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Amos At Black Expo 2015

Seniors Registering at Black Expo Health Fair

Amos At Black Expo 2015

Reggie Wayne Talks To Crowd Before Celebrity Basketball Game

The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Monday, July 20, 2015. For the past eleven years, the Monday after Indiana Black Expo’s Summer celebration, Afternoons with Amos devotes its entire program to allowing the community to have its say about how Summer celebration went.  Indiana Black Expo was created forty-five years ago from the bosom of Indianapolis’ African-American community.  Expo is their creation and residents feel its a part of their lives and community. So each year we ask the listeners to tell us “What Was Good, What Was Not So Good, And What Can Be Improved” for Black Expo.

Amos At Black Expo 2015

A Look at the 2,400 At Black Expo Corporate Luncheon

Amos At Black Expo 2015

Meijer, One of the Exhibitors at Black Expo

As attendance has fallen, with the violent incident two blocks from Black Expo five years ago, with the images of thousands of teens and young adults filling Expo’s exhibit halls and the downtown sidewalks, Black Expo’s attendance has suffered.  Change tastes of sponsors and a myriad of complaints from Expo sponsors and the public about poor service, inconsistent policies and massive staff turnover have caused Black Expo, in the minds of many, to lose focus, to have lost its mojo.  For a full two hours, Afternoons with Amos listeners through phone calls, e-mails, text messages and Twitter Tweets offered their positive thoughts on this year’s Black Expo. As well as their criticism, virtually all constructive and given in the spirit of wanting the best for Black Expo and the community. Listeners commented on everything from major Expo events, the Health Fair, Education Conference, Corporate Luncheon, Exhibit Halls. The washout of the Free Concert, for the first time in history was discussed as was wondering why the UniverSoul Circus didn’t return to Indianapolis during Black Expo week.  Listeners and community remained concerned that downtown doesn’t really want Blacks or Expo down there.  But a positive change was the virtually no negative feedback on the role of police.  In fact, there were no incidents downtown or any violence anywhere ear Expo venues. Which is the norm for its 45 years.  Mainstream media coverage or the lack of coverage of Black Expo was brought up, along with the Patti Labelle concert, the high price of downtown parking, the lack of food options and much more. The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Monday, July 20, 2015. Runs 99 Minutes. ©2015 WTLC/Radio One. PODCAST Starts After Brief Video Ad.