From her home in Richmond, Enjoli Moon joins Todd B. Waldo for the 50th episode of the podcast. She shares how intuition and intentionality have impacted her family and career. And they talk about learning how to maintain balance with time and attention while pursuing passion.

Enjoli Moon is the founder and creative director of the Afrikana Independent Film Festival, a festival dedicated to showcasing the cinematic works of people of color from around the world - they place a special focus of the global Black narrative. She is also the Assistant Curator of Film & Special Programs at the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU where she is dedicated to using film as a catalyst for conversation and authentic connection. Through Afrikana and the ICA she looks forward to helping grow the footprint of Black indie cinema in Richmond and making the city a premier platform for elevating, celebrating, and further validating stories of the marginalized and underrepresented.

Outside of film, Enjoli serves on the Board of Directors for Oakwood Arts/P35 and 1708 Gallery, as well as the advisory board for the School of African American Studies at VCU. She is a member of the Public Awareness Committee at The Valentine and serves as chair of the Richmond Region Tourism Black Experience Committee. She is the recipient of Style Weekly’s 2017 40 Under 40 and was named a 2018 Women in the Arts by the same organization. Enjoli is a Richmond native and studied sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University and when she's not out scouting for the next dope film, you'll find her indulging in RVA's best eateries or its theater scene with her son, Jonah, an aspiring artist himself.

The spotlight for this episode is Community 50/50. Community 50/50, LLC is a mentoring/community outreach program geared toward the betterment of youth and families in the Richmond metropolitan area and surrounding localities. Their programs service youth ages 5-18 and their families. Their program was created to provide positive adult role models and help children develop socially and emotionally. Their mentors help youth learn to understand and communicate their feelings, to relate to their peers, and to develop respectable and appropriate relationships with other adults. Community 50/50 believes that youth mentoring works best when goals focus on developing trusting relationships with peers and adults. Learn more at community5050.com

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