New York City Metro Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (NYC Metro RID)

Hello NYC, save the date for our general chapter meeting next month! More details to come

Let’s also welcome another new member to the team, chairperson of the outreach committee Meagan Utsey! Meagan is originally from The Northwest Florida region, where she was first introduced to the Deaf and Interpreting Community at the age of 15.Meagan relocated to NYC in 2016 after graduating from her ITP at Troy University and working for 2 years in the FL and AL areas. Meagan loves working in the city and meeting as many members of the community as she can. Meagan is c...urrently in Grad School for Mental Health Counseling and resides in Brooklyn with her puppy Theodore. Fun Fact: when not interpreting, Meagan loves traveling, getting caught up in a new book/movie, or anything related to the arts, theater or museums. She especially loves going to see stand up comedy whenever she gets the chance.

Please welcome Gabrielle Reyes as she is excited to be New York City Metro RID Interim Associate Representative. She is from Yonkers, New York where she was born and raised. She is a proud graduate of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania’s ASL/English InterpretingTraining Program. She graduated with a Bachelors in Science in 2020. Gabrielle has been a community interpreter since graduation and hasn’t looked back.She joined the local Deaf community in high school where she st...arted to learn ASL. Being devoted to learning, she did everything she could to join clubs and events to be involved in the community. In 2018, Gabrielle joined Bloomsburg’s ASL performance group, IMAGE, which showed her a new passion for theater interpreting.Perseverance is Gabrielle’s strength. She will make it her goal to work with the board to work through anything. Fun Fact: Gabrielle loves planning and decorating parties. In her free time, she is always crafting something for someone's event.

Hello NYC members. NYC Metro RID is starting a new pilot program for 2022. This is a great chance for certified memebers to give back to the community and help shape the future as well as newer uncertified interpreters a place to pick some brains, network, and grow. Sign up now! https://forms.gle/wX7Ebk5e9gmxJuZD8 Any questions please email [email protected]

Hey NYC join us for our January Board Meeting! Hope to see you there :)

Hey all join us for our December Board meeting! 12/20/21!

Hello NYC, Thank you to those who applied for the NYC Metro RID scholarship for the 2021 National RID conference! Congrats to our winners José Gomez and Margaret Ellen Turcotte!

Hello NYC! We are giving away free scholarships to the National RID conference this year! Click the link to apply! Applications are limited to members only. Deadline to apply is June 1st. https://docs.google.com//1hKcM2f77EPgK-2CJS1WnoktFqZg/edit Conference info: https://rid.org/events/rid-national-conference/

Great day to be a New Yorker.

Tonight at 6pm!!

Meditation Workshop with @andria_alefhi and @irmanorman !! You do NOT want to miss this one. May 4th, 5-7pm EST. Deaf community and interpreters welcome! Free plus CEU’s!

Join us and become a member! We would love to know WHY you joined NY Metro RID. Tell us YOUR story in ASL. Send us your video to [email protected] or dm so that we can share the benefits of becoming a member with our incredible community.

Register TODAY! With @andria_alefhi and @irmanorman FREE to members of the Deaf community:)

https://www.facebook.com/events/153371436565433

Amazing workshop coming up! Learn about Black history, culture and language from Dr. Carolyn McCaskill! Register @signlanguagecenter

Mark your calendars!!! THE NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BLACK INTERPRETERS-NY (NAOBI-NY) President: Melissa Lockley Vice President: Patrice Harrington... CELEBRATES 2021 & BLACK HISTORY MONTH OUR FIRST VIRTUAL MEETING THIS YEAR VIA ZOOM! LOGIN: 892 9674 0454 PASSWORD 147122 Friday, February 12, 2021 Time: 6:30-8:30PM CELEBRATING OURSELVES, OUR HISTORY & YOU! ALL ARE INVITED TO JOIN US AND CELEBRATE !!

Day #2 of D\H teams for the White House! April Jackson is the DI

Deadline extended to Thursday, Jan 7. Sign up ASAP for this amazing workshop for interpreters presented in ASL by Luba Douziech on Sunday, January 10 from 12-3pm EST on Zoom. https://www.nycmetrorid.org/event-4091285

Happy New Year to all of our members . We are thinking of you all! @EloiseArt @redbubble

Election Day is here!! Our little interpreter in the corner is a friendly reminder to get out there and VOTE.

Don’t be so hard on yourself! We got your back.

Hello NYC! The General Chapter Meeting has been rescheduled for November 16th, join us! We look forward to seeing you there! Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87988649130.

Get out there and Vote. Do it:)

Another upcoming workshop! We listen and provide. POWER, PRIVILEGE and OPPRESSION in ASL interpreting with Rian Gayle. Register today!!

This is a great opportunity to learn about the ASL interpreting profession, open to anyone. Great for new interpreters who want to learn more about NYC Metro too. This is in spoken English, interpreting on request.

Registration is open! Next Metro workshop is Sunday, Nov 8.

The Zoom link is https://rit.zoom.us/j/92811241882. See you there!

Tomorrow!! Go to Eventbrite to register!!

Congratulations to Jose Gomez, Anita Lochan & Felice Shays! You three have been selected for our RID Region 1 Conference Scholarship. Enjoy your ‘Online October’ experience and thank you to everyone who applied!!

Don’t miss out on this year’s Region 1 Conference as well as the scholarships we are offering to 3 lucky winners!! Head on over to education.rid.org to register and nycmetrorid.org to apply!

2020 RID Cares Recipient for RID Region I Conference: St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf Region I is proud to support St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf (SFDS) in Brooklyn NY for RID cares. https://education.rid.org/region-i-rid-cares to donate!!!

Listen Interpreting Practice Supervision Series! Register before it’s too late!!

We are SO proud to have selected this years Region 1 RID Cares Recipient as St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf in Brooklyn, NY. Donations can be made at https://education.rid.org/products/region-i-rid-cares for $5, $10, $20 St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf (SFDS) is a privately owned, state supported school for Deaf students from birth through 8th grade located in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn. SFDS offers a Parent Infant ...Program (Ages 0-3), an Early Childhood Program (Ages 3-5) and a School Age Program (Grades K-8). Students attending SFDS are Deaf, Deafblind, Functionally Deaf and Deaf with Additional/Multiple Disabilities including Deaf with Autism and Deaf with Intellectual Disabilities. SFDS utilizes best practices from current research in Deaf Education. We are a communicative, language and literacy rich environment. DONATE TODAY!!! See more