Southampton African American Museum Founder’s Circle Fundraiser Honoring SAAM Founder Brenda Simmons

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Anita Farrington, Brenda Simmons, Jean Shafiroff and Aisha Christian. Photo by Jared Siskin/PMC
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Anita Farrington, Brenda Simmons, Jean Shafiroff and Aisha Christian. Photo by Jared Siskin/PMC

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Southampton African American Museum Founder’s Circle Fundraiser Honoring SAAM Founder Brenda Simmons

Jean Shafiroff, Ese Azenabor and Aisha Christian. Photo by Jared Siskin/PMC

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Southampton African American Museum Founder’s Circle Fundraiser Honoring SAAM Founder Brenda Simmons

Ese Azenabor and Aisha Christian. Photo by Jared Siskin/PMC

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Southampton African American Museum Founder’s Circle Fundraiser Honoring SAAM Founder Brenda Simmons

Aisha Christian, Jean Shafiroff, Rebecca Seawright and Michael Steifman. Photo by Jared Siskin/PMC

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Southampton African American Museum Founder’s Circle Fundraiser Honoring SAAM Founder Brenda Simmons

Georgette Grier-Key, Andrea Grover, Brenda Simmons, Amy Kirwin, Anthony Madonna. Photo by Rob Rich/SocietyAllure.com

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Southampton African American Museum Founder’s Circle Fundraiser Honoring SAAM Founder Brenda Simmons

Eddie Moan, Dede Gotthelf, Robin Brown. Photo by Rob Rich/SocietyAllure.com

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Southampton African American Museum Founder’s Circle Fundraiser Honoring SAAM Founder Brenda Simmons

Jean Shafiroff and Aisha Christian. Photo by Jared Siskin/PMC

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Southampton African American Museum Founder’s Circle Fundraiser Honoring SAAM Founder Brenda Simmons

Tatiana Lewis. Photo by Rob Rich/SocietyAllure.com

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Southampton African American Museum Founder’s Circle Fundraiser Honoring SAAM Founder Brenda Simmons

Vanessa Gordon, Sydney Layne. Photo by Rob Rich/SocietyAllure.com

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Southampton African American Museum Founder’s Circle Fundraiser Honoring SAAM Founder Brenda Simmons

Leila Pinto, Jessica Mackin-Cipro, Aisha Christian. Photo by Rob Rich/SocietyAllure.com

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Southampton African American Museum Founder’s Circle Fundraiser Honoring SAAM Founder Brenda Simmons

YaYa Reyes, Christina Mossaides Strassfield. Photo by Rob Rich/SocietyAllure.com

The Southampton African American Museum (SAAM) held its summer founder’s circle fundraiser, which this year honored Brenda Simmons, the founder and executive director of SAAM. The Museum’s Benefit was co-chaired by Jean Shafiroff and her husband, Martin Shafiroff, along with Aisha Christian and Michael Steifman at the Southampton Inn on July 25.

The benefit was held to support the museum’s campaign to support its operations and endowment. The Southampton African American Museum, a former Black barbershop, opened on Juneteenth, 2021. It is the first African American site to be a historically designated landmark in the Village of Southampton and the first Black barbershop to be transformed into a museum in the United States.

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