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 […]
Rebuilding Our Archive: The “Born In Flames” Oral History Project with WWAV Board Member, Laura McTighe
After the 2012 aggravated arson attack on our offices, we lost more than our home and sense of safety in the city we love; we also lost all the tangible memorabilia of our more than twenty years of work. In the wake of this attack, WWAV sustained our rebuilding process by making new memories – […]
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 […]
Victory at Last! Louisiana Will Remove Hundreds of Individuals Unconstitutionally Placed on Sex Offender Registry
Today, all of us at WWAV celebrate a huge victory not only for those who have been criminalized through the Crime Against Nature by Solicitation statute, but for all women and LGBTQ people who have been criminalized across the globe. When WWAV started this fight five years ago, we were told that we couldn’t win […]
HRC 2010: Bringing It Together in the Big Easy
At the 8th Annual Harm Reduction Conference November 18-21, Women With A Vision helped to lead the focus on the criminalization of sex worker’s lives and communities. From our morning plenary session to our closing day workshop, all of us at Women With A Vision were excited to connect and strategize with our allies in […]