ECNV Celebrates Americans with Disabilities Act!
ECNV staff (Doris Ray, Ruchika Lalwani, Maya Flores and Marcie Goldstein and the Arlington County Board celebrate Disabilities Act Awareness Day at Bozman Government Center.
Doris Ray (center) holding the official proclamation for Disabilities Act Awareness Day. Maya in on her right, Ruchika is on the far right, and Marcie is behind her.
NACA Homeownership: Take the First Step Toward Home Ownership
CNV is partnering with NACA to provide a free homebuyer workshop.
Proclamation of Immigrant Heritage Month
ECNV Director of Multicultural Families, Rosalia Fajardo was recognized her leadership in the Latino community during Immigrant Heritage Month.
Right, Rosalia in black suit and Karol Escalante in grey pants suit.
Disability Justice Mindful Design Lab
Find out more about disability justice and ECNV's Disability Justice Mindful Design Lab - an 8-month incubator for social change solutions by and for people with disabilities who have experienced additional injustice, discrimination or exclusion because of race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender identity or sexual orientation. This initiative is funded by the Ford Foundation.
Agents of Change Pitch Day! A Celebration of Accomplishment and Visibility for Disability Justice Social Ventures
The ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia invites you to
Agents of Change Pitch Day! A Celebration of Accomplishment and Visibility for Disability Justice Social Ventures
ECNV Announces New Volunteer Peer-Led Support Program
ECNV is excited to announce a new program in the coming months where so many of our consumers and their families who have benefited from our programs and services can begin to serve as leaders in helping others meet similar success.
ECNV updated, plain logo
Thriving Solo Workshop
ECNV is offering a new training series for people with disabilities who want to live on their own.
(Image) white female in wheelchair, wearing a white sweater and black dress with design at open oven door checking on food.
Fairfax County Health Department Multicultural Advisory Council Quarterly Meeting
On June 20, 2023, Rosalia Fajardo represented ECNV at the Fairfax County Health Department Strategic Plan to provide input on Health Equity in Action & Vibrant Community Relationships as Priority Areas for the next five years.
Left, Rosalia Fajardo and another collaborator at the meeting.
Health Expo at Word of Life Church
On June 24, 2023, ECNV was proud to distribute information and resources during the incredible day at the Hope Expo.
Participants at the Health Expo
Resource Fair for Families who Live in Sterling
On June 28, 2023, ECNV staff Rosalia Fajardo and peer intern Margarita Baquero participated in the Women Giving Back fair, which was organized by Loudoun Human Service Network.
Images: (Left to Right) Peer Intern Margarita Baquero and Multicultural Families Director Rosalia Fajardo at ECNV staffing ECNV table; Rosalia with partner Ana Maria Garcia from Northern Virginia Family Service; Rosalia with an elderly female Latina who received a COVID-19 test kit; two female Latina women with COVID-19 test kits; fair attendees receiving free clothes.
Community Forum Hosted at Anthem HealthKeepers
On June 15, 2023, ENCV outreach team Pansy Walker and Rosalia Fajardo attended a community forum hosted by Anthem HealthKeepers.
Left, a general view of the forum; (right) side Pansy Walker and Rosalia Fajardo with forum participants.
Alexandria City Community Cookout at Fairlington
On June 15, 2023, Alexandria City organized community cookouts to reach out to the diverse and multicultural communities that are part of the Alexandria City affordable housing complexes.
An African American woman receiving a COVID-19 home test kit; A Latina female receiving a COVID-19 home test kit
ECNV Provides Disability Training for CUE Bus Drivers
The ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia was invited by Fairfax City CUE to provide a training on Disability Etiquette on Saturday June 3rd.
A collage of the panel of presenters from the CUE bus disability training event; CUE bus drivers and finally, a group photo of the panelists, Janeek Prince, Pete Scampavia, and ECNV’s Information and Referral Specialist Heather Sailes, and Andrew Shaw, who also attended.
Emprende Virginia Baking Class for Latina Mothers
On June 7, 2023, ECNV distributed COVID-19 free home test kits to Mexicana Emprende program (“Mexican Female Entrepreneurship Program”) recipients.
A group of Latina women in white baking uniforms and blue aprons receiving Covid-19 home test kits from ECNV.
ECNV I Am Self-Advocacy Program: In-School Reflection and Summer Session 2023
The IASA Program is a Pre-Employment Transition Service (Pre-ETS) focused on helping students with disabilities, ages 14-22, hone their skills in self-advocacy through a combination of individual and group sessions. Funded by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS), this program is offered to students referred by the Fairfax, Alexandria, Leesburg, and Manassas DARS offices.
Three circles overlapping each other with words Self Advocate in the center and words Motivated, Committed, and Passionate on each circle.
What’s New with RAMP?
For those of you that don’t know, RAMP stands for the Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program. It is a career-focused mentoring program for students with disabilities, aged 14-22, funded through the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS).
Five RAMP participants are in the foreground standing behind a black table with their completed STEM projects laid out in front of each student. One student has his thumb up and 2 students are waving at the camera in excitement. RAMP Program Coordinator, Kevina Brown, is standing on a chair in the background and in the center wearing a gray sweatshirt with her arms folded in front of her chest.
Virginia Aging and Disability Meet and Greet+
On June 1, 2023, ECNV Executive Director Dominique Dunford-Lack accepted an invitation from the White House to an Aging and Disability Meet and Greet in Washington, D.C.
ECNV Executive Director Dominique Dunford-Lack pictured in a group photo; she is standing in the middle row, center aisle, first from left wearing a yellow dress.
Aging Unbound Conference
On May 31, 2023, ECNV hosted a resource table and distributed COVID-19 test kits and provided COVID-19 vaccinations at the Aging Unbound Conference at Abiding Presence Lutheran Church in Burke, Virginia, in recognition of Older Americans Month.
Three different Asian women picking up COVID-19 tests.
Alexandria City Transitional Fair
ECNV’s Paul Whitney and Ruchika Lalwani attended the Alexandria City High School Transitional Fair.
Cookout at Southern Towers
Pansy Walker and Rosalia Fajardo attended the Alexandria Community Cookout at Southern Towers