<div dir="ltr">As the crises in Ukraine and Russia unfold, we are doing our best to locate services for students seeking counseling through interpreters or in their first languages. This is what colleagues have recommended so far, and we'd love to know of any resources you've used and/or discovered as well:<div><br></div><div>Language Link <a href="https://language.link/?fbclid=IwAR16lXp9NrE_UKIwebtp4Q20txd0_VouZU9hv5KgoqiODeQk8gAndpugLDM">https://language.link/?fbclid=IwAR16lXp9NrE_UKIwebtp4Q20txd0_VouZU9hv5KgoqiODeQk8gAndpugLDM</a></div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian Community Center of Washington: <a href="http://uccwa.org/programs/behavioral-health/?fbclid=IwAR0SWuek4fenncPN1upD_ybX9JU314vFG1645hJISZq-9MnbMs6raEaQ4f8">http://uccwa.org/programs/behavioral-health/?fbclid=IwAR0SWuek4fenncPN1upD_ybX9JU314vFG1645hJISZq-9MnbMs6raEaQ4f8</a></div><div><br></div><div>Lutheran Community Services Northwest: <a href="https://lcsnw.org/program/community-resource-centers/">https://lcsnw.org/program/community-resource-centers/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully collaborating about the imminent needs of these populations will increase general awareness of services for all of our students who are immigrants and refugees. </div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b>Kristi Leksen, MA, LMHC</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><i>Counselor/Human Development Instructor</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><i>She/Her</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">Everett Community College</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">425.388.9964 x7347</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><a href="mailto:kleksen@everettcc.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">kleksen@everettcc.edu</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Counseling and Student Success: </b><a href="https://www.everettcc.edu/students/css" target="_blank">https://www.everettcc.edu/students/css</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"></p></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div><p style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><img src="http://www.everettcc.edu/media/email/evcc_white_logo_with_URL.png"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Urgent Care or Crisis?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If this is a life-threatening emergency. please call 9-1-1. For 24/7 emergency counseling, referral, or assistance please call: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">• Snohomish County: Volunteers of America Care Crisis Response Services (Crisis Line) 800-584-3578 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">• King County: Crisis Connections (Crisis Line) 866-427-4747</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:4.5pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-alig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