A Better Chance TV...with Mz Mo!

A deposit deadline gets missed, plans fall apart, and the “perfect” timeline disappears. That moment could have ended Nasir Mohammed’s Morehouse dream, but it becomes the start of something better: a gap year built on accountability, discipline, and a clear decision to keep moving when the finish line shifts. We talk with Nasir, a Chicago-area student heading to Morehouse College, about why choosi...

Belonging can change everything, and Corynn Keck has been chasing that feeling since she was eight years old, when she was new to Charlotte and was swept into a sense of community by the Carolina Panthers' Super Bowl excitement. Now, she's headed to Howard University to pursue  a career in sports management. She's not just dreaming about game day—she wants to be part of the team beh...

Missing a goal by 0.1 can mess with your confidence or it can change your life. We sit down with scholarship contestant Nicholas Boone from Bowie, Maryland, who’s headed to Morgan State University to major in civil engineering, and he brings a story that hits hard for students, parents, and educators alike. His essay starts with a simple truth: progress doesn’t move in a straight line, and the fin...

A teenager goes from years of homelessness to working hands-on in STEM labs and aircraft hangars, and she can explain every step that got her there. We sit down with Donna Lee Dawes from Point and Beach, Florida, a standout in the Takisha A. Davis Scholarship Stipend contest, as she shares the story behind her decision to attend Morgan State University and major in coastal science and policy with...

We welcome two powerful student voices for day two of the Takisha A. Davis Scholarship Stipend essay reading and hear how they turn family, faith, and discipline into real college plans. We also share ways to support HBCU-bound scholars through voting, donations, and the upcoming South Texas HBCU Summer Send-Off.  • day two format for the scholarship essay reading and why the competition feels tou...

Scholarship season is here, and we’re kicking off the Takeisha A. Davis Annual Competition with three unforgettable voices and three very different reasons for choosing an HBCU. What starts with quick announcements about our HBCU summer send-off celebration and ways to support college-bound students turns into something deeper: a front-row seat to how young scholars think about belonging, purpose,...

You can feel it when a city decides to stop “talking about” Black excellence and actually programs it. We’re counting down to HBCU weekend in San Antonio, and we’re doing things differently this year with a real run-of-show that centers culture, family, and students not just a room full of tables. If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to make an HBCU celebration feel meaningful, organized, and ali...

Graduation season brings a lot of applause, but I want to talk about what happens after the caps come off. I share a message I originally delivered as a school speech, built around one idea that changed how I see education, success, and purpose: graduation is only a concept, and in real life we graduate every single day. If you’ve ever questioned whether you’re enough, worried your dreams are too...

A birthday show can be more than candles and dinner plans. I’m celebrating the whole month, but I’m also turning that celebration into support for A Better Chance for Youth Incorporated because it’s crunch time and our students need us. If you’ve ever wanted a practical way to invest in youth mentoring, college access, and real outcomes for college-bound seniors, this conversation lays out exactly...

You can feel HBCU pride when it’s real and Alfonso Scott brings the real. After a quick run of community updates and award-season reminders, we sit down with Alfonso to trace his path from Dayton, Ohio to Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama, including the culture shock that nearly sent him back home. What changed was the thing HBCUs do better than almost anywhere: community. He talks candidly abo...

We map the moments when the road gets heavy and the answer is not more toughness, but more brotherhood. We break down a simple way to build real support through mentors, peers, and the people we pour into, then challenge ourselves to connect on purpose.  • redefining brotherhood as accountability and vulnerability  • why healing happens in community not isolation  • the Paul Barnabas Timothy model...

You can feel when something is built for the long haul, not for a headline. That’s the energy behind my conversation with Quincy and Mario, two former HBCU athletes who turn a years-long friendship into a community mission: bringing the Urban League’s work to San Antonio and creating the HBCU Live Experience to open doors for students, families, and student-athletes. We get personal about the HBCU...

The sports dream is loud, but the life plan is usually quiet, until the last buzzer makes it impossible to ignore. We sit down with Chelsea McKee, founder of the nonprofit Life Beyond The Game and a proud Savannah State University graduate, to talk about what student athletes really need to thrive in school, in sports, and long after the season ends.  Chelsea breaks down the gaps she saw firsthand...

The show opens with a powerful spoken-word piece that asks what history sounds like—and then we test the answer against today’s reality. We celebrate milestones like President Obama’s election and Vice President Harris’s trailblazing role, but we don’t stop there. We zoom in on where the real levers live: city councils, school boards, judges, and statehouses that quietly shape voting access, curri...

The heartbeat of this conversation is simple and urgent: history only lives if we fund it, mentor it, and show up for it. We open with real wins—spotlighting standout seniors, celebrating community support, and sharing how to join us for HBCU Awards Weekend—then step into a larger story about legacy, courage, and the power of education to rewrite futures. We trace a line from early pioneers of sch...

The energy is real and the mission is urgent: celebrate outstanding students and give them the lift they deserve. We share a rapid-fire slate of updates you can act on today, from a free virtual Getting Through College workshop to early tickets for the HBCU Community and People’s Choice Awards. With a $23,000 goal fueling scholarships and programs, every table purchase, share, and shoutout turns i...

Start with a simple challenge: name a Black history figure who isn’t on your usual list. From there, we open the door to a bigger story—how community, culture, and purpose shape a student’s path to college and a career that can save lives. We spotlight a senior with a 3.8 GPA who’s HBCU-bound, narrowing choices to three schools and setting her heart on Houston Tillotson University. She wants to be...