Below are our current board members. A chart illustrating our full organizational structure may be found here.
Kara Dansky
Kara Dansky is a public speaker, writer, and consultant who is committed to protecting rights, privacy, and safety of women and girls on the basis of sex in law and throughout society. In November 2021, she published the ground-breaking work The Abolition of Sex: How the ‘Transgender’ Agenda Harms Women and Girls. She currently serves as President of the U.S. chapter of Women’s Declaration International (WDI) and served on the board of the Women’s Liberation Front from 2016 to 2020. Kara is also an attorney with a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University, and has an extensive background in criminal justice law and policy.
Lauren Levey
Lauren Levey has been a women’s rights and lesbian rights activist since the 1960s. She has worked to legalize abortion, organized consciousness-raising groups, and was one of the founders of the Sirens Women’s Motorcycle Club in New York City, which rode at the front of the New York City Pride March for many years. She is a lawyer and came up with the idea for the EFAA, WDI USA’s proposed bill that would protect women on the basis of sex; lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals on the basis of sexual orientation; and everyone on the basis of nonconformity to sex stereotypes.
Lorraine Nowlin
Lorraine always saw the world through a radical feminist lens. As a tween, she questioned the theological teachings about women in her church community. It was during her teen years that she noticed how the experiences of Black men and boys were prioritized over those of Black women and girls. As an adult, she explored the writings of Ayaan Hirsi Ali which only confirmed her belief that oppressive patriarchies exist within all races, cultures, and religions. In other words, sexism and the need for radical feminism were not just “white women’s issues.” Having grown up an ADOS Black Woman in the US, she is keenly aware of colorism, hair politics, and the need for self-love and affirmation. It is that awareness that informs and strengthens her belief that if we are not born with the wrong skin color or hair texture, we are not born in the wrong body. She got involved in WDI because it is one of the few organizations that focuses solely on Women and girls. Currently, she facilitates the WDI Black Women’s Discussion Group.
Katherine Kinney
Katherine discovered radical feminism completely by chance in 2018 and has been passionate about it ever since. She also serves as State Contact for Virginia. She’s particularly interested in applying a sociological lens to feminism and a feminist lens to sociology. In her spare time, she runs a local radical feminist book club and spends a lot of time gardening, and is happy to deliver a treatise on the parallels between men and invasive plants at any time.
Irene Lawrence
After many years of dissatisfaction with liberal feminism, but without knowledge of any alternatives, Irene Lawrence discovered radical feminism when she realized that the only women making any sense when they talked about women’s issues were TERFs. She is currently the Public Action Coordinator for WDI USA, planning actions around the country to abolish gender; as well as Secretary for the Board. Irene has a Master of Public Policy from Duke University. In her day job, she works in state government and advocates for the formerly incarcerated population. Because of her background in justice reform, her biggest concern is for the rights of incarcerated women.
