This October, WWAV Executive Director, Deon Haywood, will be joining more than 100 human rights defenders from over 80 countries around the world for the Seventh Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders. In August, the WWAV team had a chance to meet with Caitriona Rice, a protection coordinator for Front Line Defenders. We are grateful to her […]
Saturday, August 31, 2013 is International Overdose Awareness Day, and Women With A Vision will be participating in a day of community outreach to raise awareness about the reality of overdoses in New Orleans and across the nation. At 3:00 p.m. WWAV will be tabling under the Claiborne Avenue overpass at Claiborne and Esplanade Avenues, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Deon Haywood, Women With a Vision 504.301.0428 Wesley Ware, BreakOUT! 504.473.2651 The Times-Picayune/nola.com’s six articles and one video (and counting) about Tulane Avenue, dubbed “Uneasy Street,” are an unfortunate example of glorified and sensationalized media reporting that leads to increased criminalization of marginalized communities, rather than solutions. As staff of Women With a Vision […]
From October 23-26, 2013, WWAV will be in Denver, Colorado for the International Drug Policy Reform Conference. We are thrilled to be joining more than 1,000 drug policy stakeholders – academics, health care and drug treatment professionals, law enforcement, veterans, formerly incarcerated people, elected officials, students, and many others from around the country and across […]
From Thursday December 12th to Friday December 13th, Southern harm reductionists and drug policy advocates will be gathering in New Orleans to strategize around “Working with the Red” (Republican Allies, Blood and Heart). WWAV is thrilled to be the local host for this important conference, and to be working with our allies at the North Carolina […]