On October 7th, 2014, Women With a Vision joined a coalition of 48 reproductive justice, drug policy reform, women’s rights, and civil liberties organizations in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calling on the U.S. Department of Justice, decrying the enhanced sentencing of a Tennessee woman for being pregnant when she committed a […]
This fall, come play your way to a happy, thriving life of realizing your dreams. On Sunday, October 12th, 2014 from 2-5PM at the Great Lawn in City Park, WWAV will host its first visioning salon of 2014! We will hold a sacred space that will allow community members to create and tap into their […]
Women With a Vision, Inc. is launching Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a community dialogue for the Black community. Intimate partner violence and child abuse stories have been filling the media this fall. But what does domestic violence look like, and how do we break the silence about it in the Black community? In recognition […]
At Women With a Vision, we understand the ways the multiple systems operating within our society work together to keep marginalized women and their families locked away from the resources they need to lead healthy, whole lives. We understand that it is a privilege for individuals to eat healthy and incorporate fresh produce within one’s […]
On September 23rd, 2014, fourteen women were arrested in Baton Rouge following an undercover operation, or what authorities are calling a “prostitution sting.” Read Women With a Vision’s Emerge Program Coordinator’s statement discussing the implications of these arrests for marginalized women in the state of Louisiana and the continued way state and local lawmakers are […]