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We are pleased to announce that on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, the Local Complaints Committee (LCC) at the Office of the Collector North Goa, Government of Goa completely dismissed the charge of sexual harassment against Video Volunteers Co-Founder Stalin K. This finding is in total alignment with the results of a separate, exhaustive independent investigation by the Video Volunteers Board of Directors, and together both findings completely vindicate Stalin K, and dispel all allegations and accusations against him.
The Board’s in-depth, independent, external investigation was conducted between November 2018 and June 2019 in accordance with best governance process. The Board, after asking Stalin to step aside while a thorough investigation was conducted, reached out through external investigators to a broad array of people both within the organization, and outside of it who posted on social media. The findings from this external and independent investigation and our decision were released in a memo to the VV staff, the community correspondents and several other stakeholders in July of 2019.
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The Board held off making the findings of the independent investigation public out of respect to the single complainant and the LCC’s due process under the POSH Act in India.
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The Board carried out its extensive, independent investigation as part of its commitment, and governance responsibility, to assure a safe and respectful work environment for all Video Volunteers employees. The organization has been working diligently with the Board to strengthen all governance policies and procedures. In the year since Stalin’s return, the organization has been running very smoothly -- without incident or complaint.
We would like to thank Co-Founder Jessica Mayberry for her steadfast leadership of Video Volunteers and the staff and Community Correspondents of VV for steering the organization so ably through these challenging times.
We thank Stalin K for his endless resilience, cooperation, patience, courage and dedication to due process. We stand firm in our conviction that justice has been served and he and Video Volunteers can now continue to make a positive and impressive impact on India, and the world
