On Tuesday, April 19, the Cooperative for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky will host a panel discussion on vaccine hesitancy and political polarization within the Lexington community and across the Commonwealth.
Global Lex works to improve language access to health information amid pandemic
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â By the time the first case of COVID-19 appeared in Kentucky, Isabel Gereda Taylor was already channeling important information about the virus to those in Lexingtonâs international community.
Gereda Taylor is the multicultural affairs coordinator for
Global Lex, a center overseen by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government that connects limited English speakers with community resources.
Nearly 200 languages are spoken in Lexington, according to a Global Lex report. The most common foreign languages spoken are Spanish, Swahili, Arabic, Nepali, Japanese, and French.