New Endeavors by Women

Giving Tuesday is on Dec 3, this year! We invite you to join us as we remember the successes of the year and look to the future. This year, we are making it easy to support NEW on Giving Tuesday with your family and friends in a community space! We hope you'll invite your friends and join us for an extended happy hour at Dacha Beer Garden (1600 7th St NW) on 12/3 and enjoy a wide selection of beer and other goodies. Your $20 purchase of an extended happy hour wristband goes directly to supporting NEW and your community.

Kudos to the team at New Endeavors by Women for their specialized work in supporting women and children experiencing homelessness. As you can see below, 35% of unhoused people in DC are women -- that's 1 in 3. NEW has a proven track record in serving its community (95% of its residents transition to permanent housing). Please consider joining me in being a monthly donor OR by joining us at Dacha Beer Garden on Giving Tuesday aka Dec. 3rd @ 5-9pm. https://lnkd.in/ePsqCFmP

New Endeavors by Women hopes everyone had a restful, restorative Veterans Day yesterday! In Washington, DC, 5% of all people experiencing homelessness are veterans. Nationally, over 35,000 veterans are experiencing homelessness in 2024. We honor our veterans as we seek to ensure housing stability for our vulnerable neighbors here in the District.

November is Youth Homelessness Awareness Month! Youth who experience homelessness are at greater risk of adverse outcomes in adulthood, ranging from mental health struggles, experiences of exploitation, substance use disorders, and repeated experiences of housing instability later in life. In 2024, 85% of the adults with families experiencing homelessness were women. New Endeavors by Women is one of the few housing programs in the District specifically dedicated to serving women and their children. NEW partners with these women by providing permanent housing, which allows them to not just to build a better future for themselves, but also provides dedicated support to ensure their children can thrive. https://lnkd.in/eDktSGEz

Feeling chilly? Let's get moving for a good cause! Join us this Sunday for a 5k to benefit New Endeavors by Women at DC Brau Brewing LLC! Walk or run at your own pace, and join us for a beer afterwards to celebrate.

New Endeavors of Women is pleased to announce the addition of John W. Fraser III to our Board of Directors, effective October 16th, 2024. With an illustrious career spanning over 20 years in multiple industries, John is seen as a transformational leader and a process improvement expert who delivers solutions that meet stakeholders' real needs and support organizational success. He’s THE Process Evolutionary Facilitator & Coach at Process M!nded, where his organization is tasked with optimizing their clients' business processes by focusing on their purpose, immediate impact, and sustainable organizational success. John holds several professional credentials, including Certified Business Analysis Professional, SAFe Certified Agilist, and Six Sigma Green Belt. John has been a keynote speaker, a coach, a diversity, equity, and inclusion champion, and a business analysis enthusiast. John’s mission is to help organizations become lean, mean, waste-fighting machines and to empower the next class of “change agents” excel in strategic business process improvement, re-engineering, agile, project management, and change management. John is a superb communicator, with amazing interpersonal and leadership skills that enable him to build top-producing relationships with his customers and business partners worldwide. "John’s transformational leadership and strategic vision will be invaluable assets to our Board,” said Iris Drayton-Spann, M.A., PHR, CDE, SHRM-CP. His extensive experience and dynamic approach align perfectly with NEW’s mission to create a lasting community impact. Beyond his professional achievements, John is a global explorer who enjoys experiencing new things with his family. John is a proud graduate of the University of Central Florida (GKCO!) and Syracuse University (Go🍊) for his Masters. We are thrilled to welcome John to our Board of Directors. His insights and dedication to organizational excellence will significantly enhance our efforts!

On Thursday, October 17th, we wear purple to honor survivors of domestic violence and intimate partner violence (DV/IPV). The women at New Endeavors come to us out of many overlapping difficulties: experiences of DV/IPV, addiction, health struggles, economic vulnerabilities, and more. Having a safe place to go can make all the difference in the success of an escape from DV/IPV, because without secure housing alternatives, many victims find themselves forced to return to their abusers. 40% of women who have experienced homelessness indicated that they lost their housing directly due to IPV. Join us today in raising awareness and share your own selfie wearing purple!

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and here at NEW we are deeply aware that Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence (DV/IPV) are all too often significant causes of women experiencing housing instability or being unhoused. Having a safe housing option available when leaving a DV/IPV situation is essential to survivors being able to successfully escape these dynamics and move on to healing. Nationally, 5% of all women needed emergency housing support at some point in their lives because of a DV/IPV situation, and 40% of women who have experienced homelessness indicated that the reason they lost housing was because of IPV When you support the women at NEW, you’re supporting survivors trying to make a fresh start.

Are you registered to vote? If you live in the District, tomorrow Oct 15th, is the last day to register online or by mail! https://lnkd.in/e6k6hU3z

Today, October 10th, is both World Homelessness Day & World Mental Health Day. Housing instability presents a significant challenge to mental health, and being unhoused is a major predictor of struggling with mental wellness. Being housing insecure during a mental health crisis can mean the difference between a difficult moment and an emergency. 67% of unhoused individuals are currently battling mental illness, and 77% report having experienced mental illness at any point in their lives. There are approximately 5,000 unhoused people in DC at any given time. Our unhoused neighbors are vulnerable in many ways, including mental illness. New Endeavors by Women’s dedication to our clients includes ensuring that all NEW women have access to free, one-on-one and group therapy sessions with a licensed therapist. Your support of NEW enables us to provide resources, stability, and sessions a therapist that together help build mental wellness and the space to dream about what can be. Please consider committing to a recurring monthly donation so we can continue this work in partnership with our clients. A gift of just $250 can cover the cost of a one-on-one therapy session for one client, sustaining mental wellness and reinforcing the skills and tools essential to maintain future stability.