Saturday, August 9, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central U.S. Time
Event Description
It is sometimes hard to take the personal side out of our work but being able to recognize the lasting impacts our knowledge, interpretation, and actions have with those we work with will help us grow professionally.
In this 3-hour virtual workshop, we’ll discuss biases related to gender, sexual, and relationship diversity, as well as how these biases, both conscious and unconscious, can have a bearing on the interpreted session. These topics will be explored through the lens of interpreting ethics, including the RID Code of Professional Conduct, NCIHC Code of Ethics, and the AAITE Code of Ethics for Interpreters in Education, among other ethical frameworks.
Participants will have an opportunity to consider how queer and LGBTQ+ mental and physical health is impacted by stigma. We’ll also consider to what degree interpreters have an ethical responsibility to either support wellbeing, or prevent harm in interpreted sessions. The main ethical concepts to be discussed are: beneficence & non-maleficence, respect, professionalism, impartiality, and accuracy.
We’ll also explore the physicality of impartiality, and how our facial expressions, body language, tone, reflexes, and even physiological reactions can impact our ability to remain neutral, especially in gender-affirming medical care settings. Because lack of familiarity with gender-affirming care and related procedures can contribute to breakdowns in not only accuracy, but impartiality, we will also explore medical procedures and terminology that might come up during interpreting encounters with gender expansive clients.
Educational Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Recognize the intersection of diverse communities and our professional ethics.
- Learn the impact societal language and biases have on the gender, sexual, and alternative lifestyle communities.
- Recognize medical terminology that might be used when working with gender expansive clients.
- Learn how to change their language while working with those that are from communities other than their own.
Presenter(s)
Kelly (Grzech) Henriquez
About Our Presenter(s):
Kelly (Grzech) Henriquez (she/they) is a dual-certified Spanish medical/healthcare interpreter in Richmond, Virginia. She acquired her BA from Virginia Commonwealth University with a concentration in Spanish and completed their SETI (Spanish/English Translation and Interpretation) program. Kelly began her career in language services at a local safety net clinic and has since been interpreting on-site. During the pandemic, she began her YouTube channel for interpreters to provide free and accessible continuing education. Shortly thereafter, she became a medical interpreter trainer with Americans Against Language Barriers (AALB) and was recognized as the 2023 AALB Interpreter Educator of the Year.
Language
Presented in spoken English with ASL Interpretation.
Registration
Event Fee: $5
Transparency: Fee cover cost of CEUs.
Refund Policy Workshop fee is non-refundable for any reason.
Registration ended on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM Central U.S. Time
Location
Zoom
(Zoom link will be sent the day before the event)
Audience
ITP/IPP students, CODAs, working interpreters (spoken and signed) , or members of the signing and interpreting communities
CEU Accreditations
Vancro Integrated Interpreting Services (VIIS) is an approved RID CMP sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This workshop is offered for .3 PPO CEUs in the Professional Studies area at the “little/none" Content Knowledge level. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance.
As always, VIIS is committed to offering educational opportunities free from discrimination and bias.
No partial CEUs will be provided.
