Who We Are

We Are Family brings advocacy, services, organizing, and companionship into the homes of the elderly, while helping to build friendships across boundaries like race, class, religion, age, culture, and sexual orientation. We serve close to 1,000 seniors each month in the Columbia Heights, Shaw, North Capitol Street, Adams-Morgan, and Petworth neighborhoods.

Most of our work is done by volunteers, coordinated by a small staff that has three decades of experience serving seniors and fighting poverty in these neighborhoods. More than simply a social service provider, We Are Family is a bold experiment in building caring, just and inclusive community.