ECNV Employee Spotlight!: Salifu "Sal" Kamara
ECNV Employee Spotlight: Salifu "Sal" Kamara!
Finding Qualified Caregivers for Those You Care About
Come and learn about the transition of students with disabilities going from High School to college or directly to work; you’ll also learn about the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA, advocacy and useful resources.
Money Matters: A Five-Part Training Series to Help You Understand How to Manage Your Money
ECNV offers this five-part training to help people with disabilities understand and manage money. Money Matters will help people understand what money is, how they can use it to pay for things they need, and how to decide what things are most important to pay for.
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Thriving Solo Workshop
ECNV is offering a new training series for people with disabilities who want to live on their own.
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The way to transition from school to adult life
Come and learn about the transition of students with disabilities going from High School to college or directly to work; you’ll also learn about the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA, advocacy and useful resources.
Disability Justice Mindful Design Lab
WHAT IS THE MINDFUL DESIGN LAB? The Mindful Design Lab core curriculum is an experiential program involving a blend of personal reflection, mindfulness-based leadership skills, and social entrepreneurship skills. This program is for individuals who are seeking to make a difference in the world, but who are also committed to their own personal growth and well being.
Agents of Change: News Spotlight
On Wednesday, November 15, 2023, ECNV’s Disability Justice Agents of Change team graduates, Victor Wear (Isaiah and Tiffany Hamilton) were featured on WUSA9 Shop Small Feature. Victor Wear helps employ and empower The Autism Community.
On Thursday, November 16, the Arlington Three (Huan Vuong, Ben McGann and Emma Budway) posted an online petition “Inclusion in Arlington Public Schools.” This is an advocacy project by the Ford Foundation Disability Justice grant for the Agents of Change team the Arlington Three. Sign and help spread the word!
Collage (left to right): Screenshot from ECNV’s Disability Justice Agents of Change team graduates, Victor Wear (Isaiah and Tiffany Hamilton) were featured on WUSA9 Shop Small Feature. Victor Wear helps employ and empower The Autism Community video segment; The Arlington Three, (left to right) Huan Vuong, Ben McGann and Emma Budway.
Money Matters: A Five-Part Training Series to Help You Understand How to Manage Your Money
ECNV offers this five-part training to help people with disabilities understand and manage money. Money Matters will help people understand what money is, how they can use it to pay for things they need, and how to decide what things are most important to pay for.
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Get Involved with ECNV
Have you thought about getting involved with ECNV? Here are a few ways you can participate.
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NACA Homeownership: Take the First Step Toward Home Ownership
CNV is partnering with NACA to provide a free homebuyer workshop.
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.
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Thriving Solo Workshop
ECNV is offering a new training series for people with disabilities who want to live on their own.
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ECNV Receives Grant for Vaccination Outreach to Aging and Disability Communities
ECNV has funding from USAging’s Aging and Disability Vaccination Collaborative to continue our work to provide vaccinations for older adults and people with disabilities.
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NACA Homeownership: Take the First Step Toward Home Ownership
ECNV is partnering with NACA to provide a free homebuyer workshop. NACA is committed to helping the underserved build generation wealth through access to affordable mortgages and financial assistance.
ECNV Is Coming to the Loudoun Resource Fair
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.
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Ways to Find Work
The Alexandria Workforce Development Center and Virginia Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services Presentation on ways to find jobs and careers that fit your talents and interests.
In Memoriam: Lenore McMullen Levin (February 15, 1957 – February 6, 2023)
ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia (ECNV) was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Lenore McMullen Levin, a leader in the Northern Virginia Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement.
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Time for Changes in Policing and Criminal Legal System
ECNV is saddened by the horrific news and retraumatizing of our communities involving the violence enacted upon the victims in the Lunar Year Celebration in Monterey, California, Tyre Nichols, and Melia Jones. ECNV believes in the immediate need for reformation in policing and the criminal legal system. And we hope for the pursuit of justice and answers for local Alexandrian Melia Jones and her family.