Announcing: GIRLS WITH A PEARL Girls With a Pearl is a bimonthly social mixer and safe space for transgender women. Join WWAV for conversation, dinner, and story sharing as we mix it up to talk about how to be healthy in our relationships. Why Girls With a Pearl? “The ideal pearl is perfectly round and […]
Join WWAV at the New Orleans Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Red Umbrella March!
Come march with Women With a Vision staff this Saturday, February 8th at the 5th New Orleans Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in Congo Square in Armstrong Park. Starting at noon, WWAV will join groups and residents from around the city in a Red Umbrella march and second line through the Treme neighborhood, and through areas […]
Tune in Superbowl Sunday to see Deon Haywood on Melissa Harris-Perry!
Women With a Vision’s Executive Director Deon Haywood will be on msnbc’s Melissa Harris Perry Show this Sunday, February 2, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. EST. Deon will appear on a panel entitled, “Sex, Money, and the Super Bowl,” and she will be joining an array of guests including Dave Zirin, Sports Editor at The Nation, […]
The Myths Surrounding Sex Work and the Super Bowl
In the lead up to the Super Bowl, news report after news report have used the fear of prostitution to perpetuate what has long been shown to be an urban myth — the idea that there are intricate networks of sex workers that descend upon cities for large sporting events, a concept furthered by the […]
WWAV Highlights from the 2013 Southern Harm Reduction Conference
Last month, more than one hundred harm reductionists and drug policy advocates gathered in New Orleans for the Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference. The conference was an amazing opportunity for groups across the region and nation to come together to learn about and discuss how drug policy impacts marginalized populations and our community […]