One Philly HBCU Week Kick off on Monday, October 26th

One Philly HBCU week kicks off tomorrow. Rapper Ludacris performing as the halftime performer for the Virginia Union versus Lincoln University game on Friday at the Link. This is how I found out that Luda would be the halftime performer. What up, Philly? Of course, this is your boy Luda. Now, listen, when I heard from Mayor Parker that y'all were bringing one of the biggest HBCU classics in the country to America's best football city, you know I had to pull up. all right and pull over so friday october 30th i'll be at lincoln financial field for one philly hbcu weekend y'all are bringing the bands the football to hbcu culture and all that philly energy and i'm bringing the halftime show trust me it's gonna be one of the best y'all ever seen oh yeah that that got me hyped for hbcu week here in philly so i want to bring in willie Singletary the senior project manager for mayor cherelle parker her office hi there willie good evening good evening glad to be here with you tonight are you excited for the upcoming week here six days of celebrating historically black colleges and universities their excellence history and traditions i'm hyped are you hyped oh i'm beyond this i'm excited i'm excited this is This is going to be a great week. Last year, we had it one day, but this year we got it six days, but not just in one part of the city. It's going to happen all around the city because the mayor has a central theme, One Philly. So we're going to include HBCU in the entire city, across the city. So I'm excited. Listen, I can't wait for tomorrow. What should the people expect? I know there's a music component, faith component. Please spell it out for us. Well, tomorrow, listen, tomorrow it kicks off at five o'clock at the Community College of Philadelphia as we honor 25 different faith leaders who have done tremendous things throughout the city. And we have given out one Lifetime Achievement Award and that would go to the Reverend Louis William Bishop for all that he has meant to our city. And we're excited. You know, it's going to be phenomenal Tuesday night. We got the high school showcase battle of the bands. We got high school cheerleaders and community cheerleaders. That's at West Philadelphia High School. And those young people are excited about being there because the winner from Tuesday night gets to perform on Saturday for the main battle of the bands and for the football game between Deshaun and Michael Vick. But listen, Wednesday night at the church. That's phenomenal. We have a whole, we have a list here too. So keep going on, Willie. Keep going on so everybody can follow. So listen, but Wednesday night is going to be phenomenal. It's the Collegiate Choir Competition. I'm excited. you got Temple University you got Lincoln University you got Drexel University and guess what we even got a high school choir we got the city school gospel choir gonna be in that competition then we got four community groups you got James Scott you have um BMW uh BF BF BF BMF Wagner Memorial Choir you got Dion Peyton and that choir and we got one more but it's going be phenomenal that's at the Church of Christ in the Passion but guess what friday i'm telling you you don't want to miss it the breakfast club will be here live on Friday, the Breakfast Club will be here live at the link, uh you gotta listen to the Breakfast Club to get your tickets, we don't have the tickets, they got the tickets uh to get you in person but guess what, at two o'clock I'm telling you two o'clock the opportunity fair is going to happen, that's what I'm most excited for because guess what, we got almost 60 universities, 60 universities, we bring almost 4,000 kids to this college fair, then we have 125 companies that will be there doing our job fair, offering almost 1,200 jobs that'll be available that day, some are doing on the spot interview, some going to do uh uh uh site visits and and then uh uh looking at you and bringing you back for another another interview it's going to be phenomenal, I'm telling you you don't want to miss it, we got two games, Friday's the D9 Step Show, that thing is going to be lit, the collegiate chapter and the grad chapter, oh my god, if you had to be there last year they were on fire, it was, it lit up the link, then the first game, Lincoln University and Virginia Union for Lou to go bring the halftime show, well hold up it ain't over, Saturday morning you got the battle of the bands, we got seven bands, you got Del State Norfolk State, Hampton, Morgan State, Virginia State Lincoln, Virginia Union, all gonna do the battle of the bands and guess what we have our own band that we put together throughout the city it's called the One Philly Band that's made up of kids across the whole entire city coming together under the school district umbrella to make a One Philly Band and then the most anticipated rematch that's the Shawn Jackson and Del State and Michael Vick and those Norfolk State Spartans it's going down this weekend you don't want to be nowhere else but at the link oh Willie i love i love your energy i love your energy you know were you a preacher in another life i'm still a preacher all right so we got our former Eagles they're the coaches of Delaware State and Norfolk University we got two Battle of the Bands we got Luda we got the step shows we got the Divine Nines all there as well so what is free what talk what should the people know that they have to pay for so all week long it's free monday tuesday wednesday is free at community college at Wesley High School at uh church Christian Compassion now this weekend you got to get your ticket uh they're on sale today matter of fact they're on sale right now for 25 dollars for either game anywhere to sit anywhere to sit either game you've got to get your ticket your saturday ticket gets you an entrance for the Battle of the Band and the game Friday you get that you get all the D9 step shows and guess what all of the international presidents of the Divine Nine will be here and guess what we got some celebrity judges coming celebrity judges i'm i'm hyped about that y'all hear me celebrity judges from each Divine Nine have selected their own celebrity judge to represent them oh can you can you give us one name oh i can give you a couple of them but first of all the host of the D9 step show is the one and only one and only Alex Haley Holly Holly from Fox 29 she's gonna be hosting it You know she's an AKA, so she's excited. But guess what? We got some folk that's going to be here. I'm pulling up the active list as we speak. I'm telling you, you don't want to miss these celebrity judges. For the Alphas, we got Benny Boone. For the Deltas, you got Kim Whitley. For Omega Psi Phi, you got Charles Coleman. uh for uh Sigma Gamma Rho you got Nisi Gilbert uh for the iotas you got uh trip fontaine and i got some special ones that we won't release until tomorrow morning on the Fox 49 show with Alex holly tomorrow morning that's when we'll release the whole list i'm excited about it okay i'm excited that you're coming back to join us for a good day this um job fair and college and job fair this is this is so important the kids need to further their education there's so many kids out there still looking for jobs can you give us more information about first of all can anybody show up for the job fair and and what employers will be there can you just give us just a couple of names anybody can come to the job fair there's a link you need to register for it okay and that's from two to six but the job fair is not just for young people you got recent college graduates you got parents looking for jobs we got uh all of our city agents you've got a shop that's going to be there you've got temple that's going to be there uh you've got a lot of other major companies in our area that are coming to recruit you got burlington you know they just announced they got all these jobs coming up they're going to be there doing their talent recruitment team is going to be there uh you have many major corporations that are going to be there looking for skilled talent or people that want to change in life want to switch companies it's going to be there's 125 companies representing a multiple facet of different companies over 1200 positions one that you can get screened for and invite you back for interview or the other you can get hired on the spot but all of these jobs can be obtained in the next 30 days okay these are real jobs these are real jobs companies actually hire these are these are actually positions available on friday we we asked we were very intentional um the mayor was very intentional let me you know she she she's speaking about access to economic opportunity and so what better way to bring the opportunity because this is more than just the game uh this is about excellence this is about culture but guess what what happens when the game is over so here's an opportunity for those for folks to get connected to a job and or connected to a university to go to school next year last year we had several kids that got accepted on the spot you had to see their face they lit up because they never imagined themselves going to school many of them are in those universities right now all right Willie Singletary senior project manager for the city uh where can people go to see the full schedule you can go to our website it's on our on our page on our website uh go to Ticketmaster look on the Lincoln University or North State University get your ticket they listen they don't sell but we're gonna flash sale 25 that's all 25 and so it's going to be a opportunity to engage encourage and then on Saturday we know we have families and we know the children want to go out so we're going to have a trick-or-treat uh for one to three right there on Pepsi Plaza for all those you gotta have a ticket uh all of our vendors will be giving our candy and we're gonna give our bags we're gonna have a little dance contest with a couple DJs on on the plaza for the kids for one to three you don't want to miss it i'm telling it's gonna be safe a good place kids under 13 can wear costumes if you're under 13 you can bring it wear your costumes we're going to have a contest of the best costume the best uh the best dress the uh dance contest it's going to be fun to start your day with the battle of the bands at 11 uh halloween party at at one o'clock and then the game at three o'clock and guess what this has been a vision of mayor parker uh for several years to bring it and she has been intentional about what she's doing of bringing the entire city together that's why we have temple participating and Drexel participating, other schools, because it's not just about HBCU, it's about an entire city coming together to celebrate HBCU, but not excluding anybody. Amen. All right, Willie. Thank you for your time. HBCU week, One Philly starts tomorrow, six days. Thank you for your time, Willie. We'll be back. Thank you. You keep doing what you're doing. Your show's great. Great show. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it. Bring some good love to the link. I heard you talking about the link. Maybe we can bring some good love and some good energy. that things can turn around. Yeah, I mean, y'all are coming through after the Cowboys game, so maybe the next game. But we're still wishing them the best tomorrow. I'm not worried about it. You know, when you look at the Eagles, you know, every player are professionals. And anybody can show up on that day. You know, I'm praying for Jalen Hurts, but I'm praying that all the ones that are stepping up, they step up. This is their opportunity to shine. And I just believe the Eagles organization are a great organization. And they'll partner with us with this HBCU. So I just believe, I'm praying that tomorrow they show up and show out. All right. Just like I'm sure y'all will do as the HBCU week goes on in those two football games, the Link and the Steppers and the Battle of the Bands, everybody's going to show out for sure. All right, Willie. Absolutely. Appreciate your time. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. God bless you. Okay. God bless you. We'll be back.