The Allies Conference is an opportunity for open and honest dialogue about cultural and linguistic oppression present at interpreted events ? sometimes manifested by hearing individual(s) and sometimes by interpreter(s). In years past, participants have explored the positive and negative behaviors exhibited by interpreters in their ethical and social response to such oppression before, during, and after interpreting assignments. The concept of cultural and linguistic oppression is a multi-faceted awareness that may be common to many and also may be unique to a few. The overarching question remains: what, if anything, needs to be done to reclaim a cultural perspective, design of intersectionality, and steadfast multi-cultural leadership and action within our collective communities? In other words, how can we continue to coexist? Although we will be briefly looking back to previous Allies conversations, the 2024 program is designed to take us into a future that includes participants composing a future based on an inclusive panoramic model that supports community members in actual projects that will move the conversation forward resulting in visible and sustainable outcomes for our collective communities.

Check it out and register for the 2025 conference here: https://alliesconference.org/