Category: Ethnic, Regional and National Identity

• Remembering Joy: RIP Maya Angelou

  Dinner with friends at a tiny restaurant in Tribeca on my birthday in 1996. It was before peak hours, so the restaurant was nearly empty. My bestie Kenya Unique Massey gave me The Complete Collected Poems (Maya Angelou). It had been on my birthday/Christmas/Kwanzaa wish list for a while, so I was surprised (thrilled) to…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  May 28, 2014

  Arts, Black History and Culture, Books, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Literary Arts, Nation Building, Performing Arts, Simone Monique Barnes, Wild Women

  Maya Angelou

• Cultural Appropriation Photo Scavenger Hunt

  The Kahnawa:ke Youth Forum is hosting a scavenger hunt. Although I can’t officially participate in the actual scavenger hunt contest, I do see a pinterest board in my future… #KYFdecolonize

  Simone Monique Barnes

  April 1, 2014

  Cultural Integrity, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Nation Building, Native American

  decolonize, Nation Building, Native American, Native Appropriations, NDN, racism, youth

• Will Female Marathons Runners Ever Be Safe?

  1967 Katherine Switzer. First female Boston Marathon runner. “A big man, a huge man, with bared teeth was set to pounce, and before I could react he grabbed my shoulder and flung me back, screaming, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers!” Then he swiped down my front, trying to…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  March 28, 2014

  Americana, Wild Women