JVP is committed to making our events more accessible as part of our commitment to disability justice. Our venue is fully ADA accessible, including accessible bathrooms, and all conference hotels offer ADA-compliant rooms located within close proximity (500ft to 0.3 miles) from the main venue. We will provide ASL interpretation and CART services for all plenary sessions and will work directly with attendees who need these services to ensure accessibility for other workshop sessions.

To protect ourselves and each other, masks must be worn, fully covering your nose and mouth, at all times when indoors unless actively eating, drinking, or presenting. Read more about JVP's NMM COVID-19 protocol. 

Attendees are encouraged to be scent-free to support accessibility. You can learn more about how to be scent-free here.

To help us understand and explore accessibility support options, attendees will be asked to fill out a comprehensive access form. Additionally, attendees can discuss specific accommodations with our access team before the event. You can reach the access team at [email protected]. We encourage reaching out early so we can best support your participation.

• ASL interpretation
• CART (real-time captioning)
• Wheelchair-accessible seating
• Quiet room
• ADA-accessible restrooms (note: the restrooms have doors that do not have push plates)
• Personal Care Attendant (PCA) can attend free of charge 
• Limited assistive listening devices
• Large-print material (upon request)

If you have additional requests, questions, or concerns, please contact the access team at [email protected]

ASL interpreters and CART services will be available for keynotes and select sessions. If you need these services for specific sessions, please notify us in advance.

All conference venues are wheelchair accessible, including entrances, seating, restrooms, and stage areas.

Please note the restrooms have heavy doors and no push plates.

Service animals are welcome. Please ensure they remain harnessed or leashed unless otherwise required for assistance.

We will have designated accessible seating in all event spaces. An access team member will be available to assist with seating upon request.

A quiet room will be available for attendees who need a low-stimulation environment.

Attendees will be asked to be scent-free. However, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will comply. 

Please note we can offer low-scent seating during the plenaries, but it may be more challenging to offer low-scent seating during the breakout sessions. 

PCAs are welcome and can attend at no additional cost.

Please indicate this during your registration and also have your PCA complete their own registration form.

Masks must be worn, fully covering your nose and mouth, at all times when indoors. Eating is required outdoors. Masks are optional outdoors. You should use the highest quality masks available (N95, KF94, KN95). Cloth masks are far less effective and should not be used unless over a higher quality mask.

We will have a supply of masks at the registration desk and at the entrance to large, indoor events and other populated areas. We encourage you to bring extra masks to help us maintain this practice.

We strongly encourage all attendees to do a rapid test before entering the conference on each successive day. Home tests have proven to be 80-90% at detecting infection. The combination of regular testing, masking, and distancing is the best way to ensure your safety and the safety of your comrades.

With our most vulnerable community members in mind, we urge all of our community members at large to wash your hands regularly, remain in your room if you feel sick or are showing any symptoms, and make note of local care options in the event of a positive COVID case.

By registering for this event, you are consenting to testing at the discretion of the organizers. If testing is made to be required, JVP will provide all necessary supplies.

There are several hotels close to the event location that advertise accessible rooms. However, we strongly encourage you to contact the hotel directly to ensure it meets your needs because some of the rooms have very tight turn radiuses.

Two of the hotels offering discounted rates have indicated that they have scent-free hypoallergenic cleaning options upon request. Please contact the hotels directly for additional information and be prepared for the possibility that what they have shared is inaccurate.

We welcome your feedback! Please fill out our post-event accessibility survey or email us at [email protected].

During the event, an Access team will be present at the venue to support access. There will be an Access table by the main entrance.

We recognize that many members who are shomer Shabbat are offering some flexibility in order to participate in a conference like the NMM that takes place over Shabbat. We are grateful to be in it with you, and JVP is committed to doing what we can to make the NMM accessible to community members who are shomer Shabbat.

A large number of the workshops held on Shabbat will be shomer Shabbat friendly and clearly marked as such; these workshops won’t use video or a projector, and participants won’t be asked to write, draw, craft, or use electronics. Workshops will, however, use microphones for hearing accessibility. Workshops and programs will span three floors, with escalators and stairs as options to get between floors.

We have a shomer Shabbat coordinator who is coordinating access for observant attendees with special attention to Shabbat, who will be coordinating kosher Shabbat meals for participants that indicate a need for them. Please reach out to [email protected] for information about shomer Shabbat hotel accommodations or other questions.