General Circle created Language Equity Helping circle on November 30, 2021; Andy Grant and Lea Shani were selected to start the circle. We are seeking up to 4 additional circle members for 8 working meetings to develop a language equity recommendation for General Circle.

Helping Circle Aims:
 - Writing SoFA’s language equity statement
 - Review the SoFA’s voice - International language guidelines
 - Generating a proposal for GC on how to implement language equity and multilingual spaces within SoFA’s
    circles and events

Qualifications for Membership:
— SoFA working membership
— passion for language equity/justice
— sufficient English; preference for being bilingual
— some experience with technical solutions is prefered but not required
— representation from different language and location circles; language authorities are especially welcome

Context:
SoFA is an international organisation that operates in English as the main language but have members from a diversity of languages and cultures. We identify a need coming up in different SoFA circles to have more tools for language equity in order for everyone’s voice to be heard and needs to be met.

What does language equity look like? See the Language Justice Organizational Continuum <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-3jqGoVs7Q8L10m0GQHT8f4ocbAZ8OYG/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105863980828776242053&rtpof=true&sd=true>