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Committee explores language-access and interpretation options for Bangor meetings and agendas
Summary
Using a Chapel Hill, N.C., agenda as an example, the advisory committee discussed ways to add language-access information and interpretation assistance to Bangor’s meeting materials and how to partner with local organizations and institutions to provide translation or remote interpretation.
Committee members reviewed a model City Council agenda from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, that lists interpretation resources and step-by-step participation guidance in multiple languages and discussed options to make Bangor’s agendas and meeting participation more accessible.
Chair Katie Bridal described the Chapel Hill example and said it included practical details…
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