REMARKS
Council Member Farah N. Louis shares her thoughts on the role of language based on her experience as a daughter of Haitian immigrants
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Council Member Louis highlights the importance of language literacy for immigrant communities.
- She discusses being the daughter of Haitian immigrants
- She explains that learning a language is different from it being part of one's identity
- She emphasizes the importance of the literacy component for immigrant communities
- She thanks others for sharing their perspectives on the topic
Farah N. Louis
0:38:45
And I just wanna highlight being a a daughter of Haitian immigrants.
0:38:49
You could learn a language because you need communicate and be able to navigate getting around different settings that you're a part of, but it doesn't mean that it's a part of you.
0:38:59
So the literacy component is important.
0:39:02
So thank you share the others.
