The ATA Chronicle - January/February 2023 - 4

FROM THE PRESIDENT
MADALENA
SÁNCHEZ ZAMPAULO
president@atanet.org
@mszampaulo
Increasing Representation
of ATA Members
H
appy New Year! As
we kick off 2023
together, I'm hopeful
the momentum we gained
and the progress we made in
2022 will continue to drive us
to make even greater strides
in promoting the translation
and interpreting (T&I)
professions and supporting
you, our members.
Hopefully, you've
already renewed your ATA
membership for this year,
but in case you haven't, I
would encourage you to take
a look at the many benefits
of being a member of one
of the most recognized T&I
associations in the world.
We continue to offer more
than ever in the areas of
professional development,
advocacy, certification,
client education, and
networking. ATA is here for
you, no matter what your
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background or interests. In
fact, our diversity is what
makes us stronger.
You may have noticed
in our recent Membership
Survey that we asked you to
tell us more about who you
are. For example, we want
to know how you identify/
describe yourself, what
areas of interest you have,
what benefits you enjoy, and
more. We're a multilingual,
multicultural Association. It
would be a disservice to our
members and the professions
if we didn't include diversity,
equity, and inclusion (DEI)
questions in our survey. Of
course, we did receive a few
questions about why we
asked DEI-related questions
in this most recent survey.
The answer is twofold: the
answers to these questions
show us the diversity of T&I
professionals in general and
give us more information
about where representation
within our membership may
be lacking. Given the current
state of our world and the
many " colors " of ATA, we
owe it to our members to
ask these questions and
then present the findings as
we move forward with new
membership initiatives.
One such initiative is our
new Special Interest Group
(SIG) pilot program, which
the Board of Directors
approved in 2022. Over the
years, it has become obvious
that the many divisions in
ATA, while representative
of many in our Association,
don't serve every member.
And as we know, one of
the major benefits of ATA
membership is belonging
to and participating in
a group of peers with
similar interests and skill
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