Wearing a V for Victory and an A for the Apocalypse in carnival colors the 2012 Parade this year is on Saturday, February 4, 2012 and the Krewe will be rolling and stumbling through the Marigny Triangle and the Lower French Quarter. This year’s theme is Crimes Against Nature, a tribute to WWAV’s internationally renowned […]
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 Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), which is active in all 50 US states, as well as US territories and tribal organizations. LBCHP’s […]
WWAV’s Story Circles with Wendi O’Neal – Monthly, 1st and Last Tuesdays
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. Born and raised in New Orleans, she has […]
Deon Haywood Honored by Forum For Equality
Recognizing that the face of HIV/AIDS has changed in the New Orleans area, with heterosexual Black women becoming the fastest growing population of newly diagnosed cases in the city and state, the founders of WWAV have provided HIV/AIDS education and substance abuse resources to individuals practicing high risk behaviors such as injection drug use and unsafe […]
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. Attendees include the awesome Human […]