JNCL-NCLIS (Joint National Committee on Languages - National Committee on Languages and International Studies) hosts Language Advocacy Day (LAD) each year in Washington, D.C. This year, all 50 states were represented. The importance of attending LAD is this: If we don’t go, they don’t know. When we sit in the congressional offices, we put faces and stories to appropriations legislation. We speak to them for you, so that they can understand how these appropriations measures af

This year's Central States Conference, held at the historic Palmer House Hotel, was one of the best! This year's theme was Languages are FUN-damental! KSWLA was pleased to have Vice-President Karen Gipson, Secretary Amanda Benavidez-Williams, Advocacy Chair Amanda Mendoza, and Northwest Regional Representative Rebecca Werthmann representing our great state at the conference this year! Vice-President Karen Gipson participated in the 2026 Central States Leadership Academy, led

These articles were originally written by Eli Hemphill, copy editor and Arabic student at SMSHS. Images shared with permission from Annie Hassan @ustathaannam on Instagram. Foreign Festivities Bustling with people, students made their way through the library from table to table throughout the day on Nov. 10, bartering with vendors for henna, hummus and pita, and other goods. The arabic festival, an all day event put on by the Arabic classes and Arabic Honors Society aimed at