Mission Statement
The mission of the Community Wellness Alliance (CWA) is to improve health and wellness outcomes of residents of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia through education, outreach and advocacy utilizing partnerships and collaboration.
Our Focus Areas are:
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- HIV/AIDS
- Mental Health
- Tobacco
CWA is actively engaged in public health and community based initiatives throughout the area. Members of the CWA team are engaged with the following groups and committees:
- American Heart Association (AHA)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- Arc of Montgomery County
- DC Department of Health Preventive Health Services Block Grant Advisory Board
- DC Housing Authority Public Housing Citywide Health Advisory Board
- Ward 8 Health Committee
- DC Tobacco Free Coalition
- North Columbia Heights Civic Association
- DC Department of Health Chronic Disease State Plan Leadership Team
- Lombardi-Georgetown Health Disparities Initiative Community Advisory Board
- City Wide Advisory Board
- DC Goes Blue Planning Committee
- DC HIV/AIDS Prevention Committee
- Addictions Prevention Coalition
- Fighting Cancer with Poetry
- Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc.
- Masons
- Ward 7 Democrats
- HIV and Tobacco Workgroup
- Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association (MWPHA)
