(BALTIMORE – March 2, 2023) – BMORENews.com will present the 2nd Annual Black Wall Street HOODFELLAS featuring the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, from 6 to 8 pm at Hoodfellas Bistro located in the Munsey Building at 7 N. Calvert St. in downtown Baltimore.
The awards were designed to celebrate Black entrepreneurs and professionals as well as the people who support them regardless of race. Since its inception in 2011, BMORENews and its partners have honored more than 2,000 individuals in New York, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Atlanta, New Orleans, Birmingham, Las Vegas, and Tulsa.
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Honorees include Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby.
Who is Nick Mosby?
As a husband, father, leader, mentor, professional, and public servant, City Council President Nick J. Mosby has never forgotten his humble beginnings and will never turn a blind eye to his city, people, and community. A native son of Baltimore City, Nick graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and went on to study Electrical Engineering at Tuskegee University, a historically Black college in Alabama.
Upon receiving an engineering degree, Nick returned home. In 2011, he ran for City Council with a unique set of skills: a strong background in technical engineering and expertise in budget and project management. As a Councilman, Nick created and ran a mentoring program for juveniles awaiting trial as adults. He also passed legislation banning the requirement of criminal records on job applications, as well as legislation stopping liquor stores from selling merchandise to minors. Throughout the unrest in Baltimore City in 2015, Nick argued that the rioting was the result of years of neglect of Baltimore’s youth, lack of employment opportunities, and poverty that lead people to fend for themselves in unproductive ways.
Nick took his fight from Baltimore City Hall to the Maryland State House in 2017 after he was appointed to the House of Delegates in the Maryland General Assembly. As a State Delegate, Nick successfully passed legislation to allocate millions of dollars in financial aid for GED recipients, enact fair hiring laws for formerly incarcerated citizens, end the draconian practice of taking property based on late water bills, and strengthen Maryland’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities by creating tax credits to increase endowments. He also ensured the creation of a legalized sports betting industry in Maryland was designed in such a way that minority-owned businesses could compete. His work in the legislature is also credited with ensuring the Preakness Stakes will remain in Baltimore at the racetrack built 150 years ago in the Park Heights community.
As Council President, Nick is continuing to advocate for Baltimore City residents and pass meaningful legislation that will improve the lives of all people who call this great city home. He is a proud member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, and worships at New Psalmist Baptist Church of Baltimore. He is the husband of Marilyn J. Mosby, the state’s attorney for Baltimore City. They have two young daughters.
