foundation of the EPS and how moving forward we can embrace the ever changing landscape of our profession.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. This time affords membership the opportunity to see a moderated discussion amongst agency owners as they explore the complexities of providing sign language interpreters. Of special import will be the systemic barriers between agency structures and practitioners that often lead to miscommunication and misunderstanding about why certain decisions are made. The panelists will also address provision of services through the lens of audism and other intersectional isms, transformation, and transition of RID into a professional certification organization.

"Re-Orienting" - Addressing audism and systemic oppression within the ASL Interpreting field. This package includes the collection of the workshops/presentations that were offered at the 2021 RID National Conference, hosted virtually. Please note that the majority of the presentations are in ASL without voice interpretation.