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Pride Awards 2025: Queen City Black Excellence

Hello, everyone. We are busy creating another Black History luncheon that will educate, entertain and energize you. African Americans have made tremendous contributions in the United States and worldwide in every field, including medicine, construction, the arts and entertainment, and so many more. You name it — we can claim it. Such is the case in Charlotte, and we want to acknowledge some of our heroes of excellence at Pride Awards 2025.

With Truist as our title sponsor, this year’s event will be a highly nuanced luncheon experience recognizing the achievements of three outstanding Charlotte citizens who have exemplified extraordinary excellence in their personal and/or professional lives. Our Queen City Black Excellence Awards will be presented to: 

Now listen, you all know we at Pride don’t want our events to be boring. With this said, we are bringing back by popular demand our non-profit pitch competition! That is right — you will hear a pitch from three folk representing their nonprofits and our attendees will vote and choose the winning nonprofit that will receive a $20,000 grant underwritten by Wells Fargo! The participating nonprofits are:

Remember, the focus of Pride Awards 2025 is on the meaning of Black Excellence in Charlotte. You could win two tickets to this extraordinary luncheon by letting us know in 50 words or less, “What Black Excellence Means to You.” Email your entry to info@Pridemagazine.net by January 17, 2025. We will notify the winner. We are  super excited to have Dr. George C. Fraser,  author, entrepreneur and motivational speaker, join our Black History excellence celebration. He is the founder and CEO of FraserNet, Inc, a company he created to lead a global networking and economic development movement for people of African descent.