WWAV is thrilled to announce that we will be undertaking a community-based assessment to determine the barriers to support and unique service needs of LGBTQ survivors of domestic violence in New Orleans. This research will be supported by a $10,000 grant from the City of New Orleans. — Due to its expertise in community-based research, […]
On Wednesday, November 6th, 2013, WWAV’s Executive Director, Deon Haywood, will be joining formerly incarcerated activists, Susan Burton and Tina Reynolds, and scholar/activist, Beth Ritchie, for a focused conversation on the impact of incarceration on women and what centering gender teaches us about the carceral state. Melissa Harris-Perry is moderating! Please scroll down for more […]
Calling all harm reductionists and drug policy activists! All of us at Women With A Vision are excited to welcome YOU to New Orleans this December for the 2013 Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference. Join us December 12-13 for two intensive days of training and strategizing with all of your favorite southern […]
Today, all of us at WWAV celebrate a huge victory not only for those who have been criminalized through the Crime Against Nature by Solicitation statute, but for all women and LGBTQ people who have been criminalized across the globe. The class action lawsuit we filed with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Andrea J. […]
WWAV is thrilled to be traveling to Denver next week for the International Drug Policy Reform Conference. Our Executive Director, Deon Haywood, Director of Program Development, Shaquita Borden, and Board Member, Laura McTighe, will all be presenting. AND our Education and Outreach Director, Desiree Evans, will be attending for the first time! Please scroll down for a […]