- LCB Mission
- Vision
- Who we are
- What we do and don't
- Training Links
- Supporting Organizations
- Volunteers info and forms
- Contact us
Mission
The Mission of the Language & Culture Bank (LCB) is to provide a vehicle through which people with world language and cross cultural communication skills may make their skills available to assist community agencies with concerns of homeland security, disaster response, emergency preparedness, crisis management, public health and public safety as they work with people in the Tulsa Metro area whose ability to receive and interpret life saving information is presently compromised by culture, ethnic, religious traditions, or language.
Vision
To educate and to increase awareness in targeted communities that have special communication needs in disaster preparedness and recruit and train members of those communities who have language and cultural skills to assist first responders during disasters
Who we are
A team of volunteers with different backgrounds and skills always ready to help others during a difficult time.
What we do and don't
By participating in the Language & Culture Bank, volunteers can help build bridges to all people in our community so that when an incident occurs or as anxiety increases in our neighborhoods, they have the knowledge and skills to work together quickly and effectively to meet the needs of families in greater Tulsa.
LCB does not compete with professional interpreters or their contracts/MOU's with first responding agencies. LCB is called in when the needs exceed the capacity of their contracts.
Supporting Organizations
We are fortunate to have many nonprofit partners, including:
- The American Indian Chamber of Commerce,
- Catholic Charities,
- CSD--Communications Services for the Deaf
- City of Tulsa Human Rights Department,
- Greater Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce,
- Greenwood Chamber of Commerce,
- Islamic Society of Tulsa,
- Jewish Federation of Tulsa,
- Pakistani American Society of Tulsa,
- Russian Pentecostal Gothic Church,
- Slavic/Russian Baptist Church of Tulsa,
- Tulsa Community College,
- Tulsa Global Alliance,
- Tulsa Human Response Coalition,
- 2-1-1,
- Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce,
- TSHA Inc.,
- United Nations Association of Eastern Oklahoma,
- YWCA Multicultural Center.
Volunteers Info