Simone John

Simone John is a consultant, writer, and social practice artist based in Boston, MA. Prior to joining the TSNE team Simone spent 5 years at Trinity Boston Connects as the Associate Director of Organizational Equity Practice (OEP), a program that provides consulting, coaching and facilitation for nonprofits striving to become racially equitable institutions. Simone has developed curricula on topics like creating trauma inclusive organizational cultures; group facilitation with a racial equity lens; caucusing 101; and dismantling white supremacy culture in organizations, all scaffolded by three design principles: systems-thinking, relationship building, and trust. Outside work, Simone’s debut poetry collection Testify (Octopus Books, 2017) has been reviewed in The Boston Globe, Bustle, PBS Newshour, Publishers Weekly, and elsewhere.