When and where are there meetings and conventions for parents of home
schooled children in the DC area?

Hello.

There aren't a lot of home school groups in Washington DC
specifically, but there are many in Virginia and Maryland.

You might want to get in touch with Bolling Area Home Educators
(BAHE).  "BAHE is the largest homeschooling support group in
Washington DC, located right in the backyard of our Nation's Capital
on beautiful Bolling Air Force Base."
http://bahedc.org/

There's also a group called "Jewish Home Schoolers of Washington DC
and Maryland" listed on:
Resources for Unschooling:
http://users.lvcm.com/briansmom/cu/states/washingtondc.html

For more DC homeschooling resources, see: "Washington D.C.
Homeschooling," hosted by gomilpitas.com
http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/regional/WashingtonDC.htm


The Virginia Home Education Association is having a seminar on June
28th in Manassas.
http://www.vhea.org/
About the seminar:
http://www.vhea.org/hs-seminar.html

The Home Educators Association of Virginia is having a convention in
Richmond June 12-14.
http://www.vhea.org/support.html
For more information about the convention in Richmond June 12-14,
2003.:
http://www.heav.org/convention.htm

Maryland Home Education Association:
http://www.mhea.com/
This group has an annual conference, but it was held last month (April
2003).
http://www.mhea.com/conference.htm

The Learning Community (Columbia MD):
http://www.tlcn.org/
This group holds "parent support meetings, resource fairs, talent
shows, and many other activities." For more information:
http://www.tlcn.org/calendar.htm

"Northern Virginia Homeschool Support Group" (Arlington VA)
http://dcregistry.com/users/homeschool/

You may also want to get in touch with  National Center for Home
Education in  Purcellville, VA
http://nche.hslda.org/about/default.asp

A Geocities web page called "Homeschooling....A Light at the End of
the Tunnel" offers comprehensive lists of homeschooling organizations
in the VA/MD/DC area:

"Homeschool Organizations in Virginia"
Groups without web sites:
http://www.geocities.com/hs_hopeful/organizations/US/offline/VA.html
Groups with web sites:
http://www.geocities.com/hs_hopeful/organizations/US/online/VA.html

"Homeschool Organizations in Maryland"
Groups without web sites:
http://www.geocities.com/hs_hopeful/organizations/US/offline/MD.html
Groups with web sites:
http://www.geocities.com/hs_hopeful/organizations/US/online/MD.html

"Homeschool Organizations in the District of Columbia"
http://www.geocities.com/hs_hopeful/organizations/US/offline/DC.html


search strategy:
homeschool, "home school", homeschooling
virginia, maryland, "district of columbia"

I hope this helps.

I would recomend the Home School Legal Defense Association website 
(www.hslda.org) as a good resource for homeschool parents.  Not a lot
of information about conventions and meetings, but it is an invaluable
resource for information concerning legislation that affects
homeschool families.

- ddelphi

Oops!

After posting my comment, I see that juggler-ga already included a
link to HSLDA.  Should have known that an excellent researcher like
juggler would have included that in the list. :-)

- ddelphi