Celebrating young Black tech leaders, 24 years of BMORENews.com, and Dr. Tyrone Taborn’s extraordinary vision. (BALTIMORE – REVISED – October 11, 2026)—Before I ever walked onto the stage tonight, the young brothers backstage had already given me something worth celebrating. I was meeting honorees from across the country at the inaugural AI NEXTGEN America Conference and Futurist Awards. The conference brought people together October 9–10 at the Baltimore Convention Center, but the conversations behind the curtain really hit home for me. Young Black men. PhDs. Working in technology, artificial intelligence, and the digital space. Brothers from California and Mississippi. I…