Instagram story viewer> @thestilltop> Tagged

Steve D. Mobley, Jr.

@thestilltop

2.1K

followers

2364

following

Just a skinny boy from DC living life out loud & walking in my own truth! #AFlyAcademic

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

As we approach homecoming season, I’m joyfully reflecting on what @foreverhu05 accomplished together.

Over $300,000 raised for our beloved alma mater! 💙❤️

What began as a vision became a powerful demonstration of collective commitment, generosity, and love for the institution that helped shape so many of us.

Our vision, Legacy in Motion, was never simply about reaching a fundraising goal. It was about creating a culture of giving, stewardship, and collective responsibility that extends well beyond our class.

My hope is that future classes will not only build upon what we’ve accomplished, but far exceed it. Because the greatest measure of our success isn’t the record we set, but the records we inspire others to break.

Howard’s mission and impact have always been bigger than any one generation. It’s our responsibility to ensure that its legacy continues to grow for generations to come.

The legacy isn’t what we leave behind. It’s what we put in motion. #legacy #howarduniversity

294

6

🎓 HBCU AWARENESS WEEK IS COMING! 🔥

September 21–27, the National Black Debutante Project will present HBCU Awareness Week!

We are revisiting this powerful conversation featuring Associate Professor Dr. Steve D. Mobley Jr. of Morgan State University; Dr. Rockell Brown-Burton, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Alabama State University; and Dr. Cheryl D. Jenkins, Chair of Alabama State University’s Department of Communications. All Howard University alums.

We also celebrate Dr. Brown-Burton and Dr. Jenkins as they bring their experience and leadership to Alabama State from Syracuse University and Talladega College.

While our work honors Black youth and preserves African American cotillion history and culture, our commitment to Black excellence extends beyond the ballroom. Most members of our leadership are proud HBCU graduates, including our Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Nikita Y. Harris, a graduate of two HBCUs: Clark Atlanta University and Howard University.

Each September, we focus celebration on the history, traditions, alumni, and lasting influence of America’s national treasures: Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

If you’re an HBCU graduate or have a family member who is…let us know in the comments‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

REPOST. LIKE or SHARE if you love HBCUs! 😉

Save the date and celebrate with us!

Thanks to our media partner: @indiesoupmedia

#NBDPHBCUAwarenessWeek #HBCUAwarenessWeek #HBCUPride #BlackExcellence #nationalblackdebutanteproject

13

2

🗣️SHEEEE’S YOUR QUEEEEEEN TO HOO BEEEEE!!!
I love you @mslaurenbridges! It was so dope to be able to celebrate you on your special day! @dlightfoot1 you already know how special she is and I’m so happy to finally meet you! Wishing you both the happiest Forever! A-Team for life! 💙❤️✨
#WeddingFlow
#ShesYourQueenToBe
#GhettoFalsetto

138

16

What does Legacy in Motion look like?

It looks like a community of individuals coming together with one mission and one voice to accomplish something bigger than any one of us could do alone.

This past Homecoming and Reunion season, I joined the my Howard University Class of 2005 Reunion Committee with a clear goal: help increase funding for the next generation of Howard University alumni by establishing our class Student Endowment Fund.

Our original goal was to raise $150,000.

By Homecoming, we had already exceeded that goal and proudly presented a check for $211,363.

And now, less than six months later, our class came back even stronger, raising an additional $100,000 to present during the Charter Day Dinner. To make a total of $302,526.96.

When I suggested the theme “Legacy in Motion,” it was rooted in the idea that while we honor our past, we must also actively invest in the present and future. Legacy isn’t something we only celebrate. It’s something we continue to build.

It has been an incredible honor to serve as Co-Chair of Marketing and Communications, but this moment belongs to more than a committee.

This accomplishment belongs to the entire Class of 2005, a class that showed what’s possible when we unite around a shared purpose.

Our hope is that others will follow suit so that there will never be a time when a Howard student has to question whether they can receive an education because of a lack of funding.

That’s what Legacy in Motion looks like.

Forever HU05. 🦬

#ForeverHU05 #LegacyInMotion #HowardUniversity #BisonPride #HUAlumni

783

51

“Legacy is not just what we inherit…it’s what we set in motion.”

This past Saturday Night, I had the incredible honor of attending the Howard University Charter Day Gala for the very first time as an alumna, and what a full-circle moment it was. Celebrating 20 years since graduation with my reunion class, @foreverhu05 , and witnessing our collective effort raise over $300,000 for the student endowment fund filled me with so much pride.

Being in that room reminded me that Howard isn’t just a university. It’s a living legacy.

To see one of my idols, @phyliciarashad serve as the evening’s MC was powerful in itself. And when the Howard University Choir delivered a breathtaking, rare rendition of Richard Smallwood’s Total Praise, the room felt sacred. Voices lifted, hearts full, history present in every note.

The night was everything Howard represents — glamour, sophistication, brilliance, culture, and scholarship, all wrapped in a deep commitment to those who will come after us.

I’m incredibly grateful and thankful to have been there, surrounded by Bison who continue to pour back into the institution that gave us so much.

Twenty years later… and the mission is still clear: excellence, legacy, and impact in motion.

#HowardUniversity #CharterDay #HU05 #BisonPride #LegacyInMotion

42

4

We are incredibly proud to announce that the Howard University Class of 2005 – Forever HU’05 has officially raised $302,526.96 for the Howard University Student Endowment Fund! 🎉

Last night, during the Charter Day Dinner, our class had the honor of presenting the check—marking a powerful moment of unity, commitment, and legacy.

This achievement reflects the strength, love, and dedication of our entire class. Together, we came together to invest in the future of Howard University and the generations of students who will follow in our footsteps.

Forever HU’05. Legacy in Motion.

To every classmate who contributed, shared, encouraged, and supported this effort—thank you. We did it! ❤️💙

#ForeverHU05 #HowardUniversity #BisonPride #LegacyInMotion #HUCharterDay

384

40

🚨 MORGAN STATE SCREENING POSTPONED

Due to a major winter storm warning in the DC Metro Area, we are regrettably postponing tomorrow’s screening at Morgan State University.

According to National Weather Service reports, 172 million people are under a winter weather warning through Sunday. More than a foot of snow is expected with windchills below zero and potentially catastrophic ice accumulation. To ensure safety of our attendees, hosts, and the IF team, we have made the difficult decision to postpone tomorrow’s event.

We will keep our DMV family updated as a new date and time is determined with our MSU colleagues for a return trip to Baltimore.

Atay tuned as additional Black Futures Tour dates and locations will be announced early next week!

#blkimagined #blackfuturestour #thingsweimagined

14

2

#2025 planted my feet on lots of new soil📍— I even rediscovered the “newness” in places I’d been dozens of times.

The frequent movement propelled my #business, grounded my #relationships, and opened up my comfort zone in ways I see now were critical for ya girl to grow 😅💪🏾

T’was a journey with lots “lewks”. Some beds were plush, others inflated. Some assignments felt like a refreshing reset; while, others felt like waiting games. Some destinations offered unexpected relaxation and replenishment. And, many others called for an abundant outpouring and simultaneous surrender.

I’m thanking this year for the magic of mobility, #community that never draws borders, and an even better understanding that what is for you will find you wherever you are 🙌🏾

#travel

3

7

Big shoutout to the Slade’s for hosting another great shindig. Left with a full stomach and a full heart. Great way to end the year 🥰 #sladescountrychristmas

35

0

It’s been exactly a week since we premiered Things We Imagined at ASHE in Denver, and I am still trying to find the right words for what I experienced.

I knew this project mattered. Seeing how people responded, the tears, the stillness, the reflections, the way Black faculty saw themselves and felt seen, brought the weight of this work all the way home. It reminded me that I am on the right path. Not just as a photographer, but as a collaborator and storyteller who is trying to honor real people and real futures.

For the exhibition, I produced a zine titled As If The Future Knew: A Visual Reflection on Becoming and Collaboration. Watching people pick it up, sit with it, and take it with them meant a lot to me. Creating something physical felt like offering a piece of the project back to the community.

Two years ago, I wrote Candace’s name down as someone I wanted to work with. After seeing what she created with Clusterluck, I felt a deep creative alignment. Not long after, I saw her in the back of a movie theater at a premiere and told her directly that I had written her name down because I wanted to work with her. She was surprised. I was completely serious.

Standing beside both Candace and Charles last week, sharing a director’s cut, sitting on a presidential session panel, premiering the film, and helping build the exhibition felt surreal in the best way. They are my possibility model, and it means so much to have their trust.

The whole team has become like family to me. I am so grateful for everyone involved. It has been an honor to be behind the lens and to work alongside every person who helped bring Imagined Futures to life.

What I keep returning to is this.
Sometimes you do not see the progress while you are in it.
But if you keep putting one foot in front of the other, quietly and consistently, you look up one day and realize you have arrived exactly where you hoped you would be. An imagined future becoming and actualized present.

Still processing.
Still grateful.
More soon.

387

67

Lights, camera, action!

A little Red Carpet recap from our amazing premiere of “Things We Imagined” last week in Denver. Y’all put that $#!% on!

Interested in bringing the film to your campus and community? You can submit your screening request using the link in our bio.

3

13

Day 2 at Howard Homecoming: We’ve never lost a party. 💙❤️

Bison love to get fancy and do hoodrat ish with our friends 😝. From linking with my Day One’s from Crandall Hall (I “lived” in the Annex but you couldn’t tell me that) 😆, to celebrating with Ronan’s HUSL, ‘05 crew and closing the night out with the @foreverhu05 reunion committee, it was a full-circle kind of day. The memories, the laughter, the growth - we’ve really lived some life together.

Love y’all real bad.

#HowardHomecoming #ForeverHU05 #LegacyInMotion #TheRealHU #BisonPride #HowardForever #HomecomingSeason #HUFamily #BlackExcellence #BisonLove

28

0