Happy New Year from ITOC

 

Video access: Erica West Oyedele, a Black interpreter is sitting at her desk signing. She is wearing a blue shirt, blue earrings and blue watch. Her black hair is pulled back in a clip. In the background is a bookshelf filled with books, photos, and a clay sculpture of an "I love you" hand in green is visible.

Hi! My name is Erica West Oyedele. I am the Chair for RID's member section ITOC (Interpreters and Transliterators of Color). I want to take a few moments of your time to share with you what's going on with ITOC. I have three discussion points to share with you.

1) Poll questions: The ITOC council has agreed that one of our goals is to encourage member involvement within ITOC. We believe it’s important that we have a better understanding of your experiences and perspectives. The council decided that we would do this by posting poll questions periodically to seek your input related to the interpreting profession. Poll questions will be posted on our website, and within our Facebook group. Those will be coming soon.

2) RID national conference: The RID national conference is this year in August in New Orleans. ITOC is looking forward to being there. ITOC is currently in the planning stages for an event that we are not prepared to make an announcement but we will soon. Again, this means please look to our website and our Facebook page for more information.

3) ITOC council nominations: This relates to the previous topic. It is time to elect new council members. Positions that will be opening are mine, the position of Chair. As well as the position of Vice Chair, and Secretary/Treasurer. The newly elected council members will take office during the RID national conference. The call for nominations and the vote will take place prior to the conference. More details will be posted soon on our website and in Facebook.

That's all that I needed to cover. Thank you for your time, thank you for watching, and happy new year. ILY!