ASL Practice/Immersion Opportunities


Here are some local (RVA and a *little* beyond) opportunities to
practice in person with other ASL users.
This list is updated monthly.

Remember these are not classes, but for those who are actively learning/using ASL and want more practice.
Be sure to come with your voices off and your hands up!
(Completion of ASL 1A or the equivalent is highly recommended)

March + April 2024 (so far!)

Thursday, Feb 29th
7pm – ?
ASL Hangout @ Tyson’s Corner Food Court (3rd Floor)
1961 Chain Bridge Rd
Tysons Corner, VA 22102

Sundays, March 3rd & 17th
7:00PM – 9:00PM
ASL Silent Sunday Social (Fairfax, VA)
Fairfax County Wegman’s (corner of Route 29 and Monument Drive)

Sunday, March 10th
5:00-8:00PM
Second Sunday of the month – Washington, DC
ASL Second Sunday Social at the Roost

Friday, March 15th (3rd Fri of every month)
6:00PM – 8:00PM
Southside Silent Dinner (RVA)
Chesterfield Towne Center Food Court

SUNDAY, March 17th
2:00PM ← (on SUNDAY this month!)
ASL Champs COFFEE CHAT
at Urban Farmhouse  (located in the Millworks)
13872 Coalfield Commons Pl Midlothian, VA 23114
Please email Jen at jennifer@aslchamps.org to RSVP if possible

Saturday, March 23rd  Oakton, VA
Mathemagic with Magic Numbers – Dr Simon Carmel (a fun and educational performance)

Friday, March 29th
5:30PM – 8:30PM <– new time!
Game Night in ASL!
Reynolds Community College
Parham Road Campus
Workforce Building, Gallery
Questions? Email chumphrey@reynolds.edu

Friday, April 5th – Mechanicsville, VA
6:00PM – 11:00PM
Silent Dinner
The Patron Mexican Restaurant
7610 Left Flank Rd Mechanicsville, VA 23116
Please click the link to RSVP (they’d like an estimated headcount)

Saturday, April 13th – Sperryville, VA
VAD and VSDAA Deaf History Month and 140th birthday Bash!

Saturday, April 27 – Chantilly, VA
9:00AM – 5:00PM
Deaf Nation Expo
Dulles Expo Center – North Hall
4320 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly, VA
Free admission – open to the public!

Do you know of a great local ASL immersion/practice opportunity not listed here? Contact us, and we’ll add it!

Online ASL Classes Rationale

“Are your classes only online?”

“Will you be offering in-person classes?”

Since 2021, ASL Champs group classes are offered “virtually” via Zoom. While the majority seem to love the convenience and flexibility this option offers, we have recently fielded a few questions as to why this was still the case, so we wanted to explain this approach.


One of our goals at ASL Champs is to increase public fluency in ASL and especially to those within a Deaf person’s orbit (family, friends, co-workers). It was when we took our classes online that we saw that we could serve more people to further this goal than ever before. 

We’ve had ASL students learn together who are:

  • Friends and family members (that don’t live anywhere near each other)
  • Co-workers taking classes on their lunch hours
  • Part of corporate or remote groups that work in different offices
  • Parents with young children, busy (or opposite) schedules and/or limited childcare
  • Caregivers
  • Among those who benefit from the recordings and e-notes

So, we’re focusing on offering our online classes in an effort to maximize our resources. We believe we can best serve all our students this way at the moment, with the technology and convenience online classes have to offer.

Of course, ASL Champs’ home base is here in RVA and we have committed to offering and sharing regular, local in-person ASL immersion/practice opportunities!

We look forward to potentially offering some select in-person classes in addition to our online line up in 2024.

We appreciate you, our wonderful ASL Champs community, as we serve our RVA family and beyond!