Language access

Adolfo Briseño, a human relations and Hispanic outreach administrator, interprets for Javier Correa-Vega during a press conference held inside City Hall in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Monday, July 22, 2024. Photos by Santiago Ochoa/WFDD

Winston-Salem launches new plan to increase language access

Santiago Ochoa

Javier Correa-Vega, a language access coordinator, made Winston-Salem history when he stood behind the wooden podium inside the Council Chambers and…

Health & Safety

Winston-Salem launches new plan to increase language access

Santiago Ochoa

Javier Correa-Vega, a language access coordinator, made Winston-Salem history when he stood behind the wooden podium inside the Council Chambers and delivered the city’s first press conference in Spanish.

Members of Winston-Salem's language access department, Adolfo Briceño and Javier Correa-Vega, moments before the team reveals the city's new language access emergency plan. EILEEN RODRIGUEZ/WFDD

Politics & Government

City of Winston-Salem announces new language access emergency plan

Eileen Rodriguez

The city of Winston-Salem announced on Tuesday a plan to offer emergency services in more languages. The city held a statewide meeting, which also served…

Culture

Local financial-literacy program is extending its services to Spanish-speakers

Eileen Rodriguez

A local Winston-Salem program called Flourish that works with women to help them reach financial independence and transition out of poverty is launching a…

Winston-Salem Fire Chief Trey Mayo addressed the public at a community meeting marking the one-year anniversary of the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant fire, and a community member translates. EILEEN RODRIGUEZ/WFDD

Business

Weaver fire exposed language barriers in emergencies. City officials hope to change that.

Eileen Rodriguez

The first hours and days of the Weaver fertilizer plant fire were terrifying for many people that lived in the vicinity. And many of those residents were…