Draft:Moe Dimanche
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Comment: @Spiralwidget: Not sure what his election has to do with your views about him being a writer or an artist. If he is a candidate for an election, that is all the more reason for the public to know more about who could be the next governor of the state of Florida. If you don't want him to have a wikipedia article because you don't want voters to read about him, you can simply not vote for him if you are a Florida resident. No need to make his article creation a political decision. That's borderline election interference. NovembersHeartbeat (talk) 22:08, 10 November 2024 (ET)
- Comment: Note the discussion at User_talk:NovembersHeartbeat Ca talk to me! 01:28, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Just wanted to say I think I know why the article has been created. He is running for governor in 2026. https://ballotpedia.org/Moliere_Dimanche I would recommend not accepting draft creation- as has been said before, he does not pass notability as an author or artist. Spiralwidget (talk) 22:15, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Doesn't meet WP:NAUTHOR and WP:ARTIST. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 12:14, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
Moe Dimanche | |
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 Moe Dimanche in 2018 | |
| Born | Moliere Dimanche November 7, 1987 Orlando, Florida, US |
| Education | St. Johns River State College (associate degree) |
| Occupation | Non-fiction author |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Political party | Independent |
| Website | Official website |
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Moe Dimanche (born November 7, 1987)[1] is a Haitian-American artist[2][3][4] and author.[5][6][7] He is best known for his artwork criticizing brutality in prisons. The Conversation featured Dimanche's art as a diagnosis of "the systemic sickness of Florida's penitentiaries."[4]
Biography
[edit]Moe was born on November 7, 1987. When Moe was fourteen years old, he started his first job at Winn-Dixie as his family struggled financially. He attended West Orange High School of Florida.[8] At the age of 19, in 2007, Dimanche was sentenced to 10 years in prison for theft, and served 8.5 years before release.[9] In 2016, he received a scholarship[10] to attend Florida School of the Arts at St. Johns River State College, where he majored in Studio Art. During this time he hosted pop-up art shows[11] throughout the First Coast of Florida in anticipation of the release of his first book, "It Takes a Criminal to Know One: How the Inspector General and I are One and the Same".[12]
Politics
[edit]Moe was a candidate for Mayor of the City of Orlando in the city's 2023 general election. He was also a candidate for Interim Commissioner after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended then-serving commissioner Regina Hill from office.[13] While running in the race for Interim Commissioner, Moe defended Hill's good name[14] and contended that the prosecution against Hill was politically motivated.[15] In both municipal elections, Moe was disqualified over the manner in which qualifying fees were expected to be paid, per the City Clerk.[16] He signed paperwork an independent candidate in the 2026 Florida gubernatorial election.[17]
Investigative journalism and other ventures
[edit]Moe began a series of exposé vlogs on YouTube covering inmate abuse within the Florida Department of Corrections.[18] He has traveled the United States doing speaking engagements on the correlations between the messages in his art and the systemic injustices in American prisons.[19]
Publications
[edit]- "It Takes a Criminal to Know One: How the Inspector General and I are One and the Same", Amazon (2016)[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Moliere Dimanche". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ "Carceral Aesthetics". Los Angeles Review of Books. April 28, 2020.
- ^ "Carceral Aesthetics: Vision and Imprisonment". International Center of Photography. January 8, 2020.
- ^ a b Fleetwood, Nicole R. (August 31, 2018). "Through his art, a former prisoner diagnoses the systemic sickness of Florida's penitentiaries". The Conversation.
- ^ Dimanche, Moliere (December 4, 2016). It Takes a Criminal to Know One: How the Inspector General and I Are One and the Same. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5411-7428-3 – via Google Books.
- ^ "First Coast Connect: Former Inmate Turned Prison Reform Activist". WJCT News 89.9. April 5, 2017.
- ^ "4/5/2107: Betty Griffin Center; Moliere Dimanche; Art In Public Places; 'On Purpose'". WJCT News 89.9. April 5, 2017.
- ^ "REDEMPTION Behind Bars". Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ^ Kader, Joy (April 5, 2017). "First Coast Connect: Former Inmate Turned Prison Reform Activist". WJCT News 89.9. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
- ^ "Prison Art". Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ^ "Moliere DiManche Exhibition Brings Crowds". www.youtube.com. August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ^ Dimanche, Moliere (December 4, 2016). It Takes a Criminal to Know One. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1541174283.
- ^ "Governor Ron DeSantis Issues Executive Order Suspending Regina Hill as Orlando City Commissioner".
- ^ "Deadline to file paperwork for Orlando City Commission District 5 race passes". April 17, 2024. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "The Case Against Regina Hill". May 7, 2024.
- ^ "Moliere Dimanche". Ballotpedia.
- ^ "2026 Florida gubernatorial election". October 18, 2024 – via Wikipedia.
- ^ "Detienen a guardia de prisión en Florida por tratar de envenenar a recluso". January 27, 2020.
- ^ "Carceral Aesthetics: Vision and Imprisonment". January 8, 2020.
- ^ Dimanche, Moliere (2016). It Takes a Criminal to Know One: How the Inspector General and I are One and the Same. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1541174283.
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