Feminist Majority Campus Team

West Coast Organizer:

duVergne Gaines, J.D. - West Coast Campus Director

duVergne Gaines graduated with honors and a J.D. from Loyola Law School. As a law student, Gaines received recognition for excellence in constitutional and first amendment law and was also a member of the prestigious Entertainment Law Review. Prior to law school, Gaines co-directed Rock for Choice for seven years, gained extensive experience as a campus field organizer both for the Iowa ERA Campaign and the National Clinic Access Project. Prior to directing the West Coast Campus Program she most recently headed Rock for Choice programming and organized western states for the March for Women’s Lives.

duVergne organizes campuses in the west coast.

Phone: 310-556-2500

East Coast Organizers:

Laura Kacere

Laura graduated with honors from the University of Iowa with degrees in Women’s Studies and Anthropology.  She was an active member of the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance there, serving as president and leading the group in projects related to women and war, the feminization of poverty, women in prison, and exposing fake reproductive health clinics.  She has worked for women’s organizations throughout Iowa, including the Women’s Resource and Action Center, Rape Victim Advocacy Program, and the Emma Goldman Women’s Health Clinic.  Before joining the FMF, Laura was a service member with AmeriCorps leading support groups for women in prison, as well as providing resources and support for those recently released. 

Laura organizes campuses in the Midwest region.

Phone: 703-595-8082 
Email: lkacere@feminist.org

Sarah Shanks

Sarah Shanks graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in December 2010 with a BS in Marketing as well as a minor in Women's and Gender Studies. She was also a member a Triota, the Women's and Gender Studies honor society. At UNCC Sarah headed the Feminist Union for 3 years, a FMLA affiliate. She became an intern for Feminist Majority Foundation through the Campus Choices Leadership Program in Charlotte to deal with the increasing harassment at local abortion clinics. Her group worked on the Adopt-a-Clinic campaign, and are very involved with clinic defense. She has also volunteered as a mentor for college freshman in a feminist learning community.

Sarah organizes campuses in the Southern region.

Phone: 703-595-8079
Email: sshanks@feminist.org

Francesca Witcher

Francesca graduated from Miami University in 2010 with a B.A. in Journalism, Black World Studies, with a minor in Political Science. She worked as an Ambassador for the Miami University Women's Center. While there she was a writer and editor of the semester newsletter titled The Femellectual, planned and coordinated the annual Women of Color Celebration, and organized events around issues concerning domestic violence, body image, and women of color on Miami's campus. In addition, she served in other campus activist organizations such as the Miami University's National Association for the Advancement of Color People (NAACP) as the Membership Chair, where she played an active role in organizing and recruiting students for membership with the chapter.

Francesca organizes campuses in the Mid-Atlantic region & Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Phone: 703-595-8080
Email: fwitcher@feminist.org

Meg Randall

Meg Randall graduated cum laude from St. Lawrence University with a major in Religious Studies and minor in Anthropology. She was a member of the Women's Resource Center at SLU and actively integrated a women's studies lens into her academic concentrations. Meg first came to the Feminist Majority Foundation as an Online Media & Communications Intern. She is passionate about online organizing, the potential social media has to influence social change, and the democratizing forces of the internet. In addition to all of her other feminist ideals, she is an advocate for women in technology.

Meg is the Campus Online Community Manager.

Phone: 703-522-2214
Email: mrandall@feminist.org

The Campus Team can also be reached via email at campusteam@feminist.org. Call the East Coast Campus Organizers in the Washington D.C. office at 1-866-444-FMLA, and the West Coast Campus Organizers in the Los Angeles office at 1-866-471-FMLA.