DC LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROJECT INC

What they do

THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION of EVENTS, DC IMMERSION RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT GENERAL and SPECIFIC ISSUES RELATED to ACHIEVMENT, 21ST CENTRY SKILLS and DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING. DURING THE 2015/16 FISCAL YEAR, DC IMMERSION HAS REACHED THOUSANDS of DC RESIDENTS, INCLUDING PARENTS, EDUCATORS and COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS IN WARD 7 (ENTITLED LANGUAGES AS A PATHWAY to OPPORTUNITY) and WARD 1 (ENTITLED ECONOMIC and SOCIAL VALUE of BILLINGUAL EDUCATION). THROUGH THE PRODUCTION of REPORTS, FACT SHEETS, ARTICLES and NEWSLETTERS, DC IMMERSION INCREASES ACCESS to AVAILABLE EXPERTISE and INFORMATION. DURING THE 2015/16 FISCAL YEAR, DC IMMERSION REACHED OVER 600 PEOPLE THROUGH ITS MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS, 20,000 PEOPLE THROUGH ITS WEBSITE, THOUSANDS THROUGH ITS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, and PRODUCED A FACTSHEET IN ENGLISH and SPANISH and A NUMBER of OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS WHICH IT DISTRIBUTED ONLINE and AT ITS EDUCATIONAL EVENTS.