As you know by now, the neRID Board decided to postpone the fall conference for this year. We wanted to respect the opinions and concerns of our membership as well as the safety and concerns of our presenters. With this in mind and in collaboration with the presenters we made the decision to postpone till…
Time to vote in an opportunity that is ALOT less stressful! Please submit your nominees for the neRID board positions of Vice-President, Treasurer, Metro Area Representative and Northeast Area Representative to Crystal Pierce at pastpresident@nebraskarid.org Please make sure, if you are not nominating yourself, that you have received permission from the individual you are wanting…
RID is requesting state chapters to hold town hall Q&A sessions for their memberships regarding RID’s possible change to a professional organization (professionally accredited organization). Region 4 rep Deb Martinez and RID representative Carolyn Ball have agreed to attend meetings for neRID (and Nebraska interpreters and the Deaf community in general) regarding this possible change.…
It is a crazy world. We understand. If you are able, please submit your annual dues to neRID. You can choose one of the following two options: Online or Paper If you are not in a position to pay your dues this year, please know that we still consider you a part of our family.…
When: October 23, 24 2020 Where: Hilton Garden Inn || 17879 Chicago St, Omaha, NE 68118 More information to come soon!
Recently, a few local interpreters got together through ZOOM to discuss the following article. The discussion led to a desire to disseminate the article in hopes that it will inspire conversations that will lead to positive outcomes for all involved. While a lot of the article has very good points, the main point is that…
Please take a moment to renew your annual membership with neRID OR (extra bonus) you can JOIN neRID! Again this year, we are asking for you to consider making a couple of donations. The first is a $5 donation to NeAD, the Nebraska Association of the Deaf. We have decided not to make the donation…
NeAD/neRID Conference June 21 and 22 Country Inn Suites by Radisson Lincoln North Hotel and Conference Center 5353 N. 27thStreet Lincoln NE 68521 402-476-5353 Registration Form Conference Information (printable) Friday June 21 8:00 AM -12:00 PM NeAD Business Meeting/Reports/Bylaws 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch on your own 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Youth Workshop…
Saturday afternoon September 29, 2018 Learn how to analyze and identify elements of cohesion, discourse mapping, effective fingerspelling, stress, affect, and many other elements that make for an accurate and equivalent interpretation. Specific features of ASL discourse (use of space, coherence, cohesion, fingerspelling, etc) are reviewed as needed, but this workshop is primarily practical application.…
Saturday morning September 29, 2018 Interpreters in educational settings often struggle to represent content in areas where there are not content-specific standardized ASL signs. This workshop will review classifier types and use and will discuss methods for using classifiers to make semantically appropriate signs. This workshop will include a discussion on the ethical issues of…
