W.E.B. Du Bois Legacy Festival Committee 2019 

Mission: To preserve and promote Great Barrington native W.E.B. Du Bois's legacy as a scholar and activist for freedom, civil rights, progressive education, economic justice, and racial equality.

Barbara Dean
Emily DeVoti (Clerk/Secretary)
Freke Vuijst (Budget)
Gwendolyn VanSant (Vice Chair)
Julie Fagan
Justin F. Jackson
Leah Reed
Randy Weinstein (Chair)
Reginald Leonard
Stephanie Wright
Wray Gunn (Budget)
David Magadini

Sponsoring Organizations:

                   Town of Great Barrington

Multicultural BRIDGE, Committee Co-Chair

Greylock Federal Credit Union

The Du Bois Center at Great Barrington, Committee Co-Chair

The Triplex Cinema / Richard Stanley

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Bard College at Simon's Rock

Haymarket People's Fund

Subcommittees

Celebrating Du Bois

Understanding Du Bois

Legacy of Du Bois

Du Bois Memorial
 

Strategic Advisory

Randy Weinstein, Co-Chair

Gwendolyn VanSant, Co-Chair

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Ann LaBier
Ari Cameron
Barbara Dean
Ben Doren
Bob Krol
Cara Henderson
Carol Connare
Craig Harris
Ed Abrahams
Eugenie Sills
Frances Jones-Sneed
JV Hampton-VanSant
Jennifer Tabakin
Joanne Billow
John Horan
Luci Leonard
Meghan Whilden
Peter Dillon
Richard Stanley
Samuel VanSant
Sara Mugridge
Smitty Pignatelli
Stephanie Wright
Steve Bannon
Tristan Alston
Whitney Battle Baptiste
Cara Henderson
Leigh Davis

Featured Speakers & MCs 

A.J. Enchill
Senator Adam Hinds
Cornell William Brooks
Craig Harris
David Levering Lewis
Dr. Frances Jones-Sneed
Dr. Jamall Calloway
Dr. Reiland Rabaka 
Dr. Wesley Brown
Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste
Dr. Francisca Oyogoa
Guy Davis
JV Hampton VanSant
US Attorney Kevin O'Regan
Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste
U.S. Attorney Deepikah Bains Shuklah
Luci Leonard
Judge Harold Ramsey
Ty Jackson
Karla Nicholson
Paloma McGregor 
Shirley Edgerton

Community Advisory

Asma Abbas
Cora & Wray Gunn
Danny Klein & Freke Vuist
Dennis Powell
Elizabeth Blackshine
Fred & Sallie Harris
Howie Lisnoff
Julie Fagan
Nancy Bonvillain
Nichole DuPont
Pastor Randall Wilburn
Ryan Larkin
Sabrina Allard
Shirley Edgerton
Vanessa Alston
Vivian Orlowski
Homer "Skip" Meade
Benard A. Drew

Interns: 

Coco Raymond

Kiana Reid

Erik Thompson

Ankur Chakrabarti Roybarman

Partnering Organizations

Berkshire Community College OLLI

UMASS Library

UMASS Du Bois Center

Bard Academy at Simon’s Rock

W.E.B. Du Bois Educational Series

Schumacher Society

Berkshire Hills Regional School District

Great Barrington Historical Society

Hic Rosa Collective

Railroad Street Youth Project

Berkshire SURJ

Triplex Cinema

Harmony Homestead & Wholeness

Southern Berkshire Clergy Association

Macedonia Baptist Church

First Congregational Church

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

St James Place

Berkshire Hills Regional School District

Your Color Connection

Moving Arts Exchange 

Jacob's Pillow

 

In Loving Memory of: 

Reverend Esther Dozier

Elaine Gunn

Reverend Will Durant