Gambit | November 19,2013 Louisiana’s domestic violence problem: Alex Woodward on how New Orleans is combating one of the nation’s highest rates of domestic violence by Alex Woodward Two glass doors and an elevator. Those are the only barriers Mary Claire Landry wants families to see between the chronic violence at home and resources Landry and dozens […]
More than a year after the arson attack that destroyed our Mid-City offices, Women With A Vision has been working hard to rebuild our physical infrastructure, to rebuild a home that would provide a safe space for our clients, and in which we will be able to serve our community through educational services, harm reduction […]
We are so grateful to Kellee Terrell from BET.com for reaching out to see how we’re doing a year after the arson attack on our offices, and to learn about our new policy fights after our big victory in the NO Justice campaign and our ongoing work to support the women of New Orleans in […]
With the one year anniversary of the aggravated arson attack on our office quickly approaching, we want to reach out in thanks to all of our supporters – our friends, our families, our allies – for helping to see us through this hard time and to rise again like the phoenixes we are. It has […]
Since the fire, WWAV has been getting back to our roots. We began twenty-two years ago as a street-based harm reduction outreach program, reaching into the communities hardest hit by HIV to provide people with the tools they needed to keep themselves safe. When our offices were destroyed in an aggravated arson attack in May […]
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