Description

Vamos DC is a network of government and community organizations working together for DC’s Latinx community with disabilities. This group plans an annual conference in Spanish highlighting available resources and supports for Latinx people with disabilities and their families. Our goal is to provide important and needed information in this community’s native language, rather than through translation, and build trusting relationships that lead to individual, family, and community prosperity.

Annual Latinx Conference on Disabilities

Vamos DC is committed to hosting an annual conference to provide information and resources to Latinx DC residents with disabilities and their families. In 2019, we hosted our first conference and have been privileged to host one yearly during Hispanic Heritage Month. See below for resources from previous conferences.

• 2020 Virtual Resource Fair for the Latinx Conference on Disabilities - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXJtx-7lZdk&list=PLEhZQU_WEgEuLW5kMNNhKrbWHfVuLjSHI
• 2021 Latinx Conference on Disabilities Playlist - https://youtu.be/_t36XqHUBDM?si=7_P9Ai_lq6RJ8QrS

•  1st Annual Latino Conference Event Summary 9.19.pdf - 2.4 MB (pdf)

   Vamos DC - Promotional Flyers of 5 Years of DC's Latinx Conference on Disabilities.pdf - 4.9 MB (pdf)

   2020 Latinx Conference on Disabilities Slide Deck - FINAL.pdf - 1.1 MB (pdf)

   Vamos DC 2020 Fall Series Flyer - October 23, 2020.pdf - 378.3 KB (pdf)

   Vamos DC 2020 Fall Series Final Slide Deck_Bienestar y Salud_November 20, 2020.pdf - 3.8 MB (pdf)

   Vamos DC 2020 Fall Series Final Slide Deck_Salud y COVID-19_December 18, 2020.pdf - 560.6 KB (pdf)

   Vamos DC_2021 Spring Series_Mantenga su salud fisica y financiera_May 21, 2021.pdf - 5.9 MB (pdf)

   Vamos DC_2021 Latinx Conference on Disabilities Master Slide Deck.pdf - 805.1 KB (pdf)

   Vamos DC_Secondary Transition and Employment Session_Master Deck_May 25, 2022.pdf - 1.1 MB (pdf)

   Vamos DC_2022 Latinx Conference on Disabilities Master Deck_9.21.22.pdf - 1.5 MB (pdf)

   Vamos DC_2023 Latinx Conference on Disabilities Master Deck_September 30, 2023.pdf - 1.9 MB (pdf)

Lead Organizations

DC Developmental Disabilities Council (DD Council) and Department on Disability Services (DDS)

Collaborators

Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs, DC Health, Office of Planning, Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Police Department, DC Public Schools, Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Department of Aging and Community Living, DC Public Library, Mary’s Center, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities, Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), Office of Human Rights, DC Center for Independent Living, School Talk DC, Advocates for Justice and Education, and community members

For more information, contact Alison Whyte, [email protected], 202-340-8563 (text/call), or Mark Agosto, [email protected], 202-257-6698.