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Medical Interpreters

Mar 3, 2010 7:08pm

A lot of people dislike using interpreters whether they be doctors, social workers or school administrators. Arguments like “the interpreter slows the process down” or “we understand each other enough” are not good reasons to avoid the use of interpreters, and it violates Civil Rights Act of 1964. ...

Urban Active

Dec 16, 2009 9:12pm

Dear Urban Active, I’d like to be as clear as possible with my objective in writing this email. My desired outcome is two fold: 1. An apology 2. Your company honoring a Gift Certificate given to me by a friend that states “This Certificate entitles 6 months free membership for a friend” I am...

Thankful

Nov 26, 2009 6:07pm

I am thankful today for the people I’ve had in my life who I’ve been able to love. I am more thankful for the opportunities I’ve had and taken, to tell them that I love them. I think too often we hide our feelings, out of a fear of consequence. The...

Equal Rights

Oct 25, 2009 4:32pm

I wonder what future generations will think about the fact we ever even debated this....

All are welcome, as long as you aren’t the public

Sep 22, 2009 6:27am

I live very close to my “Neighborhood Pride Center“. It is a pretty cool idea I think, to house community space, the police, university safety patrol and basic city services all in one place. I’d like to make a recommendation to the City and the University who are joint partners...

why suffer?

Aug 27, 2009 5:48am

Last night I was at one of my favorite hangouts, CaraBar, with my aunt (from my Mexican side), and my friends Tony from the Bahamas, and Jason. My aunt doesn’t speak English and so I spent a good deal of the time doing simultaneous interpretation of our conversation. We...