This summer, Desiree Evans joined Women With a Vision as our Education and Outreach Director. Born and raised in southwest Louisiana, Desiree is daily inspired by the work and the history of Women With a Vision in New Orleans, and comes to her role here with a desire to elevate community voices, to change punitive […]
Vision House is Getting Planned!
Thanks to YOU, all of our supporters and allies, we have been able to begin plans for our new Vision House. Check out a few shots from our latest on-site meeting with our fantastic design team! […]
Sign Up for the Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference
Women With A Vision, North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition and our Allies invite you to attend the Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference. Location: HYATT REGENCY NEW ORLEANS, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113 Event Dates: The event will take place December 12th and December 13th, 2013. Sign up page: http://www.nchrc.org/news-and-events/events/2013-southern-harm-reduction-and-drug-policy-conference/ Event Contact: In […]
WWAV Launches the Community Voices Project
The women and LGBTQ people that WWAV supports continue to bear the scars of the war on drugs, mass incarceration, systemic poverty, HIV/AIDS and domestic violence. This summer, WWAV is bringing together community members to discuss the social justice and structural health issues that affect women and the LGBTQ community in the city most. Download a […]
WWAV's Deon Haywood will Participate in the Seventh Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders
WWAV’s Executive Director, Deon Haywood, will be part of a select group of 100 human rights defenders to participate in the Seventh Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders. Since our founding, WWAV has known that our work is not just for our participants, or even for women and LGBTQ communities across the South, but for all […]