Carla is a young woman in her late thirties. She dropped out of school in the ninth grade, because she “had never done well, so there was no point.” She had her first son not long after that and started dancing to provide for him. “I didn’t have an education or any skills and doing […]
On Saturday, November 15th, 2014, Women With a Vision’s Executive Director Deon Haywood appeared on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry Show to discuss a new report detailing how the New Orleans Police Department failed to properly investigate hundreds of reports of sex crimes. The new report, released last week by the city’s inspector general, found that […]
Don’t miss out on our next Girls With a Pearl event this December 3rd from 4-6pm! Download the December flyer here! For this coming month, the group will be doing vision mapping.
This week Women With a Vision, Inc. Executive Director Deon Haywood joined an array of racial justice activists from across the country at the Facing Race National Conference being held in Dallas, Texas, November 13-15, 2014. The conference is presented by Race Forward, and will feature plenaries, workshops, sessions, and panels on racial justice issues […]
Women With a Vision, Inc. will be joining national, state, and local healthcare advocates in urging Louisiana to participate in Medicaid expansion in a Day of Action to be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Mississippi River Heritage Park in New Orleans. Attendees will learn why Medicaid expansion […]