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.
ECNV Returns to the Durga Temple in Fairfax
On December 18, 2022, ENCV hosted a vaccination clinic at the Durga Temple, that serves the Hindu population in the Northern Virginia area with more than 20 people getting the flu and COVID vaccine.
ECNV staff, Ruchika Lalwani, helping a Hindu male wearing traditional clothes
Hybla Valley Community Center
On December 17, 2022 Rosalia Fajardo Multicultural Families Director distributed COVID home tests and information about ECNV and disability.
A Latina woman with a Latino adolescent in a wheelchair, and Rosalia Fajardo
Human Services Agencies Exchange Info and Explore Intersectionality of Poverty + Disability
On December 14, 2022, DARS invited ECNV to Community Academy to exchange resource information and learn more about the intersectionality of poverty and disability.
ECNV Remembers Hale Zukas
Late last month, disability activist Hale Zukas passed away from heart failure.
Hale Zukas wearing a red sweater
ECNV’s I Am Self-Advocacy Program Coming To Alexandria City High School!
The I Am Self-Advocacy Program (IASA) is a Pre-Employment Transition Service (Pre-ETS) focused on helping students with disabilities, ages 16-22, hone their skills in self-advocacy through a combination of weekly individual and group sessions.
Three circles overlapping each other with words Self Advocate in the center and words Motivated, Committed, and Passionate on each circle.
ECNV Recruiting Mentors and Community Partners for RAMP
ECNV’s pilot year for the Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program (RAMP) is underway!
Kevina Brown is an African American female pictured smiling, with shoulder-length black hair and eyeglasses, dressed in a yellow, white, red, and black plaid shirt and black pants with a waterfall in the background
An American Intermission: A Few Thoughts
This particular month, amidst the constant thread of PTSD and gaslighting that Denmark put me through, I find myself back on good ole American soil.
D'Arcee, in his seat, on a airplane, smiling for a selfie photo
Beyond Just "Doing Our Job"
If you take the time to give, your gift-giving for family and friends may be pretty much the same.
Consumer from Alexandria City receiving the Food Assistance card and walker
Why We Work for You
We are fortunate, at ECNV, to be able to work with a team of dedicated advocates who every day, demonstrate their heartfelt commitment to help people with disabilities live the lives they choose.
Turkey Dinner Distribution
On November 20, 2022, ECNV was invited to a turkey distribution event hosted by El Corazón a nonprofit serving the Bolivian community in Northern Virginia.
Rosalia Fajardo distributing COVID-19 test kits, energy saving light bulbs, and goody bags
Durga Temple Outreach
On November 19, 2022, Ruchika Lalwani and Rosalia Fajardo represented ECNV at a meeting of seniors and people with disabilities at the Durga Temple.
Ruchika Lalwani sharing information at a resource table
ECNV Delaplane COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach
Rosalia Fajardo (second from left) assists Independence Empowerment Center of Prince William in their Covid-19 outreach initiative in Delaplane, Virginia
ECNV at Arlington Food Assistance Center
On November, 17 2022, ECNV distributed Covid-19 test kits and energy saving light bulbs at the Thanksgiving Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) distribution that reached 150 people.
Miguel Fernández, a recently arrived Colombian assisting Rosalía Fajardo in front of the AFAC distribution truck
Fairfax County Health Department Recognizes ECNV for COVID-19 Response
On November 15, 2022, Fairfax County Health Department recognized the impact of the member organizations of the Multicultural Advisory Council in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Left to Right), Rosalia Fajardo, Dr. Gloria Addo-Ayensu. Dr. Sergio Rimola, and Carla Paredes
Moving On to Life in the Community Resource Fair
On November 10, 2022, Kevina Brown, Rosalia Fajardo and Pansy Walker shared information about ECNV at the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), Moving on to Life in the Community: A Resource Fair.
Bailey’s Crossroads/Culmore Place-Based Initiative
On November 5, 2022, George Mason University and Kaiser Permanente’s Northern Virginia Community Health hosted a community workshop for their Place-Based Initiative.
(Left to Right), Rosalia Fajardo with Katie Wilson, Program Manager, Kaiser Permanente Place-Based Initiative
Virginia Centers for Independent Living (VACIL) Conference
On October 27, 2022, almost everyone at ECNV attended the VACIL Conference in Charlottesville.
ECNV Executive Director Dominique Dunford-Lack listening to Director of Multicultural Families, Rosalia Fajardo give her “elevator speech” about what ECNV does for the disability community.
ECNV Launches New Mentoring Program: RAMP
We are excited to announce that ECNV is partnering up with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) to offer another mentoring program for students with disabilities called Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program (RAMP)!
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