IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Access)

• Meaningful Diversity Recruitment, & Retention Work Requires Shifting Attention, Power, and Resources

• Bringing Positive Psychology Into Equity and Justice Work As We Build Anew

• Bringing Care Into the Practice of Recruitment and Retention

• Stay in Relationship: Demonstrating Trust and Care in Racial Justice & Equity Work

• Understanding Poverty With a Gender, Race, and Privilege Analysis

• Creating New Equitable Pathways Towards The Future

• Game On: Why Now is Exactly the Time to Invest in Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Work

• How to Increase Accountability in Organizational Change and Community Work

• 3 Ways to Navigate Your Bias: A Closer Look at “Colorblindness”

• Connecting the Dots: Health Equity and Justice in the Berkshires

• Accountability Within Equity Work: Measuring Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Goals

• Working Alongside Versus Welcoming In: Moving Beyond Inclusion Toward Authentic Integration

• Focusing Language: Inclusion Versus Tolerance

• A Healing Pittsfield is One that Talks about Sexism and Racism

• 12 Principles for Organizing in Rural Communities

• Raising Up a Rural Organizing Agenda for Equity: The Berkshires

Arts & Social Justice

• Creating Positive and Just Arts Experiences: Gwendolyn VanSant, Kristen van Ginhoven, Dawn Simmons, & Lee Mikeska Gardner On Co-Producing Dominique Morisseau's Pipeline While Prioritizing Equity

• Connecting the Arts, Higher Education, and Social Justice in the Berkshires: An Interview with Erica Barreto, Lisa Donovan, and Gwendolyn VanSant

Black Women’s Leadership

• Saidiya Hartman on Writing & Telling Stories of Resistance and Beauty in “Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments”

• Honoring A Long Line of Black Women Who Came Before Me

• “These Professional Women Are Making Money Moves That Matter” by Lelia Gowland | Forbes

• On Abundance Thinking & Being a Black Woman Leader

Leadership

• Movin' On Up with the Congressional Black Caucus

• Reflections on Leading Political and Public Impact and Black Women’s Leadership

• On Voicing Our Activism

• Leading Against the Odds: Lessons Learned About Grassroots Nonprofit Leadership

• Gwendolyn VanSant and Tuti Scott on Embodied Leadership

• Coalition Building Always Starts At Home

Essays, Interviews, & Op-Eds

• Bouncing Forward, Not Bouncing Back: Adapting with Resilience

• Juneteenth Will Be a Holiday About Liberation for Black People and Justice Work for Others

• On making authentic statements in response to Black Lives Matter

• Next Steps with Law Enforcement, Disrupting Police Violence, and Reckoning with Racism In Our Education System

• “The Evolution of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Positions in Higher Education Institutions” by Emily Allen Williams | HigherEdJobs

• "CEOs On Supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education" An interview with Gwendolyn VanSant and John Bissell by Emily Allen Williams | HigherEd Jobs

• Liberation from a Living Systems View: Women, Leadership, & Feminism

• Yoga Dance: An Embodied Practice for Holding On to Justice, Strength, & Fun

• Teach Your Children Love in Action, Have the Courage to Talk about Race

• Overcoming White Supremacy with Love in Action

Speeches and Remarks

• Opening Remarks, Women & Money: Making Money Moves that Matter

• Western Mass Health Equity Summit Remarks 2018

• Leadership Institute for Political and Public Impact Remarks 2018

• Lean In: What I’ve Learned Working for Equity & Justice in The Berkshires

• Opening the Gates: BBPW "Woman of Achievement" Award Remarks

• Full Remarks: “Towards a New Reconstruction: Land, Racism, and Economic Emancipation”

• Women’s Advocacy Day Remarks at Massachusetts State House 2016

• Women’s Advocacy Day Remarks at Massachusetts State House 2014

W.E.B. Du Bois

• Celebrating the 51st Anniversary of the Dedication of W. E. B. Du Bois’ Homesite

• The Case for Renaming Great Barrington Middle School after W. E. B. Du Bois

• 2019 Du Bois Legacy Festival Remarks

• Honoring W. E. B. Du Bois, Restoring a Civil Rights Icon’s Legacy

Moving to Action

• Disrupting the white supremacy pattern of silence

• Moving as an Anti-Racist: Acknowledge, Align, Amplify, Ask, Activate

• Where to Give toward the Movement for Black Lives

• How to Counteract Extractive Behavior in Social Justice Movement Building to Sustain Momentum

• Generative Ways to Shift Money and Power for Well-Being and Survival

• On Translating Talk of Reparations Into Practice