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BLACK WALL STREET WOODLAWN — 2026 HONOREE PROFILE From a 9-to-5 to multiple LLCs, Kizzy Dawkins turned a leap of faith into a full life of purpose — one pour, one property, one person at a time. (BALTIMORE – May 30, 2026) — There is a moment in every entrepreneur’s story where the comfort of a steady paycheck goes up against the pull of something bigger. Most people stay put. Kizzy Dawkins walked away. That decision — bold, deliberate, and rooted in faith — set in motion more than 13 years of building a career and brand in the bartending…

BLACK WALL STREET WOODLAWN — 2026 HONOREE PROFILE For more than two decades, Tony Ross has poured himself into Baltimore County’s youth — one coach, one mentor, one family at a time. (BALTIMORE – May 30, 2026) — There is a certain kind of person in every community who never seeks the spotlight but whose fingerprints are everywhere. You see them on the sidelines. You see them at the ballpark. You see them at the school. You see them showing up — year after year, weekend after weekend — for somebody else’s child. Tony Ross is that person. A dedicated…

BLACK WALL STREET WOODLAWN — 2026 HONOREE PROFILE (BALTIMORE – May 30, 2026) – When Michael Preston first offered me a job at Baltimore’s $100 million federally funded Empowerment Zone, it was my first opportunity to take my journalism and media career to the next level. From 1994 until Mike’s phone call in 1999, I served as co-editor and ultimately editor of the Sandtown-Winchester ViewPoint Newspaper. By the time I arrived on that scene, LaRian Finney was already making things happen in Baltimore. A proud graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Finney embodied the excellence Poly has long been known for. No…

Black People, We Have to Show Up (LOCHEARN – May 30, 2026) – Dear Family, Do you remember where you were on Tuesday, November 4, 2008? I do. That morning, around 7 a.m., I walked around the corner to my polling place and saw something I had never seen before. The line was out the door. For a little perspective, I live in Sandtown. Zip code 21217. A community that has endured concentrated poverty, undereducation, addiction, violence, and mass incarceration. Baltimoreans make up 40% of the state’s prison population, while the city represents only 9% of the state’s population. Yet…

(BALTIMORE – May 29, 2026) – I heard a preacher say once that you know you have the Holy Spirit when you help empower others. Last night, thanks to Jody Davis, I had the distinct opportunity to thank a woman who opened doors not only for herself, but for many of us. Indeed, she has the Holy Spirit. We all know the story of how she slept in her radio station in the early days. Konan of Radio One has shared many stories with me about what a remarkable person she is. Admittedly, when the time came for me to choose…

BLACK WALL STREET WOODLAWN  |  HONOREE PROFILE A quiet force born of Pennsylvania Avenue, the founder of JD Ward’s Catering has fed corporate suites, celebrity tables, airport terminals, and the community he loves — all without losing himself in the process. Tickets: blackwallstreetwoodlawn.eventbrite.com (BALTIMORE – May 29, 2026) — Around 1992, Doni Glover made it official. He stopped renting and started owning — a home in Sandtown, right in the heart of West Baltimore. A block and a half from the Avenue Market, formerly Lafayette Market, where his mother used to go for fresh fish when he was coming up.…

After hearing disrespectful comments at the Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center, BMORENews publisher Doni Glover reflects on the remarkable career of Congressman Kweisi Mfume and why history matters. (BALTIMORE – May 28, 2026) – You cannot come on Division Street — let alone into the Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center — and not understand the holy ground you stand on. This is not a place for games. This is where our Civil Rights leaders came from. One block over sits Druid Hill Avenue. Union Baptist Church. Bethel A.M.E. Church. Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church. The Goon Squad. Rev. Vernon Dobson. Congressman Kweisi…