Entrepreneurship Expo. On May 9, 2024
Businesses that have been created in this year’s Entrepreneurship classes will be represented in booths throughout the event. The winner of the Pitch Competition will be awarded $3,000 during this event and a $500 award will be given for the best display at the Expo. Where: Speaker Series, Vectren Auditorium, Room 147 All others, Koch Student Center, Room 152
The Department of Metropolitan Development Historic Preservation Office is pleased to announce the guest speaker for the Randall and Amy Shepard Lecture for 2024 will be Sampson Levengston of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Livingston is a practitioner of Black History using his platform called “Through 2 Eyes”. Sampson travels the state researching and delivering lectures about African American history to a variety of audiences including schools and professional organizations. His “Walk and Talk” tours of the historic Indiana Avenue corridor in Indianapolis have garnered him national attention having been featured on the PBS program “All things Considered” among others. In addition, he has been featured in the New York Times, The Chicago Tribune and Forbes Magazine.
Livingston offers insights on neighborhoods in Indianapolis like Irvington, and areas in Central Indiana as well.
Interim Preservation officer Kelley Coures, recently retired as Executive Director of DMD, said, “We met Levengston when he visited Evansville in 2022 during the efforts to secure a National Register Nomination for the historic Baptisttown District (it was awarded in December 2023). Levengston’s grandfather had attended Lincoln High School during the 1950s when Lincoln was the segregated Black high school and played basketball for the Lincoln Lions.”
Mayor Stephanie Terry will deliver welcoming remarks introducing Mr. Levengston.
The lecture will be held at Willard Library Auditorium, 21 First Avenue, on Thursday, May 9th at 6:00 pm and last an hour. The event is free and open to the public.
