On December 23rd, WWAV’s Executive Director, Deon Haywood, was featured on Winnovating (Women Innovating) for her intersectional HIV/AIDS activism. Mwende Katwiwa of the Winnovating team interviewed Deon as part of their summer drive to profile “Winnovators whose causes readers can support in the spirit of the holidays.” All donations up to $5000 will be matched until December […]
For the 2013-2014 academic year, WWAV is thrilled to have Timothy Craft from Tulane University’s School of Social Work joining our team. As our community organizing intern, Tim will be furthering WWAV’s ongoing commitment to challenge criminalization by supporting the communities most affected in working together to realize the harm reduction and drug policy changes […]
In 1991, Catherine Haywood co-founded Women With A Vision, Inc. Now, more than two decades later, she remains our core community engagement liaison – building, maintaining and deepening WWAV’s relationships with community health and wellness organizations across the city as a critical part of our mission to improve the lives of marginalized women, their families, and […]
This Fall, WWAV announced that we will be launching a new program on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking for African American women and LBTQ women in New Orleans, with the support of the Office on Violence Against Women. We are THRILLED to announce that WWAV’s longtime volunteer and family member, Wendi Cooper, will be joining the […]
In November, WWAV hosted its first volunteer training since Hurricane Katrina, welcoming a boisterous group of potential volunteers to our temporary office space in the Art Egg building on Broad Street. Potential volunteers had an opportunity to hear about the current work WWAV has been doing, and to find out ways they can apply their […]