October was Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (DVAM), and this year's theme was With Survivors, Always. Thank you to everyone who took part by learning and raising awareness, hosting and attending events and activities, and donating to support Doorways' programs!

We're here to support survivors and serve our community all year round. Interested in hosting a workshop or inviting Doorways to your event? Please complete this request form. We look forward to hearing from you!

The World Bank Group

The World Bank Group exists to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. Their mission is to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. Learn more at www.worldbank.org.

Community Connections Campaign

The Community Connections Campaign is the workplace giving program of the World Bank Group, and it is conducted in November and December. Doorways is grateful to be part of the World Bank Group's Community Connections Campaign again this year!

Now through December 18th, all staff and retiree donations to participating organizations will be matched 100% by the World Bank Group! Staff and retirees can pledge to Doorways between now and December 18th, and their gifts will be collected through the next calendar year and distributed to Doorways.

Doorways is grateful to have been nominated and supported by World Bank Group team members to be part of the campaign, and we're proud to have met the established criteria and the World Bank Group's due diligence review.

Sponsors Needed! Support Survivors and their Families this Holiday Season

Help our families' winter wishes come true! For each client, we need 1 gift and a $100 Visa gift card. Every family wants to spread the love this time of year, and your gift cards enable them to do so! Learn more and sign up to become a Winter Wishes sponsor today!

The Dominion Guild's Merry Market

November 18th-19th

Shop at the Dominion Guild’s Merry Market at the Knights of Columbus to support local nonprofits including Doorways!

Arlington Turkey Trot

November 27th

The Arlington Turkey Trot is more than just a 5K—it's a beloved Thanksgiving morning tradition that brings our community together. Now in its 20th year, the Trot supports local nonprofits including Doorways. Volunteers are needed Pre-Race and Race Day!

Want to Trot for free?!

Enter to win two race registrations for the Arlington Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving day, November 27th! 

How to enter: Post a picture/video of you and your running shoes, along with why you want to trot in support of Doorways, and tag us! If your account is private, please take a screenshot of the post and send it to Jan-Michael Sacharko, Director of Development, at [email protected]. One post = one entry. You can post multiple times for multiple entries!

Share your post by Thursday, November 20th to be eligible to win two registrations and a swag basket, and remember to tag Doorways!

Posts can be made on the following social media platforms:

• Facebook: DoorwaysVA
• Instagram: @doorways_va
• LinkedIn: doorwaysva
• TikTok: @doorwaysva
• X (Twitter): @DoorwaysVA

She helped get her violent husband deported. Then ICE deported her — straight into his arms.

"Carmen submitted the U-Visa in March and learned [her husband] had been deported that same month. Finally, she thought she would be free."

"At the end of July, she and her son were deported. 'I had nowhere to go,' she stated. She emerged from the plane to her nightmare. 'I saw a man standing across from us and my heart sank,' she said. 'It was my husband.'"

"Immigration agents no longer routinely check or consider a detained immigrant's status as a crime victim before deporting or detaining them. The policy only makes an exception if it will interfere with law enforcement investigations.

The administration's actions affect nearly half a million immigrants who are awaiting a decision on a pending application for survivor-based protections, the most common of which is the U-Visa. Because Congress capped the number of visas that can be issued annually at 10,000, it can take a person 20 years to have their application processed."