Looking for some reads to fill your summer days? Check out WWAV’s Summer Reading List! Featuring books by, for, and about people of color!
WWAV Hosts Townhall for Black Women!
Join WWAV & our partners on June 18th for: BREAKING THE SILENCE: A Townhall on Black Women Too often there is a deafening silence on the ways Black women are impacted by the state. Here in New Orleans, Black women are criminalized and incarcerated at higher rates, face unaddressed trauma, are subjected to housing and […]
*TODAY* Support WWAV for GiveOUT Day!!
Today is Give OUT Day, the national day of giving for the LGBTQ community – a 24-hour online fundraising campaign that unites the LGBTQ community nationally to raise critically needed funds to support the diverse array of LGBTQ nonprofits including advocacy groups, community centers, arts groups, organizers, clinics, student clubs, sports leagues, and more. This […]
Support the work of WWAV this GiveNOLA day (5.5.15)!
This coming Tuesday May 5th is #GiveNOLA Day! Hosted by the Greater New Orleans Foundation, GiveNOLA Day is the community’s one-day, online giving event to inspire people to give to the nonprofit organizations that make our region a stronger and more thriving community for all. The more votes WWAV gets, the better chance we have […]
This Legislative Session, Support Women's Health & Rights!
The Louisiana legislative session began on April 13th, and WWAV has been working to bring the issues impacting our communities to the table, and advocating for policies that will improve the lives of marginalized women and their families in Louisiana. Several bills introduced this session pose a threat to our community’s basic human rights — […]