Talks & Presentations
2025 Local to Global Forum
Dialogue on Land and Food Justice
Presenters: Jean Willoughby & Lucero Gonzalez
Land is a resource used by everyone who inhabits the planet. We all eat! Private ownership of land focuses on wealth creation, exclusion, and an extractive mentality that depletes resources needed by all planetary inhabitants.
Community ownership focused on stewardship of these resources creates a climate where all life can thrive on the planet. What models exist for community ownership? What is a “commons?” How can food be grown that supports life and the regeneration of the soil? – Local to Global Forum
2024 Indigenous Peoples Summit | Invited Panelist
Held in September 2024, this full-day gathering focused on rebuilding Native Nations, economic sovereignty, sacred sites, climate justice, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. The event brought together more than 150 Indigenous leaders from the Great Plains and around the world. I was honored to join a panel alongside many inspiring collaborators and colleagues.
More Talks & Interviews
- Invited Presenter | Sustainable Agriculture Conference (2024)
- Invited Panelist | Indigenous Peoples Summit (2024)
- Invited Presenter | Land Trust Alliance Rally (2017, 2024)
- Invited Presenter | Changing Lands, Changing Lands Conference (2017) | New Agrarian Views on Land Tenure: How can visions and models “outside the box” inform and inspire our collective efforts on equitable land access and transfer? This roundtable will combine creative thinking, cutting edge, real-world examples and analysis. Facilitators: Julia Freedgood, AFT; Jean Willoughby, Agrarian Trust
Workshops & Presentations
Racial Equity Institute Trainer Teams
I’ve served as part of teams that have consulted with and trained 100+ organizations large and small, from municipal health departments to large federal agencies and Fortune 500 companies. Alongside my colleagues, I’ve analyzed the wide-ranging, complex inequities within systems, institutions, and organizations to deliver data-rich, deeply researched, multi-day workshops. Our team also offered trainings typically around 3 to 5 hours, mostly in-person but some online.
At last count, I’ve been part of teams that have trained upwards 30,000 individual participants. I spent about 7 years working with teams traveling the U.S. to deliver workshops and presentations. In that time, I deepened my analysis of how and why inequities persist in society and what we can do to create a more equitable world.