As many of you know, last June we had a huge legislative victory in our work to challenge Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature statute, which mandated fifteen year sex offender registration for women who would have otherwise been charged with simple prostitution. While no new women can be sentenced under the law, our legislative victory was […]
National Day of Action for Syringe Exchange Programs
March 21st is the National Day of Action for Syringe Exchange Programs, and advocacy work is needed now more than ever! No more federal dollars for syringe exchange: that was the message from Congress less than 3 months ago. The funding ban is back, and the timing couldn’t be worse — with tight state budgets, […]
New Orleans Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
On March 10th, WWAV joined with over 500 people for a the Red Umbrella HIV/AIDS Awareness Second line/March. The purpose of the march was to raise awareness about the alarming and rising rate of HIV infections in the New Orleans’ African American community.
Raising Our Voices with PWN in the South
WWAV was honored to unite with our HIV+ sisters across the South for the first ever Positive Women’s Network (PWN) “Raising Our Voices: An Advocacy Summit for HIV+ Women in the South” on March 6-8! Learn more about the PWN at www.pwn-usa.org.
Taking Our Advocacy Model Statewide with LWAA!
Building on our victory through the NO Justice campaign, WWAV is taking our unique advocacy model statewide. Our first stop was Esther House in Baton Rouge, where we met with a community of 9 women, 8 of whom have SCAN charges.