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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Hello! Please forward this email to your family, friends,
professionals and other people who can help support this cause.
Northwestern CT Community College (NCCC) has already suspended the
Interpreter Preparation Program WITHOUT ANY NOTIFICATION OR EVEN
INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY to our shock! The program is being
suspended for an indefinite time which is unrealistic at this point
as they did not have any justified reasons for doing this. The
suspension of the program came at the wrong time when the demand for
interpreter requests are very high while the interpreter supply has
dipped dangerously low. Everyone is a CONSUMER of the interpreting
services; Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing, family, friends, agencies,
professionals, community, etc... We need to train more interpreters
in CT state to help increase the pool of interpreters to meet the
high demand of interpreter requests. It is not a "college issue" -
it is a STATEWIDE issue because this interpreter preparation program
is the ONLY ONE in the entire state of Connecticut and many of the
professional interpreters in CT have been trained at Northwestern CT
Community College! With the interpreter preparation program being
suspended for an indefinite time, we (the consumers) will face a
severe emergency shortage of interpreters in this state! What you
can do to help support this Interpreter Preparation Program are TWO
things at this point: 1) Send letters with your personal stories
from your HEART to the people (see below) and make copies to:
Caleigh McKenna
477 Oxbow Drive,
Torrington, CT 06790 (860) 796-7131 V
studentsofnccc@...
President Bob Homas
Union Representative Dave Bosco (for NCCC)
SIEU Local 1973 (Congress of CT Community Colleges)
907 Wethersfield Ave.
Hartford, CT 06114
(860) 296-5172 V (860) 296-6219 FAX
Email: info@...
www.the4cs.org
Chancellor Marc Herzog CT Community Colleges System
61 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 244-7601 V (860) 566-6624 FAX
Email: mherzog@...
www.commnet.edu
Board of Trustees CT Community Colleges System
61 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 244-7600 V (860) 727-8735 FAX
http://www.commnet.edu/board.asp
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
55 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 808-5318 V (860) 808-5385 FAX
(Education Dept) http://www.ct.gov/ag/site/default.asp
Governor Jodi Rell
Executive Office of the Governor State Capitol
210 Capitol Ave.
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 566-4840 V (860) 524-7397 TTY
http://www.ct.gov/governorrell/site/default.asp
Should you have any questions or comments, please feel free to
contact Caleigh McKenna as she is the leader of this cause. Her home
address and phone number is above with an addition of her AIM
screenname which is: screaming4frdm Thank you for your support!
Source: http://ccosd.org
Hello! Please forward this email to your family, friends,
professionals and other people who can help support this cause.
Northwestern CT Community College (NCCC) has already suspended the
Interpreter Preparation Program WITHOUT ANY NOTIFICATION OR EVEN
INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY to our shock! The program is being
suspended for an indefinite time which is unrealistic at this point
as they did not have any justified reasons for doing this. The
suspension of the program came at the wrong time when the demand for
interpreter requests are very high while the interpreter supply has
dipped dangerously low. Everyone is a CONSUMER of the interpreting
services; Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing, family, friends, agencies,
professionals, community, etc... We need to train more interpreters
in CT state to help increase the pool of interpreters to meet the
high demand of interpreter requests. It is not a "college issue" -
it is a STATEWIDE issue because this interpreter preparation program
is the ONLY ONE in the entire state of Connecticut and many of the
professional interpreters in CT have been trained at Northwestern CT
Community College! With the interpreter preparation program being
suspended for an indefinite time, we (the consumers) will face a
severe emergency shortage of interpreters in this state! What you
can do to help support this Interpreter Preparation Program are TWO
things at this point: 1) Send letters with your personal stories
from your HEART to the people (see below) and make copies to:
Caleigh McKenna
477 Oxbow Drive,
Torrington, CT 06790 (860) 796-7131 V
studentsofnccc@...
President Bob Homas
Union Representative Dave Bosco (for NCCC)
SIEU Local 1973 (Congress of CT Community Colleges)
907 Wethersfield Ave.
Hartford, CT 06114
(860) 296-5172 V (860) 296-6219 FAX
Email: info@...
www.the4cs.org
Chancellor Marc Herzog CT Community Colleges System
61 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 244-7601 V (860) 566-6624 FAX
Email: mherzog@...
www.commnet.edu
Board of Trustees CT Community Colleges System
61 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 244-7600 V (860) 727-8735 FAX
http://www.commnet.edu/board.asp
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
55 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 808-5318 V (860) 808-5385 FAX
(Education Dept) http://www.ct.gov/ag/site/default.asp
Governor Jodi Rell
Executive Office of the Governor State Capitol
210 Capitol Ave.
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 566-4840 V (860) 524-7397 TTY
http://www.ct.gov/governorrell/site/default.asp
Should you have any questions or comments, please feel free to
contact Caleigh McKenna as she is the leader of this cause. Her home
address and phone number is above with an addition of her AIM
screenname which is: screaming4frdm Thank you for your support!
Source: http://ccosd.org
for the update.