OVERVIEW
The NYC Community Interpreter Bank (CIB), led by the New York Immigration Coalition, is a city-funded initiative that aims to expand language access across New York City by recruiting, training, and dispatching interpreters to serve Limited English Proficient (LEP) New Yorkers. In partnership with the Language Justice Collaborative, Hostos Community College, Immigrant Arc (I-ARC), and several community-based organizations and worker-owned cooperatives, the CIB builds pathways for bilingual and multilingual New Yorkers to become community interpreters.
Through this initiative, interpreters will provide essential interpretation services to city agencies, elected officials offices, and city-funded organizations across NYC, ensuring all New Yorkers in the city can access critical services in their preferred language.
Language Justice Collaborative
The NYC Community Interpreter Bank partners with a network of worker-owned language services cooperatives developed by the following members of the Language Justice Collaborative:
- African Communities Together (ACT)
- Asian American Federation (AAF)
- Masa
- Haitian-Americans United for Progress (HAUP)
These co-ops were created to build a sustainable pipeline of trained, professional interpreters in African, Asian, Haitian, and indigenous Latin American languages. Together, they strengthen language access citywide by providing community interpretation services and expanding economic opportunities for bilingual New Yorkers.
Language Justice Collaborative Website: https://www.languagejustice.nyc/
CONTACT
Email: CIB@nyic.org
Phone: (212) 627-2227