Women With a Vision, Inc. staff will be attending the New Leadership Networking Initiative (NLNI) fall meeting, which will be held in New Orleans November 19-20, 2014. Now in its 15th year, NLNI has acted as a forum for bringing together a diverse group of people engaged in reproductive justice work from a variety of […]
"We Are Born in Flames": WWAV Joins Forces With Patois Film Fest to Screen Lizzie Borden Classic
Women With a Vision, Inc. is excited to partner with Patois: The New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival for their very first screenings of the year, a weekend of films by Lizzie Borden. These screening are part of Patois’ Community Film Series, a string of free film screenings focused on social justice issues. The […]
HIV/AIDS: Louisiana Fuels an Epidemic
For much of mainstream America, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is sometimes seen from a distance, a story for the history books or the developing world. But for marginalized communities across the country, particularly in the U.S. South, the HIV/AIDS crisis continues unabated. The South is at the heart of the current HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United […]
Women With A Vision Kicks Off Community Voices Project
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 […]
Sharing Stories of Survival and Resilience: WWAV at the Allied Media Conference
This past June, our Education and Outreach Director Desiree Evans traveled to Detroit for the Allied Media Conference as part of a delegation of Gulf Coast activists and media makers. The Allied Media Conference takes place every June in Detroit, and brings community-based and social justice-oriented media makers, artists, and activists together to share tools […]