CORE
GUIDING PRINCIPLE
V-Day was created by artists and activists and as a result it
has a unique organizational model. Unlike most global NGOs,
V-Day does not have central headquarters or regional offices.
Instead, V-Day’s small team works remotely from home bases
around the world to sustain an online infrastructure that
keeps the V-Day network of volunteer activists (one billion
strong and growing) linked, informed and engaged across
the world. Through its virtual structure, V-Day is able to keep
traditionally high overhead costs very low, enabling it to give
away 90 cents of every dollar raised. V-Day is a movement
that is owned by activists, on the grassroots level. Eve Ensler,
V-Day’s Founder and Board Chair, is a volunteer and has
never received payment from V-Day for her work.
THE V-DAY BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS A GROUP OF
EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN WHO PROVIDE VISION,
LEADERSHIP, AND WISDOM TO HELP GUIDE AND SUPPORT
V-DAY IN ITS WORK:
CAROLE BLACK
JENNIFER BUFFETT
KIMBERLÉ W. CRENSHAW
ROSARIO DAWSON
EVE ENSLER
JANE FONDA
KATHERINE MCFATE
PAT MITCHELL
THANDIE NEWTON
CARI ROSS
LISA SCHEJOLA AKIN
REGINA K. SCULLY
SUSAN CELIA SWAN
V-Gratitude
2015 was a transitional year, during which the structure of the V-Day
campaigns shifted to an even more autonomous, activist based model.
In April, some key members of the core team—Cecile Lipworth, Purva
Panday Cullman, Katherine Fisher, Megan Sparkman, Amy Squires, and
Laura Waleryszak—whose brilliant work has brought the campaigns to
sustainability and who created groundbreaking tools for our activists,
moved on to new opportunities. Their work will live on in V–Day and OBR
for years to come.
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