The District of Columbia - Maryland - Virginia Athletes in Action, Inc., better known as DMV-AIA or simply DMV, is a 501(c)(3) education-based service organization incorporated to share the abundant wealth of knowledge, skills and experience inherent in its membership with youth in the local metropolitan communities it serves.
 
Started in April 2013, this organization is the brain-child of 15 local former and current athletes who have achieved prominence in their athletic endeavors as well as in their professional careers.   Several have devoted many years of their lives serving local communities as educators, including teachers, coaches, administrators and counselors, while many others have served as mentors, police officers, journalists and business professionals.
 
DMV-AIA’s mission of is to reach out to youths and their families, including pre-teens, teens and young adults (especially athletes) across neighborhoods throughout the DMV to introduce and assist them in gaining access varied educational, economic, mentoring and social platforms.  
The outcome DMV-AIA seeks is based upon a fundamental belief that strengthening youth and their families is the core to strengthening our communities and our school systems while producing educated, responsible, creative, thinking and capable productive citizens.