This past June, our Education and Outreach Director Desiree Evans traveled to Detroit for the Allied Media Conference as part of a delegation of Gulf Coast activists and media makers. The Allied Media Conference takes place every June in Detroit, and brings community-based and social justice-oriented media makers, artists, and activists together to share tools […]
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 […]
It’s Labor Day weekend. It’s Southern Decadence. It’s the start of Saints season. It’s the 1st Secondline of the season… AND it’s International Overdose Awareness Day. On August 31st, WWAV will be out in the streets – raising awareness about the reality of overdose in our community, spreading information about how overdoses can be prevented, […]
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 […]
On Thursday August 22nd, WWAV continues our summer Community Voices Project series with “When Violence Hits Home: A Safe Space for LGBTQ Survivors.” If you are an LGBTQ survivor who has or is currently experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or other forms of harassment, this is a safe space for you to share your story and get support. […]