FW: Reminder: Language Access Committee Meeting Tomorrow
Belay, Zerihun
FYI
Zerihun Belay
General Manager
Parkway Corporation
150 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215.640.3810
Fax: 215.636.9596
Email: ZBe...@parkwaycorp.com
From: Beth Shapiro [mailto:BSha...@clsphila.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:57 AM
To: Lindsey Benitz; Amanda Bergson-Shilcock; Arlene Fernandez; Carol Bangura; Danilo Burgos; Henri Marcial; Kersy Azocar; Melody Wong; Rachel Mak; Susan Kim; Will Gonzalez; Yocasta Lora; Zeina El-Halabi; Belay, Zerihun
Subject: Reminder: Language Access Committee Meeting Tomorrow
Importance: High
Happy new year to you all! Please note that we are meeting tomorrow (Wed) at noon at Finanta's office at 1301 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122 to prepare for upcoming advocacy meetings with the Managing Director and the manager in charge of health department inspectors, and to discuss follow up from our December meeting with L&I Commissioner Fran Burns. Feel free to also bring new language access issues to the table!
Finanta is within walking distance of the Girard stop on the Market-Frankford Line as well as Bus 57 and the Girard Street trolley.
Upcoming advocacy meetings:
Rich Negrin, Managing Director, and staff -- Wed, January 11, at 11am.
Palak Raval-Nelson, Director of Phila. Health Dept's Division of Environmental Health Services -- Fri, January 20, at 10am.
For your reference, attached are the PICC letter sent to David Torres, Rosetta Lue (311), and Catherine Lamb (PhillyStat) regarding issues we discussed at our November meeting and the minutes and related documents from our December meeting with L&I.
Looking forward to seeing you,
Beth
Beth Shapiro
Community Legal Services, Inc.
3638 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
(T) 215.227.4795
(F) 215.227.6486
From: Lindsey Benitz [mailto:lbe...@ceibaphiladelphia.org]
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:02 PM
To: Amanda Bergson-Shilcock; Arlene Fernandez; Beth Shapiro; Carol Bangura; Danilo Burgos; Henri Marcial; Kersy Azocar; Lindsey Benitz; Melody Wong; Rachel Mak; Susan Kim; Will Gonzalez; Yocasta Lora; Zeina El-Halabi; Zerihun Belay
Subject: Language Access Committee: Last Meeting Minutes + Next Steps
Dear Language Access Committee Members:
Thanks to everyone who was able to join in a productive meeting with L&I and the 311 tour on Monday.
Attached are:
- Minutes from the 12/12/2011 meeting.
- Data from David Torres re: Language Line usage by L&I
- A brief report on the results of test calls to L&I's district offices.
We also have two upcoming meetings scheduled. Please RSVP to Lindsey (lbe...@ceibaphiladelphia.org). Additional agenda items for both meetings are welcome!
1) Language Access Committee Meeting on Wednesday, January 4 at 12:00pm
Thank you to Kersy Azocar for hosting us at Finanta's offices at 1301 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Finanta is within walking distance of the Girard stop on the Market Frankford Line as well as Bus 57 and the Girard Street trolley.
Agenda: Follow up from L&I meeting, Planning for Jan. 11 meeting with Managing Director, Planning for meeting with Health Dept. Division of Environmental Health (time and date TBD).
2) Meeting with Managing Director Rich Negrin, Wednesday, January 11 at 11am
Location: Municipal Services Building. Floor and room TBD.
Best wishes for a happy holiday season. Looking forward to seeing you all in 2012!
Best,
Lindsey
Lindsey Benitz
Ceiba Program Coordinator
149 W. Susquehanna Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Tel: (215) 634-7245
Fax: (215) 634-7265
Lbe...@ceibaphiladelphia.org
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