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
Brent Place Apartments
On May 10, 2023, Pansy Walker assisted families at the Alexandria Community Cookout at Brent Place Apartments.
Pansy Walker at ECNV’s blue table at Brent Place Apartments.
Madison House
ECNV, with its partners Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers, Vida Senior Center, and the Loudoun Medical Corps hosted our first Loudoun Vaccination Clinic at the Madison House on May 8, 2023.
Rosalia with volunteers from Vida Senior Centers at Madison House.
Fiesta Latina Loudoun County
On May 7, 2023, ECNV attended the Loudoun County Latino Festival organized by the Loudoun County Department of Parks and Recreation.
Rosalia Fajardo (center) with volunteers from Equality Loudoun, (left) Matthew Charlesworth | Defense Director and (right) Sofia Smeigh | Historian at Fiesta Loudoun.
Culmore Day
On May 5, 2023, ECNV’s Rosalia Fajardo, Director of Multicultural Families and Peer Intern Margarita Baquero assisted David Aguayo on Culmore Day, which was attended by over 300 people.
Peer Interns David Aguayo and Margarita Baquero.
New Annandale High School Coalition
On May 3, 2023, ECNV and other human services leaders met to support Annandale High School in their efforts to bring resources to the diverse community of families at the school.
Multicultural Families Director Rosalia Fajardo attending a New Annandale High School Coalition meeting
ECNV Around Town
During April and May, ECNV shared information about our services and distributed COVID-19 test kits.
Alexandria Cookout collage
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).
RAMP logo