SDCRId Mission statement

back row, L to R standing: Kiley (black dress with cherries, glasses), Aaron (blue button-down shirt), Nathan (gray t-shirt, black-rimmed glasses), Razi (black t-shirt, black-rimmed glasses, black newsboy hat), Lucy (brown dangly earrings), Annette (green v-neck t-shirt, black pants, dark-rimmed glasses)

2nd row, L to R standing: Leah (white button-down shirt, blue jeans), Geri (black t-shirt, tan pants), Starr (black blouse, black pants, Princess Leia buns), Norma (blue + green floral sleeveless dress), JoJo (red t-shirt, green shorts, red-rimmed glasses), Jessica C (black t-shirt), Shannon (white t-shirt with multicolored flowers, jean shorts)

front row, kneeling: Jessica T (black v-neck shirt, jean shorts), Reina (black t-shirt, gray pants)

San Diego County RID is a non-profit organization committed to 

professional development, networking, and fundraising efforts

for professional interpreters, students of interpreting, 

and supporters of the interpreting community. 

EQUITY and MULTICULTURALISM STATEMENT

San Diego County Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (SDCRID) understands the necessity of multicultural awareness, sensitivity and competency.  Therefore, as an organization, we are committed to equity and multiculturalism within the organization while uplifting the local Black, Indigenous, People of Color community of sign language interpreters and students of the profession, as well as Deaf, DeafBlind, Deaf Disabled, Hard of Hearing, and Late-Deafened (DDBDDHHLD) persons.  We must draw from the widest variety of society with regards to equity and multiculturalism in order to provide support, equitable treatment, and respect among and within our community. 

SDCRID defines equity and multiculturalism as differences which are appreciated, sought after, and shaped in the form of the following intersectional categories within both the profession of sign language interpreting and the SDCRID organization: