Simone Monique Barnes

Speaking
WritingWordsmith — “a person who works with words; especially: a skillful writer” (Merriam-Webster)
Artmaking
Laughter YogaSelect Highlights Funda Fest 12 The Rhode Island Black Storytellers’ 12th annual festival, held January 17-24, 2010 throughout the state of Rhode Island, celebrating Black storytelling Ribsfest.org REMIX: Indigenous Identities in the 21st Century Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Harvard University on exhibit April 2008 to January 2009 Curatorial Advisor for contemporary art exhibit co-curated by four undergraduate student members of Native Americans at Harvard College, on behalf of the Ivy Native Council. Featured the art of Bunky Echo-Hawk, Courtney Leonard, Doug Miles, and Ryan Red Corn Peabody Museum Student curators highlight American Indian cultural ‘Remix’ New York Woman’s Agenda’s inaugural ”New York Reads Together” Created, planned and implemented New York Reads Together: New York City’s first citywide book discussion program based on the reading of one book Secured last minute funding, bringing the budget from $0 to $81,000 to provide funding for a new website www.nyreadstogether.org, marketing materials, and over 11,000 special NYRT editions of The Color of Water by James McBride to be donated to public schools and libraries, shelters, and community-based organizations. Served as media spokesperson, and performed crisis management, refocusing media on the educational aspects of the program Implemented partnerships and outreach to get New…
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