Join Us For This Year's Summit!
Workforce Rebound:
Launch Your Career, Build Tomorrow’s Talent, Grow Your Business.
Friday, October 22, 2021
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
LCCC's Inaugural Sam Watkins, Jr.
Light the Way Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards
Friday, October 22, 2021
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Louisville Central Community Centers (LCCC) will host the
5th Annual Economic Mobility Summit
on Friday, October 22, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The event will be held in a hybrid format with virtual as well as in-person engagement opportunities at
Old Walnut Street, 1300 W Muhammad Ali Blvd, Louisville, KY 40203
Workforce Rebound: Launch Your Career, Build Tomorrow's Talent, Grow Your Business
With a focus on workforce development, we will bring together job seekers, employers and entrepreneurs to discuss and address the challenges of today’s labor market.
Launch Your Career
Upskilling, soft skills, and transferable skills
Pivoting industries
Expert seeking tips for job seekers
Pivoting industries
Expert seeking tips for job seekers
Build Tomorrow’s Talent
Rethinking post-pandemic hiring practices
Meeting the demands of a changing workforce
Actionable advice for employers to succeed
Meeting the demands of a changing workforce
Actionable advice for employers to succeed
LCCC’s Inaugural Sam Watkins, Jr.
Light the Way Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards
on Friday, October 22, 2021 from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
The event will be a business mixer held in-person at
Old Walnut Street, 1300 W Muhammad Ali Blvd, Louisville, KY 40203
LCCC’s Inaugural Sam Watkins, Jr. “Light the Way Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards” will select winning individuals/initiatives that fall within each of these five categories:
Advancing Equity
Leadership
Start Up/Innovation
Economic Development
Acceleration/Growth
Leadership
Start Up/Innovation
Economic Development
Acceleration/Growth
Grow Your Business: Networking Mixer
The awards are to be presented to individuals and/or initiatives deserving recognition for stimulating innovative and analytical thinking that produces impactful economic opportunities that advance business, drive change, and empower entrepreneurial excellence to a new level of success in the global economy, thereby creating value for our society, business partners, and community.
Join our effort to stimulate greater economic impact within underserved areas of our community by helping us recognize the work of local entrepreneurs who are making a difference.
West Louisville Economic Mobility Summit
Sponsorship Opportunities
Louisville Central Community Centers (LCCC) will host the 5th Annual Economic Mobility Summit on Friday, October 22, 2021. With a focus on workforce development, we will bring together job seekers, employers and entrepreneurs to discuss and address the challenges of today’s labor market.
Event Goals:
● Engage and mobilize 200 job seekers and employers toward a common vision for economic transformation.
● Showcase community leaders and resources that promote economic mobility through workforce development and entrepreneurship.
● Create connections and networking opportunities for event patrons and stakeholders.
● Celebrate and inspire individuals and entities that are demonstrating successful community outcomes.
● Showcase community leaders and resources that promote economic mobility through workforce development and entrepreneurship.
● Create connections and networking opportunities for event patrons and stakeholders.
● Celebrate and inspire individuals and entities that are demonstrating successful community outcomes.
Expected Outcomes:
● A platform that brings both jobseekers and employers to share information and new opportunities.
● The next generation of career seekers will be identified, inspired and supported toward achieving their aspirations.
● Clear pathways toward career success will be communicated to raise awareness of career opportunities and the needs of the changing workforce.
● A greater sense of hope will be created for individuals and groups toward their ability to achieve economic success.
● The next generation of career seekers will be identified, inspired and supported toward achieving their aspirations.
● Clear pathways toward career success will be communicated to raise awareness of career opportunities and the needs of the changing workforce.
● A greater sense of hope will be created for individuals and groups toward their ability to achieve economic success.
Sponsorship Levels
WORKFORCE REBOUND: Launch Your Career & Build Tomorrow’s Talent
A fabulous day of interaction, dialogue, networking and fellowship to support the cultivation of job seekers, employers & local entrepreneurs Friday, October 22, 2021, 10 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
A fabulous day of interaction, dialogue, networking and fellowship to support the cultivation of job seekers, employers & local entrepreneurs Friday, October 22, 2021, 10 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sam Watkins, Jr. “LIGHT THE WAY ENTREPRENEURIAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS” Business Mixer
The awards are to be presented to individuals and/or initiatives deserving recognition for stimulating innovative and analytical thinking that produces impactful economic opportunities that empower entrepreneurial excellence on Friday, October 22, 2021, 5 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The awards are to be presented to individuals and/or initiatives deserving recognition for stimulating innovative and analytical thinking that produces impactful economic opportunities that empower entrepreneurial excellence on Friday, October 22, 2021, 5 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.