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Multilingual Research Justice Collaborative

PLE x MRJC

The Program for Language Equity is partnering with the Multilingual Research Justice Collaborative (MRJC) to create grassroot, community-based services for translating and culturally adapting research materials.

MRJC Goals:

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Facilitate Research
Facilitate rigorous but feasible multilingual clinical, translational, and health service research.
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Ensure Compensation
Ensure fair compensation for multilingual community partners.
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Build Trust
Build capacity and trust in multilingual communities.
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Additional Benefits

Although our primary focus is on translation and cultural adaptation, additional benefits of this collaborative include:

  • Improving recruitment
  • Improving retention
  • Identifying multilingual partners for community-engaged research and patient/family advisory boards

MRJC’s goal is to help all researchers — from clinical and translational researchers to health services researchers — include research participants who speak multiple languages to improve the representativeness, equity, and rigor of their research.

MRJC membership includes:

  • Linguists
  • Interpreters
  • Translators
  • Patients/families
  • Community members
  • Advocates
  • Healthcare providers across disciplines (from pediatrics to obstetrics and surgery)
  • Researchers

Join Us!

Contact us if you are interested in joining the collaborative or would like to inquire more about MRJC services.