Deon Haywood to Speak at NYU's "Theory on the Ground"

Women With A Vision’s Executive Director Deon Haywood will be speaking at “Theory on the ground: religion and spirituality repressing and redeeming the struggles for justice,” an NYU Center for Religion and Media event Thursday, November 5th at 6pm at 20 Cooper Square, 4th floor. The conversation will center on ways religion, race, gender, and sexuality intersect in the battle […]

Dr. Willie Parker & Deon Haywood In Conversation: Reproductive Justice and Ethics in Human Services

Women With A Vision is excited that our Executive Director Deon Haywood will be in conversation with Dr. Willie Parker, a prominent leader in the reproductive justice movement. Reproductive Justice: Ethics in Human Services Tuesday, November 3, 2015 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (CST) Free Event Light Dinner Provided Tulane Law School, Weinmann Hall, Room […]

The Beijing Platform Turns 20: Deon Haywood, One of 12 Women Honored For Their Fight for Justice

Women With a Vision, Inc. is honored that our Executive Director Deon Haywood was included on the Front Line Defenders list of 12 Women Fighting for the 12 Goals established in the Beijing Platform for Action on this 20th anniversary of the platform. Front Line Defenders is the international foundation for the protection of human […]

Deon Haywood Presents at FREE HER Legislative Conference!

WWAV’s Executive Director Deon Haywood will be presenting at the FREE HER Legislative Advocacy Conference this August 4-5th, 2015 at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute at Harvard Law School. She will be speaking on a panel covering legislative advocacy and political organizing based on the work of Women With a Vision. This two-day conference brings […]

Deon Haywood to Speak at “Are the Gods Afraid of Black Sexuality?” Conference

On October 23-24, 2014, the Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS) at Columbia University will convene “Are the Gods Afraid of Black Sexuality? Religion and the Burdens of Black Sexual Politics.”  The two-day event will be held in New York City, on the campus of Columbia University. An evening plenary on Thursday, October 23rd will […]