Events
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Past events
9th August, 2022
Online campaign
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population. This year, 7000 Languages, The Lingua-Cultura Experience and the Global Coalition for Language Rights are partnering to highlight indigenous peoples and communities throughout the month of August on our multiple social media channels and websites.
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To feature your community's language and culture, complete the spotlight form.
6th-10th June, 2022
RightsCon 2022
Organizing a global rights advocacy campaign: lessons from global language advocacy day 2022
RightsCon 2022 is a virtual conference which will be held between June 6th and 10th. The GCLR will host a Lightning talk on language advocacy. The program schedule will become available to registered participants on May 23.
22nd February, 2022
Global
Language
Advocacy
Day
2022
The GCLR coordinated a world day of action on February 22, 2022.
You can see the full list of GLAD22 events and access recordings, blog posts and other material, in this page.
30th September, 2021
International Translation Day 2021
What are language rights and why are they important?
In September, 2021 we hosted a panel and live Q&A at ProZ.com's ITD 2021 virtual event.
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Our panelists shared their perspectives on the landscape of language justice, and how freelance language professionals and language service providers can be active participants in language advocacy.
A recording of the panel can be found here.
11th June, 2021
RightsCon 2021
Mapping Language Rights in a Digital World
In June, 2021 at the RightsCon 2021 virtual conference we hosted a Community Lab. Our goal was to explore and map out how linguistic barriers impact people’s access to critical information and services.
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A brief summary of the session and its takeaways can be found here.
This document is currently available in: English, Hindi, Korean, Swahili, Arabic, Romanian, Spanish, and Urdu.
