On October 7th, 2014, Women With a Vision joined a coalition of 48 reproductive justice, drug policy reform, women’s rights, and civil liberties organizations in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calling on the U.S. Department of Justice, decrying the enhanced sentencing of a Tennessee woman for being pregnant when she committed a […]
WTUL Features WWAV on Reproductive Justice and the criminalization of Black women
WTUL News and Views spoke with Women With A Vision this morning about the ignored and suppressed history of the Reproductive Justice struggle, how the voices and issues of women of color have been oppressed and criminalized, and what criminalization and justice look like in the age of Renisha McBride, Marissa Alexander, and countless others. […]
FILM SCREENING: "We Always Resist: Trust Black Women"
On Wednesday, August 13th, 2014, Women With a Vision is screening, “We Always Resist: Trust Black Women”, as part of a month-long celebration of 20 years of reproductive justice activism. The 24-minute film provides an informative history of the struggle for reproductive justice within African-American communities and argues that black women have always considered reproductive […]
Celebrate 20 Years of Reproductive Justice Organizing with WWAV!
Join WWAV this August to Honor 20 Years of Reproductive Justice Organizing! Women With A Vision is hosting a month of events: panels, teach-ins, brown bags, a film screening, and more, highlighting the movement for reproductive justice.
Join WWAV at the "Ending Violence, Ending Criminalization” Conference August 9th!
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs is holding their annual Regional Training Academy in New Orleans this year! Co-sponsors and local hosts of the event are BreakOUT!, along with support from Women with a Vision, Inc. and the LGBT Community Center of New Orleans. Join us for an all-day mini conference on talking through strategies […]