Simone Monique Barnes

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    • Wildflower UU Church Guest Speaker
  • WritingWordsmith — “a person who works with words; especially: a skillful writer” (Merriam-Webster)
  • 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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  • January 21, 2014

    Guiness Advertising featuring The Sapeurs (Society of Elegant Persons of the Congo)

    http://youtu.be/B-3sVWOxuXc “In life you cannot always choose what you do, but you can always choose who you are.” Peace, cultural and gender identity, nation building, community, trade, economics, genealogy and family through the vehicle of fashion. Read Adweek’s article “Ad of the Day: Congo’s Sapeurs Star in the Best-Dressed Guinness Commercial Ever: Central African elegance By David…

  • November 19, 2013

    Artworks Disappear Overnight As 5 Pointz Graffiti Haven Is Painted White

    New York, the greatest suburb on earth. From the HuffPost article: “Despite the efforts of many to save Long Island City’s 5 Pointz from demolition, the renowned graffiti haven has finally met its end. The massive warehouse that served as Queen’s biggest street art canvas was whitewashed overnight, erasing nearly 30 years of New York…

  • October 14, 2013

    Deconstructing Banksy in New York

    There’s a storytelling technique, where a teller tells one story, and then immediately tells a second story. While both stories completely stand on their own, they are told in tandem, so that the listener can more fully comprehend the second story. In that vein, I give you this: Banksy Sells Original Paintings worth £20,000 for £38…

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