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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month! Wear Purple!

October is #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth. Wear purple — the color of Domestic Violence Awareness Month — during the month of October and use this as a way to tell others why ending domestic violence...

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WWAV Has A New Temporary Office Space!

WWAV Has A New Temporary Office Space! Since closing on our new home at 1822 N. Claiborne Avenue on December 31, 2012, we have begun plans for transforming it into our Vision House, with a targeted...

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WWAV Hosts Dancers’ Safety & Rights Meeting on Oct. 28th

WOMEN WITH A VISION COMMUNITY VOICES PROJECT Dancers Speak OUT! A Dancers’ Safety Forum & Know Your Rights Conversation! Women With A Vision, Inc. is hosting a safe space for women who work as...

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Dr. Willie Parker & Deon Haywood In Conversation: Reproductive Justice and...

Women With A Vision is excited that our Executive Director Deon Haywood will be in conversation with Dr. Willie Parker, a prominent leader in the reproductive justice movement. Reproductive Justice:...

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Register to Vote Today In Order To Vote in Nov. 21st General Election!

October 21st, 2015 is the last day to register to vote! Visit www.geauxvote.com for more information or to register /check your registration status! If you had already registered by September 23, 2015,...

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WWAV Statement In Support of Day of Action to End Violence Against WLHIV

WWAV Statement In Support of October 23rd Day of Action to End Violence Against WLHIV This month Women With A Vision, Inc. (WWAV) has stood alongside individuals, communities, and organizations across...

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Deon Haywood to Speak at NYU’s “Theory on the Ground”

Women With A Vision’s Executive Director Deon Haywood will be speaking at “Theory on the ground: religion and spirituality repressing and redeeming the struggles for justice,” an NYU Center for...

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Support WWAV This #GivingTuesday!

This year, on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, WWAV is excited to once again participate in #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving during this holiday season. Since its founding, #GivingTuesday...

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This World AIDS Day 2015, Shine a Light on the Health of Black Women & Girls

December 1, 2015 – A national movement has swept the nation over the past two years calling for social change under the banner of #BlackLivesMatter. Women With A Vision, Inc. has stood with our...

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Join BLAC on Dec. 13th for a Holiday Party!

Join Women With A Vision, Inc. for our monthly gathering of B.L.A.C., the Black LGBTQ Action Coalition! Invite your friends! This month BLAC is hosting a Holiday Party on Sunday December 13th from...

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Help Stock WWAV’s Black Feminist Lending Library!

WWAV IS FUNDRAISING TO CREATE A LENDING LIBRARY! Much of Women With A Vision, Inc.’s work is about creating a space for those most impacted by harmful policies to tell their stories and to speak their...

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SAVE THE DATE: WWAV Joins Desiree Alliance for Their 6th Annual Sex Workers’...

SAVE THE DATE: WWAV is excited to be co-hosting the 2016 Desiree Alliance Conference here in New Orleans! 6th National Desiree Alliance Conference The Sex Worker Rights Movement: Addressing Justice...

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WWAV Joins Advocates at The People’s Mobilization on the National HIV/AIDS...

WWAV is excited to part of this two-day event shedding a light on the intersectional needs of HIV/AIDS policy! The People’s Mobilization on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Atlanta Counter Conference at...

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Join WWAV at our Housewarming Party and Fall Open House!

This fall Women With A Vision has gone through many amazing changes. From hiring 3 new staff people to moving to a new temporary office space located at 1226 N. Broad Street, we have much to celebrate...

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WWAV Welcomes Three New Staff Members this December!

WWAV IS GROWING! Women With A Vision, Inc. is excited to bring on three new staff members this December who will play a vital role in expanding our work and programming in the areas of community...

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Join WWAV on Dec. 15th for an ACA Info Session!

Need health insurance for you or your family? The Affordable Care Act Open enrollment period is here! Come by Women With A Vision’s office on Tuesday, December 15th and sign up for an Affordable Care...

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WWAV’s Statement On The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

Today, December 17th, 2015, Women With A Vision, Inc. joins sex worker communities and social justice organizations from around the world in recognizing this International Day to End Violence Against...

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Support WWAV This Holiday Season!

Dear Friends, 2015 has been an incredible year for all of us at Women With A Vision. This year WWAV celebrates twenty-six years of grassroots work to improve the lives of marginalized women, their...

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Join WWAV For Discussion on Women and the War on Drugs!

More Than Collateral Consequence: Women, Incarceration & the War on Drugs Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:00-8:00PM @ RAE House, 1212 St. Bernard Ave. in New Orleans The U.S. Drug War has had a...

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Mark your calendars: MAY 3RD is GiveNOLA Day!

Women With A Vision appreciates your continued support of our work, and we want to share a fundraising opportunity with you, GiveNOLA Day. Tuesday, May 3rd is GiveNOLA Day, a city-wide, one-day, annual...

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Supreme Court Victory Just a Step for RH Access

In a landmark decision the Supreme Court has prioritized women’s abortion autonomy.  In a 5-3 decision, the High Court ruled to uphold a woman’s constitutional right to make decisions about her...

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A Message From Deon Haywood, Executive Director of Women With A Vision, Inc.

August 1, 2016 Dear Friends and Supporters of Women With A Vision, Inc., Today, I write to you not only as longtime supporters of Women With A Vision (WWAV), but also as members of our beloved...

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Introducing: *Young* Women With A Vision, A Free Afterschool Program for Teen...

Women With A Vision, Inc. (WWAV) is proud to announce the start of our “Young Women With A Vision” program! Young Women With A Vision (YWWAV) is WWAV’s new weekly afterschool program for...

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Join WWAV this Sept. 10th for the All Access Concert – Live Streaming Party...

Want to be a part of a night that will make history? On September 10th, 2016, Women With A Vision, Inc., Lift Louisiana, the National Council of Jewish Women New Orleans, and Tulane University’s “If...

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Deon Haywood to be Honored with SisterLove’s “Pandora Singleton Ally Award”!

On Friday, October 14, WWAV’s Executive Director, Deon Haywood, will be honored by SisterLove, Inc with the “Pandora Singleton Ally Award.” This award is a distinguished honor that is given each year...

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WWAV Presents: Our Voice Our Time: Black Women’s Advocacy Day at the Capital

Our Voice Our Time: Black Women’s Advocacy Day at the Capital On April 26, 2017, Women With a Vision, Inc. will undertake the amazing task of bringing together Black Women from across the state of...

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TODAY! Louisiana Black Women’s Advocacy Day

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Our Voice, Our Time: Louisiana Black Women’s Advocacy Day” Contact: Nia Weeks, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Women with a Vision niaweeks@gmail.com On April 26, 2017,...

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Integrated Voter Engagement Kick Off!

Today, Women With A Vision is kicking off our Integrated Voter Engagement (IVE) work! By mobilizing our base of no income, low income, and working class Black women living in the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th...

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Deon Haywood to be Honored at SisterSong’s 20th Anniversary Gala and Warrior...

In a few weeks, SisterSong will celebrate 20 years of amplifying the lived experiences of women of color and working to advance Reproductive Justice here in New Orleans! As part of this historic...

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#GivingWWAV

For almost 30 years, WWAV has been in the streets, on the porch, in the office, under the bridge, on Capitol Hill and on panels serving our community. Help us continue the vision! For #GivingTuesday,...

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WWAV’s Deon Haywood to be Honored as a 2018 Red Door Foundation “Flame...

Today, The Red Door Foundation (TRDF) announced that WWAV’s Deon Haywood will be a recipient of the 2018 Flame Thrower Awards. A formal ceremony will take place this summer at the organization’s Saving...

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New Orleans Activists Join Delegation to Portugal March 19-22 to Learn from...

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: March 19 – 22 CONTACT: Amanda Smith, Amanda@wwav-no.org, 504.301.0428 New Orleans Activists Join Delegation to Portugal March 19-22 to Learn from Country’s Groundbreaking Drug...

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Women With A Vision, Inc.’s Strikes for Justice Bowlathon!

We are inviting you and your organization to join Women With A Vision’s fundraising efforts by becoming part of our 1st annual Bowlathon! Our goal is the raise 20k to help support our harm reduction...

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WWAV Welcomes Elyse Degree as our new Data Coordinator for our Integrated...

Elyse Degree has joined WWAV family as the data coordinator for Women with a Vision’s Integrated Voter Engagement Program. Elyse is a New Orleans native with experience and knowledge in community...

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Oppose Deadly Drug War Policies | Stand with People who Use Drugs

In the wake of President Trump’s just-released plan for escalating deadly drug war policies, WWAV is redoubling our efforts. For thirty years, we have taken a Black feminist approach to harm reduction...

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WWAV Recognized with Orleans Public Defenders’ Clyde Merritt Award

Sometimes we get so busy we forget to stop and celebrate our accomplishments. Luckily, our community partners and allies remind us. Last week, we were honored to accept the Orleans Public Defenders’...

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From NO Justice to Reproductive Justice: Together, We Can End Mass...

For the last thirty years, WWAV has been working to end Mass Criminalization and advance Reproductive Justice. Working against Mass Criminalization requires us to center all of the interlocking systems...

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Human Rights Defender Deon Haywood Joins New Orleans Human Relations Commission

Last week, Women With A Vision’s (WWAV) Deon Haywood joined New Orleans’ new Human Relations Commission, which will serve as the city’s human rights office. Haywood is a veteran human rights defender,...

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WWAV is Hiring! Ending the Epidemic (EtE) Program Manager and Program Associate

EtE Program Manager EtE Program Associate WWAV is hiring for two new positions to advance Ending the Epidemic work in New Orleans and across the state of Louisiana! Ending the Epidemic (EtE) work is...

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WWAV Welcomes Staff Team to Spearhead Ending the Epidemic in Louisiana

WWAV is excited to welcome our two newest staff members, Jenny Holl and Charles Haywood, who together will be spearheading the Louisiana statewide Ending the Epidemic (EtE) work. The process will span...

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WWAV Applauds Mayor Cantrell for Statement on International Day to End...

WWAV is grateful to Mayor Cantrell and her team for this incisive statement on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Mayor Cantrell underlined the role of stigma and shame in...

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Gambit Features WWAV’s Commitment from Mayor Cantrell to Support Sex Workers

For the last 30 years, WWAV has organized in partnership with sex workers through an intersectional human rights analysis. We center our communities’ own analyses of the violence they survive daily,...

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JUST RELEASED! WWAV’s Comprehensive Contraception Reader

At Women With A Vision, we recognize a need for information about contraception, or birth control, that is centered on the community we serve. For that reason, we put together this “Contraception...

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Guest column: Louisiana lawmakers fight abortion, but won’t support families...

Read this Op-Ed by our Director of Reproductive Health and Justice Lakeesha Harris “We who are already working to advance policies to improve the health and lives of young people and women in our state...

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When We Fight, We Win!

Here is a roundup of our latest organizing work to fight abortion bans and realize reproductive justice in Louisiana. On May 15, 2019, in an action organized by WWAV’s Lakeesha Harris, activists took...

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Black Women Lead – Stop Erasing Us!!!

“It’s shameful how the media tries the erase black women’s voice and leadership on the fight for abortion rights in the south. 3rd pic I’ve seen not showing Lakeesha Harris’ face. #TrustBlackWomen...

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Centering Louisiana in the Fight for Abortion Access

“We haven’t been a part of the national conversation, so today was about claiming our rights but also letting people know that we fight in Louisiana,” Deon Haywood said. “Southerners stand up, and we...

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Week of Solidarity to Defend Abortion

WWAV has been fighting for reproductive justice in Louisiana for 30 years, and we will continue to fight for the lives and wellbeing of our community. Support our continued statewide education by...

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El accesso linguistico en la justicia reproductiva

Nuestro guía de anticonceptión ESPAÑOL Justicia reproductiva asegura de que todos tengan acceso a información y que esa información sea accesible en un idioma familiar. Dondequiera que se encuentren,...

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Timeline of Reproductive Justice in Louisiana

This is our working timeline regarding abortion access in Louisiana. It is in no way comprehensive, but we appreciate any readers’ help in making it so. It is meant to be a tool of education for those...

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