Community · Sustainability · Justice

Modeled on the casa de povo (house of the people) found in Portugal, the John Dos Passos Institute is a rural community enrichment center. The mission of our organization is to nurture community, sustainability, and justice in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and beyond. We offer free classes (Spanish in the Community, English to Speakers of Other Languages, Adult Literacy), we coordinate paid internships for local youth (from Rappahannock Community College and Chesapeake Bay Governor's School), we create literary events around the legacy of local author John Dos Passos, and we facilitate grassroots restoration of our 5 acre wooded wetland site. We aim to provide a full range of enrichment programming from pre-K through adulthood to a rural, underserved, diverse local population.

Siguiendo el modelo de la casa de povo (casa del pueblo) que se encuentra en Portugal, Brasil y Goa, el Instituto JDP es en parte un centro comunitario y en parte un centro cultural. Nuestros principios operativos son comunidad, sostenibilidad y justicia. La misión de nuestra organización es sostener, nutrir y revitalizar la comunidad del condado de Westmoreland formando conexiones dentro de Virginia, los EE. UU. y el mundo. Hacemos esto creando acceso a oportunidades de becas, desarrollo de liderazgo y propuestas progresistas para una vida sostenible a nivel local y global.

Justice

Through access to educational and cultural opportunity, mentoring, and career advising for marginalized residents (including recent immigrants, returning citizens, and non-traditional age students)

Our community members bring a wealth of knowledge and skills, and in order to live out their potential, they need access to opportunities for growth through communication. Our classes include individual and group learning settings, at no cost to Westmoreland County residents.