Date of Submission

Spring 2024

Academic Program

Human Rights

Project Advisor 1

Miles Rodríguez

Abstract/Artist's Statement

Language is the bridge of communication between communities. Many im/migrant communities do not have that bridge - or support - in the context of language. Thus, this is where Language Justice comes in, advocating for the right of each person to express themselves in the language in which they feel most comfortable but also to be understood, no matter how many languages are spoken in a room, that's why the creation of multilingual spaces and a form of inclusive, non-gendered language are one of the main principles of Language Justice.

The research for this SPROJ was conducted through trilingual interviews - Spanish, Q'eqchi' and English - centering on the experiences of the Latin American immigrant community in Kingston, with the objective of determining the potential language barriers encountered upon arrival in Kingston. What is the purpose of the study - to understand not only how these barriers are being addressed, as well as what can be improved.

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