Healthy Relationships & Communication in the Workplace
Healthy Relationships & Communication in the Workplace Workshop
ECNV offers this six-part training series in workplace readiness to help individuals navigate workplace expectations, promote healthy interactions and relationships, and ensure job security by avoiding offenses. Through lectures, group discussions, worksheets, tutorials, case studies, and role play, this class will help you learn how to be successful and professional at work.
Bienvenidos Todos Provider Seminar Series
ECNV is hosting an online seminar series especially for service providers interested in providing culturally responsive services to Latinos with disabilities and their families.
Rosalia Fajardo, ECNV’s Director of Disability Equity and Strategic Partnership, will share her experiences from over 25 years serving the Latino disability community as the host for this series.
Conociendo Tus Derechos: Una Guía Ampliada para Personas con Discapacidad
Este artículo profundiza en los derechos fundamentales de las personas con discapacidades en Virginia, destacando la importancia de conocer y ejercer estos derechos para garantizar la igualdad, la inclusión y el acceso a oportunidades esenciales.
Bienvenidos Todos Master 2025
Below is a listing of articles related to the Bienvenidos Grant. You can also search for “Bienvenidos” on our blog.
ECNV’s I Am Self-Advocacy Program: January 2025 Update
[Image: Three circles overlapping each other with words Self Advocate in the center and words Motivated, Committed, and Passionate on each circle].
Herndon Community Center Open House
On Saturday, January 25, 2025, ECNV attended the Herndon Community Center Open House. This event provided an exciting opportunity to showcase organizations that are making a positive impact in our community.
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Left to Right: Rosalia Fajardo, a Hispanic female in a black blouse and gold vest staffing the ECNV table; Attendees at the open house; Center Bottom: A male senior consumer in a black jacket holding ECNV purple bag brochure with his daughter.
Second Story Health and Wellness Fair
On Thursday, January 23, 2025, ECNV partnered with Second Story to co-host a health and wellness fair. We had a great opportunity to serve and provide vaccines to the Latino Community residing in the Culmore area.
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Left to Right: Jimena Baron Organizada in jeans and a grey poncho helping a woman in red pants and next to her is a Walgreens pharmacist white female wearing a medical gown a consumer holding a purple ECNV bag; Rosalia Fajardo, a Hispanic female in black pants strip blouse and black vest nest to Eduardo Mantilla, a male with a beard in a brown coat Outreach and Enrollment manager of Neighborhood Clinic; Center Bottom: Consumers waiting in line for a vaccine.
Entendiendo la Ley de Discapacidad: Protecciones y Recursos Integrales
La ley de discapacidad abarca una amplia gama de protecciones legales diseñadas para asegurar los derechos e inclusión de las personas con discapacidades.
Image: “¿Qué es la ley de discapacidad? Descubra cómo leyes como la ADA protegen los derechos y la inclusión de las personas con discapacidad. Sumérjase en el mundo donde la igualdad se encuentra con la legislación”.
2025 ECNV Vaccination Events
With funding from USAging’s Aging and Disability Vaccination Collaborative and the Administration for Community Living (ACL), ECNV is organizing community vaccination events especially for seniors and people with disabilities.
Second Story Toy Distribution
On December 14, 2024, ECNV was part of the Second Story toys and food distribution at Oakview Apartments in Falls Church. More than 80 families received toys and food, we distributed free COVID-19 home tests and purple ECNV bags.
Images: A Latino Family two older adults with two kids holding ECNV bags full of COVID test kits and Christmas gifts; David Aguayo and Rosalia Fajardo ; (bottom center) a Latina female holding wearing jeans and a grey winter jacket holding an ECNV bag full of covid test kits and food.
Bienvenidos Webinar
On Saturday, December 14, 2024, Bienvenidos Todos organizadora Jimena Barron made an outstanding presentation about Acceptance within the disability community.
Collage: (Left) Travel Trainer/Independent Living Specialist Margarita Baquero, Bienvenidos Todos Organizadora, Jimena Barron, ECNV Director of Disability Equity Strategic Partnerships, Rosalia Fajardo, and ECNV Disability Equity Outreach Coordinator Lorena Granados; (Right), Lorena, Margarita, Rosalia, David Aguayo, and Jimena.
Travel Training at the Arc of Loudoun
On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, Andrew Shaw spoke at the Arc of Loudoun about ECNV’s free Travel Training program to thirty individuals at an informational session about online safety, mental health, and recreation opportunities within Loudoun County.
Image: ECNV Travel Trainer Andrew Shaw speaking at the Arc of Loudoun about travel training.
Sterling Community Center Loudoun County
ECNV participated in community activities organized by different organizations with which we have worked throughout the year by serving underserved communities without health insurance by providing vaccines and COVID home tests.
Collage: Rosalia Fajardo in a red sweater black pants and black vest, sharing lunch surrounded by a Latino family; Rosalia Fajardo in a red sweater black pants and black vest next to Richard Cabellos Director of Sterling Community Center giving a box COVID tests kits and bags to be distributed among the families participating in the Christmas celebration; (bottom Center). Latino kids and parents enjoying the Christmas celebration.
ECNV’s I Am Self-Advocacy Program: December 2024
[Image: Three circles overlapping each other with words Self Advocate in the center and words Motivated, Committed, and Passionate on each circle].
Tendiendo Puentes: La Transición Esencial de la Escuela al Trabajo para Personas con Discapacidades
Navegar la transición de los entornos educativos al mundo laboral es un viaje crítico para los jóvenes adultos, pero presenta desafíos únicos para aquellos con discapacidades. Esta transición es crucial para la inclusión social y económica completa, requiriendo no solo la colocación laboral; se necesita una preparación integral y sistemas de apoyo establecidos. El papel de organizaciones como ECNV.org y recursos como los de The Arc of Northern Virginias o el Departamento de Educación de Virginia son fundamentales en el apoyo a este viaje.
Mason District Healthcare Town Hall
On Thursday, November 21, 2024, Bienvenidos Todos Organizadora, Jimena Barron, ENDependence Center for Northern Virginia (ECNV), in partnership with Walgreens, offered free flu vaccines at the Mason District Healthcare Town Hall, hosted by Supervisor Andres Jimenez in partnership with Fairfax Health Department.
Collage: (Left) A group of Mason district multicultural residents waiting to be vaccinated; (Right), Bienvenidos Todos Organizadora, Jimena Barron in an ECNV white t-shirt with an Asian female Walgreens pharmacist.
Virginia Beach Special Education and Transition Workshop
On Thursday, November 21, 2024, Rosalia Fajardo traveled to Virginia beach to present to a group of Latino parents for a workshop on Special Education and Transition. This event was hosted by Bienvenidos Todos organizadora Ana Catellanos in partnership with Matias Hope Foundation /Executive Director Lesly Lancaster.
Collage: (Left), Rosalia Fajardo posing with other Hispanic attendees; (right), a wide angle photo of the workshop.
Rosalia Fajardo Receives Alfonso Garcia Robles Award
On Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Rosalia Fajardo ECNV Director of Disability Equity and Strategic Partnerships was the recipient of Alfonso Garcia Robles award.
Collage: (Left Photo) Rosalia Fajardo surrounded by her fellow awardees, (far right), UNAM General Rector Leonardo Lomelin in navy blue suit and black and yellow striped tie; (Right Photo) Rosalia wearing a navy blue suit and holding her award, on her left is UNAM General Rector Leonardo Lomelin.
2024 FCPS/CTS Moving on to Life in the Community Resource Fair
Carlos Marquez and Kevina Brown attended the 2024 FCPS/CTS Moving on to Life in the Community Resource Fair at Fairfax High School on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Over 200 families attended the event where various vendors from all over NOVA were able to share programming and services.
Image: ECNV Peer Mentor Carlos Marquez and RAMP Program Coordinator Kevina Brown at FCPS/CTS Moving on to Life in the Community Resource Fair at Fairfax High School.
Health and Wellness Fair at Alfred Baptist Church
On Saturday, November 2, 2024 ECNV participated at the Health and Wellness Fair at Alfred Baptist Church in Alexandria. This was a great opportunity to serve and create partnerships with the African American community that congregates in this revered temple.
Collage: Rosalia Fajardo surrounded by African-American female church members; ECNV travel trainer ECNV Hunter Cardwell in grey t-shirt and black pants talking with a female with black t-shirt and black pants; (bottom photo) David Aguayo wearing an ECNV t-shirt giving away a COVID test to a African American woman wearing black blouse and tan pants.