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Bilingual International Assistant Services

Providing Interpretation and Social Services in the St. Louis Are for over 12 years

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Our mission is to ensure equal access to healthcare, mental health, and social services for all, regardless of national origin or language ability, through the advocacy, education, and direct multilingual services that we provide.

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International Senior Picnic Returns to Tower Grove

Posted: May 23, 2022

After almost three years of waiting, we were finally able to hold our Macklind International Senior Center Picnic on May 14, 2022 at Tower Grove Park.  The weather was beautiful. Families of Center participants and staff mingled on the grass.  And the food was delicious.  Kayla Drake from St. Louis Public Radio was on hand […]

Overdue and Inconvenient Thoughts on Ukraine: What Solidarity Looks Like

Posted: March 24, 2022

We have been relatively quiet on the war and humanitarian disaster in Ukraine. It has been and remains a lot to process, especially for an organization with deep ties to that corner of the world. Our founders were Russian-speaking Jews from the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and – as you can probably imagine – those […]

Missouri Driver Handbook Translated for Afghan Allies

Posted: March 13, 2022

For Immediate Release: March 14, 2022 Contact: Jason Baker, 314-541-4610, jason.baker@bilingualstl.org Missouri Driver Handbook Translated for Afghan Allies St. Louis, MO.  Bilingual International Assistant Services, a St. Louis-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving immigrants and refugees in Missouri, has released full Dari and Pashto translations of the Missouri Driver Handbook.  The agency commissioned these translations to provide direct […]

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The Ukrainian Holodomor at 90 – UN Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Posted: June 9, 2022

From 1932 to 1933, millions of Ukrainians perished in a devastating famine known as the Holodomor, a tragedy many argue was the result of oppressive Stalinist policies that included controlling access to crops, restricting movement out of the country for the poor, rejecting foreign aid, and actively denying the famine’s existence. To mark the annual […]

International Senior Picnic Back in 2022!

Posted: May 9, 2022

It took a while to get the all-clear to reopen the center,  but after over 2 years, we finally reopened on April 14, 2022.  And we are happy to announce that we will be holding the Macklind International Senior Picnic in Tower Grove Park on May 14, 2022 from 11 a.m. To 2 p.m.  All […]

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5 days ago

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Riverfront Times has been killing it lately. Two great restaurant write-ups in two successive days. What the article doesn't say is how much the Lopez family and Taqueria Durango does for the community, like when they hosted a no-questions-asked food pantry out of their shuttered location for most of the pandemic. Proud to have a Lopez on our team continuing her family's legacy of service. ... See MoreSee Less

St. Louis Standards: Taqueria Durango Is a North County Institution

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The Lopez family had no idea they would open a grocery store and restaurant when they moved to St. Louis from California in 1993. In...
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Bilingual International Assistant Services is at Soldiers Memorial Military Museum.

6 days ago

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Come visit our staff and volunteers at this weekend’s PrideFest (St. Louis)downtown STL and learn more about the wide variety of programs we have at BIAS! Don’t forget tomorrow’s Grand Parade starts at 11am right on Market Street 😁🥰 ... See MoreSee Less
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