On June 27, 2012, our allies at the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a class action lawsuit to remove the more than 400 people who are still unconstitutionally on the sex offender registry list in Louisiana. To all our supporters out there, we will keep you posted on ways you can help us put the […]
Funders Invest in WWAV's Future After the Fire
Within hours of the arson attack on our office, AIDS United, the Drug Policy Alliance, Broadway Cares, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Palette Fund and the Summit Foundation all reached out to us to pledge emergency funds to see us through this crisis. We know how rare this kind of support is, and count […]
June 27th is National HIV Counseling and Testing Day!
June 27, 2012, National Counseling and Testing Day. The Office of Public Health STD/HIV Program (SHP), in conjunction with St. John Baptist Church # 5 Camp ACE will have a workshop for women only, “Handle Your Business”. This workshop will engage Black Women to get Take Control and take care of themselves, by finding out […]
WWAV Thanks Krewe du Vieux for All Your Support!
Since word first broke about the arson attack on the Women With A Vision office, the Krewe du Vieux captains and revelers have been with us, doing anything and everything to support Queen Deon Haywood. Whether you were cleaning out the office after the fire, organizing fundraisers to support our rebuilding, or helping us bottomline our capital campaign for […]
Making Beauty, Making Change
On Thursday June 7th, the staff and board members of Women With A Vision took a trip to The Bead Shop, located on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Aside from admiring the beautiful jewelry that the shop carries, we also attended a jewelry making class for beginners, a first step in launching WWAV’s new micro-enterprise […]