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Voices Interpreting Company

A unique language service offering solutions to all your interpretation and translation needs.

Our interpreters are highly trained in various settings such as medical, legal, educational and human services. We do our best to serve our clientele by offering competitive rates and are available to travel wherever your services are needed.

06/30/2025

¡Ser uno mismo! Be yourself!... Without fear and without shame. Friends, you are amazing; be proud year round! 🏳️‍🌈 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

06/28/2025

This month's Pride festivities commemorate the Stonewall Uprising (guides.loc.gov/lgbtq-studies/stonewall-era). In a really simplified nutshell, during the early hours of June 28, 1969, LGBTQ+ people, led by transgender women of color, fought back against police brutality and intimidation at the Stonewall Inn bar, igniting the LGBTQ rights movement in the United States. One year later, the first "gay pride" events were held in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Stonewall served as a catalyst for the gay rights movement and Pride in the U.S. and around the world! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🩵🩷🖤

If you are looking to support a local advocacy for LGBTQIA+ Iowans please consider checking out One Iowa at oneiowa.org. This organization has worked tirelessly for years to provide assistance resources, community education, as well as a myriad of issues affecting the LGBTQIA+ community. Whatever you have to offer - donations or time - they will greatly appreciate!

Pride documentary watch-list 🏳️‍🌈 pbs.org/articles/lgbtq-documentaries
Capital City Pride DM Area Events 🏳️‍🌈 capitalcitypride.org/events
Volunteer Opportunities 🏳️‍🌈 capitalcitypride.org/support/volunteer/ and
oneiowaaction.org/volunteer/
Dontate:
🏳️‍🌈 oneiowa.org/donate/
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ iowatransmutualaidfund.org/donate

06/25/2025

“This community has fought and continues to fight a war of acceptance, a war of tolerance and the most relentless bravery. You are the definition of courage, do you know that?” - Lady Gaga

Pride isn’t a month-long thing; LGBTQIA+ rights are important year-round... Pride is a lifelong initiative! Voices LLC is a proud supporter of our LGBTQIA+ community and family! Be you, be proud! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

5 ways to stand alongside the LGBTQIA+ community year-round (from the ACLU):
❤️ Get to know your state representatives - do they connect and listen to their constituents? Contact them either way!
🧡 Incorporate inclusive language because LGBTQIA+ are everywhere in our communities. Understanding pronouns to incorporating gender-neutral language can make everyone feel welcome.
💛 Help prevent discrimination in the workplace. People feeling safe and welcomed in the workplace will lead to long-term benefits and will enhance your communities economic impact.
💚 Connect with your community. Share but also listen! In addition to speaking up on behalf of those "othered" beyond only comfortable spaces (such as Pride festivities); engage in conversations with those who have differing viewpoints, have consumed harmful misinformation, or may be unaware of the current challenges faced by the LGBTQIA+.
💙 Vote in EVERY election. From State Reps to County Councilmembers to judges to your local schoolboard. They are all important positions relating to the wellbeing of you and yours.

Pride documentary watch-list 🏳️‍🌈 pbs.org/articles/lgbtq-documentaries
Capital City Pride DM Area Events 🏳️‍🌈 capitalcitypride.org/events
Volunteer Opportunities 🏳️‍🌈 capitalcitypride.org/support/volunteer/ and
oneiowaaction.org/volunteer/
Dontate:
🏳️‍🌈 oneiowa.org/donate/
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ iowatransmutualaidfund.org/donate

06/20/2025

It's officially summer (in the Northern Hemisphere)! The LONGEST day of the year giving you the most sunshine you'll receive all year! ☀

"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

06/19/2025

Juneteenth’s position in the middle of Pride Month serves as a reminder of the interconnectedness of our struggle to achieve equality, equity, and liberation. We would not have Pride as we know it today if it were not for the histories of Black and Brown revolutionary activism. Juneteenth is a day to reflect, learn, listen, make room for all, AMPLIFY ALL VOICES and grow as a nation to push for a better tomorrow 🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

What is Juneteenth? ➡️ nmaahc.si.edu/juneteenth
Visit the African American Museum of Iowa ➡️ blackiowa.org
Support Black-Owned local businesses:
➡️ Veggie Thumper Vegan Food Truck ( | veggiethumper.com)
The Contrary Cocktail Bar ()
➡️ Coaches Kolaches ( | kolachetakeover.com
➡️ Suzie's Sweet Treats ( | suziessweettreats.shop)
➡️ Blk & Bold Coffee ( | blkandbold.com)
*There are so many! More here ➡️ catchdesmoines.com/blog/stories/post/black-owned-businesses-in-greater-des-moines/

06/18/2025

The U.S. is a salad bowl of cultures existing together! Why? Because everyone here arrived (unless you are apart of a Native nation) via various ways, under various circumstances (a majority of times for extremely difficult reasons), and from MANY different places! Our ancestors brought with them their customs and traditions - as do the people who are still coming to the U.S... Refugee Week is the world's largest celebration of the contributions, creativity, and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. It is centered around Refugee Day (which is June 20th). This week enables people with diverse backgrounds to connect beyond labels, as well as encourage empathy and understanding.

At Voices, we exist to build bridges; it's really our jam! Our goal is to connect humans, while valuing everyone's cultural uniqueness (after all language and culture go hand-in-hand)... Join in our celebration!

Everyone should have a safe place to live.

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
- Author Emma Lazarus as stated on the Statue of Liberty

**We recognize that refugees and asylum seekers are not a single group and have different experiences, including because of race, class, gender, sexuality, age and immigration status. Also...
**We use the word ‘refugee’ because of its legal and historical significance, and because we believe it is important to reclaim it from negative uses. At the same time, we recognize the danger of labels and respect people’s right to decide how they define themselves. Refugee Week celebrates the contributions of everyone seeking safety, regardless of the legal status they hold.

06/15/2025

Happy Father's Day 🥰💜..... to all the wonderful, loving, supportive dads.. to anyone who has lost a Father or Father-figure.. to people who have difficult Father relationships.. to those who stand in as Fathers, Foster Dads, Step-Fathers, Coaches, Teachers, and Uncles... those who are a positive guiding light!.. to Dads who have lost a child (or children).. to anyone who can't be with their Dad today.. to new Fathers still adjusting to dadhood.. to those facing the challenges of infertility.. to Fathers who have done the best they could.. to anyone feeling pressured to be a Dad.. to those who don't feel like "traditional" Fathers.. to those who will soon become Dads.. to the Dads doing it all on their own.. to pet Fathers who care for animals with love.. to Fathers who've positively changed lives.. to ANYONE who needs love today.

06/13/2025

"L'émancipation de l'homme sera totale ou ne sera pas."
[The liberation of humanity will be total or it will not be.]

Let's look out for each other, friends. 💜

Empathy | ˈempəTHē |
noun >> the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
"empathy" around the 🌎!
➡ empati
➡ empathie
➡ comhbhá
➡ empatía
➡ 共情 [gòng qíng]
➡ सहानुभूति [sahānubhūti]
➡ huruma
➡ imolara
➡ lagona alofa

06/11/2025

“Aloha culture” - one of the most amazing characteristics of Hawaii and its people. This concept revolves around the core values of love, respect, and harmony. The month of June is all about love, acceptance, respect, and coming together despite our differences; Hawaiians are THE BEST at expressing these values as life mantras. In honor of King Kamehameha Day, try to incorporate "aloha culture" into your day. Ua ola loko i ke aloha ["love gives life within”] 🌺

"E na'i wale nō 'oukou, I ke kupono 'a'ole au" - King Kamehameha
["Continue my righteous deeds, they are not yet finished."]

06/06/2025

Doughnuts in some form or other have been around sooooooo long that archaeologists keep turning up fossilized bits of what look like doughnuts in prehistoric Native settlements. But, according to Smithsonian Magazine, the doughnut we love supposedly came to Manhattan ("New Amsterdam" then) under the name olykoeks = "oily cakes"!

Doughnuts didn't really gain their popularity until World War I. In the trenches of France, women volunteers, aka "Donut Dollies", brought millions of American soldiers a tasty touch of home to the front lines... several things have happened since then - the invention of the doughnut machine, the rise of Krispy Cream, and so many creative takes on the sweet treat - the donut still remains a sweet comfort food to many all over the nation!

🍩-deals at these local Des Moines Metro spots:
ChuChu Donuts ➡ chuchudonuts.com
Donutland ➡ thedonutland.com
Duck Donuts ➡ duckdonuts.com
Hurts Donuts Co. ➡ facebook.com/HurtsDonutWestDesMoines/

Hungry? You know what to do!

06/05/2025

Thank you my Allies, by Keath Silva ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤 🩷🤍🩵
"When you call me by the name and pronouns I adore, you give me
a gentle warm hug
a hand up
a healing balm
a bright smile in the dark
a heart opening wink
a bouquet of Sunflowers
a Yarrow blossom circle of protection
a tender Rose of sweetness
years on my life
a burst of energy
the ability to focus
a nourishing sense of safety and belonging
a happy memory
a warm cup of Lemon Balm love
When you call me by the name and pronouns I adore,
you give me wellness, welcome and home
Thank you"

Capital City Pride DM Area Events 🏳️‍🌈 capitalcitypride.org/events
Iowa Pride Events 🏳️‍🌈 aclu-ia.org/en/iowa-pride-2025
Pride documentary watch-list 🏳️‍🌈 pbs.org/articles/lgbtq-documentaries
Volunteer Opportunities 🏳️‍🌈 capitalcitypride.org/support/volunteer/ and
oneiowaaction.org/volunteer/
Dontate:
🏳️‍🌈 oneiowa.org/donate/
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ iowatransmutualaidfund.org/donate

06/02/2025

“Pride to me is a celebration of our vibrant, colorful community and a political statement of strength and solidarity. Despite attempts to silence us, dehumanize us, and even criminalize us, we clap back with a powerful loud and proud Pride Parade and celebration that love wins every time.” - Sister Roma

Pride isn’t a month-long thing; LGBTQIA+ rights are important year-round... Pride is a lifelong initiative! Voices LLC is a proud supporter of our LGBTQIA+ community and family! Be you, be proud! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

5 ways to stand alongside the LGBTQIA+ community year-round (from the ACLU):
❤️ Get to know your state representatives - do they connect and listen to their constituents? Contact them either way!
🧡 Incorporate inclusive language because LGBTQIA+ are everywhere in our communities. Understanding pronouns to incorporating gender-neutral language can make everyone feel welcome.
💛 Help prevent discrimination in the workplace. People feeling safe and welcomed in the workplace will lead to long-term benefits and will enhance your communities economic impact.
💚 Connect with your community. Share but also listen! In addition to speaking up on behalf of those "othered" beyond only comfortable spaces (such as Pride festivities); engage in conversations with those who have differing viewpoints, have consumed harmful misinformation, or may be unaware of the current challenges faced by the LGBTQIA+.
💙 Vote in EVERY election. From State Reps to County Councilmembers to judges to your local schoolboard. They are all important positions relating to the wellbeing of you and yours.

Pride documentary watch-list 🏳️‍🌈 pbs.org/articles/lgbtq-documentaries
Capital City Pride DM Area Events 🏳️‍🌈 capitalcitypride.org/events
Volunteer Opportunities 🏳️‍🌈 capitalcitypride.org/support/volunteer/ and
oneiowaaction.org/volunteer/
Dontate:
🏳️‍🌈 oneiowa.org/donate/
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ iowatransmutualaidfund.org/donate

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Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

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