Selwyn Jones is a activist, advocate, speaker, and "uncle" of the racial justice movement. Selwyn grew up in the Jim Crow South, where he experienced extreme racism, poverty, and oppression throughout his childhood. When he turned on the television On May 25, 2020 to see his nephew George Floyd being murdered by a Minneapolis Police officer, he quickly realized what he experienced his whole life needed to come to an end. Following his nephew’s death Selwyn made it his life mission to put an end to police murder and violence by carrying on his Nephew’s story and advocating for systemic reform, including joining the board of The Remedy Project in the fall of 2024.
