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 […]
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 […]
Deon Haywood on MHP: Race, Gender and the Harm of the Criminal Justice System
On Sunday, September 29, 2013, WWAV’s Executive Director, Deon Haywood, joined Ari Melber, co-host of MSNBC’s “The Cycle;” Seema Iyer, Legal Contributor at Arise News; and Faith Gay, Attorney for Marissa Alexander, on the Melissa Harris-Perry show. This panel was brought together around two important issues affecting women’s incarceration: first, the announcement of a New York initiative to establish special courts […]