Saturday, July 23, 2011

Tuesday's task force agenda

Here is the agenda for next Tuesday's meeting of the Nashville Task Force on Refugees & Immigrants:
Nashville Task Force on Refugees & Immigrants
Meeting Agenda
The monthly meeting will be held:
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
at West End United Methodist Church
2200 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203
Room 318
Parking is Free

Agenda:

1) Michelle Peterson (michelle.peterson@nashville.gov), Assistant Director of 911 Emergency Center will describe how 911 handle calls from speakers of languages other than English. She will also tell the Task Force about the new initiative named "SMART 911", and how the language-line will be introduced to the public.

2) Announcements:
Angie Harris, ESL/TESL Director at TFLI will announce information about TESL scholarships to train ten volunteers who currently teach ESL to become certified TESL instructors for adult immigrants and refugees who are learning English as a second language in Davidson County. The grant is from the Nissan Foundation.

*There will be additional time for other brief announcements and networking.

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS: If you would like to make a presentation or have requests for topics and speakers for future meetings, or to be removed from this list, please contact
nashvilletaskforce@gmail.com

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