Micro-Enterprise, WWAV Style: Creating Beauty, Ending Poverty
Women With A Vision and Good Work Network are partnering to create pathways to economic opportunity for marginalized women in the New Orleans area. Crafts will be created and marketed locally in a traditional microfinance model wherein those artisans/participants are the direct recipients of the income generated.
WWAV Launches the Louisiana Women’s Advocacy Alliance
With the support of women and their allies who have been at the center of our NO Justice project, we are launching the Louisiana Women's Advocacy Alliance (LWAA). The overarching goal of the LWAA is to improve the health of women in Louisiana through advocacy.
February 4 – Deon Haywood is the 2012 Krewe du Vieux Queen
This year’s Krewe du Vieux theme is "Crimes Against Nature," a tribute to WWAV's internationally renowned work through our NO Justice project, and the 2012 Queen is our very own Deon Haywood.
Expanding Access to Breast & Cervical Health Care with LSU
Starting January 2012, WWAV is a proud partner of LSU's Louisiana Breast & Cervical Health Program (LBCHP). LBCHP provides quality, no-cost, breast and cervical cancer early detection services to un- or under-insured, low and moderate-income Louisianan women aged 40 or over.
WWAV’s Weekly Story Circles with Wendi O’Neal
As a cultural worker, facilitator, and educator, Wendi O'Neal connects social and economic justice groups' mission, vision and values with how everyday work gets done. She uses spiritually grounded practices, art, story circles and song sharing as tools for growing inspiration and sharing methodology for democratic process.
Deon Haywood Honored by Forum For Equality
The Forum For Equality honored WWAV's Executive Director, Deon Haywood, in their 13th Annual Acclaim Awards. For her tireless advocacy work with New Orleans' poor women and Transgender women of color in WWAV's NO Justice Project, Deon is the recipient of the 2011 Political Activism Award.
December 2nd – Summit on Sex Work in the South
On December 2nd, 2011, Women With A Vision is joining forces with the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, Asheville Sex Worker Outreach Project, Sex Workers Without Borders, North Carolina Sex Workers Alliance and Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS) to host the first regional Summit on Sex Work in the South.
Join WWAV in Fighting Drug Testing for TANF Recipients
The past several years, Louisiana State Representative John LaBruzzo (R), has introduced legislation that would require random drug-testing for TANF recipients. Such an initiative would hinder the provision of assistance to vulnerable persons and families while failing to address the root causes of poverty within our community.
60+ LGBTQ Organizations Challenge ICE’s “Secure Communities” Program
On August 5, 2011, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton informed governors that ICE would terminate all agreements with states to implement its controversial fingerprint-sharing "Secure Communities" (S-Comm) program, despite previously saying that states and counties could opt-out or modify that agreement.
WWAV’s Danita Muse on Harm Reduction in the South
The "Reducing Harm & Building Communities: Addressing Drug Use in the South" conference took place September 8 & 9, 2011 in Durham, NC. Several advocates were interviewed and offered insights into syringe decriminalization, harm reduction and their work, including WWAV's own Danita Muse.
August 11th – Making our SCAN Legislative Victory Retroactive
Following our tremendous victory in the Louisiana legislature in June 2011, WWAV is keeping the pressure on to ensure that ALL women who are currently mandated to register as sex offenders because of a SCAN conviction are removed from the list.
New Orleans Groups Applaud Change in “Scarlet Letter” Law
June 29, 2011, New Orleans – Late last night, legislation eliminating the mandatory sex offender registration requirement for individuals convicted of Louisiana’s Solicitation of a Crime Against Nature (SCAN) statute was signed into law. This change equalizes penalties for individuals charged with solicitation of oral and anal sex under the 205-year-old law with those faced by individuals charged under the state’s prostitution statute.
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WWAV Launches the Louisiana Women’s Advocacy Alliance
In 2012, WWAV is bringing our work to improve the health of women through advocacy... [Read more]
February 4 – Deon Haywood is the 2012 Krewe du Vieux Queen
Wearing a V for Victory and an A for the Apocalypse in carnival colors the 2012... [Read more]
Join WWAV in Fighting Drug Testing for TANF Recipients
The past several years, Louisiana State Representative John LaBruzzo (Republican),... [Read more]
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Micro-Enterprise, WWAV Style: Creating Beauty, Ending Poverty
Women With A Vision and Good Work Network are partnering to create pathways to economic... [Read more]
WWAV’s Weekly Story Circles with Wendi O’Neal
As a cultural worker, facilitator, and educator, Wendi O’Neal connects social... [Read more]
Deon Haywood Honored by Forum For Equality
Recognizing that the face of HIV/AIDS has changed in the New Orleans area, with... [Read more]
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Expanding Access to Breast & Cervical Health Care with LSU
Starting January 2012, WWAV is a proud partner of LSU’s Louisiana Breast & Cervical Health Program (LBCHP). LBCHP is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National... [Read more]
60+ LGBTQ Organizations Challenge ICE’s “Secure Communities” Program
On August 5, 2011, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton informed governors that ICE would terminate all agreements with states to implement its controversial fingerprint-sharing... [Read more]
WWAV’s Danita Muse on Harm Reduction in the South
The “Reducing Harm & Building Communities: Addressing Drug Use in the South” conference took place September 8 & 9, 2011 in Durham, NC. Several advocates were interviewed and offered... [Read more]
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