CHECK OUT SOME OF THE EVENTS WE HAVE COMING UP.
Bringing people with an entrepreneurial and creative spirt together is our purpose at Provident1898. One of the ways we do this is by hosting frequent events for people in our community here in Durham, North Carolina that get people together for connection, inspiration, and a good time. Check this page regularly for updates and information about our upcoming events. We look forward to you joining us and our community!
Mapping the Movement: Where Black Durham Built
Date: Saturday, November 7th, 2026
Time: 7PM
Location: Provident1898
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Mapping the Movement: Where Black Durham Built, marks the public kickoff of the Durham Black Dance Legacy Project, an initiative dedicated to preserving the stories of the dancers, educators, and institutions that helped shape our city’s rich artistic history.
Presented as part of the inaugural Durham FRINGE Festival, the performance will take place at 7 p.m. at Provident1898 inside the historic NC Mutual Building a fitting setting to honor the people whose vision, creativity, and commitment helped build Black Durham’s cultural legacy.
We hope you’ll join us as we celebrate Ms. Sullivan and the generations of artists whose stories deserve to be remembered.
Founders Financial Edit: The Language and Fluency of Your Personal Capital
Date: October 15th, 2026 (UPDATED DATE)
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Provident1898 411 W. Chapel Hill Street C2 Durham, NC 27701
Join Provident1898’s Heirloom Network for a working session designed for entrepreneurial women navigating the financial realities of both business and life.
Facilitated by Leah Wyatt, the session introduces personal capital as a connected system encompassing income, assets, debt, household responsibilities, risk, and long-term wealth building. Participants will strengthen their financial language and fluency, explore how they make decisions across competing priorities, and develop a more practical, values-aligned approach to directing their resources.
The goal is not to prescribe one version of financial success, but to help women better understand and take ownership of the capital they are already managing.
Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl LIVE
Date: Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
Time: 6:30PM
Location: Provident1898
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Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl is a dynamic one-woman show featuring comedy, storytelling, and spoken word poetry based on Amena Brown’s book of the same title. Blending pop culture commentary, relationship advice, and a love letter to Black women, Amena weaves together moments of vulnerability, nostalgia, empowerment, and humor. From church girl shenanigans to therapy mishaps, from ill fitting bras to who makes the mac and cheese, these moments are deeply specific yet universally felt, a celebration of Black girl magic, memory, and resilience, full of rhythm and belly-deep laughter. Part storytelling, part spoken word, part comedy… and entirely captivating.
Footprints: Site-specific work by Stephan Koplowitz
Date: Saturday, July 11th, 2026
Time: 1:00PM – 1:30 PM
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Presented in collaboration with Turnbridge Equities • ADF Commissioned World Premiere
Program: (A)Spire, a new work by acclaimed choreographer and site artist Stephan Koplowitz
Running time: 30–40 minutes, no intermission
Tickets: FREE! Donations welcome. Registration required.
A sign-up to attend will be available beginning June 22. We welcome donations, with the recommended amount of $30. All proceeds support the ADF scholarship fund.
Artist website: https://www.stephankoplowitz.com/skpressbio
(A)Spire is an ambitious new commission that reimagines how movement can reflect the entrepreneurial energy and creative drive shaping Durham’s past and future. Conceived by acclaimed choreographer and site artist Stephan Koplowitz, this site-specific work transforms the Mutual Tower—a landmark of Black enterprise and a living monument to innovation—into both stage and subject.
Saturday, July 11 at 1 pm
Saturday, July 11 at 3 pm
Sunday, July 12 at 11 am
Sunday, July 12 at 1 pm
Click here for parking info for Mutual Tower!
bETA Triangle ’26
July 08, 2026 6PM-8PM
Bold Path Fellowship: Founders, Funding & What’s Next
Date: Monday, April 20th, 2026
Time: 4:30 PM – 6 PM
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You’re invited to join us as we celebrate the announcement of this year’s Bold Path Fellows: five founders selected to receive the $120,000 Bold Path Fellowship in the Triangle. The networking reception will include a brief awards announcement along with beverages and good bites on the Terrace at NC Mutual in downtown Durham.
The perfect complement to your Raleigh-Durham Startup Week evening.
Come hear the Fellows, connect with the funders, and stand alongside the people who made it all possible. And if you’ve been sitting on an idea, come see what’s possible when Durham gets behind you.
The Bold Path Triangle Fellowship is brought to you by ECMC Group, NC IDEA Foundation, and Provident1898.
This event is part of Raleigh-Durham Startup Week, a community-driven conference that supports founders and celebrates entrepreneurship across the region. Learn more at raleighdurhamstartupweek.com.
Before My Time: A Visual Storytelling Workshop March 07, 2026 12PM-3:00PM
The Legacy of Black Wall Street: Viola Turner, Business Trailblazer
Date: Saturday, February 7th, 2025
Time: 1 PM – 3 PM
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What happens when women enter boardrooms? They help to build billion dollar businesses.
Join The Provident1898 Heirloom Network and Rho Chapter, Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. for an afternoon exploring this truth through the life and legacy of Viola Turner. As NC Mutual’s first female board member, Turner helped build their investment portfolio and transformed what leadership looked like at the largest Black insurance firm in America.
This special event honors Turner’s brilliance while celebrating the 90th Anniversary of Rho Chapter, Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., which she helped charter right here in Durham. Together, we’ll explore how Turner and other remarkable women from M&F Bank, Mutual Community Savings, NCCU, and Lincoln Hospital propelled Black Wall Street forward through ingenuity and intentional purpose and how their legacy continues to inspire today’s business leaders.
Guests are invited to learn more about The Heirloom Network and explore pathways to membership, including mentorship, business assessments, and access to a powerful ecosystem of women committed to building with intention.
The Legacy of Black Wall Street: Viola Turner, Business Trailblazer An event brought to you by Provident1898’s Heirloom Network and Rho Chapter, Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Incorporated. Professional Business Women Propelled by Ingenuity: Intentional Purpose
The Tower and the Town: Celebrating Dr. Moore’s Civic Imagination January 23, 2026 5PM-7:30PM
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2025 Durham Ecosystem Town Hall
Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025
Time: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
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We’re hosting the 2025 Durham Ecosystem Town Hall during this month’s Third Thursdays event, where we’ll share the emergent 2025-26 Ecosystem Strategic Plan and engage in meaningful conversations about the future of Durham’s entrepreneurial community.
Following a brief presentation, we will transition into breakout listening sessions led by members of the E3 Alliance. These discussions will center around the real challenges and needs of entrepreneurs, ensuring that ecosystem leaders can design programs and services that truly support your success.
Discussion Topics:
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Resource Navigation – Making it easier to find and access the right support
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Product/Market Fit – Validating your business idea/offerings
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Client Acquisition – Strategies to attract and retain customers
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Spanish-Language Services – Expanding support for Hispanic entrepreneurs
- B2B Services – Enhancing access to affordable business support (e.g., accounting, marketing, legal)
The Heirloom Network x TheWELL: Inheriting Legacy
Time: 6pm-8pm
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Join us at Provident1898 for Inheriting Legacy, an event celebrating the leadership and wellness contributions of Black women in Durham’s Black Wall Street. This event is part of The Heirloom Network X theWELL, a collaboration between Provident1898’s Heirloom Network and Dr. Margaret Brunson’s theWELL, supported by a grant from NC IDEA’s Black Entrepreneurship Council. While the full program launches in early 2025, this special event will honor the women who shaped Durham’s Black Wall Street and spark meaningful conversations around leadership, wellness, and wealth. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect and be inspired!
Provident1898 welcomes back Latimer Ventures for their Demo Day!
November 19th
Time: 6pm-8pm
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Latimer Ventures’ Demo Day will feature founders making their pitches to a room of investors as the capstone of an 8-week accelerator program called Latimer House, sponsored by Microsoft for Startups, Kaiser Permanente, and the Abell Foundation.
The program will run 6-8pm on Tuesday, 11/19
Who should attend this free event?
- Investors looking for early-stage company prospects
- Founders looking for connections to capital and technical assistance to grow their businesses
- Ecosystem partners looking to support founders, investors, and otherwise celebrate the success of entrepreneurship
If that’s you, please register here.