Dec 4th, 2017, 08:55 PM Traveling While Disabled By Imani Barbarin 7 tips and tricks to plan your inclusive holiday. Being born disabled and in need of accommodations in this world is kind of like being born a fish out of water constantly hoping that some of those fish swimming will notice you long enough to throw … Continue reading Article: Traveling While Disabled
Sep 24th, 2017, 05:43 PM The Paris Paralympics Test By Imani Barbarin Prepping for the Paris Paralympics needs a campaign for updated facilities as much as a campaign to win hearts and minds. I sincerely hope that there’s a succinct French translation for the phrase “Help! I’ve fallen and can’t get up,” because should the … Continue reading Article: The Paris Paralympics Test
Oct 7th, 2017, 11:22 PM A Tale of Two Crutches By Imani Barbarin Comparing healthcare through the lens of mobility aids. For patients with injuries and disabilities, the Tale of Two Crutches, whether to use forearm or underarm style mobility aids, is a competition to see how much pain one can withstand—or how much pain … Continue reading Article: A Tale of Two Crutches
#DisTheOscars was an advocacy campaign that I launched to discuss disability representation in media. During the first live broadcast of the Oscars for 2018. I wanted to use the popularity of the awards show to draw attention to the ways in which disabled people were demanding they be represented and what that would mean in … Continue reading Advocacy Campaign: #DisTheOscars
The Sristi Foundation is an NGO in Tamil Nadu, India that creates community for otherwise isolated adults and children with intellectual disabilities. I was tasked with updating the design for their website (and logo) to better communicate with the modern internet user, incoming volunteers and western donors.
In December 2017, I traveled to Tamil Nadu, India to work in Development with the NGO, Sristi Foundation. This organization serves several dozen of Tamil Nadu's citizens with intellectual disabilities. They asked how they might connect better brand themselves as advocates to the online advocacy community, and so, I created a short branding book to … Continue reading Social Media Advocacy Branding: Sristi Foundation, Tamil Nadu, India
The below is a brand redesign for a mobility-device website. Often companies selling these tools are dull and utilitarian, but I wanted to create a brand that attracted a younger demographic and fostered a sense of community among the young users that buy those devices. I redesigned the logo which can be seen in the … Continue reading Web Design Branding
Original Text in French Les « bullshit jobs » sont l'avenir du capitalisme GASPARD KOENIG / philosophe et president du Think Tank Generation Libre Le 09/01 à 11:50 Immobilisé et mis à la diète par une crise de goutte précoce, punition familière des ripailleurs, j'ai pu profiter de cette fin d'année sobre pour faire toutes sortes de choses … Continue reading Content Translation
The following presentation is for a strategic communications plan for Peru's tourism board. It was a part of a group effort to re-brand Peru to increase tourism in the country and highlight the culinary skills of chefs in the region as well as draw visitors to religious sites around the region other than the overly-popular … Continue reading Tourism Branding: Peru
13 People With Disabilities Talk About Life Post-Election "I just hope we all can survive the next four years.” Posted on December 9, 2016, at 7:46 p.m. Nora Whelan BuzzFeed Staff 9. Imani Barbarin, Blogger, Accidental Activist, and Board Member at Break the Roof Ministries Imani Barbarin "Work that offers insurance is difficult to find as … Continue reading Profile: 13 People With Disabilities Talk About Life Post-Election
Tasked with evaluating the brand assets of one of the most popular sites to come from the post-Facebook web boom. The following Airbnb audit explores the brand's stakeholders, brand extensions, brand translations, perceptions among consumers, strengths, weaknesses and threats. Please not that it was completed in the context of a team and the project is … Continue reading Brand Analysis: Airbnb
WHAT DO PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND DISABILITY ACTIVISM MEAN UNDER TRUMP? by Imani Barbarin Published on June 9, 2017 at 10:44am At two years old, I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. My diagnosis is a tribute to the power of my mother’s voice. She went from doctor to specialist to support group, but no one believed her … Continue reading Article: HOLD THE LINE
Nov 19th, 2017, 09:05 PM Un-Sanitize Your "Wokeness" By Imani Barbarin Why liking and sharing feel-good "woke" videos is unhelpful and needs to stop. You have likely seen the viral video. A tense moment between rival protests that can degenerate into violence — or a flash mob dance-off ends with a black man embracing a Nazi as … Continue reading Article: Un-Sanitize Your “Wokeness”
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