Northwest Down Syndrome Association Announces New Executive Director
The Northwest Down Syndrome Association (NWDSA) is pleased to announce that Angela Jarvis-Holland has been appointed Executive Director, effective September 1, 2008. Ms. Jarvis-Holland has served on the Board of Directors of the NWDSA since 2002, and has been a driving force behind a variety of innovative projects. [...]
As an organization that is close to the issue, we have been following with interest the press activity in the days since Sarah Palin’s introductory speech. We have a broad list of contacts in the local and national disability community, as well as excellent resources and a deep understanding of the testing issues, as we [...]
We are very pleased to announce that the NWDSA has a new home! As of June 1, 2007, we have established our “world headquarters” at 6826 NE Glisan Street in Portland Oregon. It is just down the street from Providence Hospital. We are excited to be able to have a centralized home for our [...]
It is hard to believe that Angela and I, along with our fellow Board members, as well as many of our friends in the community, have served on the Board of NWDSA for almost five years now. When Sunday Sheeley left what was then the Northwest Down Syndrome Parent Support Group, and passed the torch [...]