The Arc of Northern Virginia?s Annual Meeting

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Please join us at our 2015 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, November 17, when we will update the community on our work and accomplishments over the past year for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. Featuring Keynote Speaker, Pat Carver, as she shares the important place The Arc of Northern Virginia holds in her lifelong story of passionate and persistent advocacy.

Featuring Keynote Speaker: Pat Carver
Pat Carver, Founder, Community Drive, Inc.

Pat Carver brings a lifetime of heartfelt commitment to her work. This passion began over four decades ago at the birth of her brother and the subsequent recognition that his being “special” meant being set apart. Since then Pat has relentlessly advocated for social justice, especially among citizens who experience cognitive or intellectual disabilities. Today she continues to support her brother (who lives in a group home near their childhood home in Virginia) and many others in wide and varied life circumstances while building Community Drive, Inc., a knowledge based practice dedicated to building circles of support, advocacy, training, curriculum development and consultation. She is skilled at person-centered planning, making friends, maintaining meaningful relationships, creating support networks, and strengthening individual capacities to create community.

Sweet Virginia – Come join Pat Carver as she shares the important place The Arc of Northern Virginia holds in her lifelong story of passionate and persistent advocacy. Weaving disability rights, the role of siblings and her brother’s journey from survival to a good life, Carver will address a movement we can all claim. This is a sweet story of our history and one you won’t want to miss.
 

Join us Tuesday November 17, 2015 from 7-9 pm at:
The Columbus Club ~ Main Ballroom
The Knights of Columbus
5115 Little Falls Road
Arlington VA 22207