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Truth vs. Perception: A Conscious Commitment

By Pholesha Johnson

Big Thought presents Truth Versus Perception intimately explores and shares experiences of the Fellows of The Fellowship Initiative and supporters. This multi-part series is designed to dispel the negative, perceived notions of young men of color. These are their words. Their experiences. Their truths.  Listen and unlearn. The Fellowship Initiative (TFI) is a conscious commitment –

Truth vs. Perception: Understanding the Power of Education

By Pholesha Johnson

Big Thought presents Truth Versus Perception intimately explores and shares experiences of the Fellows of The Fellowship Initiative and supporters. This multi-part series is designed to dispel the negative, perceived notions of young men of color. These are their words. Their experiences. Their truths.  Listen and unlearn. It’s not that Myles Melville didn’t understand the importance

Truth vs. Perception: The Importance of Possibility

By Pholesha Johnson

Big Thought presents Truth Versus Perception, a multi-part series that intimately explores and shares experiences of the Fellows of The Fellowship Initiative and supporters. This multi-part series is designed to dispel the negative, perceived notions of young men of color. These are their words. Their experiences. Their truths.  Listen and unlearn. “Growing up, everybody around me

Truth vs. Perception: Representation Matters

By Pholesha Johnson

Big Thought presents Truth Versus Perception, a multi-part series that intimately explores and shares experiences of the Fellows of The Fellowship Initiative designed to dispel the negative, perceived notions of young men of color. These are their words. Their experiences. Their truths.  Listen and unlearn.    Meet Omar.  Four years ago, a ‘shy and timid’ high school sophomore was introduced

From a love of reading to entrepreneur

By Pholesha Johnson

Tej Dhingra, Greenhill School rising senior and founder of Teen Book Lover, Big Thought Intern – Summer 2019 Dear Big Thought Community, I’m writing this letter, not with the goal of chronicling my Big Thought intern experience down to each coffee run.  I’m also most definitely not writing this because my two months at Big