Simone Monique Barnes

Speaking
- 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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Tag: Africa

Can a Tribe Sue for Copyright? The Maasai Want Royalties for Use of Their Name

“According to Ron Layton, a New Zealander who specializes in advising developing world organizations on copyrights, patents, and trademarks, about 10,000 companies around the world use the Maasai name, selling everything from auto parts to hats to legal services. …. Most of the value of the Maasai brand is not in the handicrafts the tribe…

Simone Monique Barnes

March 20, 2014

Black History and Culture, Cultural Integrity, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Nation Building

Africa, copyright, econmics, Kenya, Maasai, Nation Building, Tanzania, trademark, tribe
Why I Stopped Being A Voluntourist

I don’t want a little girl in Ghana, or Sri Lanka, or Indonesia to think of me when she wakes up each morning. I don’t want her to thank me for her education or medical care or new clothes. Even if I am providing the funds to get the ball rolling, I want her to…

Simone Monique Barnes

February 20, 2014

Arts, Black History and Culture, Cultural Integrity, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Literary Arts, Nation Building

Africa, Dominican Republic, Nation Building, Tanzania, volunteer, voluntourist

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Tag: Africa

Can a Tribe Sue for Copyright? The Maasai Want Royalties for Use of Their Name

Why I Stopped Being A Voluntourist