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Feb 14 • 9 tweets • 12 min read
Global Language Advocacy Day is coming up in just over a week, on February 22nd. Here comes a thread with a sample of some the events that will be taking place. Pls visit our website and follow @GlobLangRights for more information #GLAD22

coalitionforlanguagerights.org
@GlobLangRights Keep an eye out for a blog post by @NaomiFillmore
@GlobLangRights @NaomiFillmore Charity Translators will be giving us a quick guide to language support.
@GlobLangRights @NaomiFillmore Our friends at @LinguaCulturaXP will be talking about language and cultural advocacy.
@GlobLangRights @NaomiFillmore @LinguaCulturaXP There will be an online panel discussion organized by @MyanmarICP about language rights in #Myanmar
@GlobLangRights @NaomiFillmore @LinguaCulturaXP @MyanmarICP This event on the digitization of Chakma (an Indigenous language of Bangladesh & India) will be hosted by @TranslationCom1
@GlobLangRights @NaomiFillmore @LinguaCulturaXP @MyanmarICP @TranslationCom1 Language Access Coalition of Canada [@LAD_Canada] will be joining the Our Language Rights Canada Conference 2022.
@GlobLangRights @NaomiFillmore @LinguaCulturaXP @MyanmarICP @TranslationCom1 @LAD_Canada And I will be hosting this event with @madokahammine @Premphyak & Tuting Hernandez thanks to @latrobeasia and @becstrating
@GlobLangRights @NaomiFillmore @LinguaCulturaXP @MyanmarICP @TranslationCom1 @LAD_Canada @madokahammine @Premphyak @latrobeasia @becstrating If any of these events look interesting, please go to coalitionforlanguagerights.org and follow @GlobLangRights for details. See you on Feb 22nd for Global Language Advocacy Day #GLAD22

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