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Promoting Haitian Creole Language Accessibility in Immokalee, Florida

In Southwest Florida, the agricultural community of Immokalee has increasingly become a popular destination for immigration and public health scholars, nonprofits, and community organizers. Although Haitian Creole (HC) is the second most represented language in households that do not speak English (Immokalee Census Data, 2020), public and academic literature on Immokalee’s immigrant population rarely include Haitians within their assessments while local community organizations often struggle to provide translation/interpretation, commonly relying on a single bilingual worker to support the entire organization. This project seeks to evaluate, provide resources for, and promote further Haitian Creole language accessibility (LA) in Immokalee, Florida.