Language access

Urged restoring the $400,000 Office of Disability Affairs cut and investing further in language access staffing.

Co-chair of the Detroit Immigration Task Force, called for funded training so all city staff know the language access resources.

Of the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, asked for funded training for city departments and reconvening of the CREO Ambassadors Group.

Of Freedom House Detroit, noted public meeting notices aren't translated and interpretation is often missing, and urged adequate language access funding.

Part of the Southwest Detroit coalition, urged scrutiny of the language-line contract and more in-person interpretation rather than digital or AI substitutes.