Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

As a Jewish Community Center, we are committed to being a place where everyone who walks through our doors feels welcome and included. This includes members, guests and EDCJCC staff who are part of our community and are here to help members and guests have a positive experience.

We greet everyone warmly and invite community members to do the same. To create a welcoming environment, we expect that patrons and staff treat each other with respect and dignity. 

We will not tolerate physical or verbal abuse, hateful speech, derogatory slurs or harassment.  

Physical or verbal abuse or repeated offenses may result in removal from an EDCJCC program or revoking membership. When anyone experiences an act of exclusion, we will seek to right the wrong. If you have a concern or would like to report an act of exclusion, you may do so here.

The EDCJCC’s Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Harassment, and Anti-Racism Policy prohibits intentional and unintentional harassment or discrimination of any individual by another person on the basis of any protected classification including, but not limited to, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, familial status, partnership status, military status, domestic violence victim status, genetic information or characteristics, or any other characteristic protected by law.

All forms of discrimination or harassment, including comments or actions of inappropriate nature based upon any of these protected categories or any category protected by law, whether made by an employee, member, vendor, contractor, donor, or guest will not be tolerated.

We thank you in advance for your cooperation and adherence to our policies.

The EDCJCC strives for inclusion for individuals of all abilities in all our programs. When you sign up for a program at the EDCJCC, please share any accommodations you may need in your program registration. Click here to learn more about accessibility at the EDCJCC, and email info@edcjcc.org with any additional questions.

If you are seeking specific programs for individuals with disabilities, we are pleased to recommend those offered by the Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia (Fairfax, VA) and the Bender JCC of Greater Washington (Rockville, MD).

Our building sits on the traditional homeland of the Nacotchtank (Anacostan), farmers and traders who lived along the banks of the Anacostia River. Beginning in 1608, European settlers decimated the Nacotchtank with disease, warfare, and forced removal. By the 1700s, the survivors fled to join other tribes to the north, south, and west, including the Piscataway Peoples, who continue to steward these lands from generation to generation. We know this acknowledgement is only a small step towards justice, and we ask that all of us learn about the past and present, and invest in the future of our country’s Indigenous communities wherever we are.