Energized by the successful conclusion of the Language Access Summit in late January, the Building Integrated Communities (BIC) program set about organizing monthly virtual workshops that have served to anchor the efforts of the nine Language Access Collaborative (LAC) teams. … Read more

Animados por el éxito de la Cumbre de Acceso Lingüístico de finales de enero, el programa Construyendo Comunidades Integradas (BIC por sus siglas en inglés) puso en marcha talleres virtuales que mensualmente han servido para arraigar los esfuerzos de los … Read more

In January 2023, Building Integrated Communities (BIC) hosted a day-long Language Access Summit to launch the newly developed Language Access Collaborative, an initiative of the Institute for the Study of the Americas at UNC Chapel Hill. The 9 selected local … Read more

ISA’s Building Integrated Communities program is excited to welcome Susan Clifford and Emily Spangenberg to our team. Susan Clifford joins us as the Language Access Coordinator for the Building Integrated Communities initiative at ISA. In this role, Susan prepares and … Read more

ISA’s Building Integrated Communities program is excited to hire two full-time bilingual positions and expand our team. The positions are based at UNC Chapel Hill and are grant-funded for a three year period with health insurance and benefits. The Language … Read more

If you are interested, please send a cover letter, resume, and Spanish language writing sample (2 pages max) to Hannah Gill, hgill@email.unc.edu. Applications will be reviewed as they arrive. The Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA) is hiring … Read more

Building Integrated Communities partnered with the Town of Siler City from 2017-2019. Since the completion of the action plan in 2019, the Town along with the Hispanic Liaison has been working hard to implement many of the recommendations. The development … Read more

Chapel Hill Building Integrated Communities received national recognition for its language access plan from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI). The plan was featured in the MPI report “A Framework for Language Access: Key Features of U.S. State and Local Language … Read more

Nicole Fortoso is a UNC-CH graduate student in the 12-month advanced standing Master of Social Work program specializing in Community, Management, and Policy Practice. She is from Charlotte, North Carolina and holds a B.A. in Spanish and a BSW degree … Read more

Immigrant Community Advisory Commitee On June 21st, 2021 the Siler City Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to create an Immigrant Community Advisory Committee. The resolution is a recommended action from the Siler City Building Integrated Communities (BIC) Action … Read more