Jon-Thomas Royston

"You Weren't Made to Be Afraid..." Co-Founder I Producer I Activist @nwjfilms @blackboysfilm

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Being “othered” forces you to increase your capacity for self love and in its wake can lead to necessary isolation. For those feeling alone, continue to seek community, because it’s out there, it exists, and you are loved.

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“Inherently, there is an opportunity for more cultural understanding.” @RoystonJT @kevinpchavous @StrideLearn

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Quick reminder of our screening and q&a this Saturday, Jan. 28th with @nycmenteach via @HelenMillsNYC. Welcoming @ZEROTOTHREE @freedreamer1978 @newprofit @DoveSoars @CenterBlackEd @selmekki @MicronTech @Robert_Simmons3 @nwjfilms @RoystonJT.

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Register for @nycmenteach event now! See y’all in NYC January 28th. Big thanks to @DoveSoars @freedreamer1978 @selmekki @Robert_Simmons3 @RoystonJT.

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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky. RM Rilke

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“Poetry is the clear expression of mixed feelings.”
- W.H. Auden

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"Struggle for the memory of your ancestors. Struggle for wisdom… Struggle for your grandmother and grandfather, for your name." -@TaNehisiCoats

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"There is a whisper in each of hearts that says that we must build in us what we want to see reflected in the world." - Sonya Renee Taylor

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"I am no longer excepting the things I cannot change, but I am choosing to change the things that I cannot except." - Angela Davis

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Even when we were considered three fifths of a person we still found a way to make ourselves whole.

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A core component of making great decisions is understanding the rationale behind previous decisions. If we don’t understand how we got “here,” we run the risk of making things much worse.

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We don't tell stories about the way it is we just focus on making it right

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Short-term actions eventually become long-term weights.

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What seems like the fast way in the moment is the long way in the end.

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@DouthatNYT Enjoyed your thoughts around utilizing cinema as a means of “restoration and preservation” and it’s ability to be incorporated into “liberal arts education”. Here is a case study of how we accomplished just that with our film BLACK BOYS on NBC Peacock https://t.co/Tq2yx9uJnK

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What appears to be luck is often preparation and patience. Mastering your circumstances starts with being ready.

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Breaking every family curse this year.

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When our legends become ancestors we must continue to speak their names, hold space for them in our work, and honor them with our creative expression. They are us.

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Never confuse activity with productivity.

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Fearless. Relentless. Tireless.