ECNV’s I Am Self-Advocacy Program: Winter 2025 Update
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Centreville Library Flu Shot Clinic
On Sunday, February 16, 2025, at the Centreville Library, ECNV successfully distributed forty flu vaccine shots to those who came to the event.
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Collage: (Left to Right) Rosalia Fajardo a female in purple sweater and gold vest with a consumer a male in a brown jacket and jeans; a male Walgreens pharmacist wearing a medical with male consumers; (Center Bottom) Rosalia surrounded by a group of people.
RAMP Update: March 2025
RAMP Mentee and Mentors are making connections. January 2025, we celebrated Mentor Appreciate Month. Mentees and Mentors gathered at David and Busters to celebrate and socialize. Students are currently spending time talking about their community and their perspective careers during the month of February, as well as learn about different leaders in honor of Black History Month.
Aging Solo 2025 Spring Class
Join ECNV for an informative, and interactive class developed by Iona Senior Services which covers social and support networks, health care decisions, aging in place or moving, and so much more as you face. We'll discuss how mitigate increased issues when you find yourself alone and how to advocate for yourself.
The Aging Solo DMV Collective
Aging Solo doesn’t mean aging alone! The Aging Solo DMV Collective is a BRAND NEW welcoming, monthly gathering where we share experiences, challenges, and triumphs of navigating life on our own terms. This group also welcomes all who have previously taken the Aging Solo six-week class offered by ECNV as well as other organizations, and if you're taking it for the first time.
Celebrating Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month: Empowering Independence with ECNV
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, a time to recognize the contributions of individuals with developmental disabilities and promote inclusion, accessibility, and self-determination. At ECNV we are committed to supporting people with disabilities in living independently and thriving in their communities.
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Join Us in Advocating for Inclusion and Independence
Own Your Own Path: Navigating Your Disability with Confidence and Clarity
Own Your Own Path: Navigating Your Disability with Confidence and Clarity
ECNV offers this six-part training series in self-advocacy to help people explore and prepare for future opportunities. Through lectures, group discussions, worksheets, tutorials, case studies, and role play, this class will help you learn how to ask for disability-related services and confidently take part in conversations about your disability.
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
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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.
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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.