She's Coming Back!

Oooooooweeee. This is the kind of news I would normally text to HER first.

But today? I need y'all to know too.

I finally got it. I finally got the confirmation.

My girl Sherri Shepherd is coming back to perform at Theeee HBCU Bingo Xperience on Saturday, July 11, 2026 at the Morrow Center in Atlanta.

She is bringing a live comedy set to that stage. And if you know Sherri...she won't just stay on it.

AND before General Admission doors even open, she will be at the Miracle Maker VIP Reception for a private meet and greet. Tickets are limited for that. So grab 'em if you want to be in that room.

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She Ain't New to This. She's True to This.

Now let me tell you why Sherri saying yes hits different.

She is a Day One Mafia Supporter. She's watched me build this thing from the ground up. So we've developed a rhythm.

If I send Sherri a text that starts with "OMG OMG OMG OMG," she knows to sit down. Because what will follow is another unbelievable God move.

Sherri Shepherd is not a celebrity we booked. She believes in the mission wholeheartedly. She is our Mafia Ambassador.

Has been loooooong before there was the first dorm room move-in at Paul Quinn in 2022. Loooooong before there was structure. Looooooong before there were pillars that represented H.U.G.S. (Hope + Understanding + Generosity = Stability)

​Before the Morrow Center. Before 250 people in one room. Before any of this made sense to anybody but me. She was watching. Texting back. Praying. Using her platform.

And she has been putting her whole self behind this mission.

Like when she went on Celebrity Jeopardy.

She knew going in that Jeopardy was not her thing. She said as much. But she knew her appearance would bring Mafia $30,000. And she showed up anyway.

We laugh still to this day, because she finished with $75.

Talked about it on her own show like it was the funniest thing that ever happened to her.
(It kind of was.)

But guess what?

Move-In Day Mafia got our $30,000!

​Plus, donations that are still coming in to this day!

Then came the Christmas episode of Celebrity Family Feud. Now, this was more of her speed.

She was supposed to hit the buzzer. She hit the mic instead. Lost to Shaquille O'Neal. LawdHamMussyGeezus!

But guess what THAT "loss" got us: $25,000 more for MIDM scholars!!!!!

And Steve Harvey standing on national television saying the words "Move-In Day Mafia" to millions of people. Yeah...More donations.

I'm still mindblown.

And then last year? She showed up at HBCU Bingo Xperience 2025.

She lit that stage on fire and had people doing hold your stomach, slap your neighbor-I can't breathe laughter. She danced. She laughed. She did a meet and greet.

This year, we genuinely didn't think her schedule would allow it.

She made it happen anyway.

That is Sherri Shepherd. Daytime Emmy winner. NAACP Image Award Winner. The View. 30 Rock. The Sex Lives of College Girls. Straw. Her own talk show. A woman whose calendar is not easy to get on.

She moved things around and said yes.

Again.



THE XPERIENCE!

Think sneaker ball meets HBCU Homecoming... with a Bingo twist.

Sherri brings the laughs with a live comedy set. The Red Sample Band returns and if you were there last year, you already know their HBCU sound immediately transports you back to the yard.

Remember the Best Buy Blizzard where people grabbed money literally out of the air? This year we have the Delta Cash Dash and it is giving the same energy. There is also the Amazon Deck the Dorm competition where strangers become teammates racing to furnish a whole dorm room against the clock. D9 strolls. HBCU anthems. Prizes that will have people walking out shaking their heads in the best possible way.

And you don't have to be an HBCU alum to have the time of your life. You just have to love a great night and a great cause.

At some point in the evening, you will meet two of our scholars. Live. In that room. Not a video. Not a slide. THEM. You will look them in the eye and know exactly who you showed up for.


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Get Your Tickets Before the VIP Spots Are Gone

General Admission starts at $107 in honor of the original 107 HBCUs.

VIP Miracle Maker tickets include premium reserved seating, a swag bag, a drink ticket, and the private meet and greet with Sherri before the night even starts. Those spots will go.

Do not wait and then be sad about it.

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Saturday, July 11, 2026. Morrow Center. Atlanta, GA. 7pm. (VIP at 6pm)

Theeee HBCU Bingo Xperience.