New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)
Yoba, Hoskie to talk financial literacy
NEW HAVEN — Television and movie star Malik Yoba is featuring local real estate celebrity Roberta Hoskie in a segment of his upcoming documentary series, “I Build New York,” and now he’s coming to the city to share his financial literacy knowledge.
Yoba, who has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest celebrities, starred as NYPD Detective J. C. Williams on the Fox police drama “New York Undercover” and as Yul Brenner in “Cool Runnings.”
But he’s coming here to talk about a passion he shares deeply with Hoskie. Both have the mindset that “black and brown” people, as he says, should learn to pursue wealth through real estate and development.
“I created The Real Estate Mix Tape with the intention to educate the general public, particularly young people in high schools and universities on the opaque world of real estate development through the lens of the black and brown experience,” Yoba said. “Our goal is to pull back the curtain on how communities are built, who owns them, who is involved in the process across the whole ecosystem and highlight the people of color that are actively making a difference in the space. Most importantly it’s intended to show by example that we do have a place in this world.”
He said highlighting black women like Roberta Hoskie and her Millionaire Mindset Sisterhood “is a perfect example of how this work lifts up deserving people as an example of what is achievable.”
Hoskie, who began in a life of poverty as a single mother, decided she was going to change all that for the sake of her baby son and with faith as a constant companion, found that better life in financial wealth through real estate and educating women on creating revenue streams. Her Millionaire Mindset Sisterhood is international now — it’s women supporting women — and a few years ago Hoskie penned her story in the book “Poverty Curse Broken.”
In the book she talks about generational poverty and raw details of life growing up in “the hood,” as she calls it, relating physical and sexual abuse, homelessness and paternal abandonment.
She started by buying one house and selling it for a hefty profit and went on to found and lead Outreach Realty Services and Outreach School of Real Estate.
There’s nothing Hoskie loves more than sharing her success story in hopes of helping others. She’s excited about the documentary series filmed with her sitting on steps in Brooklyn with young people and their parents and telling her story.
“It was very exciting,” Hoskie said, noting she loves to share knowledge with others. “(Yoba) is very passionate about the power of real estate, so he did some investing and started mentoring young people… about creating generational wealth.”
Hoskie said that like herself, Yoba is “intentional” about the knowledge transfer.
“I believe people stay in a poverty mindset for lack of knowledge,” Hoskie said. “I believe if you can come into knowledge that can bring the transformation of someone’s life for the better. Especially people of color are so behind in the wealth gap.”
She said real estate is a “mystery” at first, but the mystery “can be decoded.”
Yoba had heard about Hoskie and reached out to her to be featured in the documentary and they became fast friends, leading to his upcoming appearance in New Haven.
“My story resonates with a lot of people. He highlighted the sisterhood,” she said.
Part of her success regarding the sisterhood, Hoskie said, is that she understands the “power of unity.” The sisterhood itself has invested in property by putting money together and will be closing on another property Monday, she said.
Yoba will speak at Hoskie’s International Millionaire Mindset Sisterhood gala at Aqua Turf on April 22 and the next day will hold a workshop with Hoskie and those who buy tickets that includes a private screening of the documentary and a class with Yoba and Hoskie at 100 College St.
The cost of the latter event, which begins for general admission at 6 p.m. and goes to 8:30 p.m., is $25. Tickets can be ordered on Eventbrite at mms2022malikyoba. eventbrite.com. VIP tickets, starting at 5 p.m., are $40. Tickets to the gala, $125 for general admission, can also be purchased through Eventbrite.