Join us for lots of new events this week in 308 GH! Arabic Conversation Hour on Tuesdays 12-1, French crêpes and easy dance lesson Wednesday 1-2, Japanese Karaoke Friday 3-5:30, and more: check out the whole schedule here. Last week, there was a big celebration to begin the Year of the Snake, the first English Conversation Hour of the semester drew lots of people for chat and pizza, and Monday saw the start of Russian and Portuguese Conversation Hours. All events are free and speakers and learners at all levels are welcome!

Mother Language Day is coming up: a great time to celebrate all the languages we speak and learn at UIC! Save the date: Wednesday, February 26, 12:30-2:00 in 308 Grant Hall. Everyone in the UIC Community is welcome.

Your language(s) to help others: The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) has created Red cards in many languages with the below information. People can print their own and give them to family, friends, co-workers. Please take a look at the Red cards and note if they have a card in a language you speak/write. If they do not, please contact lclc@uic.edu and provide a translation into that language. We can create templates for these languages and make them available to all LCSL staff and faculty to pass on/print out. (As of today, the ILRC isn’t allowing downloads, so all languages are needed).

Feel free to pass on this information to anyone who might be able to contribute some of the (many) missing languages, from Yoruba to Quechua to Tamil. If you know of another local group doing the same thing, please let us all know.

Dolly and the LCLC Team: Marissa, Sabra, Brian, Hanna, and Colton

Above: (top to bottom) Events in GH 308: UIC Chinese students and instructors celebrate the Year of the Snake; English Conversation Hour pizza party; first Russian Conversation Hour of the new semester; Italian peer tutor Julia works with a student in GH 305

[Front] You have constitutional rights:

DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR if an immigration agent is knocking on the door.

DO NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS from an immigration agent if they try to talk to you. You have the right to remain silent.

DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING without first speaking to a lawyer. You have the right to speak with a lawyer.

If you are outside of your home, ask the agent if you are free to leave and if they say yes, leave calmly.

GIVE THIS CARD TO THE AGENT. If you are inside of your home, show the card through the window or slide it under the door.

[Back] I do not wish to speak with you, answer your questions, or sign or hand you any documents based on my 5th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution. I do not give you permission to enter my home based on my 4th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution unless you have a warrant to enter, signed by a judge or magistrate with my name on it that you slide under the door. I do not give you permission to search any of my belongings based on my 4th Amendment rights. I choose to exercise my constitutional rights. These cards are available to citizens and noncitizens alike.  

Help us showcase the linguistic and cultural diversity of UIC by adding yourself and your language(s) to the map (see below)! Ask your UIC students, friends, colleagues, or alumni to contribute, too: everyone in the UIC community is welcome.

Note: If you speak/study multiple languages, feel free to make multiple responses to the form.

Language and Culture Learning Center

301 Grant Hall, 703 South Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607

Email us! lclc@uic.edu