The Katrina Warriors Network is the diverse body of individuals, affinities, organizations, and institutions doing work to support and enhance the well-being of women and girls in New Orleans and Southern Louisiana, and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Founding Nodes of the Katrina Warriors Network: Ashe Cultural Arts Center, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, The New Orleans Regional Alliance Against Abuse (2005-2006), and V-Day.

The Katrina Warriors Network is advised and mediated by a Katrina Warriors Council representative of Network participants.


The Katrina Warriors Network and V to the 10th Fest

During the two weeks leading up to the Gala 10th Anniversary of V-Day at the New Orleans Arena and Superdome complex on April 11-12, 2008, Katrina Warriors from across the Gulf South will be joined in solidarity by tens of thousands of Vagina Warriors from around the planet. During those two weeks, Katrina Warrior Network participants will host a slate of educational, cultural, and entertainment events of all shapes and sizes across the region, with the flurry of activity in New Orleans intensifying as we near April 12.

Artists, producers, and cultural creatives of all types are welcome to engage in for-profit activities during V to the 10th Fest and in support of the Katrina Warriors mission. The Katrina Warriors Council requests that a portion of proceeds from all for-profit efforts -- including sales of items bearing the Katrina Warrior mark (a.k.a. "The Yoni-de-Lis") -- be donated to a Katrina Warrior Network node of the artist's/producer's choice.

Lagniappe: April 11-13, 2008 is also French Quarter Festival weekend, and visiting Vagina Warriors and Katrina Warriors will get to enjoy free stages of New Orleans music and great food booths throughout the Quarter in addition to V-Day 10th Anniversary events at the Superdome and Arena Complex.