May marks Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Asian/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa,… Read More

The concept of Women’s History Month began in 1981 when Congress passed Public Law 97-28, authorizing and requesting then President Reagan to proclaim the week of March 7, 1982, as “Women’s History Week.” After petitions from the National Women’s History Project, Congress then passed Public Law 100-9 in 1987, which declared March as “Women’s History… Read More

Grateful for JLNV’s Efforts to End Hunger and Homelessness through the Years The holiday season will be here before we know it, and even though it will likely look different this year, we hope it finds you safely housed with plenty of food on the table. This is not the case for everyone, unfortunately. National Hunger… Read More

Hispanic Heritage Month began Sept. 15 in the United States, and celebrates the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. This observance began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson, and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988… Read More

Recent data have highlighted both the personal and economic toll COVID-19 has taken on the United States, with deaths surpassing 150,000 and the gross domestic product (GDP) falling by a record 33%. In Northern Virginia, statistics from the Virginia Department of Health have noted a steady drop-off in cases since the region’s peak on May 31, but the coronavirus has… Read More