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, […]
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 […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29, 2013 Contact: Desiree Evans Women With a Vision Office: 504-301-0428 Statement on the Rise of Deadly Overdoses in the New Orleans Metro Area WWAV Calls for the Passage of Good Samaritan 911 Legislation in Louisiana By Catherine Jones, MD A recent article in the The Times-Picayune entitled, “Heroin fuels surge […]
Dear friends, Last week, across the globe, communities celebrated International Human Rights Day. Here in New Orleans, WWAV made a commitment to continue to use our strength and power to build a better world. We have made so much progress this year thanks to our supporters and allies who have stood at our side as […]
For the 2013-2014 academic year, WWAV is thrilled to have Timothy Craft from Tulane University’s School of Social Work joining our team. As our community organizing intern, Tim will be furthering WWAV’s ongoing commitment to challenge criminalization by supporting the communities most affected in working together to realize the harm reduction and drug policy changes […]