Let's Celebrate Bilingualism!

a yellow banner with red text that has translations of the phrase "Celebrate Bilingualism" in Spanish, Navajo, and ASL

lab members applaud in ASL

The Campaign

CelebrateBilingualismNM is a campaign to promote bilingualism in New Mexico. It is a project of the Lobo Language Acquisition Lab housed in UNM's Linguistic Department. New Mexico has a long history of linguistic oppression marked by severe abuse, which has led to extensive trauma and loss of language and culture. The mission of this campaign is to underscore the benefits of bilingualism and the importance of celebrating and affirming minority languages.

 

Visitors from all backgrounds are encouraged to utilize the resources and information on this website to learn more about bilingualism and its benefits. Here are a couple of places to start:

 

why bilingualism?

 

 

who are we 

 

resources