In 1992, in the aftermath of the Rodney King beating and trial, he was among several law students selected by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, based in San Francisco, to serve as legal observers to the protests triggered by the verdict. ĭeciding against journalism, Jones moved to Connecticut to attend Yale Law School. Jones later credited UT Martin for preparing him for a larger life.
They included the Fourteenth Circle ( University of Tennessee), the Periscope ( Vanderbilt University), the New Alliance Project (statewide in Tennessee), and the Third Eye (Nashville's African-American community).
At UT Martin, Jones helped to launch and lead a number of independent, campus-based publications. He adopted the nickname "Van" when he was 17 and working at The Jackson Sun. During this period, Jones also worked as an intern at The Jackson Sun (Tennessee), the Shreveport Times ( Louisiana), and the Associated Press ( Nashville bureau). He earned his Bachelor of Science in communication and political science from the University of Tennessee at Martin (UT Martin). Jones graduated from Jackson Central-Merry High School, a public high school in his hometown, in 1986. He pinned photographs of the Kennedy brothers to a bulletin board in his room in the specially delineated "Kennedy Section." Kennedy, and as he learned about the men's work, he became devoted to them as heroic figures. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. He would sit all day listening to the adults "in these hot, sweaty black churches." Jones was born after the assassinations of President John F. His sister said that as a child, he was "the stereotypical geek-he just kind of lived up in his head a lot." Jones has said as a child he was "bookish and bizarre." His grandfather was a leader in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and Jones sometimes accompanied him to religious conferences. Early life Īnthony Kapel Jones and his twin sister Angela were born in Jackson, Tennessee, on September 20, 1968, to high school teacher Loretta Jean (née Kirkendoll) and middle school principal Willie Anthony Jones. He was also a longtime colleague of, and advisor to, musician Prince. Jones was formerly CEO of the REFORM Alliance, an initiative founded by Jay-Z and Meek Mill to transform the criminal justice system. Jones worked with the Trump administration and members of Congress from both parties to pass a criminal justice reform effort known as the First Step Act. He is a regular CNN political commentator.
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He is the co-founder of Magic Labs Media LLC, a producer of the WEBBY Award-winning Messy Truth digital series and Emmy Award-winning The Messy Truth VR Experience with Van Jones. He is the author of The Green Collar Economy, Rebuild the Dream, and Beyond the Messy Truth all three books rank as New York Times bestsellers. Jones has hosted or co-hosted CNN shows including Crossfire, The Messy Truth, The Van Jones Show and The Redemption Project with Van Jones. The Dream Corps is a social justice accelerator that operates three advocacy initiatives: Dream Corps Justice, Dream Corps Tech and Green for All. He founded or co-founded several non-profit organizations, including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Color of Change, and the Dream Corps. Jones served as President Barack Obama's Special Advisor for Green Jobs in 2009 and a distinguished visiting fellow at Princeton University. He is the co-founder of several non-profit organizations, a three-time New York Times bestselling author, a CNN host and contributor, and an Emmy Award winner. Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones (born September 20, 1968) is an American news and political commentator, author, and lawyer.
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