On October 16th, 2014, Women With a Vision’s Executive Director Deon Haywood will join the Loyola Society for Civic Engagement in a panel discussion entitled, “ The State of Women’s Health Care in New Orleans: What Do Women Have & What Do Women Need?” Visit the Facebook for more info! When: Thursday, October 16, 2014 […]
Deon Haywood Speaks on the Role of Social Media in the Movement
Women With a Vision’s Executive Director Deon Haywood will be interrogating the role of social media in the movement for justice when the Tulane University Office of Multicultural Affairs and Gender & Sexual Diversity hosts its final Diversity Convocation panel on October 15th, 2014. The panel will center around the “Clicktivism” movement among youth, the […]
Deon Haywood: “Nine years after Katrina, it’s all about the takeover”
As we mark the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Women With a Vision Executive Director, Deon Haywood, speaks to journalist Jordan Flaherty for the Laura Flanders Show, which streams from www.grittv.org. In the interview Deon discusses the state of New Orleans on the ninth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and how it’s all about the takeover […]
Rewatch Deon Haywood on MHP's Super Bowl Special!
On Sunday, February 2, 2014, Women With a Vision’s Executive Director Deon Haywood appeared on msnbc’s Melissa Harris Perry Show on a panel entitled, “Sex, Money, and the Super Bowl,” alongside guests Dave Zirin, Sports Editor at The Nation, Joy Reid, Managing Editor of TheGrio.com, and Yamiche Alcindor, National Reporter at USA Today. WWAV was […]
Deon Haywood Celebrated as a "Do'er" this Black History Month
This Black History Month, Planned Parenthood celebrated 98 leaders, who they called “dream keepers,” from the African Diaspora on their website. Women With a Vision’s Executive Director Deon Haywood was honored in their “Do’er” list — for being a leader on the front line of the movement for social change. According to Planned Parenthood, “[Do’ers] […]