The Multilingual Outreach Volunteer Effort (MOVE) is overseen by the Center for American English Language and Culture (CAELC) at the University of Virginia.

MOVE was created during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to address a gap in communicating critical information to those with limited English and digital resources. As both the number of volunteers and requests have grown, MOVE now focuses on broader community translation needs, offering international neighbors the opportunity to receive important information in their own languages, while promoting multilingualism at UVA.

MOVE volunteers are UVA language students and language faculty, heritage speakers, and immigrants, representing 50+ languages.

MOVE assists with small translating and interpreting requests from Charlottesville-area non-profit community-based and educational organizations, as well as units within UVA.

Please email us at translations@virginia.edu if you have questions or if you would like to partner with us.