Please join Women With a Vision, Inc. and other organizations on Monday, September 14th from 6-8PM for a community forum on accessing health care after prison! Download Flyer
Deon Haywood Presents at FREE HER Legislative Conference!
WWAV’s Executive Director Deon Haywood will be presenting at the FREE HER Legislative Advocacy Conference this August 4-5th, 2015 at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute at Harvard Law School. She will be speaking on a panel covering legislative advocacy and political organizing based on the work of Women With a Vision. This two-day conference brings […]
WWAV Presents on Diversion Program at Criminal Justice Hearing
Check out the video of WWAV’s Crossroads Diversion Program Coordinator, Leslie Tyler Davis, and our Gender-Based Violence Program Coordinator, Rebecca Atkinson, presenting on “The Intersection of Criminal Justice and Social Justice” to the Criminal Justice Committee of the New Orleans City Council. The presentation is at the beginning of the meeting (read the press release […]
WWAV Announces Crossroads Diversion Program
Crossroads Press Release (PDF) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 22, 2014 CONTACT: Leslie Davis Phone: 504-301-0428 E-mail: leslie@wwav-no.org WWAV ANNOUNCES CROSSROADS DIVERSION PILOT PROGRAM An alternative to incarceration that offers counseling, skills workshops, and leadership development for women arrested for involvement in street-based sex work On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, Women With A Vision, Inc. will […]
WWAV Staff to Present at Rethinking Mass Incarceration in the South conference!
The staff of Women With a Vision will be leading a panel discussion at the upcoming conference on mass incarceration in the South, to be held at the University of Mississippi from April 13-15, 2014. From the Rethinking Mass Incarceration in the South conference website: As a region, the South is comprised of two states […]