Congratulations! You have been named one of Fort Worth’s Inc.’s 500 Most Influential People of 2026!

 



Congratulations! You have been named one of Fort Worth’s Inc.’s 500 Most Influential People of 2026!

For the sixth consecutive year, Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr. has been named one of the 500 Most Influential People of 2026 by Fort Worth Inc.


Since 2021, this distinguished honor has recognized Pastor Tatum’s consistent leadership and measurable impact across Fort Worth — particularly at the intersection of faith, historic preservation, and economic empowerment.


In 2025 alone, Pastor Tatum led transformative initiatives that reshaped civic and cultural consciousness in Tarrant County.


He founded Skills City USA, a welfare-to-workforce initiative creating economic pathways for single mothers with children — moving families from dependency to dignity through job training, entrepreneurship, and ownership.


On July 28, 2025 — National Buffalo Soldiers Day — Pastor Tatum, alongside Ms. Christina Drummonds, located the gravesite of Technician Fifth Grade Florence Marie Cole Rawls, a Congressional Gold Medal recipient who served in the historic all-Black, all-female 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during World War II at New Trinity Cemetery.


That discovery ignited the “Digging for Dignity” restoration initiative — an effort that uncovered, restored, and honored more than 500 Black veterans buried at Tarrant County’s first Black cemetery. The movement culminated in a Veterans Day rededication ceremony, restoring long-overdue honor to Buffalo Soldiers, World War I and II veterans, and generations of servicemen and women once overlooked by history.


Pastor Tatum also launched:


• The Buffalo MLK Day of Service at New Trinity Cemetery

• The 50,000 lbs MLK Hunger Bowl to combat food insecurity at scale

• The only 24-hour church-based drop-off warming center in the region during extreme winter weather — transforming sanctuary into life-saving refuge


The May Special Issue of Fort Worth Inc. will feature the 500 Most Influential People — a true “Who’s Who” of Fort Worth — recognizing leaders whose work advances the civic, business, and nonprofit landscape of the city.


Pastor Tatum’s sixth consecutive recognition reflects a leadership model grounded not merely in visibility, but in restoration — restoring opportunity, restoring dignity, and restoring history.


“Influence,” Pastor Tatum shared, “is the responsibility to restore what others overlooked and to build what others believed was impossible.”


This honor marks not just continued impact — but enduring legacy.




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