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Please click on a year to see the ND Women Connect DC events from that year.
Ongoing Events
Mt. Carmel House:
Mt. Carmel House is a Catholic Charity that provides transitional and outreach rehabilitative services for homeless women in Washington, D.C. It houses about 30 women who are in the process of transitioning from homelessness to independent living, and who are also recovering from substance abuse, mental illness, HIV, hepatitis, or TB. Through their Dinner Program, volunteers prepare and serve dinner to any women or children who is in need of a hot meal. The ND Women Connect DC Chapter has been volunteering at Mt. Carmel House's Dinner Program on a bimonthly basis since July 2009. Jessie Tannenbaum, JD '06, LLM '07 takes care of organizing three to six volunteers to go each time and serve dinner to the women and children as well as clean up. "Coordinating the ND volunteers at Mt. Carmel House has been a great experience for me, not only because of the opportunity to help Mt. Carmel House provide a needed shelter here, but also becasue it has brought together a diverse group of ND women who might not have met each other." Courtney Ridge JD '07 has a similar reaction because according to her, "volunteering at Mt. Carmel House has been a great experience for me to join other women in serving others, and it has also been great to spend time getting to know other Notre Dame alumnae in the area."
Past Events
Spring Reception: May 6th, 2010
Karen DeSantis hosted a reception introducing and honoring two fabulous ND women: Dolly Duffy, Associate Executive Director of the ND Alumni Association, joining us from campus; and Haley DeMaria, the new ND DC Women Connect chapter leader, effective June, 2009, when she completed her Master's work.
March for Life: January 22, 2010
Katie Dugan-Bodnar, JD '06, attended the March for Life in Washington D.C. this January. "It was a moving experience to see people from all over the country come together, regardless of other differences, to stand up for the weakest and most vulnerable among us. I was especially grateful to be able to march with the Notre Dame family of students, faculty, alumni and, of course, Father Jenkins. When the march culminated in front of the Supreme Court Building, with the words “Equal Justice Under Law” carved into the front, I thought it was a beautiful, but very sad, irony. I felt even more determined that this is something worth fighting for. I know the Notre Dame community and its leadership will continue to stand up for the sanctity of all human life."
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